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On June 1, 2025, the Texas legislature passed HB 40, and Governor Greg Abbott signed it on June 21, 2025. The new law helps further define the jurisdiction of Texas’s Business Courts, originally established in 2023. This is...more
A lessee who halts production for less than 40 days and resumes without drilling or reworking does not terminate the lease. The continuous development clause keeps the lease active, and the cessation clause allows resumed...more
In Valence Operating Co. v. Davidson1, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana addressed whether the provision, “all Oil, Gas and other Minerals have been excepted and reserved by former...more
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment granted by the bankruptcy court in favor of commercial property insurer in a Winter Storm Uri claim, holding that the insured motel owners...more
In ConocoPhillips Co. v. Hahn, the Supreme Court of Texas addressed whether a “fixed” nonparticipating royalty interest (“NPRI”) was later converted to a “floating” NPRI. The court weighed two possible means of this...more
As an update to our post on the Corporate Transparency Act, on December 3, 2024, a federal district court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction pertaining to the Corporate Transparency Act in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v....more
On December 5, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed a Notice of Appeal in response to a U.S. District Court’s recently issued, nationwide preliminary injunction stopping the reporting obligations under the Corporate...more
There is important news regarding the Beneficial Owners Interest (BOI) report based upon a recent District Court decision in Texas. In the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., Case No. 4:24-cv-478,...more
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule that largely bans all post-employment non-compete agreements, with limited exceptions. Two decisions in July addressed the FTC’s ban. One found the ban on post-employment...more
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. On July 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the...more
A stream of judicial decisions in the pipeline will have important implications for the energy industry. The three cases discussed below are among those that energy litigators and industry professionals are watching in 2024....more
On February 14, 2023, the Texas Court of Appeals reversed awards totaling $63 million entered against Credit Suisse after a jury trial and bench trial for Claymore Holdings, LLC, the assignee of a lender-investor. The case...more