May 19, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal judge granted class certification to landowners suing multiple natural gas leaseholders for shorting them on royalty payments and appointed the LeVan Law Group LLC and Berger Montague PC to lead them through the litigation.
January 10, 2017
The landowner behind a putative class action in Pennsylvania federal court defended on Tuesday his accusations that two natural gas lease holders shorted him on royalty payments, saying the lessee was not free to sell the gas at any price it wished.
December 06, 2016
A company that holds part of a lease to drill natural gas asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to dismiss large parts of a putative class action alleging it failed to make proper royalty payments outlined in a lease agreement.
November 01, 2016
A Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. subsidiary and a partnering investor have for several years violated leasing agreements with Pennsylvania landowners by regularly paying gas royalties based on below-market prices and passing on post-production costs, according to a class action complaint removed to federal court Monday.