Return of royalties sought

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A Wyoming congresswoman is sponsoring legislation that would restore $110 million in federal mineral royalty payments to 35 states. The bill introduced Tuesday by Republican Rep. Cynthia Lummis would allow states to directly ...

05/16/2013 OGJ Washington Editor US Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) introduced legislation to ensure states that normally receive half of federal onshore oil and gas royalties under the Mineral Leasing Act actually receive the money. MLA mandates that ...

Sen. Tom Udall today will introduce legislation to block the federal government from taking $25 million of New Mexicos federal energy and mineral royalties this year as part of the ongoing budget sequester. Udall, a New Mexico Democrat, is teaming ...

Albertans suffering from government's poor decisions, says McGowan The Alberta Federation of Labour painted a bleak picture Friday of the province's financial situation. The union says it has internal government documents showing the province has ...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Udall said Thursday that he plans to introduce legislation that would block the federal government from taking $25 million of New Mexico's federal energy and mineral royalties as part of the budget sequester this year. Udall, ...

Microsoft v. Motorola developed a framework for courts to assess fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms for standard-essential patents. Its roadmap and analysis will probably influence future FRAND cases in other U.S. and ...

>> The Federal Court in Australia has said that musicians should be entitled to receive royalties when commercial radio streams music online.

Economic Times reported that top industry bodies have urged the government to lower royalty rates on non ferrous minerals like zinc and lead, in line with global rates. These recommendations have been made by leading chambers of commerce like Ficci, ...

Source: News Limited AUSTRALIA'S richest woman Gina Rinehart and fellow billionaire Andrew Forrest shared in more than $100,000 worth of taxpayer-funded handouts in their companies under Royalties for Regions last year. While the WA Government ...