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Energy - March, 2011

270 articles

• Lloyd's, Others Sue Exxon Over NJ Cleanup Coverage
• Lindsey Can't Nix FCPA Case For Brady Issues: Judge
• Sierra Club Wins Bid To Hold Up Kan. Power Plant
• House Panel To Probe Yucca Nuke Site Abandonment
• Seahawk Asset Sale To Hercules Gets Antitrust OK
• Deepwater Drillers Slowly Move Rigs Away From Gulf
• Corps Beats CWA Suit Over Puget Sound Energy Permit
• EU Raids Deutsche Bahn Offices In Antitrust Probe
• Sens. Propose Long-Term Oversight For Oil Policy
• Cleanup Crews Say BP Spill Dispersants Made Them Ill
• Judge Tosses Another Kazakh Oil Profits Suit
• US Discovers Trace Radiation From Japan In Milk
• Chevron Wins Bid To Transfer Samson Suit To Texas
• Calif. Nuke Worker Fired For Blowing Whistle: Suit
• County To Sue Montana DOT Over 'Megaloads' Project
• White & Case Adds Project Finance Partner In London
• US Slaps Belarusian Co. With Sanctions For Iran Ties
• Energy Co. CEO's Comments Cut From FCPA Case
• Tesoro Workers Win Class Cert. In Meal Break Suit
• Obama Aims To Slash Energy Imports
• Steptoe & Johnson Lands Ex-Ariz. Congressman
• NRC To Review Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
• Texas Billionaire Eyes Appeal Of $116M Fraud Verdict
• Tullow Sells Share Of Uganda Oil Project For $3B
• Shaping A Clean Energy Standard
• Encore Faces Investor Class Action Over $567M Sale
• Calif. Renewable Energy Bill Heads To Gov.
• Former Tenn. Rep. Gordon Joins K&L Gates
• EPA Reverts To Stricter Ala. Air Pollution Rule
• DOI Says 70% Of Offshore Oil Leases Remain Idle
• EPA Power Plant, Factory Rule Aims To Save Fish
• BP Bosses May Face Manslaughter Charges Over Blast
• Improper Payments Found In DOE Geothermal Awards
• Allen & Overy Reps GE Energy In $3.2B Converteam Buy
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• Lingering Questions Over CFTC's New Authority
• BP Engineer's Emails To Wife Not Privileged: Judge
• Marathon Triumphs In $97M Gas Contract Suit
• NY AG Targets Entergy Over Nuclear Power Plant Safety
• Enron VP Gets Halfway House Stint For Insider Trading
• Maine High Court Allows Wind Projects To Move Forward
• High Court Rebuffs Fox Rothschild Atty Conspiracy Suit
• Peak Wins $20M In Oil Rights Spat With Chesapeake
• China Bans Japanese Imports Amid Radiation Fears
• Investor Tells 2nd Circ. Amaranth Lacked Controls
• Debevoise Reps Schneider In $268M Summit Energy Bid
• PG&E Fined At Least $3M After Fatal Gas Blast
• Lloyd's Wants Stay Of Forest Fire Coverage Suit
• Asarco Wants Others To Help Cover $33M Calif. Cleanup
• Massey Triumphs In W.Va. Coal Dust Action
• EPA Touted Coal Ash Use Before Studying Risks: Report
• Ex-Ensign Aide Broke Lobbying Laws, Suit Says
• $8B BP, Rosneft Deal Blocked By Arbitration Tribunal
• Barnard Settles Coverage Suit Over Conduit Collapse
• EU Restricts Japan Food Imports Over Radiation Fears
• Deepwater Spill Won't Stir Drilling Insurance Policies
• Court Trims TVA Coal Ash Spill Class Action Claims
• Occidental To Pay $2M To Resolve Royalty Suit
• EPA Calls For Truce In Texas CAA Permitting Fight
• Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Robert Wolinsky
• UGI Fights Victorian-Age Pollution Claim In 2nd Circ.
• 2nd Pipe Co. Owner Cops To ConEd Kickbacks
• Electrician Charged Over TVA Nuclear Plant Work
• Enviros Sue ICG Over Selenium From W.Va. Coal Mines
• NRC Launches Review Of US Nuclear Plant Safety
• Chesapeake Energy Project Halted Over Water Issues
• Md. House OKs Bill To Limit Marcellus Shale Drilling
• Insurer For Consultant Fights Chevron Suit Coverage
• Effects Of Siewert V. Northern States Power
• Drill Pipe Blocked Deepwater Blowout Preventer: Report
• EU To Sue Italy Over Alcoa Power Subsidies
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Michael King
• KeySpan, Morgan Stanley Antitrust Action Tossed
• Massey Mine Inspector Charged Over Deadly Blast
• Vinson Reps Anadarko In $576M BP Asset Buy
• Costner Seeks Dismissal Of Suit Over $52M BP Deal
• US To Lease Wyo. Land For Coal Mining
• Texas Says Gas Co. Not To Blame For Well Pollution
• GenOn Liable For Pollution In Pa. River, Judge Says
• Foods Cos. Must Watch Japanese Imports, Experts Say
• K-Sea Investor Sues To Halt $335M Kirby Deal
• Newfield Picks Up Utah Oil Assets For $215M
• 2nd Circ. Sends Bechtel Contract Fight To Arbitration
• US OKs 1st Post-Spill Deepwater Exploration Plan
• DOE, States Battle Over Yucca Mountain In DC Circ.
