Attorney General Josh Shapiro sued the defendants under the UTPCPL because together they allegedly “impaired the competitive process which deprived Pennsylvania landowners from receiving an acreage signing bonus and royalty which would have been competitive and fair absent the agreement to allocate territories."
March 26, 2021 at 03:17 PM
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state Attorney General’s Office had no legal basis to sue oil and gas drilling companies on behalf of landowners under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law.
In a 6-1 majority opinion, the justices overturned a Commonwealth Court ruling rejecting preliminary objections from defendants Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp.
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