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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court Issues Permanent Injunction Against Bitcoin Mining on Oil and Gas Lease

In Roy Flowers v. Persist Oil and Gas Inc., the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta issued a permanent injunction precluding the defendant from operating a Bitcoin mining operation, based on the failure of the underlying lease...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Court Seals Commercial Lease Provisions in Landlord Tenant Dispute

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Commercial leases are not all boilerplate. The nature and sophistication of the business or industry of the tenant can lead to lease terms, addenda, riders and exhibits that are complicated and in some cases contain what the...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Commercial Tenancy Contract Disputes: The New York Court Of Appeals Curtails The Ability Of Commercial Tenants To Seek A...

For approximately 50 years, commercial tenants in New York facing potential action for breach of lease and possible eviction have enjoyed the use of a so-called "Yellowstone injunction," which, if granted by the court, froze...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Quebec Court of Appeal Refines the Principles Applicable to the Characterization of Contracts

On February 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed leave to appeal in Station Mont Tremblant v. Banville-Joncas. In its decision, the Quebec Court of Appeal (Court) reaffirmed and elaborated on the principles...more

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Was it a Mineral Deed or an Oil and Gas Lease?

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How to distinguish an oil and gas lease from a mineral deed? In Richardson v. Mills, it was a deed when the instrument uses words like “forever” and imposes no duty to explore for and develop minerals....more

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