Energy Law Round Up

Your weekly briefing on legal news and developments in the energy industry—from Texas and across the country—always in thirty minutes or less, brought to you by oil-and-gas trial lawyer, Tom Ciarlone.

Energy Law Round Up - 7.18.2023 07/18/2023

Energy Law Round Up - 7.18.2023 This is the fourth and final installment of our special, multipart series on production in paying quantities, recorded live at SMU Law School. If you missed the earlier installments, they are available , , and /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/27501501

Energy Law Round Up - 2.10.2023 02/10/2023

Energy Law Round Up - 2.10.2023 This is the third installment of our special, multipart series on production in paying quantities, recorded live at SMU Law School. If you missed the first two installments, they are available and /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/25894098

Energy Law Round Up - 1.19.2023 01/19/2023

Energy Law Round Up - 1.19.2023 Tune into the second installment of our special, multipart series on production in paying quantities. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/25664250

Energy Law Round Up - 1.7.2022 02/07/2022

Energy Law Round Up - 1.7.2022 Production in paying quantities is becoming an increasingly litigated issue in courts across Texas. This episode is the first in a multipart series that will explore all of the essential legal principles surrounding PPQ. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/22053995

Energy Law Round Up - 9.18.2020 09/18/2020

Energy Law Round Up - 9.18.2020 This week's episode of Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC's energy law podcast delves into three important oil-and-gas cases that were recently decided in Texas and Oklahoma. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/16061813

Energy Law Round Up - 7.8.2020 07/08/2020

Energy Law Round Up - 7.8.2020 Tom is joined by Brett Podkanowicz, in-house counsel for land and legal at Encore Permain in Midland, Texas. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/15130040

Energy Law Round Up - 8.19.2019 08/16/2019

Energy Law Round Up - 8.19.2019 In this episode, Tom discusses recent guidance out of the Texas Supreme Court on interpreting oil-and-gas contracts; cross-jurisdictional differences surrounding the rule of capture and subsurface mineral trespass; and troubling class action developments for operators and other industry participants. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/10900049

Energy Law Round Up - 6.17.2019 06/15/2019

Energy Law Round Up - 6.17.2019 Learn about troubling developments at the intersection of class actions and consumer protection laws in royalty underpayment cases; get the details on the Texas Supreme Court's latest pronouncements on the duties of executive mineral rights owners to non-executives; and hear about a new appellate court decision that addresses when the acceptance of royalties will operate as a waiver of an anti-pooling clause in an oil-and-gas lease. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/10161578

Energy Law Round Up - 1.1.2019 01/01/2019

Energy Law Round Up - 1.1.2019 In the first episode of the New Year, Tom discusses several appellate decisions from Texas that touch on class actions and farmout agreements. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/8098961

Energy Law Round Up - 12.17.2018 12/20/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 12.17.2018 This week, Tom gets you up to speed on 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. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/7991720

Energy Law Round Up - 11.19.2018 11/20/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 11.19.2018 In the latest episode of the podcast, Tom is joined by the managing partner of 's Houston office, , who discusses pitfalls and best practices surrounding digital signatures in the oil patch and beyond. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/7637093

Energy Law Round Up - 10.15.2018 10/13/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 10.15.2018 In this week's episode, learn when an "offset well" is not an offset well, according to the Texas Supreme Court. Also, get up to speed on the latest installment in the ongoing "fixed"-versus-"floating" royalty saga that continues to confound courts and counsel across the Lone Star State. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/7173953

Energy Law Round Up - 9.1.2018 09/01/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 9.1.2018 Blake Scott, President of , joins Tom in the latest episode of energy law podcast. Blake explores cost-effective, risk-reducing, and often innovative strategies for solid drilling waste management and recycling. Operators, service companies, and other industry participants in the oil patch will find a wealth of actionable information in this new episode. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6995745

Energy Law Round Up - 7.30.2018 07/29/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 7.30.2018 This week, Tom is joined by for the final installment of a six-part series featuring guest speakers from on a range of legal issues impacting the oil and gas sector. Chip discusses the top ten mistakes employers can make—in the oilfield, and beyond—when drafting non-compete agreements. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6863049

Energy Law Round Up - 5.21.2018 05/21/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 5.21.2018 In the latest episode of the podcast, Tom is joined by the managing partner of 's Houston office, , for the fifth installment of a special six-part series featuring guest speakers from KRCL on a variety of key and emerging legal issues impacting the oil-and-gas industry. Marcy addresses a topic that pipelines and other energy companies confront on a regular basis: condemnation and eminent domain. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6617850

Energy Law Round Up - 3.5.2018 03/04/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 3.5.2018 This week, Tom is joined by the co-chair of KRCL's Transportation Practice Group, , for the fourth installment of a six-part series featuring guest speakers from on a range of legal issues impacting the oil and gas sector. Danny discusses the many pitfalls and advances lying at the intersection of technology, trucking, and railroads in the oil patch. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6326059

