Legislative Update: SB 1259
On May 24, 2021, Governor Abbott signed SB 1259 into law, effective immediately. The bill was introduced by the state legislature in response to... Read More
Caselaw Update: Royalty Checks and Implied Ratification
Under contract law generally, a party who has not expressly accepted an agreement can nevertheless be deemed to have impliedly accepted, or ratified it, by their actions. For... Read More
Lease Washouts
Lease washouts occur when operators release or allow a current lease to expire in order to get a “clean slate.” These “clean slates” take the form of a new lease that... Read More
Hey! That’s Not Yours! Collecting on Liens and Judgments: Part 3
Mineral Liens In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we considered the tools available to enforce judgments in Texas, as well as the ways in... Read More
Hey! That’s Not Yours! Collecting on Liens and Judgments: Part 2
Domesticating Foreign Judgments In Part 1 of this series, we covered some of the tools available to judgment-creditors in Texas seeking to enforce and collect a... Read More
Caselaw Update: Cost-Free Royalty Provisions and BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC v. Randle
It has become increasingly common for modern oil and gas lease forms and addenda to include a “cost-free” royalty provision – but... Read More
Update: The Texas Defense Task Force
In our last post, we discussed the GLO’s announcement of the formation of the Texas Defense Task Force (“Task Force”), which was organized to... Read More
The Texas Defense Task Force
On February 8, 2021, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the formation of the Texas Defense Task Force, designed “to identify federal overreach and to fend off threats... Read More
Bankruptcy Update: The Reinvigoration of Texas’ Southern District
Over the past year, bankruptcy filings have surged in response to the economic disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes to the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) and the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid,... Read More
Caselaw Update: Recommitting to the Rule of Capture in Pennsylvania
Recent litigation in Pennsylvania threatened to open the door for mineral trespass claims arising from fracking operations. Success in this endeavor would have created a significant and potentially influential minority rule governing the extraction of... Read More