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Project Finance - April, 2020

222 articles

• $511M Fraud Conviction Based On Withheld Info, Court Told
• Enviros Say California Ignored Water Project's Impacts
• Egypt Says Docs Bid In $2B Arbitral Fight Must Be Nixed
• Carbon Tax Credit Group Seeks COVID-19 Aid From Congress
• Keystone XL Builder, Trade Groups Urge Permit Order Pause
• Coronavirus Q&A: Akerman's Real Estate Chair
• Pandemic May Prompt Legislative Action On Court Deadlines
• Guatemala Construction Co. Says $7.5M Award Can't Be OK'd
• Don't Disrupt Dakota Access Pipeline, Army Corps, ND Urge
• RI Tax Credit Payments On Track Despite COVID-19
• Enviros Demand EPA Act Quickly To Disclose Rule Lapses
• COVID-19 Crisis Clouds Future For Electricity Sector
• NY Blew Water Permit Deadline, Pipeline Co. Tells 2nd Circ.
• Chancery Wants More Details On Aluminum Firm Board Fight
• How Force Majeure Differs In The US, Europe And China
• 2 Blank-Check Cos. Refill Pipeline With IPOs Totaling $500M
• Green Groups Sue Feds Over Clean Water Act Rollback
• Judging A Book: Richardson Reviews 'Criminal Dissent'
• RE Project Owners Blame Virus For Delays In $50M Fraud Suit
• Coronavirus Q&A: Blank Rome Real Estate Leader
• Nigeria Queues Up Criminal Proceedings Over $10B Award
• Venezuela Cites Foreign Policy Concerns In $1.2B Award Fight
• Judge Won't Flinch On 'Disruptive' Nationwide Permit Order
• O'Melveny Lures 2 Real Estate Partners Back From DLA Piper
• FTC, Coal Cos. Feud Over COVID-19 Delay For Deal Challenge
• Tips For Minimizing Law Firm Liability During COVID-19
• Justices Leave Waters Muddy In County of Maui Sewage Case
• Superfund Ruling Aids State Climate Suits, Circuit Courts Told
• Project Developers Pivot After Nationwide Permit Upended
• Vale Looks To Recover $500M Put Into Failed Mining Project
• Pakistani Co. Wins $4.4M In Fight With Iranian Steel Co.
• DC Circ. Judges Cast Doubt On FERC Pipeline Appeal Delays
• A Proposed Technology-Assisted Review Framework
• 9th Circ. Judge Skeptical Over BP Unit's $111M Cleanup Fight
• Diamond Offshore Enters Ch. 11 To Restructure $2.6B In Debt
• FERC Energy Capacity Orders Invite Lawsuits, Uncertainty
• 1st Circ. Says Fukushima Suit Against GE Belongs In Japan
• The Difficulties Of PE Fundraising In A Post COVID-19 World
• EPA Emissions Rule Draws Strong Objections From Amici
• Environmentally Challenged Property Foreclosures In A Crisis
• Environmental Due Diligence For M&As During The Pandemic
• How Lawyers Can Find Equanimity In Crisis
• Philly Refinery's Ch. 11 Deal Trims Railroad Claims By $291M
• Macau Casino Investment Fund Proposes $856M Debt Swap
• Duff & Phelps Exec Says Real Estate Lending Is Nearly Frozen
• 3 Takeaways From High Court Maui Groundwater Ruling
• Full DC Circ. Won't Revisit Axing RICO Suit Over $506M Award
• 3 Hunton Enviro Lawyers Move To McGuireWoods
• Chancery Won't Pause $650M Terraform Deal Suit
• Kyrgyzstan Liable For $26M Road Rehab Tab
• Del. Riverkeeper Says Corps' LNG Plant Approval Was Flawed
• Georgia's Oil Co. Prevails In Contract Fight With Frontera
• Texas Defends Power Grid Law's Constitutionality At 5th Circ.
• Market Decline Will Have Diverse Repercussions For Cos.
