When restaurants were ordered to shutter – and before PPP – Ernest Bux's sister Cookie Bux who owns Beef O'Bux Restaurants was in a bind

Enterprise Products Operating v. Trafigura, A G. asks, Who should pay when a "black blob" that had "the stench of a skunk" was left behind after $27 million...

Recent Texas royalty cases seem to feature litigants on the fixed royalty side trying, more often than not in vain, to escape the clutches of Van Dyke v. Navigator and Hysaw v. Dawkins.

In Mistretta v. Hilcorp Energy Company, unleased mineral owner Mistretta sued Hilcorp alleging failure to provide requested production and well cost information pertaining to an oil well operated by Hilcorp.

Now that our new president has been elected (Proud Boys, its over!), let's take a look at what people smarter than I are predicting it will mean for the domestic oil and gas industry and the climate.

A lot, it turns out. The Biden Administration, bending the knee to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, has paused approval of new LNG export facilities.

For nine years, Tilting the Scales has brought legal issues with a business slant –practical and conversation points.

Scheming to find the most remote and inaccessible county in Texas (my vote is Yoakum but there is no paucity of candidates) in which to dish out Texas home-town...

Last month, we delved into the fundamentals of zoning as they relate to developers and builders. Now, let's take a deeper dive into specialized zoning topics that merit closer examination.

After a lifetime of pouring time and energy into growing and expanding, Pawlenty Energy, JR and Sue Ellen Pawlenty are ready to sell their business and retire.

On March 25, 2024, the IRS issued proposed regulations (REG-108761-22) which, if finalized, would identify certain CRATs as listed transactions.

Final regulations on informational reporting obligations for custodial brokers were published in the Federal Register on July 9, 2024 with an ominous note that the information reporting requirements for non-custodial brokers...

The employee retention credit (ERC) has been a hot topic lately in the tax world. On September 14, 2023, the IRS imposed an administrative moratorium...

Prepare a draft settlement agreement that suits the case before mediation. Take it with you and use it to make a full and final settlement agreement at the end of mediation.

The threat: You, the operator, are operating unprofitable wells where monthly costs exceed or barely equal revenues, making money on the fixed COPAS overhead charges

The question in Rock River Minerals, LP and Carr v. v. Pioneer Natural Resources, et al.: Did an assignment of overriding royalty interests in Texas oil and gas leases include a depth limitation?

After four stops at the lower courts, Kenneth Hahn v. ConocoPhillips has been resolved by the Supreme Court of Texas.

In legal parlance, it was a "remand", but the result in Energy Transfer, LP et al v. Culberson Midstream LLC et al was the same.

An old German proverb states that "to change and to change for the better are two different things." As 2024 ends, the legal and business communities who must navigate government scrutiny...

The U.S. tax system requires taxpayers to report their income and expenses on an annual accounting basis (e.g., a calendar year). Because taxpayers may have profits in some years...