64th Annual Institute Proceedings (2018)

This 935 hardbound volume will include the 28 scholarly and practical papers, edited and cite-checked, that were delivered at the 64th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute:

• Resource Rights in the Continental Shelf and Beyond: Why the Law of the Sea Convention Matters to Mineral Law
  DR. BETSY BAKER, North Pacific Research Board, Anchorage, Alaska
  CATHERINE DANLEY, Graduate Assistant, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Conflicts, Confidentiality, and Other Concerns: The Promise and Peril for Lawyers Serving on Corporate Boards
  BENJAMIN P. EDWARDS, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Surface v. Minerals—Who Owns What, Where, and Why? -Or- What’s Mine Is Mine and Sometimes What’s Yours Is Mine Too
  KEVIN M. BEITER, McGinnis Lochridge LLP, Austin, Texas
  AUSTIN W. BRISTER, McGinnis Lochridge LLP, Houston, Texas
• Environmental Considerations in Oil and Gas Conservation and Permitting
  TARA K. RIGHETTI, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming
• High-Stakes Royalty Litigation: Class Actions and Federal Royalty Demands
  ALEXANDER K. OBRECHT, L. POE LEGGETTE, ROSARIO C. DORIOTT DOMÍNGUEZ, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Denver, Colorado
• International Water Disputes and Cooperation
  MATTHEW E. DRAPER, Draper & Draper LLC, Santa Fe, New Mexico & New York, New York
• The Enigmatic Federal Presence in Canadian Water Law
  DAVID R. PERCY, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Edmonton, Alberta
• Current Developments in Indian Water Law and Treaty Rights: Old Promises, Recent Challenges, and the Potential for a New Future
  MONTE MILLS, University of Montana School of Law, Missoula, Montana
• Annual Oil and Gas Law Update
  ERIN K. MURPHY, Encana Services Co. Ltd., Denver, Colorado
• Examining a Typical Exchange Agreement: Motivations and Key Considerations
  STEPHEN C. SZALKOWSKI, JEFFREY S. MUÑOZ, JAMES H. COLE, Latham & Watkins LLP, Houston, Texas
• Environmental Due Diligence and Defect Procedure
  LARRY NETTLES, ROSS WOESSNER, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, Texas
• The Ethics of Representing Clients in Contentious Public Meetings
  PHILLIP D. BARBER, Phillip D. Barber, P.C., Denver, Colorado
  JAMIE L. JOST, KELSEY H. WASYLENKY, JILL D. DORANCY, Jost Energy Law, PC, Denver, Colorado
• Annual Mining and Public Land Law Update
  TAWNY A. BRIDGEFORD, National Mining Association, Washington, DC
• Evolution of the Deal: Trending Contractual Terms in Mining Acquisition Transactions
  LISA DAMIANI, New Gold Inc., Toronto, Ontario
  JENNIFER GROSSKLAUS, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto, Ontario
• After the Feasibility Study: What Is Available and What to Consider When Choosing a Suitable Design and Construction Contract Model
  ALISON LACY, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Toronto, Ontario
• Critique of the New Form 5 LLC: An In Depth Examination of Its Workability, Enforceability, and Portability
  JOSEPH J. PERKINS, Stoel Rives LLP, Anchorage, Alaska
  RICHARD L. GOLDFARB, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, Washington
• Erasing the Distinction Between “Hard” and “Soft” Law: Trends in Human Rights Law that Every Natural Resources Lawyer Should Know
  DAVID W. RIVKIN, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York
• Fundamental Issues in Valuing Natural Resource Investments in International Investment Arbitration
  CHRISTOPHER M. RYAN, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, DC
• We’ll Take That Mine: The Corruption Defense by Governments in International Arbitrations
  LUCINDA A. LOW, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC
  JONATHAN DRIMMER, Barrick Gold Corporation, Toronto, Ontario
• Trump, Energy Policy, and Hard Look Review
  LINCOLN L. DAVIES, TYLER HUBBARD, CHRISTOPHER SANDERS, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Multiple-Use Management in a Landscape of Multiplying Demand—The Rise of Outdoor Recreation and Renewable Energy in Public Lands Management
  MICHAEL CONNOR, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Washington, DC
  MICHAEL J.P. HAZEL, KAYLA S. BYERS, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Denver, Colorado
• Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Issues Under the 1930 Right-of-Way Leasing Act—The Impact of Horizontal Drilling
  SARAH SORUM, LAURA LINDLEY, Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C., Denver, Colorado
• Annual Environmental Law Update
  DEANA M. BENNETT, Modrall Sperling, PA, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Federal Roadblocks to Local Governments’ Efforts to Stymie Crude Oil Transportation and “Keep It In the Ground”
  ERIC L. MARTIN, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon
• Possession Is (Only) Nine-Tenths of the Law Under CERCLA: Staking Your Claim and Asserting It Too After Chevron Mining Inc. v. United States
  RICHARD J. ANGELL, JEFFREY C. COREY, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Transnational Liability in U.S. Courts for Environmental Harms Abroad
  TRACY HESTER, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
• Ready, Set, Commence: Commencement Clauses in the 21st Century
  ANDREW J. CLOUTIER, Hinkle Shanor LLP, Roswell, New Mexico
  JEREMY WEBB, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Operator v. Operator—Determining Rights to Operate in Horizontal Plays
  JAMES P. PARROT, JILL FULCHER, Beatty & Wozniak PC, Denver, Colorado

Published December 2018 - Hardbound volume.