Project Finance
Project Finance Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on high-impact project finance deals and attorneys involved. Coverage includes major industrial, infrastructure, and public service projects, as well as related litigation and policy developments.
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September 21, 2017
USDA's 'Roadless Rule' Passes Muster, Court Finds
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday rejected Alaska’s long-running challenge to a rule put in place by former President Bill Clinton’s administration limiting the number of roads built in national forests, finding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture hadn’t overstepped its authority in creating the limitation.
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September 21, 2017
EPA Says Enviros' Effluent Rule Suit Moot
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged a D.C. federal judge on Thursday to toss a suit from a slew of green groups challenging the agency’s postponement of toxicity limits for power plant wastewater, saying it withdrew the stay at issue in the case.
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September 21, 2017
Oil Cos., Transporters Embrace Jones Act Waiver After Irma
The U.S. government’s temporary easing of restrictions on foreign-flagged vessels moving goods between U.S. ports after Hurricane Irma was a rare opening for energy producers and transportation and logistics companies to control their costs when demand for fuel is high following a natural disaster, experts say.
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September 21, 2017
10th Circ. Slams Door On BLM Fracking Rule Litigation
The Tenth Circuit on Thursday tossed litigation challenging an Obama-era federal rule that strengthened hydraulic fracturing regulations on federal and Native American lands, saying it was pointless to proceed in light of the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the rule.
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September 21, 2017
Ill. High Court Backs Reversal Of $1.8B Power Line Approval
The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the reversal of a state commission's decision to allow construction of a $1.8 billion transmission line serving various wind farms, backing an appellate court's conclusion that the project's developer isn’t a public utility so the project can't be certified under state law.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Industrial, infrastructure, and public-service projects valued at $75MM or more
- Asset sales
- Concession agreements
- Deficiency agreements
- Off-take agreements
- Ore purchase agreements
- Production-payment financing
- Public-private partnerships
- Throughput agreements
- Tolling agreements
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
- Overseas Private Investment Corp.
- International development banks
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Environmental legislation and regulation
- Project finance lobbying
- International project finance legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Challenges to project approval or rejection
- Breach of contract suits
- Partnership and financing disputes
- Project-related environmental suits and toxic torts
- Land- and water-use disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving projects
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of project finance practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the project finance industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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