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Energy - February, 2011

202 articles

• Indian Court To Hear Bid For $1.7B In Bhopal Payments
• Linn Energy To Gain ND Foothold In $434M Oil Buy
• Massey Official Lied To Inspectors Over Blast: Feds
• BP Spill Fund Accused Of Neglecting Victims
• Calif. Site Owners Appeal Exxon Win In Enviro Suit
• BLM Must Improve Oil, Gas Well Risk Oversight: GAO
• House Democrat Pushes EPA To Up Fracking Oversight
• Frontier Shareholder Sues Over $7B Holly Merger
• Stay Remains In Investor Suit Over $25M Solar Venture
• GOP Congressmen Demand Answers On Yucca Mountain
• Natural Gas Drilling Bills Move Forward In W.Va.
• Portuguese Auto Club Sues Antitrust Watchdog
• Calif. Senate Passes Renewable Energy Bill
• Calif. To Probe PG&E Records Over Fatal Gas Blast
• Itron Brass Accused Of Duping Investors
• France OKs GDF Utility Purchase With Conditions
• Sierra Club Sues EPA For Docs On Texas Power Plants
• Investors Hit Oilsands Quest Over $136M Adjustment
• Citgo Fined For Texas Refinery Explosion
• Petroleum Co. Hit With Enviro Suit Over NY Leakage
• NH Takes First Step In Repealing Cap-And-Trade
• NY Bill Seeks To Ban Fracking Until EPA Weighs In
• Massey To Create Medical Fund In W.Va. Slurry Suit
• Samson Sues Chevron Over Deepwater Horizon Losses
• V&E Lures 3 Transaction Attys From O'Melveny, Dewey
• China Remains An FCPA Hot Spot
• Libya Unrest Spurs New Look At US Drilling
• Insurers Sue Inspection Co. Over IMTT Blast Coverage
• Enterprise To Buy Rest Of Duncan Energy For $2.4B
• EPA Sets Pollutant Regs On Boilers, Incinerators
• Zurich Seeks To Avoid Defense In $37M Pipeline Suit
• SEC Wins Judgment Against Wellco Defendants
• Texas Atty Pleads Guilty In Stock Manipulation Case
• Exxon Unit Loses Bid To Overturn $8M Benzene Verdict
• Prudential's $27M Suit Over Ethanol Plants Survives
• EPA Drags Feet On Clean Air Act Regulations
• Boston Gas, Century Trim Pollution Coverage Row
• BHP To Pay $4.8B For Chesapeake Shale Assets
• V&E, Andrews Kurth Aid $7B Holly-Frontier Merger
• Mass. Gas Sellers Did Not Fix Prices: 1st Circ.
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Reliance In $7.2B Deal With BP
• Green Groups Sue W.Va. Miners Over Selenium Limits
• GHG Rules' Low Cost Won't Curtail Legal Storm
• SNC-Lavalin Hit With $2.4M Verdict For Faulty Pipe
• Escopeta Fights Endangered Listing For Alaskan Whales
• Spain Gets Temporary OK For Coal Aid Plan
• Massey Fails To Nix Class Action Over Toxic Coal Dust
• House Passes Measure To Make Arctic Drilling Easier
• Minn. House Votes To Lift Nuclear Plant Ban
• DLA Piper Launches Miami Office, Eyes Latin America
• Decision On $9B Chevron Judgment Delayed
• Senate Bill Would Arm DOJ To Fight OPEC
• Sens. Seek To Block FERC Cost-Allocation Proposal
• Chinese Court Upholds Conviction Of US Geologist
• EPA Reaches $1.38M Deal Over Pa. Superfund Site
• Oil Spill Support Workers Claim BP Denied OT Pay
• 'Winning The Future' With A CES
• House GOP Eyes Solyndra's $535M Stimulus Loan
• Gov't Must Act On Ensco Drilling Applications: Judge
• Texas Judge Trims Damages In Industrial Contracts Suit
• NY Court Uproots Thompson & Knight Malpractice Suit
• Wick Phillips Adds H&B Energy, Contracts Atty
• 6th Circ. Tosses Gas Royalty Suit, Affirms $29M Deal
• Spill Report Says BP Knew About Halliburton Trouble
• Determining The Fate Of AB 32
• GenOn, NRG Settle Contract Suit Over Lehman Payment
• Investor Targets Tidewater Board Over FCPA Cases
• Lawmakers Plan To Tighten Sanctions On Iran
• Shell To Pay $8M To Finalize Deal In Investor Suit
• Judge Tosses NML Suit Against Energia Argentina
• Husch Nabs Gov't Contracts, Black Lung Specialist
• Bill Seeks To End Subsidies For Deepwater Drillers
• Army Corps Error Led To $4M Pipeline Break: Contango
• GAO Targets Drilling Regulators On High-Risk List
• Lawmaker Seeks To Block EPA Waivers For Ethanol Fuel
• K&L Gates Lands Alaska Energy Heavyweight
• Atlas Energy Shareholders Bless $4.3B Sale To Chevron
• Nev. Residents Sue BP, ARCO Over Mine Pollution
• Compelling Disgorgement In Antitrust Cases
• Refining Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
• STR Wins $8M In Damages In Polymer Secrets Suit
• DOI To Take New Look At Oil Shale Rules
• Texas Officials Pin Power Failures On Higher Demand
• Judge Upholds $52M Verdict Over Calif. Power Plant
• States Challenge Nuclear Waste Storage In DC Circ.
