Have you been paid all of the royalties you are owed by Chesapeake, Anadarko, Statoil, Mitsui, Chief and other gas companies that hold working interests in your oil and gas lease? Have you been subjected to deductions for post-production costs, such as gathering, transportation or compression, which are either not allowed under the terms of your lease or are arbitrary, excessive, or unreasonable in amount? Are your royalties being calculated based on appropriate gas prices? How have the transactions in which Chesapeake sold its interests in its midstream gathering entity, Access Midstream, for nearly $5 Billion, affected your royalties? What can you do to ensure that your rights and interests are protected and enforced?
Three Pennsylvania law firms -- the Law Office of Taunya Knolles Rosenbloom, based in Athens, Bradford County, Griffin, Dawsey, DePaola & Jones, P.C., based in Towanda, Bradford County, and Indik & McNamara, P.C., based in Philadelphia -- are pleased to announce that they have joined forces to act as co-counsel in representing Pennsylvania landowners in bringing direct, individual claims, on a group basis, seeking to recover the royalties they are owed under the terms of their oil & gas leases, as well as compensation from the entities responsible for causing them financial harm.
We are fighting to enforce and protect the contract and property rights of Pennsylvania royalty interest owners, in federal court in Pennsylvania, and also in arbitration proceedings in Pennsylvania, for those whose leases require certain claims to be arbitrated. We are experienced in helping our clients defend and enforce their rights against large corporations. We offer vigorous and aggressive legal representation, on a contingent fee basis, and advance all costs, meaning that there are no up-front costs for you, and that we get paid, and recover the costs we have advanced, only if we recover for you.
Get the legal help that you need to enforce your legal rights and recover the proper royalty payments owed to you.
We invite you to explore this website to learn more about our litigation team, and about our planned approach to assert the claims of royalty owners in group actions and arbitrations.
There are a number of other class actions and class arbitrations, several government investigations, and at least one proposed class action settlement, pending. Two other law firms are proposing to bring group actions. You almost need a scorecard to keep track of what is going on. Let us explain and help you understand the various pending and proposed claims, investigations and proposed class action settlement, determine whether they may affect your rights and interests, an, if so, how, and help you decide what makes the most sense for you to do to protect and enforce your interests.
If you have additional questions, or would like to retain us to represent you and join in our initial group actions, we invite you to contact us by telephone or e-mail.
A copy of our contingent fee agreement is available for your review here. A list of the documents you will need to submit to us to enable us to file your claims is available here.
Act now to protect your rights and interests.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS SETTLEMENT IN DEMCHAK PARTNERS CLASS ACTION AND OF DECEMBER 17, 2015 DEADLINE TO OPT-OUT OF PROPOSED CLASS SETTLEMENT
If you receive royalties in connection with a lease in which Chesapeake holds, or previously held, an interest (whether the lease was originally with Chesapeake or another gas company), and the lease contains a Market Enhancement Clause, you should be aware that the Court entered an Order on October 2, 2015 certifying a Settlement Class and preliminarily approving the proposed Class Settlement in the Demchak Partners class action case, and establishing December 17, 2015 as the deadline to exclude yourself from the Class Settlement. For more information, see our FAQ page titled How Does the Proposed Class Settlement in the Demchak Partners Class Action Affect Me?
DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION IN 2015 GROUP ACTIONS
Because of the high volume of requests for representation we are receiving, and the upcoming holdidays, if you would like to retain us to file claims as part of one of our 2015 group actions, we will need to receive your signed contingent fee agreement, and copies of your lease and other necessary documents, by no later than DECEMBER 14. For a list of the documents needed to file, see the FAQ page here. If you are a member of the Settlement Class in Demchak Partners, you also still will need to complete and mail your opt-out request no later than DECEMBER 17. Information on how to opt-out of the Settlement Class in Demchak Partners, including a sample form of opt-out letter, is available here.
Three Pennsylvania law firms -- the Law Office of Taunya Knolles Rosenbloom, based in Athens, Bradford County, Griffin, Dawsey, DePaola & Jones, P.C., based in Towanda, Bradford County, and Indik & McNamara, P.C., based in Philadelphia -- are pleased to announce that they have joined forces to act as co-counsel in representing Pennsylvania landowners in bringing direct, individual claims, on a group basis, seeking to recover the royalties they are owed under the terms of their oil & gas leases, as well as compensation from the entities responsible for causing them financial harm.
We are fighting to enforce and protect the contract and property rights of Pennsylvania royalty interest owners, in federal court in Pennsylvania, and also in arbitration proceedings in Pennsylvania, for those whose leases require certain claims to be arbitrated. We are experienced in helping our clients defend and enforce their rights against large corporations. We offer vigorous and aggressive legal representation, on a contingent fee basis, and advance all costs, meaning that there are no up-front costs for you, and that we get paid, and recover the costs we have advanced, only if we recover for you.
Get the legal help that you need to enforce your legal rights and recover the proper royalty payments owed to you.
We invite you to explore this website to learn more about our litigation team, and about our planned approach to assert the claims of royalty owners in group actions and arbitrations.
There are a number of other class actions and class arbitrations, several government investigations, and at least one proposed class action settlement, pending. Two other law firms are proposing to bring group actions. You almost need a scorecard to keep track of what is going on. Let us explain and help you understand the various pending and proposed claims, investigations and proposed class action settlement, determine whether they may affect your rights and interests, an, if so, how, and help you decide what makes the most sense for you to do to protect and enforce your interests.
If you have additional questions, or would like to retain us to represent you and join in our initial group actions, we invite you to contact us by telephone or e-mail.
A copy of our contingent fee agreement is available for your review here. A list of the documents you will need to submit to us to enable us to file your claims is available here.
Act now to protect your rights and interests.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS SETTLEMENT IN DEMCHAK PARTNERS CLASS ACTION AND OF DECEMBER 17, 2015 DEADLINE TO OPT-OUT OF PROPOSED CLASS SETTLEMENT
If you receive royalties in connection with a lease in which Chesapeake holds, or previously held, an interest (whether the lease was originally with Chesapeake or another gas company), and the lease contains a Market Enhancement Clause, you should be aware that the Court entered an Order on October 2, 2015 certifying a Settlement Class and preliminarily approving the proposed Class Settlement in the Demchak Partners class action case, and establishing December 17, 2015 as the deadline to exclude yourself from the Class Settlement. For more information, see our FAQ page titled How Does the Proposed Class Settlement in the Demchak Partners Class Action Affect Me?
DEADLINE FOR INCLUSION IN 2015 GROUP ACTIONS
Because of the high volume of requests for representation we are receiving, and the upcoming holdidays, if you would like to retain us to file claims as part of one of our 2015 group actions, we will need to receive your signed contingent fee agreement, and copies of your lease and other necessary documents, by no later than DECEMBER 14. For a list of the documents needed to file, see the FAQ page here. If you are a member of the Settlement Class in Demchak Partners, you also still will need to complete and mail your opt-out request no later than DECEMBER 17. Information on how to opt-out of the Settlement Class in Demchak Partners, including a sample form of opt-out letter, is available here.