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Energy - August, 2010

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• Chevron Off Hook For Ala. Refinery Cleanup
• Hartford Sues Dravo For Asbestos Suit Indemnification
• Foley Reps Exelon In $900M John Deere Wind Deal
• Peabody Unit Hit With Fine For Mine Safety Violations
• Green Groups Ask To Join Texas Air Quality Fight
• Falcon Strikes Back At Tide Over $515M Gas Sale
• Basin Electric Fined Over Radiation Exposure
• Blowout Preventer Maker Loses Bid To Slow Recovery
• US Floats Fuel Economy Grades For Vehicles
• Judge Approves Pacific Energy Disclosure Statement
• Interlocutory Appeal Nixed In Hot Fuel MDL
• Chevron Holds On To $50M Oil Lease In East Texas
• MichCon Counterclaims Nixed In Ford CERCLA Spat
• Fla. AG Blasts BP Spill Claims Process
• Sherman Act, Other Claims Tossed In PR Ports Suit
• FirstEnergy Can't Shake $27M NYSEG Cleanup Suit
• No Rehearing In Battle Over Dynegy Exec's Legal Fees
• Selkirk Sues US Over Fees On NAFTA Gas Imports
• VeraSun Gives Union Tank Car $20M Claim Over Leases
• Chevron Asks To Intervene In BP MDL Enviro Case
• St. Joe Co. Says M-I SWACO Owes It For Gulf Oil Mess
• The Legal Market In Transition
• Economic Woes, Energy Prices Push Trico Into Ch. 11
• Markey Urges BP Not To Fight Gulf Spill Estimate
• Report Slams Xcel Over Fatal Hydro Plant Accident
• Groups Seek Senate Scrutiny Of Ethanol Increase In Gas
• Colo. Eases Permitting To Boost Hydropower Projects
• What's Next For Hydraulic Fracturing
• Massey Suit Over Toxic Coal Dust Gets March Trial
• MSHA Raids Spark Mine Shutdowns In Tenn., W.Va., Ky.
• Transocean Seeks Faster Ruling On Blowout Preventer
• DOT Wants $1M Fine Against Marathon For Fatal Blast
• Sweeping Economic Sanctions Against Iran: Now What?
• India Pooh-Poohs Vedanta's Bauxite Mining Bid
• Slaughter And May Rep Emerson In $1.5B Chloride Buy
• Oil Industry Wants Enviro Case Pulled From BP MDL
• PPL Strikes Deal With Park Service Over Pruning
• Bennett Jones Reps Mitsubishi In $850M Gas Deal
• Offshore Drilling Ban May End Ahead Of Schedule
• Express Mart FLSA Claims Don't Check Out: Judge
• Mitsubishi's IP-Related Antitrust Case V. GE Stayed
• Citing Skilling, Prosecutors Drop Westar Case
• MSHA Tries New Strategy To Reduce Appeal Logjam
• The Financing Options For New Transmission
• NJ Court Affirms $9M Asbestos Award Against Exxon
• BP's $20B Spill Claims Fund Opens For Business
• Marathon, Dominion To Pay $7M To End Royalty Suit
• Kan. Class Actions Merged In Hot Fuel MDL
• Veolia, 4 Defendants Strike Deal In Oil Spill Case
• DOE Charges Hanford $1.7M After Worker Fall
• Distrigas Scores $51M From Bankrupt Power Co. EBG
• BP, Transocean Brawl Over Spill Evidence
• Not Your Grandfather's Energy Source
• KNOC Launches $2.9B Takeover Bid For UK's Dana
