Mark Dausch News Today

RICHMOND, Virginia – The plaintiffs in an oil and gas royalties case say a federal judge did nothing wrong in certifying a class action in the matter.

RICHMOND, Virginia – EQT says a federal judge improperly certified a class in an oil and gas royalties case. The company filed its first brief January 8 in the appeal before the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

RICHMOND, Virginia – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal in a key oil and gas royalties case.

WHEELING – A federal judge has granted a defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment on a fraud claim in an oil and gas royalties case.

WHEELING – A federal judge has given the defendants in a natural gas royalties case a little more time to fulfill discovery requests after the plaintiffs changed the proposed class four years after filing the original complaint.

The Allegheny County Health Department and other local groups allege there have been over 12,000 violations.