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Louisiana’s Oil Well Lien Act
With the continued presence of low prices in the oil, gas and associated hydrocarbons markets, many service companies and some operators are experiencing financial challenges. Operators are unfortunately finding that liens are being filed against their wells by...
Will Chesapeake v. Hyder Matter in the Louisiana Post-Production Cost Analysis?
Deductions of post-production costs have become the focal point for many disputes between mineral interest owners, as commodity prices continue to remain substantially lower than during the peak of the recent shale drilling revolution. In June 2015, the Texas Supreme...
Navigating the Affordable Care Act for Employers, a Sterling Education Services Seminar
Attorney Pamela R. Jones of Downer & Wilhite, LLC, will speaking on the Affordable Care Act at the Sterling Education Services seminar “Navigating the Affordable Care Act for Employers,” Friday, March 20, 2015, at DiamondJacks Casino Resort, Bossier City,...
Procedural Requirements Preclude Court Challenge to the Office of Conservation’s Established Units
In an apparent reaffirmation of the broad grant of authority to the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation (“Commissioner”), the Louisiana Supreme Court recently reinstated the district court’s dismissal of a challenge to force pooled units and alternate unit wells as...
Commercial Lease Ratification
In 501 Rue Decatur, L.L.C. v. VTM Props., LLC, 2014 La. App. LEXIS 1338, 23 (La.App. 4 Cir. May 21, 2014), the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, determined that accepting payments of rent for over one (1) year after a breach of commercial lease agreement due...