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    • Landowners: Act Now or be Bound by Class Action Settlement Terms
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    • Non-Producing Oil and Gas Lease Deemed Abandoned by the Pennsylvania Superior Court
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    • Ohio Court Rules That Driller Did Not Breach Lease By Deducting Post-Production Costs Incurred By Affiliate
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    • Tenth Circuit Rules That Obligation To Pay Royalty On Fuel Gas Depends On Lease Language
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    • The Accommodation Doctrine: Balancing the Interests of the Surface Owner and the Mineral Owner
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    • West Virginia Supreme Court to Reconsider Landmark Decision in Leggett v. EQT Production Company
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