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Energy - December, 2010

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• Energy Cases To Watch In 2011
• Energy Legislation, Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Courts Bolstered Energy Contract Protections In 2010
• Considering New Expert Disclosure Requirements
• 1st Circ. Affirms $18M Enviro Fine On Southern Union
• House Panel Blasts US Grip Over Wartime Fuel Deals
• China Thumbs Nose At US Gripes Over Wind Subsidies
• Morgan Lewis Reps Maersk In $2.4B Oil Asset Buy
• EPA To Institute 1st-Ever GHG Pollution Standards
• Baldwin Sues Costner Over $52M Deal With BP
• Rio Tinto To Buy Australia's Riversdale For $4B
• DOL Calls On Coal Mines To Police Safety Violations
• Case Study: Carijano V. Occidental Petroleum
• Puma To Buy Caribbean Petroleum Assets For $82M
• SynQor Wins $95M Verdict In Power Converter IP Suit
• Halliburton Says Nigeria Bribery Deal Is Only $35M
• US Fights Chinese Wind Power Grants In WTO
• Gulf Spill Attys Want Changes To BP Fund Release Form
• Judge Won't Split Discovery In SemGroup Action
• DC Circ. Won't Review EPA Renewable Fuel Standards
• DC Circ. Tells NRC To Reconsider Honeywell Exemption
• FERC's 2010 Enforcement Recap
• White HR Worker Wins $5.8M In Discrimination Case
• Judge Orders US To Pay $1.6M In La. Land Use Suit
• House Approves Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
• Texas High Court Again Nixes Award Against Exxon
• Cities Seek To Revive Price-Fixing Suit Against BP, Shell
• Investor Says Alternate Energy Inflated Stock Price
• Workers Seek To Revive Pension Suit Against El Paso
• EPA Seeks To Delay Some GHG Reporting Requirements
• 8th Circ. Affirms Bar On Swepco Power Plant In Ark.
• Who's To Blame For Climate Change?
• BP Says 2009 Spill Didn't Violate Probation
• Seneca Urges Dynergy Shareholders To Reject Icahn Bid
• Sasol To Pay $1B For Talisman Shale Stake
• Class Recertified In XTO Gas Royalty Action
• Automakers Take Fight Over E15 Approval To DC Circ.
• US Aims To Protect Scientists From Politics
• Bill To Block EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules Falls Short
• Judge Slashes Citgo Liability For La. Refinery Spill
• Saipem To Pay Nigeria $32M To End Gas Project Probe
• Czech Energy Cos. Blocked Antitrust Raid, EU Says
• Underwriting The Wind
• Transocean Ordered To Hand Over Safety Documents
• Calif. Adopts US' Largest Cap-And-Trade Program
• Gas Station Owners Sue BP, Transocean Over Spill
• Obama Signs $858B Tax Bill With Ethanol Credits
• Halliburton Settles Bribery Case For $250M
• Judge OKs Revised Pacific Energy Liquidation Plan
• Kan. Finalizes Air Permit For Sunflower Power Plant
• In Context: The Chevron-Ecuador Litigation
• Attys Dodge Malpractice Suit Over BP Plant Explosion
• SEC Hits Alternate Energy With Fraud Suit
• Judge Sides With Tribe, Blocks Calif. Solar Project
• BP Oil Spill Panel Slams La. Sand Berms Project
• US Names 24 Solar Energy Zones In Western States
• Cabot To Pay $4.1M To End Gas Contamination Suit
• BP Spill Workers Sue Over Cancer Risk
• Delta Aliraq Can't Shake Suit Over Iraq Boiler Project
• 5 Strategies For Avoiding Wiki Situations
• Chevron Can Subpoena Atty In Ecuador Case: 2nd Circ.
• Total Wins $3.5M Oil Royalty Suit Against Kerr-McGee
• Tax Compromise Passes Senate With Ethanol Credits
• Citgo Settles Cement Maker's Suit Over La. Oil Spill
• Senate Aims To Extend Wait For Drilling Permits
• Court Dismisses Alaska's Lost Taxes Claim Against BP
• Boeing Denied Defense Costs Over DOE Project
• Jury Slaps Southwestern Unit With $11.4M Verdict
• BP, Others Liable For All Costs In Gulf Spill, US Says
• 2nd-Lien Lenders Get Louder
• US May Face Rare Earth Metal Shortage, DOE Says
• US Wants NAFTA Gas Duty Challenge Nixed
• ARMZ To Buy Australian Uranium Co. Mantra For $1.2B
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Dynegy In $665M Icahn Deal
• E.ON Loses Bid To Toss €38M Seal-Tampering Fine
• DOI Clarifies New Safety Rules For Deepwater Drilling
• Vermont Yankee Appeals DOE Nuclear Waste Loss
• Sierra Club Sues Exxon Over Texas Complex Pollution
• Nuclear Waste Fee Survives Challenge In DC Circ.
