Leaseholders: Companies Cannot Depose Plaintiffs’ Attorney About Fracking Leases

Mealey's (October 9, 2017, 9:41 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of leaseholders in Ohio who contend that a group of hydraulic fracturing companies “systematically” violated their leases and underpaid royalties filed a brief in Ohio federal court on Sept. 29, arguing that the companies failed to meet the burden that permits them to depose the leaseholders’ counsel (Zehentbauer Family Land LP v. Chesapeake Exploration LLC, et al., No. 15-02449, N.D. Ohio)....