While we Americans act in many ways as a single entity—THE United States of America—we are, in a lot of other ways, still a loose affiliation of single states, with separate governments and laws. That was probably just fine in the 1700 […]
Kane Russell Coleman Logan is proud to announce that 16 of the firm’s attorneys have been included in the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers ranking. Each year, the list published by Thomson Reuters recognizes less than five percent of attorneys in Texas for […]
Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC has relocated its Dallas headquarters to a completely renovated multi-floor space containing approximately 45,000 square feet in Bank of America Plaza. Located at 901 Main Street, Bank of America Plaza is one of the most […]
In the latest episode of our energy law podcast, we discuss recent guidance from the Texas Supreme Court on interpreting oil-and-gas contracts; cross-jurisdictional differences surrounding the rule of capture and subsurface mineral trespass; and troubling […]
Both federal and Texas state law favor arbitration as a method of dispute resolution. Generally speaking, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)[1] applies to any contract for a transaction involving interstate commerce, while the Texas Arbitration Act (TAA […]
I have written previously about class certification in the oil patch. Frequently the emphasis is around whether the putative class can satisfy Rule 23's commonality and predominance requirements. The recent trend has been toward troubling developments […]
Texas-based law firm Kane Russell Coleman Logan is home to eleven attorneys recognized in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The selected attorneys practice in both the Dallas and Houston offices and represent a broad cross-section of the […]
Last year, I wrote about Pennsylvania's departure from Texas on the law surrounding trespass by hydraulic fracturing. As first stated in Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust, 268 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2008), trespass claims for drainage by […]
KRCL was invited to present at the recent 2019 Educational Seminar by MEMA Financial Services Group. 2019 Educational Seminar Agenda. Joe Coleman and John Kane collaborated on a joint presentation entitled "Bankruptcy, Creditors Committees and Jeopardy […]
The Texas Supreme Court, beginning in 2017, began issuing a number of decisions altering the analysis for the interpretation of oil-and-gas agreements, principally mineral leases and conveyances. I wrote about many of these opinions as they were released […]
DALLAS, Texas, June 21, 2019 (PRWEB) – Kane Russell Coleman Logan has once again received recognition in Chambers USA, a London-based guide highlighting the nation’s top law firms and attorneys. The 2019 edition marks the tenth consecutive year that […]
In the latest episode of our energy law podcast, we discuss troubling developments at the intersection of class actions and consumer protection laws in royalty underpayment cases; the Texas Supreme Court's latest pronouncements on the duties of executive […]