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Special Report: Law of the Land
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 18, 2013
Landowners and their counsel have attempted to incorporate features of traditional mineral leases into wind leases. Unfortunately, their efforts are hampering wind lease negotiations, write David G. Runnels and Bonnie Rubey McMurtry. Also in this report, "Important Distinctions to Understand in Title Insurance Law" by Steven G. Lawrence.
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Important Distinctions to Understand in Title Insurance Law
Texas Lawyer
Monday, March 18, 2013
Title insurance is a complicated area of Texas law. One example is the distinction between escrow cases and cases against the title insurance company arising out of issuance of the title insurance policy and conduct of the title insurance claim.
Texas Supreme Court Vacates $21 Million Eminent Domain Verdict
The American Lawyer
Monday, September 10, 2012
Gas and electric companies reacted with alarm back in 2009 when a jury awarded more than $20 million to a single Texas property owner whose land was taken through eminent domain by a unit of the energy company Enbridge Inc. On Aug. 31, to the relief of Enbridge and its many amici, Baker Botts managed to get the verdict thrown out.
Grave Consequences: 14th Court Says Cemetery Not Abandoned
Texas Lawyer
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sometimes finding a lawyer is a litigant's biggest battle. That's what Catherine Levandovsky realized two years ago when she was looking for an attorney to help her mother fight gas companies that wanted to move the bodies in her family's 114-year-old cemetery. More than seven firms turned Levandovsky down when they learned her mother didn't want to file a separate suit to seek damages against the companies, she says. Matt McCormick of Huntsville represents the plaintiffs.
Opinion: Who Owns Lands Under Rivers?
The National Law Journal
Thursday, April 5, 2012
In PPL Montana, high court correctly ruled that whether a river is navigable, and thus state-owned, depends on its status at the time of statehood.
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