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Energy - February, 2010

164 articles

• EPA Demands Cleanup After Puerto Rican Refinery Fire
• Exxon Wants RCRA Claims Cut In Chemical Leak Suit
• Senate Blocks Republican Bid To Halt DOI 'Land Grab'
• Coal Plant Appeals Pollution Exclusion Policy Ruling
• Venezuela Targets Conoco Over Refinery Stake
• Waxman, Markey Slam Utility Group For GHG Stance
• The Financial Case For Law Firm Branding
• Chevron May Be Liable For Superfund Site: 2nd Circ.
• Bush Had Power To Issue Oil Pipeline Permit: Judge
• CFTC Fines UBS Over Position Limits On Energy Futures
• Texas Appeals Court Kills Suit Over Failed Conoco Deal
• Tribe Members Win Class Cert. In Power Line Dispute
• Oil Co. Appeals Insurers' Win In Leak Coverage Brawl
• Legislators Try To Block New National Monuments
• 1st Circ. Revives Class Action Over Mass. Oil Spill
• Posco Makes Bid On $2B Stake In Daewoo International
• TVA Worker's OT Suit Gets Conditional Collective Cert.
• Judicial Watch Questions Climate Czar's Policy Role
• Thermax To Pay $38M To Settle Purolite Secrets Case
• Insurer Off Hook For $2M Katrina Oil Spill Settlement
• Sens. Propose Broader Renewable Electricity Standard
• Wilmington Tries To Sink Flying J's Extension Bid
• Sunoco Renews Bid To Extinguish Oil Plume Claim
• Essar Liable For Gas Pipeline Payments: Great Lakes
• Esso CERCLA Counterclaim Tossed In Oil Leak Suit
• American Coal's Quota Claims Against MSHA Tossed
• KeySpan To Pay DOJ $12M In Price Inflation Deal
• Chevron's $27B Amazon Case Gets Another New Judge
• Exergetic, Edison Units Settle Power Plant IP Dispute
• DOE Backs $1.4B In Loans For Calif. Solar Power Plant
• EPA Rules On Greenhouse Gases Pushed To 2011
• Looking Beyond Climate Change
• Davis-Lynch, Weatherford Strike Deal Over Drilling IP
• Citizen Can Sue Exxon For Cleanup Costs: Judge
• PacifiCorp To Pay $450M To Remove Ore., Calif. Dams
• CERCLA Claims Against 2 Cos. Dropped In Oil Suit
• Amazonian Tribes Fight Chevron's Arbitration Bid
• Ind. Lawmakers Move To Expand Net Metering Rules
• House GOP Raises Alarm Over DOI Monument Draft
• La. Enviro Watchdog Asks To Join NRG Pollution Suit
• House Probes Controversial Gas Drilling Process
• EPA Imposes Emissions Rules On Generator Engines
• Increasing Margin For Renewable Energy Transactions
• German Competition Agency Probes Wingas Resale Ban
• Well Owners Hit Back In Migrating Gas Dustup
• USG&E Plays Antitrust Card In NYSEG Trademark Suit
• Oil Holding Co. Remedial (Cyprus) Files For Ch. 11
• Mirant Settles Spat Over Power Plants' Effect On Fish
• Insurer Wants Out Of Defense For Gas Explosion Suit
• Enviros Sue DOI Over Calif. Power Line Project
• Settlement Averts Meltdown For Texas Nuclear Project
• Texas Court Won't Rehear Electricity Contract Spat
• SD Legislators Pass Bill Opposing Cap-And-Trade
• Pride Sets Aside $56M For Possible FCPA Settlement
• No Binding Settlement In Tri-State Bankruptcy: 8th Circ.
• Southern Union Says $18M Enviro Penalty Too High
• Allen & Overy's 4th Middle East Office Opens In Qatar
• Marine Hose Maker To Pay $2M Fine For Price-Fixing
• BP, Conoco, Caterpillar Quit Climate Lobby Group
• DataTern Sues BP, Others Over 2nd Database Patent
• Bontan Fights For Oil Rights Off Israeli Coast
• Coal Co. Wants Bayer $10.5M Arbitration Win Dumped
• $40M Marathon Coverage Suit Returns To Ohio Court
• TVA Moves To Trim Residents' Coal-Ash Sludge Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Halliburton Shareholder Class
• Pillsbury Lures Vinson Transactional Energy Lawyer
• JPMorgan To Buy RBS Sempra Units For $1.7B
• Fish Cos. Can't Join Exxon's Valdez Damages Claim
• Texas Fights EPA's 'Outsourced' GHG Finding
• 6th Circ. Affirms Denial Of Benefits To Miner's Widow
• US Targets Tesoro Over Gasoline Tests
• Anadarko Pens $1.4B Joint Venture With Mitsui Unit
• Mariner Energy Off Hook For $25M In Rita Damage Suit
• White House Backs $8.3B For New Nuclear Plants
• UK Hits Oil Exec With Record $1.5M Insider Trading Fine
• Emerging FCPA Enforcement Strategy
• DataTern, Chevron Settle Database Patent Spat
• Judge Confirms Northeast Biofuels Ch. 11 Plan
• Analysts Pan Air Products' $7B Bid To Inhale Airgas
• 11th Circ. Lets Progress Off Hook In $40M Contract Suit
• SoCal Edison Pays $2.8M To Settle Wildfire Claims
• Jackson Walker Adds 2 Attys From Lemle & Kelleher
• Wis. Utility Joins CAA Suit Amid Settlement Talks
• Ill. Village Seeks To End Gulf Oil MTBE Claims
• CBD Accuses US Of Withholding Uranium Mine Info
• New Suit Attacks Proposed $41B Exxon, XTO Merger
• Landowners Sue Anadarko Over Oil, Gas Royalties
• GE Fires New Salvo In Turbine IP War With Mitsubishi
• Gas Co. Made Fraudulent Transfer To Ex-CEO: 5th Circ.
