Vol. 4 No. 21 | May 22, 2024
Courts
2024 OK 35: LATIGO OIL & GAS v. BP AMERICA PRODUCTION CO.
2024 OK 36: STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. BARLEAN
2024 OK 37: KNOX v. OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC CO.
No published opinions this week.
No published opinions this week.
Dispositions Other than by Published Opinions
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma Court Calendar
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is in session year round, unless otherwise noted. The court regularly schedules conferences on Mondays and other days as needed.
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Join the OBA in Observing Memorial Day
The Oklahoma Bar Center will close at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 24, and remain closed Monday, May 27, in observance of Memorial Day. Regular business hours will resume Tuesday, May 28.
The May issue of the Oklahoma Bar Journal focuses on the topic of natural resources law. Check out this week's featured articles.
Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act: Compliance and Implementation
By Crystal F. Lineberry
Overcoming Oklahoma’s Orphaned and Abandoned Well Problem
By Niles Stuck
‘Washing Out’ an Overriding Royalty Interest: An Overview of Oil Valley Petroleum v. Moore
By Kraettli Q. Epperson
"'It’s time to upgrade.'
Upgrades are great when related to hotel rooms, home improvements and airline seating. Technology upgrades (and updates) used to be a slight annoyance that frequently added new useful features and tools, but upgrading a technology tool today is often approached with trepidation. What feature that I use daily will either disappear or be moved somewhere difficult to locate? What third-party software add-on or peripheral will cease to work or require an upgrade of its own once the upgrade is finished?"
The Sovereignty Symposium 2024, presented by the OCU School of Law, has been scheduled for June 11-12 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City. This year’s event is dedicated to the late Dennis Arrow for his work in the field of Indian law and will feature keynote speaker Chief Standing Bear, principal chief of the Osage Nation.
The OBA is proud to welcome Oklahoma Attorneys Mutual Insurance Co. as a Co-Sponsor for the 2024 Annual Meeting to be held July 10-12 at the Embassy Suites in Norman.
For professional liability, Oklahoma Attorneys Mutual Insurance Co. is the only insurer owned by OBA members. OAMIC, which started in 1980, only serves lawyers who practice in Oklahoma and has policy options for lawyers in any type of practice. They also offer a broad range of court bonds. If you're attending the Annual Meeting, stop by and visit the OAMIC table as well as other sponsor tables to learn how their services can benefit your professional practice!
Registration is open, and there are still opportunities available to sponsor the 2024 Annual Meeting.
The Oklahoma Bar Association welcomes Ben M. Schorr as a speaker at the Artificial Intelligence: Shaping the Future of Law Practice conference. Mr. Schorr is a senior content program manager at Microsoft. He is also the author of several books and articles on technology, including Microsoft 365 for Lawyers and The Lawyer’s Guide to Microsoft Word.
Featured CLE
By OBA MAP Director Jim Calloway
There have been several recent upgrades to the iPhone iOS operating system. Like many lawyers, I am sometimes a bit annoyed that an interface has changed. But I navigate past it and get back to work.
The challenge is that I may be missing some very useful new features. A recent article was posted by Gadget Hacks, "Customize and Use Control Center on Your iPhone for Quick Access to Your Most-Used Apps, Features, and Settings." This post has detailed step-by-step instructions to reorganize your iPhone. The benefit of investing the time to do this is that many tasks that now require three clicks to launch (or you have to search on the phone to even locate the function) may be set up for one click launches, frequently saving time going forward.
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