http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Valero 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/134720 A judge has signed off on the $17.5 million settlement proposed by Exxon Mobil Corp. to resolve 50 cases consolidated in the ongoing multidistrict litigation concerning the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether. http://www.law360.com/articles/134720 http://www.law360.com/articles/130970 If breakthrough clean technology developments are unable to match carbon reduction goals mandated in the U.S. Senate's climate change bill, consumer costs will rise and manufacturers could lose ground to foreign competitors, industry experts warned Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/130970 http://www.law360.com/articles/130934 Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle 50 cases consolidated in the ongoing multidistrict litigation concerning its use of the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether. http://www.law360.com/articles/130934 http://www.law360.com/articles/130443 Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Monday released the text of the chairman's mark of cap-and-trade carbon emissions legislation now being considered in the Senate. http://www.law360.com/articles/130443 http://www.law360.com/articles/130403 A bankruptcy judge has approved VeraSun Energy Corp.'s liquidation plan, which would merge most of its subsidiaries into one entity and cancel all shares of the company’s common stock and unsecured notes as the company winds down. http://www.law360.com/articles/130403 http://www.law360.com/articles/129139 A federal jury has ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. to pay $105 million in compensatory damages for contaminating New York City's groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether. http://www.law360.com/articles/129139 http://www.law360.com/articles/129045 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has objected to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp.'s proposed liquidation plan, saying it gives senior lenders liens on grain that should belong to the farmers that grew it. http://www.law360.com/articles/129045 http://www.law360.com/articles/122104 Darling International Inc. and a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. are planning to form a joint venture to produce renewable diesel fuel from animal fats on a site adjacent to Valero's St. Charles refinery near Norco, La. http://www.law360.com/articles/122104 http://www.law360.com/articles/119918 Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has asked a bankruptcy judge to reject ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp.'s disclosure statement and liquidation plan if it is not revised to recover surety bonds the insurer issued as part of VeraSun's operations. http://www.law360.com/articles/119918 http://www.law360.com/articles/116329 A federal jury found in favor of New York City on Wednesday in the first phase of a trial against Exxon Mobil Corp., which the city alleges poisoned groundwater wells in Queens with a gasoline additive. http://www.law360.com/articles/116329 http://www.law360.com/articles/115861 Valero Energy Corp. has been slapped with a putative class and collective action claiming North America's biggest oil refiner violated state and federal laws by failing to pay millions of dollars in overtime wages to thousands of convenience store workers. http://www.law360.com/articles/115861 http://www.law360.com/articles/114647 VeraSun Energy Corp., once one of the largest ethanol producers in the U.S., has filed a liquidation plan and disclosure statement that would merge most of its subsidiaries into one entity and cancel all shares of the company’s common stock and unsecured notes as the company winds down. http://www.law360.com/articles/114647 http://www.law360.com/articles/109076 Delaware officials have fined a Valero Energy Corp. subsidiary more than $86,000 over emissions from an oil refinery that violated the state's air pollution code. http://www.law360.com/articles/109076 http://www.law360.com/articles/106990 A federal appeals court has upheld the Internal Revenue Service's right to access certain documents as part of its investigation into whether Valero Energy Corp. created an illegal tax shelter when it acquired Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. http://www.law360.com/articles/106990 http://www.law360.com/articles/106983 Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to settle a pair of lawsuits in the multidistrict litigation over the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether, but the vast majority of the cases against it are still pending. http://www.law360.com/articles/106983 http://www.law360.com/articles/106625 Delaware state officials are investigating several recent reported incidents in which a reopened Valero Energy Corp. refinery in Delaware City released hundreds of pounds of sulfur dioxide and other chemicals into the air. http://www.law360.com/articles/106625 http://www.law360.com/articles/97565 Deciding that haste doesn't make waste when it comes to squaring debts, ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. has gotten the bankruptcy court's blessing to avoid interest on its remaining secured debt by paying the $107 million it owes to its senior secured bondholders. http://www.law360.com/articles/97565 http://www.law360.com/articles/97454 The bankruptcy court overseeing ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc.'s Chapter 11 case has granted interim approval of the company's debtor-in-possession financing, allowing Aventine to tap the first half of a $30 million credit facility, the company announced Friday. http://www.law360.com/articles/97454 http://www.law360.com/articles/96399 Ethanol producer Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. has received approval for 11 first-day motions in its Chapter 11 proceedings, including use of cash collateral provided by current lien holders against the company. http://www.law360.com/articles/96399 http://www.law360.com/articles/96020 Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. has become the latest ethanol producer to stumble into bankruptcy amid major price fluctuations and a continued lack of liquidity in the credit markets. http://www.law360.com/articles/96020