(January 9, 2017, 9:45 AM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A collection of hydraulic fracturing companies on Dec. 16 filed a brief in Ohio federal court arguing that a landowner’s bad faith fracking claim “must fail” because the companies had a contractual right to decline to drill or complete wells, and the landowner has “failed to provide any evidence beyond mere speculation” (Eclipse Resources - Ohio LLC v. Scott A. Madzia and Scott A. Madzia v. Eclipse Resources-Ohio LLC, et al., No. 15-177, S.D. Ohio)....