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The Haynesville Shale
In March 2008, several oil and gas companies announced the finding of what could potentially be the fourth largest deposit of natural gas in the world underneath northwestern Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and eastern Texas: the Haynesville Shale...

Haynesville Shale Scores Big Despite Low Gas Prices
By Jacob Credeur A recent article in the Shreveport Times indicates that payouts from the Haynesville Shale formation are leaving even the biggest players surprised. Even though Petrohawk Energy, Chesapeake, and other producers are scaling back production activity nationally because of reduced demand for natural gas, many producers are ramping up their activities in North Louisiana...

Local Governments Working on Comprehensive Ordinances for Haynesville Shale
by Gordon D. Polozola “Shreveport and Bossier City and Caddo and Bossier parishes have been working on a comprehensive set of ordinances to give local governments leverage in controlling drilling in the Haynesville Shale natural gas field,” reports the Shreveport Times...

Haynesville Shale EXPO
by:  April L. Rolen-Ogden Currently, the talk of the town in North Louisiana is the “Haynesville Shale.” Experts describe this mineral formation “as one of the richest fields of natural gas ever discovered in this region...

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources earns $3.5 million at November mineral lease sale
Despite the current problems facing the national economy, Louisiana collected $3.5 million at its mineral lease sale in November, which State Mineral Board Director Marjorie McKeithan describes as “showing interest [that] leasing Louisiana mineral rights for energy production is still strong...

Proposed Oil and Gas Laws for Northern Louisiana May Be Ready Soon
Shreveport and Bossier City as well as Caddo and Bossier parishes have been working on a comprehensive set of ordinances to give local governments leverage in controlling drilling in the Haynesville Shale natural gas field...

Dumb Texas Laws
Stupid Laws in the Lone Star State

Prenuptial Agreements
Make an Airtight Prenuptial Agreement

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Home Hospice of North Texas
$500,000 settlement reached in Medicare fraud lawsuit.

Joint Venture
Gallaher Group agrees to pay Reynolds American $387 million contract dispute settlement.

Texas Employment Law
alleged violations of Texas labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Stephen J. Hyland
alleging fraudulent operations in offering expertise in same gender couples' issues.

Exotic Meats USA
Announces Urgent Statewide Recall of Elk Tenderloin

Developer Investment
Raffaello Follieri agrees to $12 million joint venture settlement.