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The following article by James Holmes of Holmes PLLC explores the common scenarios that landowners face either when producers first begin using their land in search of oil and gas production or when producers have been using the land for years to that end. Often,...
The following article by James Holmes concludes his review of the marketable product rule (also called, the marketable condition rule). This installment demonstrates that the rule better protects royalty owners than the Texas approach, and the rule consistently...
The following article by James Holmes continues his review of the marketable product rule (also called, the marketable condition rule). He likes this installment the most – thus calling it the best installment – because the rule’s rationale not only justifies the...
Read this article if any of the following applies: You liked James Holmes’s article on “Royalty Valuation Disputes in Texas Oil and Gas Leases” and want to read more about that. You are in the oil and gas industry and need to know about the most common type of...
During a contentious commercial case, a judge has communicated daily with your opposing counsel on Facebook about pro football – does your client have a right to complain that the judge has committed an ethics violation? Or, a judge on Twitter has “liked” a local...