• LDK Solar Reaches $16M Deal In Securities Action
• Gas Stations' Contract Suit Against Shell Sent To Mo.
• Barnes & Thornburg Amps Up Its Atlanta Office
• FirstEnergy To Acquire Allegheny For $8.5B
• Flying J Promises To Repay Most Debts In Ch. 11 Plan
• Enviros' Claims Shaved In Oil, Gas Lease Dispute
• Mich. Appeals Court Nixes Bid To Force CO2 Rules
• Regional GHG Regulation — Full Of Hot Air?
• Ecuador Combats Chevron Arbitration Bid
• Republican Legislators Take GHG Finding To DC Circ.
• Cooley Godward Adds Alston Bird Clean Energy Attys
• GE Partners Up To Buy $200M In Oil, Gas Reserves
• Progress Energy To Snap Up $367M In Suncor Assets
• Chevron Jabs At Damages Expert In $27B Ecuador Suit
• Ex-Client Sues Cravath For Repping Rival In $7B Bid
• Mining Cos. Settle CERCLA Suit For $11.2M In Land
• Ghana May Block $4B ExxonMobil, Kosmos Deal
• New Merger Review And FERC's Market Power Analyses
• EPA Orders NuCo Energy To Halt Brine Discharges
• Ala. Residents To Sue Over Odorous Coal Ash Landfill
• Oil Sands Pipeline Construction Can Continue: Judge
• Exxon, BP Lose Appeal Over Pipeline Rate Hike
• New Bill Would Install 10M Solar Units By 2019
• Aussie Mining Co. Inks $60B Chinese Coal Supply Deal
• Renew Energy Creditor Pushes For Ch. 7 Conversion
• NOAA Plans New Federal Climate Change Agency
• ITC Wind Turbine Ruling Makes Green Policy Waves
• US Loses Bid For Quick Win In $88M Citgo Oil Spill Suit
• Covington Welcomes Back IT, Energy Partner
• Murphy Oil Found Liable For Air Pollution At La. Refinery
• Private Equity Fund Dealt Blow In Fuel Fee Dispute
• ConocoPhillips Settles EPA Suit Over Plant Emissions
• Spain Expands Electricity Sector Competition Probe
• Calpine To Construct First-Ever Plant With GHG Limits
• Enviros Appeal Oil Cos.' Right To Take Polar Bears
• EPA Reveals Plans To Secure Coal Ash At 22 Sites
• SEC Suit V. USSE Back On After Failed Settlement
• Sunoco Told To Refile Bid To Trim Philly Oil Plume Suit
• Patenting Clean Tech: Trends, Issues And Strategies
• Bipartisan Bill Would Amend Clean Air Act
• Eni To End EU Probe By Selling Pipeline Stakes
• Republicans Skewer SEC's Climate Change Guidance
• Obama Reveals New Clean Energy Initiatives
• Insurers' $10M Suit V. Chemical Cos. To Stay In US
• Exorcising Specter Of Aguilar With Spirit Of Twombly
• ANI Loses Latest Bid To Avoid Superfund Liability
• More Plaintiffs Exit Katrina Oil Spill Suit Against Murphy
• Virtual Firm Scores Willkie Farr, O'Melveny Attys
• Congressmen Move To Prohibit EPA From Policing GHGs
• A Renewable Approach To State-Imposed RPS
• Greenberg Adds DLA Piper Energy Chief In UK
• Obama May Shelve Cap-And-Trade Plans — For Now
• Truckers, Refiners Fight Calif. Emissions Policy
• EU Antitrust Body Raids Electric Grid Parts Makers
• Statoil Weighs Spinoff Of Retail Fuel Division
• Former Mid-America Energy Owner Told To Pay $23M
• Judge Stops Short Of Nixing Citgo Leukemia Suit
• FERC Seeks $316M In FY2011 Budget Proposal
• Massey Fights To Oust Protesters From W.Va. Mine
• Braskem To Shell Out $350M For Sunoco Unit
• Anticipating Climate-Related Risk Disclosures
• Texas Nuclear Plant Project May Be Near Meltdown
• UK Energy Watchdog To Revamp Merger Policy
• Chevron Pays $2.85M As Part Of Calif. Cove Cleanup
• Obama Budget Aims To Slash Oil, Gas Subsidies
• Shell Loses Bid To Toss PPG's Supply Agreement Suit
• Shell Joins With Cosan In $12B Brazil Ethanol Project
• Customs Agrees To Refund GE Turbine Blade Tariffs
• Colo. Utility Settles Contract Suit Over $110M Project
• Western Gas Picks Up Anadarko Assets For $254M
• DC Circ. Upholds FERC's New England Incentive Plan
• White & Case Loses A Dozen Partners To Latham
• Key Energy Settles D&O Coverage Spat With Twin City
• Insurers Off Hook For Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Cleanup
• NRG Power Marketing: An Economist's Assessment