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Real Rights Require Real Acts – And Recordation
January 2023 – The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana recently examined whether a real right in property could be enforced ...
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Pooling in Bad Faith: Look to the Lease Terms for Clarity
April 2023 – The Ischy v. Northwood Energy Corp case illustrates the significance of broadly drafted pooling provisions that offer wide discretion to the Lessee.
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Granting Clause vs. Exhibit: The Eternal Question of Assignment Scope
January 2023 – In Citation 2002 Inv. LLC & Endeavor Energy Res., L.P. v. Occidental Permian1, the ...
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OLIVA GIBBS PROMOTES JOSH ABRAMS AND PATRICK SCHENKEL TO PARTNER
January 2023 - Oliva Gibbs is pleased to announce that Josh Abrams and Patrick Schenkel have been promoted to partners at the firm.
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The Presumed-Lost-Deed Doctrine: A Recent Texas Case Invokes an Obscure Rule
January 2023 - The Doctrine of Presumed Lost Deed is an arcane legal concept applied to old gaps in land titles in Texas. This common-law ...
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Governor Shapiro and the Future of Fracking in Pennsylvania
December 2022 — Former Attorney General Josh Shapiro was recently elected as the next Pennsylvania governor. However, with no hard stance on fracking and seats ...
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Hoggs Get Slaughtered: Interpreting an Assignment of “Leases” Versus “Lands” in the Blackbeard Decision
November 2022 — The El Paso Court of Appeals was recently tasked with interpreting whether the granting language in an assignment was broad enough to ...
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OLIVA GIBBS LLP ADDS SENIOR ATTORNEY, EXPANDS TO NEW SPACE IN OKLAHOMA
November 2022 - Oliva Gibbs is pleased to announce the addition of Senior Lawyer, Gregory Harjo, in Oklahoma City and our move into expanded ...
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Washed Out: Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals Addresses Enforceability of “Anti-Washout” Provisions
November 2022 — The Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held that the “anti-washout” provision found in various assignments of overriding royalty interests was ...
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Rethinking Renewables Development – The Land Department Podcast
October 2022 — Brad Gibbs discusses renewables development with Brent Broussard on The Land Department Podcast.
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Haunting Your Ex From Beyond the Grave: Post-Divorce Partition and the Johnson Decision
October 2022 — In Johnson v. Dunham, The Eastland Court of Appeals was tasked with determining whether a mineral interest, which was neither ...
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OLIVA GIBBS LLP OPENS LOUISIANA OFFICE, WELCOMES KATE BAILEY LABUE
September 2022 — Oliva Gibbs is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Lafayette, Louisiana, and the addition of Kate Labue. Kate ...
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Superior Court of Pennsylvania Clarifies the Difference Between an “Exception” and a “Reservation” in the Context of an Oil and Gas Clause
September 2022 - In Hunnell v. Krawczewicz, 2022 PA Super 166, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania discussed the difference between an “exception” and a “reservation” ...
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Dormant Mineral Act – “Ignorance of a Mineral Owner’s Last Known Location is No Excuse”
August 2022 — In Fonzi v. Brown, the Supreme Court of Ohio consolidated and examined two cases to determine whether the surface owners of two adjoining parcels ...
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OLIVA GIBBS LLP ADDS SEVEN LAWYERS IN LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
August 2022 — Oliva Gibbs is pleased to announce the addition of seven lawyers across three states. The group includes the firm’s first attorneys resident ...
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Siltstone Res., L.L.C. v. Ohio Pub Works Comm’n: The Effect of Deed Restrictions on Mineral Right
July 2022 - In Siltstone Res., L.L.C. v. Ohio Pub Works Comm’n, 2022-Ohio-483, the Ohio Supreme Court examined whether the lease and transfer of subsurface ...
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