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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Enforce Arbitration Provision Setting Forth Grounds for Judicial Review of Arbitration Award

The Energy Law

2008 WL 762537 (U.S. 2008), the Supreme Court held that the grounds for vacatur and modification of arbitration awards provided by §§ 10 and 11 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) are exclusive. The case began as a lease dispute between a landlord, Hall Street Associates, LLC, and tenant, Mattel, Inc., Mattel, Inc.,

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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Weighs in on Hydraulic Fracturing and Subsurface Trespass

The Energy Law

1] Prior to the Pennsylvania ruling, there were two seminal cases that have addressed the issue and reached conflicting results. The court found that an actionable trespass claim requires an injury and that the only claimed injury in this case—drainage of gas from beneath the plaintiff’s property—was barred by the rule of capture. [3]