• Entergy Fleeced Customers, Must Pay Damages: Judge
• Petrobras To Buy Back Repsol Refinery Stake For $850M
• Enviros Fight Ambre Permit For Coal Export Terminal
• Dewey Reps UEG In $775M Deal For Pakistani BP Assets
• The Future Of Global Warming Lawsuits Is Now
• Cancun Talks Preserve UN Climate Change Framework
• High Court Won't Rule On Damages In Shell Lease Suit
• Lloyd's Sues To Block Pacific Energy Volcano Claim
• New BP Fund Rules Offer Quick Pay For Lawsuit Waiver
• 5th Circ. Affirms Award In Oil Fraud Suit
• GHG Rules Get Green Light From DC Circ.
• Republicans Vow Probe Of EPA Smog Rule
• US Oil Settles Suit Over Wash. Refinery Emissions
• Weir To Pay £14M Over Iraq Oil-For-Food Kickbacks
• Ex-Quest Exec Appeals 16-Year Fraud Sentence
• Slaughter And May Reps GE In $1.3B Wellstream Deal
• Contemplating Future Regulation Of Carbon Markets
• DC Circ. Backs Calif. Plan To Merge Utility Districts
• Century Can't Shake $6M Verdict In Boston Gas Suit
• GOP Bill Takes Aim At EPA Funds For GHG Regulation
• China Buys Argentina Oil Assets In $2.5B Deal
• 9th Circ. Denies Fees In Pipeline Land Taking Case
• Dems Offer Tax Cuts To Extend Clean Energy Programs
• Ex-Massey Foremen Get Probation Over Fatal Mine Fire
• Climate Change Insurance — Are You Covered?
• Sens. Balk At Provision To Extend Drill Permit Wait
• Skadden Reps National Grid In $285M Algonquin Deal
• Minn. Court Removes Hurdle For Ethanol Plant
• Ind. Utility Regulator Finds No Duke Favoritism
• Gazprom Drops Appeal Of $44M Russian Antitrust Fine
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies RICO Ruling At US' Request
• The Bleak Future Of Cap-And-Trade Legislation
• Mine Safety Bill Fails House Vote
• Exxon Gas Station Owner Settles Pollution Suit
• Subpoena Stands In Chevron Ecuador Case
• EPA Wrongly Nixed Emissions Permit Program: Texas
• Upton Named Head Of House Energy Committee
• Qualifying For Renewable Energy Cash Grant Program
• Dewey Reps AGL Resources In $2.4B Nicor Buy
• EPA Asks To Delay Contested Boiler Emission Rule
• Halliburton, KBR Deny New Nigerian Graft Charges
• Pride Int'l Unit Settles Bribery Claims For $56M
• NM Adopts Statewide GHG Cap For Large Emitters
• Arkema To Snag Total Chemicals Units For $729M
• Coal Cos., Wyo. Intervene In DOI Coal Lease Suit
• Sharing Is Caring In DOJ's View Of FCPA Cooperation
• NextEra Settles In Deadly Calif. Wind Turbine Suit
• Sens. Propose Tougher Sanctions On Iran Dealings
• FirstLight Sues Insurers For Plant Shutdown Coverage
• EPA Cleared To Seek $1.3M From GE In CERCLA Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Occidental Petroleum Pollution Suit
• US Urges High Court To Tackle Loss Causation Rule
• DOE Out Of Compliance On DOD Projects: Report
• Riversdale Mulls $3.5B Rio Tinto Bid
• Ex-KBR Exec Pleads Guilty To Nigeria Bribes
• EBG Creditors Win OK To Appeal $1.1B Sale
• Demystifying Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Supreme Court Takes Up Climate Change Nuisance Suit
• NRC Report Backs Entergy Bid For Nuke Plant Permits
• NJ Man Admits To Paying Bribes For ConEd Contracts
• More Kan. Landowners Sue Over Wind Farm Regulations
• Residents Sue EPA Over Murphy Oil Refinery Emissions
• Enviro Group Wins CWA Suit Against Sun Drilling
• Election Quickly Improves Calif. Renewables Climate
• Injunction Bid Fails In Antitrust Suit Against JEA
• Mayo Sues BP To Collect Oil, Gas Royalties
• Andritz To Pay Up To €10M For Bankrupt A-TEC Unit
• Simpson Reps Walter Energy In $3.3B Coal Co. Deal
• 3rd-Party Liability In Developing Nuclear Markets
• Oil Spill Panel Considers New Oversight Agency
• Foley Reps Sunoco In $400M Ohio Refinery Sale
• Kan. Utilities Win $11M In Nuclear Waste Battle
• Ohio High Court Reverses Order Allowing Sunoco Plant
• Feds Seek To Preserve Arrest Record Of Westar Exec
• Takeaways From SEC Comments On New Oil, Gas Rules
• Judge Revives Oil Rig Helicopter Price-Fixing Case
• Public Records Requests Aren't Discovery: 7th Circ.
• E.ON To Sell Gazprom Stake To Market, VEB For €3B
• Effects Of EPA Clean Air Initiatives
• US Strikes $24M Cleanup Deal For Westinghouse Site
• US Reverses Drilling Plans In East Gulf, Atlantic