The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s recent decision in Sierra Club v. FERC (Southeast Market Pipelines Project), No. 16-1329 (D.C. Cir. 2017), has already had an impact on the natural gas industry and resulted in...more
While many key provisions of Act 13 have now been struck down by the Supreme Court’s two Robinson decisions, much of the Act remains.
Act 13 of 2012 represented a major overhaul of Pennsylvania’s oil and gas law and...more
10/10/2016
/ Department of Environmental Protection ,
Eminent Domain ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Fracking ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Local Ordinance ,
Municipalities ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
PA Supreme Court ,
Pollution Control ,
Trade Secrets ,
Utilities Sector ,
Water Supplies ,
Zoning Laws
The issue of whether gathering agreements are subject to rejection in bankruptcy as executory contracts and whether certain provisions of those agreements run with the land and survive rejection will impact ongoing bankruptcy...more
7/22/2016
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Business Judgment Rule ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Covenants that Run With the Land ,
Energy Sector ,
Executory Contracts ,
Midstream Contracts ,
Mineral Exploration ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Sabine Oil and Gas