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Project Finance - May, 2021

196 articles

• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Bondholders Ask Del. Judge To Toss Crystallex's Citgo Claims
• DC Circ. Ends Challenge To Energy Dept. Grid Security Rule
• 6th Circ. Blocks SBA's COVID-19 Loan Priority For Minorities
• Vale Says Steinmetz's Real Estate Co. Is Stonewalling
• Senate Punts On Massive Tech, Trade Bill Aimed At China
• Green Groups Challenge Proposed Pa. Gas Plant's Air Permit
• Siting Authority Is Missing Link In Biden Power Line Initiative
• Corps Can't Have 'Tunnel Vision' On La. Wetlands, Suit Says
• New Calif. AG Says Enviro Justice Will Be At Forefront
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Senate Adds Trade Package To Major Tech Bill Aimed At China
• Calif. Offshore Wind Push Won't Be Smooth Sailing
• Tribes, Green Groups Push For Win In Enbridge Pipeline Fight
• EPA Moves To Bolster State And Tribal CWA Veto Authority
• Challenge To Finished $87M Ark. Road Now Moot, Judge Says
• What EPA's Environmental Justice Push Means For Cos.
• Weighing Ability To Pay Criminal Fines Amid FCPA Crackdown
• BP Unit To Pay $16M, Future Costs For Mont. Cleanup
• Pipeline Cos. Ordered To Report Breaches After Colonial Hack
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• Guatemala's Payment Of Teco's $27.6M Award Stayed For Now
• Venezuela Resists Creditor Attempt To Seize Citgo
• Pakistan Wins Round In $6B Mining Award Case
• What Biden's Climate Finance Order Means For Energy Cos.
• Landmark Shell Ruling Could Spur Wave Of New Climate Suits
• FERC Defends Okla. Dam License Decision To DC Circ.
• SG Tells Justices Bankruptcy Moots Wash. Coal Permit Fight
• Oil Barge Fleet Owner Pivots To Ch. 11 Asset Sale
• CN, KCS Seek Voting Trust Approval In $33.6B Takeover Push
• Dutch Court Tells Shell To Dramatically Cut Carbon Emissions
• Austrian Bankers Laundered $170M For Odebrecht, Feds Say
• PDVSA Says There's No Need To Rush $1.9B Bond Case
• FCC's Carr Says Big Tech Must Pay For Its Strain On Internet
• Biden Administration Advances Calif. Offshore Wind Plans
• FERC Still Can't Justify $2.1B Pipeline, Ohio City Tells DC Circ.
• Tips For Energy Developers Seeking To Lease Tribal Lands
• What Private Cos. Can Learn From Biden Cybersecurity Order
• Senate Bill Would Devote $375M To Electric Vehicle Transition
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• 3rd Circ. Denies Calif.'s Immunity In Venoco Proceedings
• Occidental Looks To Nix $392M Award In Ecuador Oil Case
• EQT Wants 4th Circ. To Hear $40M W.Va. Royalty Case
• Engineering Co. Tells DC Circ. Nigeria Can't Slip $10B Award
• Green Group Drops Suit After DOI Reverses On Drilling Safety
• 11th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Ala. 'Pay To Play' Utility Case
• Pipeline Wants Tenn. Airport Counsel DQ'd In Easement Fight
• Environmentalists Push To Dump Trump Water Rule
• Justices Wipe Out Climate Suit Venue Rulings From 3 Circuits
• Bondholders Tell 2nd Circ. That Citgo Value Is Falling
• DC Judge Won't Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
• Texas Panel Won't Revive Kinder Morgan Pipeline Siting Fight
• How Tech Race Bill Expands CFIUS Purview To Academia
• Canadian National Tops Railway Rival With $33.6B KCS Deal
• GOP Rolls Out Alternatives To Dems' Broadband Initiatives
• ND Justices Say Lease Lets Oil Producers Deduct Costs
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• Biden Admin. Tears Into Red States Over Oil Lease Pause
• Arbitrator's Ties Raised Doubts About Impartiality, Court Says
• Iowa Town Must Face Challenge To $50M Google Fiber Build
• FERC's Pipeline Flip-Flops Show Climate Discord
• FERC Floats $229M Penalty For Market Manipulation
• Biden Instructs Agencies To Evaluate, Mitigate Climate Risks
• Texas Panel's New Power Market Bailout Plan Gets Pushback