• EPA Allows More Time For Input On Coal Ash Rule
• Woman Claims BP Refinery Release Caused Son's Death
• Judge Streamlines Avoidance Claims Against SemCrude
• Offshore Drilling Ban Not Needed In Canada: Report
• Critics Challenge Agencies' Optimism On BP Spill
• USSE Dodges Sanctions In SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Shareholders Lash Out At Dynegy, Blackstone Deal
• Understanding NC V. Tennessee Valley Authority
• US Power Co. Unit Files Ch. 11 As Part Of $1B Sale
• Fed. Circ. Revives Transocean IP Case Against Maersk
• Feds, NY Settle Over Nuclear Site Cleanup Costs
• Greens Sue DOE To Stop Radioactive Waste Transport
• $4B ExxonMobil, Kosmos Deal Scuttled
• Enbridge Fined $2.4M Over Deadly Pipeline Accident
• Going Private Deals Involving A Controlling Stockholder
• NRDC Asks US To Up Seafood Testing Standards
• CFTC Scraps Energy-Only Position Limit Draft
• Supremacy Clause Issues And Calif.'s Feed-In Tariff
• Iran Sanctions Violators To Face Strict Penalties
• ConAgra To Pay $4.3M Over Oil Trade Settlement
• MSHA To 'Beef Up' Ventilation Enforcement Effort
• 5th Circ. Won't Rule Yet On Drilling Ban Injunction
• Chamber Revives Challenge To EPA GHG Regulation
• Allis-Chalmers Sued Over $890M Seawell Tie-Up
• Enviros Sue DOE To Block $4B Nuclear Facility
• King & Spalding Adds Milbank Energy M&A Expert
• DC Circ. Keeps Price Caps On Gas Pipeline Releases
• DOI Rethinks Expedited Review For Offshore Drillers
• House Panel Questions BP Post-Spill Ad Spending
• McGuireWoods Seeks Docs For Ethanex Securities Suit
• Class Serves BP With RICO Suit Over Safety Cuts
• Ecuadoreans Fight Chevron Over Footage Release
• Vedanta To Pay $9.6B For Cairn India Oil, Gas Assets
• Ceramic Fuel Cells To Get $3.5M From Oakdale Suit
• Rivals Sue Stewart Title Over $244M Wind Farm Policy
• Costco Hot Fuel Deal Needs More Work: Judge
• Will Polluters Really Pay In Greenhouse Gas Cases?
• Fla. Shipper Sentenced To Probation In Oil Records Case
• Constellation Escapes ERISA Action Over Stock Drop
• Arguments Against Fixed Fees, And Why They're Myths
• Fuel Blasts Push Caribbean Petroleum Into Ch. 11
• EPA Seeks To Ease Transition To GHG Permits
• Lukoil Monopolized Gas Market, Russian Court Says
• Skadden Aids Seawell In $890M Allis-Chalmers Deal
• Simpson Thacher Reps Blackstone In $5B Dynegy Deal
• Ala. AG Sues BP, Transocean, Others Over Oil Spill
• Enbridge Hit With Another Action Over Mich. Oil Spill
• ABQ Ordered To Turn Over Docs In BP Royalty Suit
• 8th Circ. Nixes Sierra Club Suit Over SD Power Plant
• Alstom Hit With €91M Fine For Generator Price-Fixing
• BP Agrees To $50M OSHA Fine Over Texas City Blast
• AES Buys Northern Ireland Power Plant For $160M
• Exxon Gets Most Of Gas Station Pollution Suit Tossed
• Kaiser-Francis Appeal Of Gas Royalty Class Rejected
• Are US Insurers Ready For Cap And Trade?
