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By Robert J. Burnett The modern producing gas well is a sophisticated and complex piece of equipment. The basic well head itself consists of several meters, valves and other components, each of which is under constant stress and pressure. In addition to the well head,...
For the first time in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court recently took on the issue of whether a no-hire provision (i.e., no-poaching) in a services contract is enforceable under Pennsylvania law. Ultimately, in Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. v. Beemac Trucking LLC,...
By: Robert J. Burnett and Brendan A. O’Donnell In 2019, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued a landmark decision in the SLT Holdings, LLC v. Mitch-Well Energy Inc, 217 A. 3d 1258 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2019) matter. The Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s decision in...
By: Henry M. Sneath, Shareholder/Director at Houston Harbaugh, P.C. [email protected] and 412-288-4013 Incident Response (IR) time is critical when your business discovers a data breach, cyber intrusion, email intrusion or other cyber security threat. IR time will...
Not surprisingly, with the massive use of Amazon and Alibaba, we are seeing and handling in the courtroom litigation world a lot of actions involving alleged counterfeiting and resultant sales of products on these website marketplaces. These claims involve the...
It is well known that the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a significant decrease in vehicle traffic all over the country due to closures of the workplace and a substantial reduction in social events. Naturally, this led to the decline in the number of vehicle accidents...
Successful ransomware attacks happen every eight minutes in the United States. Last year, security firm Recorded Future tracked an estimated 65,000 such intrusions. Recent cyberattacks shut down gasoline and jet fuel deliveries on the East Coast and temporarily...
By Robert J. Burnett As the Marcellus Shale development enters its seventeenth year, drillers are becoming more creative and aggressive in their effort to avoid lease language that was intended to prohibit or restrict the deduction of post-production costs. Many...
By Catherine S. Loeffler On May 28, 2021, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") revised its guidance on COVID-19 in the workplace in an attempt to answer questions from employers about what they can and cannot do regarding vaccinations and incentives...
By Robert J. Burnett Joint ownership of oil and gas rights is fairly routine here in Pennsylvania. But what happens when one co-tenant unilaterally signs an oil and gas lease without informing the others? Does that co-tenant have superior rights? Perhaps. Let’s...
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