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.
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