Immigration - Judge Wright of the Central District of California certified a class alleging that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and...more
What could possibly go wrong when drill pipe and a delivery ticket are sent to a well location? Well … The facts - In Knight Oil Tools v. Rippy Oil Company, Knight rented drill pipe to Rippy for an Eagle Ford well....more
In Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, et al v. Carduco, Inc. dealership franchisee Carduco sued franchisor Mercedes Benz for fraudulent inducement and negligent misrepresentation. ...more
In JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Orca Assets G.P., a trustee leased minerals to a leasee. No. 15-0712, 2018 Tex. LEXIS 250 (Tex. March 23, 2018)....more
The lessons in Craddick Partners Ltd. v. EnerSciences Holdings, LLC are three: Parties who have not signed an agreement to arbitrate have standing to compel arbitration; artful pleading to avoid arbitration won’t work; and...more
Disgruntled investors suing oil and gas companies for fraud must allege facts to support a Ponzi scheme in order to obtain the “Ponzi scheme presumption.” This “Ponzi scheme presumption,” if adequately pleaded in the first...more