Featured in this week’s episode of our energy law podcast: the Texas Supreme Court issues new guidance for noise-and-pollution claims in the oil patch, as well as a landmark opinion on subsurface mineral trespass; Colorado energy regulators ask […]
In a case that has been closely watched in the oil-and-gas industry, yesterday the Texas Supreme Court decided whether drilling through a mineral estate—one which is not under lease by the driller—to access a reservoir beneath a bordering tract constitutes […]
In Ocwen Loan Servicing v. Robert M. Berry, the Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded a summary judgment granted in favor of Ocwen Loan Servicing ("Ocwen") in relation to a Texas home equity loan. In 2007, Robert Berry took out a home equity loan with […]
Check out my post on the Law in the Workplace blog to read about four common flaws that make non-compete agreements unenforceable.
On May 12, 2017, Director Marcy Rothman guest-authored an article in Law360 titled: 'From Heaven To Hell' Mineral Rights And Ancient Deeds.
In Texas, all state agencies effectively have an "expiration date": each is periodically abolished, by operation of law, unless the Legislature passes a bill to extend its existence. Established in 1977, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission evaluates […]
The first four months of 2017 have been chock full of major developments in the law surrounding oil and gas, and we have been reporting on them regularly in our podcast, Energy Law Round Up. Today, we bring you a convenient summary of everything that […]
KRCL oil-and-gas trial lawyer Tom Ciarlone, in the latest episode of our energy law podcast, gets you up to speed on the status of stringent new fracing rules for federal and tribal lands, and also dials you into several important developments out of […]
During the month of April, Kane Russell Coleman Logan employees participated in the DAYL Leadership Class Project “April Adventures” and spent the month volunteering. KRCL participated in a game night for senior citizens, tutored refugee children […]
Offering an employee additional time off in lieu of paying overtime wages is something that, for the most part, is currently limited to government employers. While some private sector employers mistakenly offer such a benefit, it is—with a few exceptions […]
D Magazine has named Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC Directors Joseph Coleman, John Kane, Raymond Kane, Wade McClure, Gordon Russell, and Rick Stark to the Best Lawyers in Dallas list for 2017. The attorneys have been recognized across five different […]
My experience in prosecuting trade secret and non-compete cases has shown me, time and time again, the advantages of company-owned cell phones for employees (especially for oilfield service companies, among which workers frequently migrate), as opposed […]