Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees must receive at least time and one-half their regular pay rate for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek unless an exemption applies. For an exemption to apply, an employee’s specific job duties […]
In the normal course, when landowners believe they have been underpaid royalties under an oil-and-gas lease, they sue individually. Most of the time the core claim is for breach of contract (notwithstanding that royalty-underpayment petitions are often […]
Every lender that has accelerated a note in order to pursue foreclosure has likely faced the argument from a borrower at one time or another that foreclosure proceedings were filed too late because of a prior acceleration that started the statute of […]
Suppose a manufacturer wants to designate one of its employees to provide expert testimony about the design process in a products liability case. Perhaps a bank wants one of its loan officers to give an expert opinion on lending practices. There can […]
In Obduskey vs. McCarthy & Holthus LLP (No. 17-1307), the Supreme Court addressed whether a law firm hired to carry out a non-judicial foreclosure on a Colorado home owned by the Petitioner was acting in the capacity of a "debt collector" […]
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In the latest episode of our energy law podcast, learn about offset wells and liquidated damages as unenforceable penalties; the arrival of anti-SLAPP in the oil patch; and the Texas Supreme Court's warning to mineral purchasers: buyer beware […]
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that has the potential to alter the landscape of the industry. In Barrow-Shaver Resources Co. v. Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., the parties had entered into a farmout agreement that gave […]
In the latest episode of our energy law podcast, the managing partner of Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC's Houston office, Marcy Rothman, discusses pitfalls and best practices surrounding digital signatures in the oil patch and beyond […]
Earlier this week, in Seeligson v. Devon Energy Production Co. LP, the Fifth Circuit reversed a Texas federal court's decision to certify a class of mineral lessors who had sued Devon Energy for the alleged underpayment of royalties. While at first […]
Employers who use third parties to obtain criminal and credit background reports on employees and prospects have to jump through numerous technical hoops in order to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). One of those hoops is providing a […]
Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC's Energy Practice Group will be hosting a complimentary breakfast seminar on November 8, 2018, from 8:00–10:30 a.m. at the Hess Club in Houston, Texas. Gain knowledge and practice insights&mdash […]