Agent Ordered To Comply With Discovery Request In Mineral Rights Dispute

( August 22, 2025, 8:16 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal magistrate judge in Ohio has ordered an agent with a company that owns land that is the subject of a mineral rights dispute to respond to discovery requests made by a drilling operator, ruling that many of the requested communications between the agent and his wife are not protected by Ohio’s marital communications privilege....