Trade Groups:  Ohio High Court Should Decline Fracking Lease Arbitration Dispute

(March 26, 2021, 9:09 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oil and gas trade associations on March 8 filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ohio Supreme Court supporting a hydraulic fracturing company and arguing that the court should decline the petition of landowners who seek review of the exception to arbitration provisions in lease agreements.  The amici contend that state law is preempted by federal arbitration law....