• GOP Sens. Rip DOE For Lifting Ban On Chinese Grid Supplies
• EU Disputes Pipeline Owner's Claims Over Gas Directive
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over $42M Empire Wind Lease
• Navigating Development Bank COVID-19 Relief Probes
• Feds Set Duties On Indian Wind Towers, But Spares Malaysia
• Native Landowning Org. Asks To Join Alaska Mining Road Suit
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• Contractor Says It Was Shorted $2.5M For Utility Plant Work
• Canadian Pacific Calls For KCS To Snub Rival $33.7B Bid
• Feds Still Can't Dodge Chevron Unit's Mine Cleanup Suit
• Staffing Biz Workrise Lands $300M Series E Financing
• GE, Angola Won't Face Energy Co.'s $1B Forgery Suit In NY
• Sens. Expand Massive Tech Bill Aimed At China
• House GOP Pitches $400B Plan For 'Core' Infrastructure
• Energy Chief Urges Better 'Cyber Hygiene' In Budget Hearing
• States, Groups Fight Coal-Leasing Plan Reinstated By Trump
• W.Va. Mine Suit Puts Spotlight On Coal Cleanup Funding
• Spain Must Face €33.7M Solar Investor Subsidy Award Suit
• FERC Turns Up Enforcement Heat On Energy Infrastructure
• Sens. Look To Bolster China Bill With Trade Enforcement
• USDA Says Apache Religious Rights Can't Block Copper Mine
• NY Pipeline Cancellation Ends FERC Fight, 2nd Circ. Told
• Finance Panel Grapples Over Taxes For Infrastructure Reform
• Puerto Rico Ports Say Norwegian Can't Shake $9M Crash Suit
• Appropriators Urged To Extend COVID Broadband Benefits
• Pa. Justices Ponder Cost Of Foreign Steel In Public Works
• Energy Co. Looks To Enforce $50M Award Against Lesotho
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• Green Group Wants 10th Circ. To Revisit 5G Cell Tower Ruling
• Cyberattack Shows Pipeline Need, Dakota Access Says
• High Court Inches Toward Resolving Climate Suits
• Investor Tells Court $129M Fraud Deal Can't Go Through
• Groups Say Feds Must Act On W.Va. Coal Mine Fund Shortfall
• 2nd Circ. Told $1.9B In Debt Valid Despite Venezuelan Actions
• EPA Rescinds Trump-Era Rule On Public Guidance
• DC Circ. Refuses To Unlink Species Claim In Soot Rule Suits
• Justices Say 4th Circ. Review In Climate Suit Was Too Narrow
• Biden's Cybersecurity Order Likely To Reach Beyond Gov't
• 5 Texas Bills To Watch That Would Shake Up ERCOT
• Ohio Fed. Court Trims $6M Wind Turbine Testing Facility Fight
• Inside The $33.7B Attempt To Wrest KCS From Railway Rival
• Suit Alleges Symbion Owes $30M From Tanzanian Utility Job
• Senate To Debate $110B Tech Funding Bill To Outdo China
• Chevron, Contractor End Suit Over $41M Aussie Jetty Award
• Pipeline Ransomware Attack Could Raise Cyber Insurance Bar
• Calif. Climate Efforts Offer Starting Point For Biden Admin.
• Congressional Docs Don't Tip Scales In Minn. Mine Lease Row
• Boeing, Dow Fight High Court Review Of Superfund Cleanup
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• Energy Co. Looks To Revive $287M Dominican Republic Claim
• Judge Doubts DOJ Can Keep Trump-Era EB-5 Rule Change
• Judge Orders Feds, Young Climate Activists To Mediation
• Biden Says Gov't To Disrupt Pipeline Ransomware Hackers
• 1st Circ. OKs $1B Maine Power Line Over Greens' Objection
• St. Croix Refinery Stops Operations After Latest Accident
• DC Circ. Won't Stay Dakota Access Pipeline Permit Ruling
• EEOC Urges 5th Circ. To Jumpstart Worker's Retaliation Suit
• 4th Circ. Snuffs Suit Over Maryland Purple Line Water Permit
• San Juan Pilots Group Wants Out Of $9M Port Crash Suit
• Pascua Yaqui Leads Tribes Seeking Trump-Era CWA Reversal
• Eni Says Del. Litigation Funder Can't Avoid Sanctions
• Facing Setbacks, Mich. Mine Developer Will Revamp Plans
• Green Groups OK'd To Join Biden's Wyo. Oil Lease Fight
• House Reps Renew Bipartisan Pipeline Cybersecurity Push
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• Scholars, Religious Orgs Back Ore. Tribal Highway Challenge
