Royalty Owner Says Fracking Company’s Bid To Compel Arbitration Is Invalid

(July 6, 2023, 1:19 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A mineral rights owner filed a brief in Ohio federal court opposing a hydraulic fracturing operator’s motion to compel arbitration in a royalty payment dispute, arguing that the provision in the mineral lease that purports to require arbitration of the claim is invalid under Ohio’s general principles of contract law....