On August 17, 2020, Nix Patterson and Co-Counsel Ryan Whaley obtained a verdict of more than $150 million on behalf of Oklahoma royalty owners. The Honorable Judge John Gibney, sitting by designation in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, ruled in favor of the Plaintiff, Perry Cline, and the Class of owners he represented following a
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NPR Obtains Final Approval of Settlement in Royalty Owner Class Action Against XTO Energy Inc.
NPR represented a class of royalty owners in this putative class action against XTO Energy Inc. for the alleged underpayment of gas royalties on gas and its constituents produced from wells in Oklahoma where XTO, including its predecessors or affiliates, is or was the operator or as a non-operator, XTO separately marketed gas. After vigorously
NPR Obtains Final Approval of Settlement in Royalty Owner Statutory Interest Class Action Against XTO Energy, Inc.
NPR, with Co-Class Counsel Ryan Whaley, represented a class of royalty and overriding royalty owners in this putative class action against XTO Energy Inc. for the alleged failure to pay statutory interest on royalty payments made outside the time periods set forth in the Production Revenue Standards Act for oil and gas production proceeds from
Former SeaWorld CEO Invokes Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On February 23, 2018, Investigative Reporter Mike DeForest of News 6 in Orlando, WKMG Click Orlando, ran a story on the SeaWorld Securities Litigation, titled “Former SeaWorld CEO refuses to answer questions in shareholder lawsuit – Jim Atchison invokes Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.” The report details how SeaWorld’s former CEO, a named Defendant in
NPR Wins Motion to Compel Discovery on Behalf of Certified Class of Investors in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On January 11, 2018, U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler of the Southern District of California granted the Second Motion to Compel Discovery that NPR and its Co-Class Counsel filed on behalf of the certified Class of investors in the SeaWorld Securities Litigation. The Motion, which NPR filed on December 8, 2017, sought an Order
NPR Wins Class Certification for Investors and Appointed Co-Class Counsel in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On November 29, 2017, Judge Michael M. Anello of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted Lead Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, appointed the Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System (“APERS”) and Pensionskassen For Børne-Og Ungdomspædagoger (“PBU”), as the Class Representatives, and appointed NPR as Co-Class Counsel. NPR filed a motion for
NPR Wins Order Unsealing Damning Evidence in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On November 3, 2017, Judge Michael M. Anello of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued an order granting in substantial part a motion filed by NPR and its co-Lead Counsel, which sought to unseal certain evidence SeaWorld produced in the litigation and improperly marked “confidential” and which NPR sought to
NPR Defeats Motion for Summary Judgment by Google
For more than six years, NPR and its co-counsel in the matter Woods v. Google Inc., Case No. 11-cv-1263, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, have been prosecuting claims against Google related to its AdWords advertising program. Woods alleges that Google systematically overcharged advertisers for years in violation of
Court Allows U.S. Department of Justice to Intervene in SeaWorld Securities Litigation in Connection With Criminal Investigation
On September 9, 2017, Judge Michael M. Anello of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California granted the United States’ Unopposed Motion to Intervene and Partially Stay Discovery in the SeaWorld Securities Litigation. In this case, NPR serves as Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of Lead Plaintiffs, Arkansas Public Retirement System and Pensionskassen
NPR Moves to Certify Class in SeaWorld Securities Litigation
On May 19, 2017, NPR and its co-counsel moved for class certification of the claims of investors in securities of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., in the SeaWorld Securities Litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. In this case, NPR serves as Co-Lead Counsel on behalf of Lead Plaintiffs Arkansas Public