• EPA Fines Calif. Biomass Plants Over Air Pollution
• Wind Farms And The Law Of The Sea
• Judge Extends Bar On $8B Chevron Ecuador Ruling
• NC Asks High Court To Review $1B TVA Emission Ruling
• Judge Tosses Texas Power Line Suit Against Army Corps
• Ohio AG Hits BP With Class Action Over Pension Losses
• Obama's Enviro, Energy Cuts Fall Mostly On EPA
• Power Co. Makes Case To Jump Into Calif. Enviro Suit
• Ecuadorean Court Hits Chevron With $8B Judgment
• Seahawk Drilling Enters Bankruptcy, Plans Asset Sale
• Cleantech's 'Sputnik Moment': What's Next?
• Allen & Overy Reps GE In $2.8B Buy Of Wood Group Unit
• Electric Co-Op Says Contractor Lowballed Cost By $1B
• DC Circ. Says NY Co. Can't Challenge FERC Regs
• Duke Energy Sues Massey For $18M Over Coal Contract
• DC Circ. Strikes Down FERC Power Rate Order
• Garden State Jumps Into Edison Power Plant CAA Fight
• Possible $113B Award Barred In Chevron Ecuador Case
• Climate Change Disclosure Obligations For Insurers
• Case Study: Moncrief Oil V. OAO Gazprom
• Shareholder Sues Aegean Over Post-Merger Problems
• Take $665M Icahn Offer, Dynegy Board Begs Investors
• House Revives Bill To Ban Radioactive Waste Imports
• Judge OKs Bankrupt Trico's Noteholder Settlement
• House Dems Aim To Cut $40B In Oil Co. Tax Breaks
• Progress Energy Shareholder Sues Over $14B Duke Buy
• Faulty-Meter Class Action Against GE Powered Down
• DOL Seeks $1M In Back Pay From Kinder Morgan
• Pride Shareholder Sues To Block $7.3B Ensco Merger
• Hogan Lovells Nets 2 For Energy, Project Practices
• Brazil Orders Shell To Divest Fuel Biz In $12B Venture
• Dooney Founder Claims Ignorance In Illegal Oil Deal
• Thompson & Knight Scolded For Unresolved Oil Deal Suit
• Russia Targets 3 Oil Giants In New Price-Hike Cases
• Danisco Can't Shake Enzyme Patent Suit
• BP, Chevron Seek Quick Win In La. Trespassing Suit
• GE Defends Wind Turbine Patents In Fed. Circ.
• Exco Sells BG 50% Marcellus Stake For $230M
• Hunton Snags Another Paul Hastings Energy Partner
• PetroChina To Snap Up Encana Gas Interest For $5B
• Wis. Citizens Group Sues To Block Wind Farm
• REX Pipeline Sues Engineering Co. Over Wrong Pipes
• Fla. Judge Won't Rehear Alcatel-Lucent RICO Suit
• Thinking Strategically About Petroleum Contamination
• Republicans Convene Hearing To Bash GHG Regs
• London, Toronto Exchanges To Merge Into $6B Giant
• House GOP Calls For Deep FY 2011 Budget Cuts
• E3 Biofuels Sues Plant Contractors For $60M
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• DLA Piper Lures 2 Paul Hastings Litigation Leaders
• ORRCO Hits Pacific With $5M Contaminated Oil Suit
• EPA Unveils Draft Plan For Fracking Study
• Atlas, Chevron Settle Suits Ahead Of Vote On $4B Deal
• Ex-Tesoro VP Says He Was Fired For Raising Fraud Flag
• 5th Circ. Nixes Antitrust Actions Against OPEC Cos.