• Minn. Need Not Indemnify County Officials In Tribal Police Suit
• Gov't May Lean On Private Sector To Stop Next Critical Hack
• Judge Weighs Effect Of Sanctions In Del. Venezuela Cases
• Squire Patton Guides Turkmenistan In $500M Arbitration Win
• Sioux Tribes Urge DC Circ. Not To Stay Pipeline Permit Ruling
• Transmission Cos. Back FERC's Grid Connection Cost Rules
• Apache Gets $80.4M Jury Award Knocked Down To $13.5M
• Current Pipelines And Regs Can Support Shift To Hydrogen
• Groups Sue To Block Trump OK Of 35 Colo. Gas Wells
• Biden Admin. Approves 1st Major US Offshore Wind Project
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Colonial Hack Sets Stage For Pipeline Cybersecurity Push
• Crystallex, Venezuela Butt Heads Over Special Master Order
• FBI Outs Ransomware Cartel Behind Colonial Pipeline Hack
• Biden's Conservation Goals Leave Much To The Imagination
• How Biden's First 100 Days Will Affect Gov't Contractors
• Soros Says Steinmetz Must Appear For $10B Mining Suit
• Biden Admin. Settles Minn. Mining Suit, Will Reassess Permits
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Halt Desalination Plant Project
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• ETE Equity Gambit Snarled $38B Williams Deal, Ex-CFO Says
• Atty Guilty Of Contempt For Leaking Supreme Court Ruling
• Texas Gov. Backs Exxon Against 'Meddling California Officials'
• Enbridge Will Defy Mich. Pipeline Shutdown Order, CEO Says
• Reed Smith Hires Stephenson Harwood Int'l Arbitration Pro
• Private Sector Could Help Fund $2T Infrastructure Bill
• Interior Pulls Trump-Era Arctic Drilling Rule
• Rural Advocates Warn $1B In FCC Funds Could Be Diverted
• Tribes Can't Stop Ore. Irrigation Plan Over Drought Concerns
• Industry Groups Say Feds Flubbed Oil & Gas Survey Analysis
• St. Croix Refinery Will Restore Air Monitors After Violation
• Chancery Keeps $6.1B Pattern Energy Deal Challenge Alive
• Osage Members Want Fed. Circ. To Revive Royalty Claims
• House Hearing Deepens Divide Over Broadband Subsidies
• Tribes Drop Keystone XL Fight In Light Of Biden Veto
• Federal Highway Guidance No Power Line Project Panacea
• Rethinking Investment Treaties As Latin America Goes Green
• Calfee Halter Adds Ind.-Based Energy And Utilities Partner
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• Latham, Kirkland Craft Nearly $3B Oil And Gas Assets Deal
• Puerto Rico Board Reaches Deal With Highway Bondholders
• Developer Sees Claims Trimmed From $100M EB-5 Fraud Suit
• FTA Defends Calif. Transit Expansion Near NHL Stadium
• Coalition Launches 2nd Fight Against Power Line Project
• FERC Clarifies Ban On Pipeline Work During Project Appeals
• Utilities Say Mont. Can't Dictate Power Plant Arbitration Venue
• Keystone Nationwide Permit Appeal Moot, Biden Admin. Says
• Mongolia Threatens End To Mine Pact Over Tax Spat, Co. Says
• GE, Angola, Aenergy Spar Over $1B Forgery Suit's Place In NY
• Kirkland Hires ESG Partner From Latham & Watkins
• Chinese-Owned Oil Co. Seeks Its Share Of $1B Ecuador Deal
• FERC Defends Grid Connection Cost Rule Reversal
• FERC Sees Red Flags In Southeast Power Market Proposal
• 13 State AGs Want Biden's Carbon Cost Metric Blocked
• Biden Infrastructure Plan Will Be Challenging To Implement
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• Wyo. Fights For Lease Sales To Resume During Court Battle
• Eni Using Sanction Bid For Revenge, Del. Legal Funder Says
• Biden Admin. Won't Back Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown
• Interior Dept. Greenlights $550M Calif. Solar Project
• ERCOT To Get Closer Scrutiny Under Texas Bill
• Biden Admin.'s Climate Strategy Should Include Insurance Innovations
• Construction Co. Inks $129M Deal On Investors' Fraud Claims
• Conservationists Fight Revamped Nationwide Pipeline Permit
• Mammoth Energy Settles Investors' Fraud Suit For $11M
• Oil Co. Wants $8.5M Arbitration Award Tossed In Bribery Row