• Texas Takes Aim At Offshore Drilling Ban
• Enviro Group Seeks More Info On $8.3B Energy Loan
• DOJ Goes For Kill Shot Against Drilling Ban Challenge
• Bayer's $10.5M Award In Coal Spat Upheld Again
• 7th Circ. Nixes Utility's Bid To Guard $10M In Assets
• Fracking Hearing Put Off Over Higher Crowd Estimates
• US Energy Wins Disclosure Statement OK
• Chu Resurrects Energy Advisory Board
• PPL Sues Park Service Over Pruning Barriers
• EPA Tackles Industry Concerns With GHG Reporting
• Del. Opinion To Inform Future Freeze-Out Mergers
• Class Trimmed In Headwaters Fraud Suit Over Coal IP
• Plains To Spend $41M On Oil Pipeline Spill Prevention
• DC Circ. Orders FERC To Explain Rate Suspension
• NJ County, Gas Co. To Pay $1.3M Over Landfill Gases
• BP Spill Suits Consolidated In New Orleans
• NRG Seeks Insurance Coverage For EPA's CAA Suit
• Linklaters Reps GDF Suez In International Power Buy
• An Eye On Hydraulic Fracturing
• BP Puts $3B In Deepwater Horizon Fund, Taps Trustees
• Trust To Pursue Consol Gas Royalties In State Court
• Texas AG Sues BP Again Over Refinery Emissions
• Winston Reps Constellation In $1.1B Power Plant Buy
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Regency In $185M Zephyr Deal
• US Targets DTE Energy Over Power Plant Upgrade
• Milbank Reps Nabors In $900M Superior Well Buy
• Kerry Offers Clean Energy Bill In Lieu Of Cap-And-Trade
• CGL Coverage For Gulf Oil Spill Claims
• Illegal Pay Verdict Against POGO, Gov't Worker Nixed
• 3rd Circ. Clears Fox Rothschild In Corruption Suit
• Enviros Want Probe Of Halliburton, BJ Fracking Ops
• Latham Adds Vinson Energy Finance Expert In Houston
• QEP Wins Access To Gas Plant In Ute Contract Fight
• EnergySolutions Radioactive Waste Suit Revived
• Duncan To Pay EPA $2M In Leaky Gas Tank Suit
• When You And Your Contingency Fee Client Disagree
• Chevron Faces Forum Choice Scrutiny In Pollution Suit
• Transocean Says BP Must Defend It Against Spill Claims
• Warrior Energy Insider Trading Suit Stays Alive
• OSHA Sets $16M Fine For Fatal Gas Plant Explosion
• China Scoffs At US Pressure Over Iran Trade Relations
• SEC Settles Oil-For-Food Case Against Innospec Execs
• Hunton & Williams Faces $150M Contract Suit
• Total-OMV Deal Passes Antitrust Muster In Court
• Developer Sues Halliburton For $1B Over Gulf Spill
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Reliance On $392M Shale Buy
• US Can't Blame Delays For Failed Nuclear Waste Deal
• Financial Reform 101: For Energy Cos.
• NY, Fla. Towns Settle MTBE Suits With Shell, BP
• Esso's CERCLA Counterclaims Survive Dismissal Bid
• 20-Year-Old Cleanup Claims Against Texaco Barred
• Sempra's $48.5M Verdict Against Marsh Upheld
• Class Wins Certification In BP Gas Royalty Dispute
• BP Hit With $10B Suit Over Texas Refinery Emissions
• Senate Grills Officials Over Use Of Oil Dispersants
• $11.5M Bouchard Oil Spill Deal Gets Initial OK
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In China
• Senate Shelves Oil Spill Bill Until Sept.
• Bosque Lenders Pitch Plan To Pick Up All Equity
• Oil And Gas Industry Braces For Changes After Gulf Spill
• 5th Circ. Says Castex Can't Arbitrate Contract Spat
• India's Adani To Buy Australian Coal Mine For $2.7B
• BP Sells Colombian Oil Business For $1.9B
• Winstead Snags Hall Estill Energy Stars
• SEC's BP Probe Said To Focus On Insider Trading
• Alien Tort Statute Could Be BP's 'Sleeping Giant'
• Fed. Circ. Finds Coal Reclamation Fees Constitutional
• PJM Reforms Will Send Power Costs Soaring: APPA
• 7th Circ. OKs Booting Of Exxon, Shell Price Inflation Suit
• Facilities May Get More Time To Enact Oil Spill Rules
• American Oil Shareholders Fight $445M Hess Merger
• Bankruptcy Implications Of Environmental Liabilities