Thomas Galligan

January 09, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently handed down a precedential decision regarding the federal Natural Gas Act (NGA) and the authority of private companies acting pursuant to a certification of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

By Nicole Jensen and Thomas Galligan

4 minute read

May 25, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

On April 28, U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann of the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the latest opinion in a series of high-profile decisions regarding class arbitrability of oil and gas leases. In Chesapeake Appalachia v. Scout Petroleum, 4:14-CV-0620, (M.D. Pa. April 28), Brann granted Chesapeake's motion for partial summary judgment, and entered a declaratory judgment that the leases at issue do not permit class arbitration, and instead require individual (or bilateral) arbitration. Brann's opinion rejected Scout's novel argument that as a matter of Pennsylvania contract law, class arbitration was impliedly authorized under the leases.

By Thomas Galligan

12 minute read