Buckingham’s oil and gas team was victorious in two appeals recently decided by the Seventh District Court of Appeals concerning the enforceability of arbitration clauses in oil and gas leases. The Court of Appeals held that arbitration clauses in oil and gas leases are enforceable and are not subject to R.C. § 2711.01(B), which excludesRead More
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Attorney Michael J. Matasich reports on a new amendment to Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act, which takes effect on January 30, 2014. The 2006 version of Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act (R.C. § 5301.56) (“DMA”) requires surface owners to engage in a three-step process before severed mineral interests will be deemed abandoned and vested in the surfaceRead More
Buckingham Attorney Matthew R. Duncan offers this sage advice to Ohio landlords deciding whether or not they can accept late rent payments from a tenant: One question that often arises in the course of a landlord evicting a tenant for nonpayment of rent is whether or not the landlord should accept past-due rent after postingRead More
