- Royalty Underpayments
- Qui Tam Suits
- Surface Damage Claims
- Environmental and Nuisance Claims
- Equipment and Pipe Failure
- Delay and Damage Claims
- Take-or-Pay Claims
- Employment and Noncompete Issues
- Trade-Secret Theft and Protection
- Personal Injury Defense
- Pipeline Condemnations and Easements
- Secured and Unsecured Liens
- Bankruptcy and Workouts
- OSHA Enforcement
- Contract Claims Related to:
- Joint Operating Agreements
- Leases and Assignments
- Farm-Out Agreements
- Exploration Agreements
- Preferential Rights to Purchase
- Asset Purchases and Sales
- Oilfield Service Agreements
- Titles and Conveyances
- Pipeline Construction
Practicing in the “World’s Energy Capital” — Houston, Texas — Eggleston + Briscoe’s team of highly skilled and successful trial lawyers represents energy companies, oilfield service companies, pipeline companies, lenders and borrowers, and individuals in a wide variety of litigation matters related to energy/oil and gas.
The firm’s Energy/Oil & Gas litigation practice is complemented by a transactional practice involving the same subject matter. The firm’s transactional attorneys counsel clients concerning all aspects of the energy/oil and gas trades.
- Fiduciary Issues
- Titles and Conveyances
- Exploration Agreements
- Leases and Assignments
- Royalty Agreements
- Joint Operating Agreements
Case Results
Favorable settlement during trial.
E+B represented the whistleblower in a dispute ancillary to a nationwide qui tam case alleging underpayment of royalties to the federal government by a group of major oil and gas companies producing oil and gas on federal and Native American lands. The suit alleged professional malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty on the part of various attorneys and their respective law firms in pursuit and settlement of parts of the qui tam case. After several days of trial during which evidence of potential damages in excess of several billion dollars was produced, the case was settled confidentially to the satisfaction of E+B’s client.