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  • January 13, 2009

    SC Wants Duke Energy Out Of Water War With NC

    The state of South Carolina is fighting to drop Duke Energy Corp. and other intervenors from its U.S. Supreme Court case against North Carolina over water rights, arguing that the outside parties will add undue complexity to the case.

  • January 15, 2009

    FERC Approves Controversial Md. LNG Project

    The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a controversial liquefied natural gas terminal Thursday despite requests from federal agencies that it wait for more information on the project's compliance with federal wildlife regulations before voting.

  • January 13, 2009

    Judge Won't Toss Superior Offshore Securities Suit

    A federal judge has refused to dismiss a securities class action against officers and directors of Superior Offshore International Inc. and underwriters involved in the bankrupt company's April 2007 initial public offering.

  • January 13, 2009

    Senators Revive NOPEC Bill As Bush Exit Nears

    A team of senators has reintroduced a measure to allow the federal government to launch antitrust lawsuits against international oil cartels, just a week before the bill's chief opponent, President George W. Bush, leaves office.

  • January 13, 2009

    Senator To Press Fly Ash Issue With EPA Nominee

    In the aftermath of a billion-gallon sludge slide from a Tennessee fly ash waste pond, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is pushing to make sure President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for the nation's top environmental post has a plan to prevent future mishaps.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Largest Product Liability Practices

    Shook Hardy, Reed Smith and Dechert boast the largest product liability practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Supreme Court Rejects Exxon Bid To Reclaim $150M

    The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review Exxon Mobil Corp.'s effort to restore a U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission finding that the energy giant is owed more than $150 million in refunds for its undervalued crude oil.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Busiest Patent Practices

    Fish & Richardson, Morris Nichols and Jones Day top the list of the busiest patent practices, ranked by number of cases for which the firms were retained as counsel over a recent a one-year period, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Oil Co. To Shell Out $1.3M Over Leaky Pipeline

    Shell Chemical Yabucoa Inc. has agreed to pay roughly $1.3 million to settle charges a faulty wastewater pipeline from a petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico polluted the Caribbean Sea.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Busiest Competition Practices

    Kirkland & Ellis, Greenberg Traurig and Jones Day top the list of busiest competition practices, ranked by number of cases for which the firms were retained as counsel over a recent a one-year period, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Busiest Securities Practices

    Wilson Sonsini, Lane Powell and Skadden Arps top the list of busiest securities practices, ranked by number of cases for which the firms were retained as counsel over a recent a one-year period, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Largest IP Practices

    Fish & Richardson, Finnegan Henderson and Morrison & Foerster boast the largest IP practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Largest Competition Practices

    Baker & McKenzie, Cleary Gottlieb, Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins boast the largest competition practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Largest Securities Practices

    Baker & McKenzie, Willkie Farr and Katten Muchin boast the largest securities practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Busiest Product Liability Practices

    Tucker Ellis, Shook Hardy and Venable top the list of the busiest product liability practices, ranked by number of cases for which the firms were retained, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Busiest Employment Practices

    Littler Mendelson, Jackson Lewis and Ogletree Deakins top the list of busiest employment practices, ranked by number of cases for which the firms were retained as counsel over a recent one-year period, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Judge Stands By Decision In Natural Gas MDL

    Almost a year after granting summary judgment to a group of energy companies in one portion of the multidistrict litigation over wholesale natural gas prices, the judge has affirmed the decision the plaintiffs asked him to reconsider.

  • January 12, 2009

    Utility To Pay $12.6M To End Hydroelectric Dam Saga

    The Skokomish Tribal Nation, Tacoma Power and a bevy of Washington state and federal agencies have resolved a decades-long dispute over licenses for a hydroelectric power project with a series of settlements that resolve the tribe's $5.8 billion claim over environmental damage caused by the 1924 construction of the dam.

  • January 12, 2009

    Law360 Ranks Largest Employment Practices

    Littler Mendelson, Jackson Lewis and Ogletree Deakins boast the largest employment practices in the United States, measured by the number of practicing lawyers, according to the 2009 Law360 Litigation Almanac.

  • January 12, 2009

    Helmerich & Payne Hit With $126M Tab In Gas Suit

    Oil and gas company Helmerich & Payne Inc. has been hit with a $126 million judgment in an Oklahoma state court that found in favor of landowners who accused the company of cheating them out of royalties by draining gas away from their wells and onto neighboring land.