• Unique Small Biz Virus Relief Concerns For Brokers, Advisers
• Courts Should Look To 3 Bar Exam Alternatives During Crisis
• High Court Finds Clean Water Act Can Cover Groundwater
• Okla. Says Low Oil Prices May Make Drilling 'Economic Waste'
• DC Circ. Won't Revisit Tribe's Preservation Rule Challenge
• Developer Says Investors OK'd Loans At Heart Of EB-5 Suit
• Investors Fight Bid To Nix Mexican Bond Price-Fixing Suit
• Energy Co. Can't Fight Fracking Permitting If It Never Applied
• Ore. Blew Its Chance On Gas Export Project Permit, FERC Told
• Are Litigation Funding Documents Protected From Discovery?
• FERC Defying DC Circ. On Climate Reviews, Enviros Say
• Enviro Groups Demand Fresh Review Of Oregon Forest Plan
• Electricity Co. Says Guatemala Stalling In $35M Award Fight
• 8 Opportunity Zone Gain Rules That May Aid Investors
• 8th Circ. Finds Murphy Oil Insurer Owes No Duty In $25M Suit
• Downturn Holds Challenges, Opportunities For LNG Cos.
• How COVID-19 Might Uproot Centuries Of Litigation Traditions
• Feds Say Calif. Can't Sidestep Trump With Cap-And-Trade Pact
• Texas Oil Regulators Delay Decision On Drilling Cuts
• High Court Urged To Undo EPA Refusal To Edit Biofuel Policy
• Pandemic Delays $5B Claim Over BHP Brazilian Dam Failure
• Texas LNG Plant Will Hurt Ocelots, Enviros Tell 5th Circ.
• Los Angeles, Car-Share Co. Turo Spar In LAX Trespass Suit
• Enviros Can't Use Rule Rollback To Halt Alaska Mining Project
• Oil Prices Go Negative For 1st Time As Slump Worsens
• Texas Oil & Gas Operators Face Partner Co-Tenancy Risk
• Consider Legal Ramifications Before Recording Video Calls
• Vinson Reps Energy Co. In $400M Investment
• High Court Won't Hear Rams Relocation Row
• Oil & Gas Co. Wants In On Voided Lease Sale Litigation
• Rosneft Unit Says Don't Revive $70M Award Fight
• Legal Battle Begins Over EPA's Power Plant CO2 Rule
• EPA Gives Utilities A Headache With Mercury Rule Revision
• Locke Lord Picks Up Public Finance Trio From Norton Rose
• Addressing Temp Worker Cyber Breach Risk At Financial Cos.
• NY Transit Chief Seeks No New Tax But $3.9B More In Fed. Aid
• Guatemalan Builder Can't Escape $7.5M Power Award
• 3 Tips For Deposing Difficult Witnesses Remotely
• EPA Asks 9th Circ. To Allow Landfill Emissions Regs Delay
• Keystone XL Pipeline Ruling Throws Projects Into Chaos
• Gas Storage Cos. To Challenge Nixed Discovery Bids
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Lax Pollution Enforcement Policy
• Pa. Judge Blocks Pipeline Bribery Suit's Move To Texas
• EPA Rolls Back Basis For Power Plant Mercury Emission Limit
• Digital Innovation Can Bolster Oil Industry During Downturn
• FERC Won't Budge On State Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• Oil Driller Yuma Energy To Liquidate In Chapter 11
• Enviros Get Army Corps' XL Pipeline Permit Remanded
• Alaska Says EPA Had No Authority To Block Bristol Bay Mine
• Judge Overturns Part Of EPA-Approved Okla. Coal Ash Plan
• Corporate Borrowing Binge Expands To High-Yield Bonds
• Tax Relief Can Help Mining Cos. Cope With Virus, Groups Say
• Enviros Say Keystone Pipeline Segment Can Now Be Blocked
• Range Resources Agrees To Penalties For Fracking Violations
• Akin Gump Gets Kirkland Debt Finance Atty In Houston
• FERC Says State Clean Energy Order Fight Is Premature
