Hogan Thompson Featured in Texas Lawyer on Recent Ovintiv Win Impacting Royalties' Case Law

Hogan Thompson LLP was featured in Texas Lawyer in “New Guidance: Federal Court Order Impacts Case Law on Royalties” regarding a recent case win on behalf of client Ovintiv. This is an important case in Texas oil and gas law because it concerns operators’ right to recoup overpayments—a common industry practice that has not been addressed in depth by Texas courts. 

Hogan Thompson LLP represented Ovintiv in a royalty payment dispute in which the Plaintiffs claimed that Ovintiv’s recoupment of more than $600,000 was improper because the overpayments being recouped had been paid to their predecessors.

The court agreed that Ovintiv had the right to recoup these overpayments and entered judgment in favor of Ovintiv on all claims.

Read the article in Texas Lawyer here: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2023/06/28/new-guidance-federal-court-order-impacts-case-law-on-royalties/.