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As the COVID-19 crisis and its economic fallout intensify, contractual parties have increasingly invoked force majeure provisions to excuse performance of contracts. This article is a follow up to Schiffer Hicks Johnson’s...more
Risk mitigation provisions in an upstream petroleum contract between host government (HG) and international oil company (IOC) can make the difference between success and failure when the HG exercises its legislative...more
In Chalker Energy Partners III LLC v. LeNorman Operating LLC, the Texas Supreme Court reaffirmed its belief in the sanctity of the written contract and the freedom of parties to negotiate and agree to contracts as they...more
On February 28, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a ruling from the First Court of Appeals in Houston in the case of Chalker Energy Partners III, LLC, et al. v. Le Norman Operating LLC, 547 S.W.3d 27 (Tex. App.—Houston,...more
On the heels of its opinion in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. v. Enter. Products Partners, L.P., in which the court held that parties can agree to conditions precedent before the partnership formation factors in Tex. Bus....more
In late 2017, midstream services providers (each, a “Midstream Provider”) began in earnest to offer forms of additional upside compensation to oil and gas lessees/operators (each, an “Upstream Shipper”) in exchange for...more
It is no surprise to Texas Supreme Court watchers that in Energy Transfer Partners et al v. Enterprise Products Partners LP et al. the court rejected claims that the parties had created a partnership by actions that varied...more
On Friday, January 31, 2020, the Supreme Court of Texas clarified the law of partnership formation in the closely watched case of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. et al. v. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. et al. The case...more
The Texas Supreme Court issued an important ruling on Friday, January 31, 2020, on the formation of partnerships where parties have provided by contract specific conditions that must be satisfied before a partnership will be...more
Non-compete clauses are commonly included in M&A agreements. Although generally recognized as lawful, non-competes must fulfill certain requirements to comply with antitrust and competition laws. A recent FTC enforcement...more
In a long running group litigation between a number of Sub-Post Masters and Post Office Limited, Mr Justice Fraser, sitting in the English High Court, has given detailed consideration of the issue of relational contracts in...more
On March 19, 2019, the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench (ABQB) ruled in Karve Energy Inc. v Drylander Ranch Ltd., 2019 ABQB 298 that the Surface Rights Board (Board) does not have the authority to interfere with the amount of...more
The Supreme Court of Texas in its recent IBM decision provided further clarity to what contracting parties must say in their contracts to disclaim fraudulent inducement claims. Int’l Bus. Mach. Corp. v. Lufkin Indus., LLC,...more
Bid-ask spreads have recently been a sticking point in oil and gas deals. Sellers may feel optimistic on commodity prices or future asset performance, but buyers may be cautious, or even pessimistic, on these points. One...more
Jackson Walker partner Michael P. Pearson delivered a presentation entitled “A Primer on Marketing Hydrocarbons” at the Fundamentals of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course associated with the 44th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas...more
Last month, the Texas Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to toss a lawsuit by Orca Assets GP LLP against JP Morgan Chase over property in the Eagle Ford Shale. ...more
The question of when parties to a potential transaction actually become bound to each other is obviously an important one, and sometimes the answer can be surprising, or less than entirely clear. A recent Texas Court of...more
Since the first Marcellus Shale well was drilled in 2004, tens of thousands of oil and gas leases have been negotiated across Pennsylvania. Non-lawyers sometimes play a prominent role in the leasing process. Originally...more
In a closely watched and long-awaited case with potentially sweeping industry-wide consequences, the Supreme Court of Ohio refused to adopt a default rule regarding deduction of postproduction costs from landowner royalties...more
DTE acts quickly and reasonably to settle Milford bypass case. Since I previously wondered whether DTE was engaging in chicanery by providing a construction document that identified the proposed location of the easement...more
Oil prices have plunged by about one-third in the past 90 days and this past week oil fell for five consecutive days and dropped approximately 10 percent for the week. While many think that prices are at the bottom, others...more
You are negotiating to take a big oil and gas lease. The run sheets show you are dealing with an executive right owner on behalf of himself and his NPRI owner. His proposed terms are odd: a lower-than-market royalty and a...more
Representatives of the major oil companies and the United Steelworkers Union returned to the table on March 9, 2015 to resume talks regarding a three-year labor contract during a strike by workers that has now entered its...more
In a case that has been closely watched by the oil and gas industry and its insurers, the Supreme Court of Texas issued its opinion in In re Deepwater Horizon on February 13, 2015, and settled the debate concerning whether a...more
Drilling contracts are at the core of upstream operational agreements. They come in many forms and are negotiated to varying degrees depending on the value of the contract, level of risk involved, and existence of regional...more