• New Jersey's Plan For 2020 Law Grads Is Brilliant
• BlackRock Cements $5.1B Global Energy Infrastructure Fund
• Texas Oil Regulators Unsure Drilling Cuts Will Aid Industry
• Feds, Oil Co. Seek Win In Tribe's Suit Over Well Permit
• ConocoPhillips Wants $33M Venezuela Award OK'd ASAP
• Investors Can't Revive $206M Solar Claim Against Italy
• Crystallex Tells Justices Venezuela Is Stalling On $1.4B Award
• Managing E-Discovery Providers In Times Of Crisis
• Witness Preparation Tips For Your Next Video Deposition
• Key Concerns For Wind Projects During COVID-19: Part 2
• Opposition To Md.'s Light Rail Doesn't Hold Water, Judge Says
• Dentons, Guinea Settle $10.2M Fee Fight Over Mining Project
• EPA Won't Strengthen Particulate Matter Standards
• PG&E Nears OK Of Deal Over Deadly Wildfire In Paradise
• 3 Takeaways From OPEC's Deal To Slash Oil Production
• SEC Accuses Ex-Goldman Exec Of $2.5M Ghana Bribe Plot
• Faux Border Wall Payments Are On Insurer's Tab, Court Told
• Spanish Gas Co. Wins Doc Bid In $2B Arbitral Fight For Now
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of FCA Case Over Las Vegas Airport
• Tribes, Enviros Fight Trump Bid For Early Monument Row Win
• Guatemala Cites Pandemic In Bid To Pause $35M Award
• Ex-Alstom Exec Video-Sentenced To Time Served Over Bribes
• Pipeline Co. Tries Again To Nix Spoiled-View Claims After Spill
• Key Concerns For Wind Projects During COVID-19: Part 1
• In Defense Of Virtual Mediation
• Mining Cos. Can Intervene In Enviros' Mine Permit Suit
• Sanchez Energy Submits $2.4B Equity Swap To Creditors
• Shell Unit In Malaysia Awarded $340M In Floating Rig Fight
• Holland & Knight Snags Ex-PrimeSource GC In Dallas
• Limits Of FCPA Jurisdiction Over Foreigners After Hoskins
• Kinder Morgan-Owned Pipelines Want $14M In Unpaid Bills
• A Call To Action For The Coming Insurance Litigation Siege
• How A Small Law Firm Adapts To Remote Work
• Don't Just Delay The Bar Exam — Cancel It Forever
• Gas Co. Targets Depository Trust Co. In $2B Award Fight
• NJ Court Says $1.8M Is A Fair Price For Seized Landfill
• What COVID-19 Means For Opportunity Zone Projects
• Enviros Can Restart Alaska Mine Suit Despite COVID-19 Stay
• Oil Well Permits Didn't Need Enviro Review, Calif. Court Says
• Key Risks For Green Bond Issuers When Plans Change
• SC Utility Ends $7M Insurance Dispute Over Pipeline Repairs
• Don't Forget Firm Culture When Adapting To Remote Work
• Ousted Factory CEO Urges Chancery To Open Path For Return
• Turning To Zoom, Texas Justices Hear $1.7M Negligence Spat
• Fracking Decision Strengthens Precedent On Forced Pooling
• Full 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Holding Refiners To Biofuel Regs
• Port Of LA, Union Accused Of Forcing Out Developer
• FERC Tells 2nd Circ. NY Missed Year Deadline In CWA Review
• Cahill Gordon Suspends 2020 Summer Associate Program
• PG&E Judge Won't OK COVID-19 Letter Co. Atty Called 'Silly'
• ND Judge Tosses Tribe Members' Pipeline Trespass Suits
• Client's New Firm Not Liable For Old Atty's Share Of Fees
• Investors Want Ill. Project Owners To 'Start Telling The Truth'
• Turkmenistan Beats $76M Industrial Projects Contract Claim
• Coronavirus Pandemic Highlights Value Of Data Centers
• US Report Projects Historic Drop In Oil Production
• Hess Can't Shake Claim Over Pollution At NJ Oil Refinery
