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Real Rights Require Real Acts – And Recordation

January 2023 – The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana recently examined whether a real right in property could be enforced against third parties, absent a formal recorded instrument evidencing same.

Washed Out: Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals Addresses Enforceability of “Anti-Washout” Provisions

November 2022 — The Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held that the “anti-washout” provision found in various assignments of overriding royalty interests was not binding on the assignees of the original lessee after the underlying leases had expired...

Superior Court of Pennsylvania Clarifies the Difference Between an “Exception” and a “Reservation” in the Context of an Oil and Gas Clause

September 2022 - In Hunnell v. Krawczewicz, 2022 PA Super 166, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania discussed the difference between an “exception” and a “reservation” of oil and gas rights in a deed...