January 17, 2024
Chief Justice John Roberts declined Wednesday to put a worker misclassification case in West Virginia federal court on hold while an oil and gas company's petition for review of an arbitration issue is pending.
April 12, 2022
A West Virginia federal judge on Tuesday dismissed an overtime wage dispute between an oil driller and an independent contractor, holding that an arbitration agreement with a third-party staffing firm precluded any litigation.
March 21, 2022
A drilling consultant is pushing back against a West Virginia oil and gas company's attempt to force him to arbitrate an overtime dispute, saying it can't rely on an arbitration agreement he entered into with the workforce management company that placed him there.
February 25, 2022
An oil and gas company told a West Virginia federal judge that a drilling consultant tried to sidestep an arbitration agreement when he omitted his contracting agency from a suit claiming the company owes him overtime.
December 03, 2021
An oil and gas driller was hit with a proposed collective action on Friday in West Virginia federal court alleging it illegally deprived employees of overtime pay by designating independent contractors as day rate workers.