Member Articles

by Andrew B. McCallister, as published in IOGA of West Virginia newsletter, November 2010Over the past two years the Environmental and Safety Committee has spent considerable time monitoring and advocating IOGA members’ interests with respect to various state and federal efforts to create new regulations or modify existing regulations of oil and gas development activities ...

by Peter R. RichCompanies seeking business in the heart of the Marcellus Shale natural gas reserves will find a skilled and experienced workforce.  However, as any business owner knows, mistakes made in the hiring process can be costly.  With that in mind, we offer the following comments on five specific aspects of Pennsylvania and West Virginia law that are applicable to hiring ...

by M. Ann Bradley, as published in IOGA of West Virginia newsletter, October 2010       There appears to be an increasing trend among certain regulatory agencies to issue policies or guidance when a change in some regulated activity is needed or desired, rather than undertaking formal rule-making procedures to adopt such a change ...

by Bryan G. Scott          After having filed and perfected a claim of lien on real property, you, as general contractor, have just entered into a written settlement agreement to settle a payment dispute with the owner.  Your agreement requires the owner to pay you $300,000 in three monthly installments.  The owner makes the first payment, but then refuses to make additional payments ...

by Bryan G. Scott and Elizabeth K. Strickland         Few areas of law have proven more dynamic over the last few years than the interplay between state tort laws and the federal regulation of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices ...