( August 5, 2025, 4:24 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal magistrate judge in Pennsylvania on Aug. 4 issued a report in which he recommended that leaseholders’ motion for class certification in their case against hydraulic fracturing operators for unpaid royalties be granted in part and denied in part, saying the plaintiffs have shown that the class is ascertainable but have not presented evidence to satisfy Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2)....