For people who lose a claim of confidential lawyer-client communication or work product privilege, the normal rule gives them a scary option if they want to contest the loss in a higher court. They must defy the order, which directs them to produce the documents or furnish the information, and thus stand in contempt of

Do you think of Chicago as an oil and gas town? Dallas, yes; Houston, for sure; New Orleans, uh-huh; maybe Bismarck, North Dakota (for the shale gas); and perhaps even New York (because of trading oil futures on the NYMEX).

Chicago? Meh.

But wait up. Today Judge Richard Posner wrote about oil and gas leases.