• Chevron Wins TRO On $113B Ecuadorean Judgment
• Bouchard To Pay $4M Over NY Gas Spill
• US Ruled Not Liable For W.Va. Mine Fire Deaths
• Ameren Looks To Revive $31M Suit V. Excess Insurer
• Houston Gas Trader Cops To $8M Fraud
• Ironshore Seeks To Toss $60M Hurricane Damage Suit
• Republicans Ask High Court To Back Off Climate Change
• The Threat To Calif.'s Climate Change Efforts
• TIG Says Limits Reached On Gull Oil Pollution Claims
• Insurer Casts Doubt On Newmont Enviro Coverage Claim
• Allegheny May Face Suit Over W.Va. Plant Pollution
• Reworking The NJ Renewables Framework
• Caribbean Petro Plan Resolves Debts, Enviro Liability
• Former Pa. DEP Chief Joins Eckert Seamans
• Texas Officials Order Probe Of Rolling Blackouts
• US Taps 4 Coastal Areas For Offshore Wind Energy
• Baker & McKenzie Helps Ensco Add Pride For $7B
• KeySpan Pact Highlights DOJ's Creative Thinking
• Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins
• Spain OKs Changes To Speed Gas Natural Divestments
• Morgan Keegan Sues Chestnut For $1M Exxon Deal Fee
• Senate Dems Propose Tougher Pipeline Safety Rules
• $787M Petrobras Contract Suit Can Proceed: 5th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Shell Human Rights Case
• EU Kills Antitrust Probe Of GDF Suez Unit's Contracts
• DLA Piper Takes On Green Energy Co. Over Unpaid Bills
• Sens. Bring Back Bill To Close Oil Co. Tax Loopholes
• A Review Of 2010 Criminal Antitrust Enforcement
• Energy Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
• Ex-Lufkin Employee Loses Fight Over His First Name
• Chevron Gets Partial Discovery Win In Ecuador Case
• Unexpected Demand, Mideast Unrest Push Up Oil Prices
• Shell Scraps Alaska Drilling Plans For 2011
• SC Landowners Want Utility To Pay For Cable Leases
• EPA Exempts Industrial Plants From New GHG Rules
• Eaton Lied To Court In Bid To Hurt Rival, Suit Says
• Will Obama's Regulatory Reform Change EPA?
• Law360 Energy Editorial Advisory Board
• Pa. Enviro Groups Seek Removal Of Natural Gas Wells
• Massey Shareholders Challenge $7.1B Alpha Merger
• Energy Group Of The Year: Pillsbury
• Pa. Appeals Court Denies Plan To Strip-Mine Park
• EPA Gets W.Va.'s Mining Permit Suit Sent To DC
• Drilling Cos. Look To Keep Cordoaria In $50M Suit
• Final BP Spill Payouts To Double 2010 Losses
• DOI Details Structure Of 3 MMS Successors
• Oil Giants Conspiring To Discourage Biofuel, Suit Says
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• Facing Smurfit-Stone Suit, AES Unit Files For Ch. 11
• 9th Circ. Vacates DOE Electrical Congestion Study
• Chevron Accuses Ecuadoreans' Atty Of Extortion
• BP, Russian Investor Fight Heads To Arbitration
• Group Attacks NJ Power Plant Subsidy Program
• Energy Group Of The Year: Hogan Lovells
• Thoughts On The 2011 State Of The Union
• BP To Sell Refineries In Texas, Calif.
• Anadarko Reaches Deal With US On Tronox Docs
• Citgo To Fight $1.7M 7-Eleven Deal In MTBE Case
• Green Groups Sue Maine Dam Operators Over Salmon
• Colo. Mine Sparks Endangered Species Suit
• GOP Tries To Take Down GHG Rules With New Bill
• Vinson Reps CNOOC In $1.3B Chesapeake Oil, Gas Buy