USA - April 30 2014
With the boom in shale gas production in the Appalachian Basin, there has been an accompanying boom in lease litigation, as landowners whose oil and…
Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Branden P. Moore, Paul K. Stockman
USA - December 24 2013
On December 19, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Robinson Township, et al. V. Commonwealth, 63 MAP 2012, resolving a…
Jonathan T. Blank, Erin N. Fischer, Leonard J. Marsico, Paul K. Stockman
USA - October 11 2013
On September 20, 2013, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania published a decision affirming that a landowner-lessor could not seek payment of withheld…
Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Branden P. Moore, Paul K. Stockman
USA - July 22 2013
Less than a month after dropping its controversial, multimillion-dollar investigation into claims that hydraulic fracturing had contaminated a…
Jonathan T. Blank, Bernadette M. Rappold, Sahil R. Shah
USA - July 5 2013
On June 30, 2013, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Senate Bill 259, which implements significant changes to oil and gas laws of the…
Jonathan T. Blank, Anthony J. Carna, Jamie A. Edwards, Paul K. Stockman