Law, Strategy, and Risk in Commercial Disputes
The old firm used phone lines to help state fish and wildlife agencies issue fishing and hunting licenses. A new outfit said it did the same thing, only better, by employing the Internet.
Hoping to seize the future, the old firm buys the new one for about $1 million. Then it finds out the Internet-using…
Big Oil v. Royalty Owners
Who said Big Oil can't beat Texas royalty owners?
Not Blawgletter. And definitely not the Supreme Court of the Lone Star State.
Royalty owners typically become that by granting your ExxonMobils, your Conocos, your BPs, and the like the right to drill for oil and gas. The lease contract calls…