http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Duke Energy Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/130713 Although various financing mechanisms have been used to provide multimillion-dollar funding for energy transmission infrastructure projects, a new public-private partnership model has emerged in this decade. An analysis of projects using this model demonstrates the advantages and challenges that financing such projects presents, says Ann Warren of Foley & Lardner LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/130713 http://www.law360.com/articles/131928 A federal judge has granted a dozen energy companies' request that he review his ruling on the scope of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's jurisdiction related to claims raised by Kansas plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix wholesale natural gas prices. http://www.law360.com/articles/131928 http://www.law360.com/articles/131848 Southern Co. and American Electric Power Co. Inc. will likely be among the biggest losers under a U.S. cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases, even though their emissions are well below that of oil giants such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., according to a newly released report. http://www.law360.com/articles/131848 http://www.law360.com/articles/131456 An Indiana appeals court has upheld a summary judgment ruling for several insurers in a dispute with Cinergy Corp. and Duke Energy Corp. over coverage for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. http://www.law360.com/articles/131456 http://www.law360.com/articles/131508 The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix wholesale natural gas prices has refused to toss defendant CenterPoint Energy Services Inc. from the case, rejecting the company's argument that the plaintiffs have failed to state a claim. http://www.law360.com/articles/131508 http://www.law360.com/articles/128957 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has revived a mass tort that accuses dozens of oil and chemical companies of adding to the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina through their emissions of greenhouse gases, a decision that comes less than a month after the Second Circuit breathed new life into a similar mass tort. http://www.law360.com/articles/128957 http://www.law360.com/articles/128820 A federal judge has dismissed a public nuisance lawsuit brought by the tiny Alaskan village of Kivalina against 24 energy and utility giants, breaking from a federal appeals court's take on whether companies can be held liable for historic greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. http://www.law360.com/articles/128820 http://www.law360.com/articles/128151 Antitrust claims against more than a dozen companies in the Western States Wholesale Natural Gas case are not barred by the Commodity Exchange Act, a federal judge has ruled, denying a bid for judgment on the pleadings by defendants including Houston-based Reliant Energy Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/128151 http://www.law360.com/articles/128041 The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in South Carolina's suit against North Carolina over water rights, in which the Palmetto State is seeking to exclude Duke Energy Corp. and other third parties from taking part. http://www.law360.com/articles/128041 http://www.law360.com/articles/126585 A group of natural gas producers — including American Electric Power Co. Inc., Xcel Energy Inc. and Dynegy GP Inc. — has asked for summary judgment in a price-fixing suit filed by defunct agricultural cooperative Farmland Industries Inc., arguing that FLI wants recovery under a Kansas law that isn't available to it. http://www.law360.com/articles/126585 http://www.law360.com/articles/124955 Less than a week after Pacific Gas & Electric Co. revealed it had pulled out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the chief of fellow utility Exelon Corp. said Monday that his company likewise planned to exit the lobbying group based on its efforts to block legislation to lower greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/124955 http://www.law360.com/articles/124369 A federal judge has approved a bid to sever bankrupt real estate developer Crescent Resources LLC from 64 toxic tort actions pending in Florida state court so that the plaintiffs may proceed against a number of other defendants, which include Siemens Communications Inc., General Dynamics Corp. and Plessey Inc. http://www.law360.com/articles/124369 http://www.law360.com/articles/123948 Indicating a growing rift among businesses in dealing with climate issues, California-based Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has pulled out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing “fundamental differences” with the business group’s battle against legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.law360.com/articles/123948 http://www.law360.com/articles/122797 A former Duke Energy Corp. unit has said it will appeal a judge's decision denying it a new trial and a jury's award of about $183,000 to an Oklahoma rancher who said a pipeline had leaked on his property. http://www.law360.com/articles/122797 http://www.law360.com/articles/122424 A judge has refused the request of a group of U.S. nuclear utility companies to have a rehearing in a case challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision not to alter its agreement restricting the importation of enriched uranium from the Russian Federation. http://www.law360.com/articles/122424 http://www.law360.com/articles/121991 Siemens Corp. has objected to a motion to modify the automatic stay in the Chapter 11 proceedings of Crescent Resources LLC that, if granted, would allow discovery to continue in a number of toxic tort actions pending in Florida against Crescent, Siemens and other companies. http://www.law360.com/articles/121991 http://www.law360.com/articles/120979 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made public a sweeping array of survey responses from electric utilities regarding hundreds of potentially hazardous coal ash impoundments across the U.S., saying no immediate cause for concern has come to light in the investigation following a Tennessee dam burst in December 2008. http://www.law360.com/articles/120979 http://www.law360.com/articles/120943 A federal judge has opted to certify two classes while rejecting a third in a case brought by a group of older employees that accuses Duke Energy Corp. of implementing a retirement plan that favors younger workers in violation of federal law. http://www.law360.com/articles/120943 http://www.law360.com/articles/119923 The Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice have strengthened their call for federal rules governing the disposal of coal ash now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that there are almost twice as many coal ash dump sites across the nation as it originally estimated. http://www.law360.com/articles/119923 http://www.law360.com/articles/118670 Winston & Strawn LLP has brought on a veteran bankruptcy attorney from Andrews Kurth LLP to bolster its restructuring and insolvency practice, the firm has announced. http://www.law360.com/articles/118670