Energy Law Round Up - 2.5.2018 02/08/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 2.5.2018 In our latest episode, Tom is joined by the head of KRCL's Distressed Strategies Practice Group, , for the third installment of a six-part series featuring guest speakers from on a range of legal pitfalls in the oil and gas sector. Specifically, Mike addresses developing bankruptcy and insolvency issues facing companies operating in the upstream and midstream segments. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6237304

Energy Law Round Up - 1.8.2018 01/10/2018

Energy Law Round Up - 1.8.2018 This week, Tom is joined by his Houston-based partner, , for the second installment of a six-part series featuring guest speakers from on a variety of key and emerging legal issues impacting the oil-and-gas industry. AJ tackles a topic that is a perennial headache for energy companies: the theft and misappropriation of trade secrets by ex-employees. Listen to AJ's practical advice for proactively dealing with this vexing problem. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6135677

Energy Law Round Up - 12.4.2017 12/07/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 12.4.2017 In this special episode of the podcast, Tom is joined by his Dallas-based partner, , for the first installment of a six-part series featuring guest speakers from on a variety of key and emerging legal issues impacting the oil-and-gas industry. Bruce speaks on a topic that energy companies are grappling with all the time: pitfalls in purchase and sale agreements. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/6021877

Energy Law Round Up - 9.11.2017 09/12/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 9.11.2017 In this week's episode, Tom discusses the fiduciary obligations of the executive to non-executive mineral interest owners, as well as an important new appellate decision about acreage retention clauses keyed off of proration units. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5733857

Energy Law Round Up - 8.21.2017 08/21/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 8.21.2017 A jury verdict out of Oklahoma may be a harbinger of what's on the horizon for the many battles being waged in courthouses across the country between operators of horizontal wells and the vertical drillers who say their wells have been damaged—or destroyed—by hydraulic fracturing. Also, the Fifth Circuit puts the kibosh on a pipeline regulator's attempts to implement a strict liability regime when Congress never authorized one. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5664056

Energy Law Round Up - 8.7.2017 08/10/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 8.7.2017 In this week's episode, find out about new guidance for calculating royalties on federal oil and gas leases, the BLM's termination of restrictive Obama-era fracking rules, and a cautionary tale for operators who might mistakenly assume that they have a security interest in the oil they sell to downstream purchasers. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5628878

Energy Law Round Up - 7.10.2017 07/10/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 7.10.2017 We're back from a brief hiatus for the Independence Day holiday with a quick look at the legal developments in oil-and-gas law that July has brought us so far. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5524905

Energy Law Round Up - 6.26.2017 06/27/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 6.26.2017 In this week's episode, you'll learn about multiple decisions that came out of the Texas Supreme Court on Friday, which can directly impact your operations in the oil patch, as well as one of the first jury verdicts addressing the increasing trend of mineral lessors challenging the deduction from their royalties of affiliate fees for post-production transportation and processing. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5484556

Energy Law Round Up - 6.12.2017 06/16/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 6.12.2017 Your non-solicitation agreement with your employees in the oil patch may have just been gutted by a new decision from a Texas court of appeals. Join guest host and employment lawyer as she interviews —one of the nation's leading authorities on trade secrets—about the shifting state of the law and ways you can ensure that your company is protected. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5454066

Energy Law Round Up - 5.29.2017 05/30/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 5.29.2017 The Eighth Circuit makes it easier for plaintiffs to take fracing contamination claims to trial; the Texas Supreme Court rules on the validity of county-wide mineral conveyances; and the Oklahoma Supreme Court is asked to clarify the often vexing “marketable product” rule for post-production expense deductions. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5400963

Energy Law Round Up - 5.22.2017 05/21/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 5.22.2017 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 their state's high court to clarify their responsibilities; another federal court strikes down an oil-and-gas class action for lack of common facts; and the Texas Railroad Commission survives Sunset review without a scratch. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5376092

Energy Law Round Up - 5.8.2017 05/09/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 5.8.2017 In this week's episode, Tom gets you up to speed on fracing rules for federal and tribal lands and dials you into several new developments out of the Texas Supreme Court—including a little-known pitfall that could get your well damage case dismissed with prejudice. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5340983

Energy Law Round Up - 4.17.2017 04/23/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 4.17.2017 Tom discusses the intersection of the oil patch with class actions and the Fair Labor Standards Act; the federal government's liability for the environmental cleanup of refinery waste; and a shortsighted discovery ruling that could leave the Dakota Access pipeline vulnerable to terrorist attacks. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5290597

Energy Law Round Up - 4.3.2017 04/06/2017

Energy Law Round Up - 4.3.2017 Lots to discuss this week, from the nation's first legislative fracking ban; to a lower bar for class certification in royalty underpayment actions; to multiple decisions out of the Texas Supreme Court that could spawn a wave of widespread mineral title disputes. /episode/index/show/energylawroundup/id/5244082

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