• DC Circ. Nixes Md. County's Bid For Air Service Subsidies
• Venezuela Wants $42M Award Fight Nixed Over Bad Service
• DC Circ. Sinks Challenge To EPA Emissions Policy Change
• Energy Transfer, Investors Want Pipeline Bribery Suits Joined
• Chancery Bars Port Owner From Blocking Gas Tank Access
• Enviros Seek Restart In Alaska Mine Suit Despite Virus Pause
• Chancery Opens Door Wider For $1.5B Energy Co. Deal Probe
• Oil And Gas Cos. Must Prepare For Counterparty Bankruptcies
• Conducting Court Hearings Remotely: 12 Considerations
• Golding Capital Secures €710M For Latest Infrastructure Fund
• 5th Circ. Affirms OK Of $147M Oil Development Award
• Firm Cost-Cutting Has GCs Watchful But Not Worried — Yet
• Texas Court Orders Patience For COVID Delay In Pipeline Row
• COVID-19 Pandemic May Imperil Opportunity Zone Projects
• Xcel Energy Sells Minnesota Gas-Fired Plant For $680M
• Dallas Transit Can't Avoid Builder's Suit Over Light Rail Costs
• $13.5B PG&E Deal With Wildfire Victims Loses Some Support
• Commerce Secretary Urged To Veto Ore. LNG Project Denial
• Chancery Won't Block Motion To Toss $650M Terraform Suit
• Telecom Industry, Localities Clash Over COVID-19 Hurdles
• Refusal To Shift Biofuel Policy Is Sound, EPA Tells Justices
• The Era Of Video Mediation Is Here — Or Is It?
• COVID-19 Highlights BigLaw Need For Emotional Intelligence
• ND Tribe Members Seek Class Status In Pipeline Trespass Suit
• Pipelines, FERC Butt Heads At DC Circ. Over Nixed Tax Perk
• FERC Rightly Cut Grid Rate Incentives, DC Circ. Hears
• Exxon Unit Wins Bid To Arbitrate Gas Field Row With Investors
• Chesapeake Royalty Suit Is Time-Barred, 6th Circ. Says
• Judicial Shaming Of Attys Is Troubling Even During Pandemic
• 2nd Circ. Dismissal Affirms The Limits Of Civil RICO Claims
• Pelosi Outlines Next COVID-19 Bill, Without Infrastructure
• What It's Like To Join A Law Firm In The COVID-19 Era
• Don't Be Social Media Distancing: LinkedIn Tips For Lawyers
• COVID-19 And Construction Stormwater Discharge Permits
• What Attys Must Know About The Push For Texas Drilling Cuts
• RICO Claim Rebutted In $500M Puerto Rico Bribe Suit
• Arch, Peabody Get Some Access To Rivals' Info For FTC Fight
• 2nd Circ. Lets Solar Installer Out Of $1.3M Arbitration Result
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over EPA Delay On Denver Smog Regs
• Enviros Urge FERC To Pull Plug On Refinery Pipeline Project
• Remote Depositions: Coming To A Home Office Near You
• Ways Lawyers Can Support The Most Vulnerable Right Now
• DOJ Suggests Texas Power Grid Law Is Unconstitutional
• Insurer Says Policy Doesn't Cover City's Conspiracy Claims
• DOI Board Overstepped In Navajo Pipeline Ruling, Judge Says
• DOJ Concerned Port Joint Venture May Skip Antitrust Review
• Oil Giants Seek High Court Review Of Remand In Climate Case
• Tax Extenders Could Be Candidate For Next Virus Relief Bill
• 2nd Circ. Forces EPA To Release Fuel Standards Cost Model
• House Dems Eye $760B Transpo Funds In 4th Virus Relief Bill
• Borrowing Report Forecasts Oil Lending Bloodbath
• EPA Watchdog Confirms Dramatic Enforcement Drop
• Dem COVID-19 Package Includes $86B Boost For Broadband
• Alaska, Oil Group Defend Trump Effort To Reverse Drilling Ban
• Confronting The Challenges Of Virtual Mediation