For anyone who had a contract that was flipped to Chesapeake and they are trying to renew or extend your contract at an unfair rate under the Paragraph 19 at $15 or $30 or have and will "graciously offer you a $500 or $1000 sign on bonus, this is to make you aware that there is a class action lawsuit and you do have rights and there is further information you do need to here.  There is a high probability that they are breaking the law and you should be getting what everyone else is getting.  I know for a fact that I was told by Range that they had to renegotiate any extension with me at todays going price and I had to approve any extension and that had to be the same for anyone who took over the contract.  At the time my contract was written, Range owned Great Lakes and used an old Great Lakes contract.  They told me that when the lease was presented, read to me, signed by me and again when it was flipped to Chesapeake.  Never did Range present paragraph 19 in any other way.  If anyone else out there is in the same predicament as I, we need to all stand together on this.  If you have been coerced into signing, don't give up.  Being coerced and lied to still does not make things legal.  They can bully and lie all they want, but it won't get them anywhere.  Stay strong, stay united but stay together.  I will have meetings, we will get together and we will prevail.  I have been working with other leasing companies to bid on land here in our area and they are interested in leasing here at great rates so no one has to worry about getting a good rate.  I can tell you they continually lied to me because they don't know the contract they took over.  They think they do but maybe they should have spoken with Range before they took these contracts over.  We all worked hard to get what we have and no one has the right to steal it from us.  My mother raise me to be a good, kind, generous person, God Bless that wonderful Lady.  My handshake is my word.  I will do anything for anyone.