July 01, 2025
A rig worker's limited liability company — but not the worker himself — is a party to an oil and gas company's arbitration agreement, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, rejecting the firm's bid to send the former employee's wage and hour suit to arbitration.
July 08, 2024
An oil and gas exploration and production company cannot try to involve itself in an arbitration pact that doesn't extend to it, a rig worker told the Fourth Circuit, arguing that his misclassification suit should stay in court.
June 05, 2024
A rig worker's arbitration agreement clearly extended to oil and gas exploration and production company Tug Hill Operating LLC, the company said, telling the Fourth Circuit that a West Virginia federal court gave the pact a too narrow read.