• MoFo Adds Former Calif. Clean Energy Regulator
• Gas Co. Settles With EPA Over Saipan Emissions
• Raising The Bar For Mass. Utility Mergers
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's John Crespo
• BP Tries To Nix Deepwater Horizon Securities Suits
• Caribbean Petro Clears Ch. 11 Hurdle With Settlements
• Black & Veatch FLSA Class Wins Initial Cert.
• CenterPoint Secures Win In Stranded Costs Fight
• Danish Wind Turbine Co. Hit With Securities Action
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Pol To DC, Fla. Offices
• Sierra Club Takes Aim At 3 Luminant Coal-Fired Plants
• Akin Gump, V&E Advise In $1.6B Anadarko-KNOC Deal
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Wade Coriell
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• Fueling Fresh Analysis Of Horizontal Market Power
• US Nuclear Agency Pledges Safety Review Of Reactors
• Range Resources Settles Gas Royalties Class Action
• Exxon, Others To Pay $1.75M To Settle Enviro Claims
• 7-Eleven, Calif. Agency Settle Enviro MDL For $1.7M
• Rising Star: Reed Smith's Nicolle Snyder Bagnell
• Judge Grants TRO In Power Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Neb. Court Says Some Legal Costs Not Taxable In State
• Quicksilver Majority Owners Decide Not To Go Private
• St. Joe Wins Remand Of Transocean Suit Over Spill
• Pentagon OKs Long-Term Alternative Energy Contracts
• Shell Drops Fraud Suit Against Convicted Drilling Boss
• Worker Lands $25M Verdict In Exxon Asbestos Suit
• US, Oil Cos. End Enviro Suit Over Water Pollution
• W.Va. Court To Hear 7 Cases In Massey Slurry Suit
• ComEd Off The Hook In Air Pollution Suit
• Lithuania Calls For Court Ouster Of Gazprom Execs
• Obama Orders NRC To Probe US Nuclear Plant Safety
• The ABCDEFs Of Building Client Loyalty
• FERC Backs Rule For Smart Grid Incentives
• Combating Cybersecurity Threats To The Power Grid
• 2nd Circ. Greenlights Chevron, Ecuador Arbitration
• Blowout Preventer Co. Tries To Keep Device From BP
• DOE, NRC Say Japan Crisis Won't Alter Nuclear Policy
• IRS Hands Enron Tax Shelter Whistleblower $1.1M
• Calif. Utility Wants High Court Review Of FERC Plan
• FWS Plans To Renew Polar Bear Take Rule
• Senate Bill Calls For Fracking Chemical Disclosures
• NJ Asks To Join Suit Over Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• ADR — Mediation Vs. Arbitration
• Oil Spill Panel Calls For Industry Self-Policing
• EPA Proposes Lower Power Plant Mercury Emissions
• Facebook, RIM, BofA Hit With Messaging Patent Suit
• States, NYC Urge High Court To Allow GHG Suit
• 5th Circ. Stays Judge's Drilling Permit Orders
• Attempts To Block EPA GHG Regs Advance In Senate
• New Damages Trial Ordered In Exxon Royalties Suit
• Ala. Power Triumphs In CAA Case Over Power Plants
• Senate Energy Chair Urges US Nuclear Safety Review
• Courts Can Sanction Foreign Governments: DC Circ.
• Devon, Texas Billionaire Hit With $116M Fraud Verdict
• Ill. Gov. Quinn Kills 2 Coal-To-Gas Plants
• Massey Official Pleads Not Guilty To Obstruction
• Chevron Wins Contract Battle Over Lead In Calif.
• What Employers Owe Staff In Foreign Hot Spots
• Take It Easy On Fracking
• BP Settles Suit Over Deepwater Horizon Death
• Miss. Passes Carbon Capture, Sequestration Law
• Insurers Likely To Avoid Japanese Nuclear Claims
• FirstEnergy Sells Energy Plant To AMP For $485M
• Pipe Supply Co. Pleads Guilty In ConEd Kickback Case
• BP Joins Enviro Suit Over Oil Spill Response Plan
• Texas Bill Pushes Fracking Chemical Disclosures
• Iberdrola To Sell €2B Stake To Qatar Fund
• 2nd Shareholder Suit Targets Duncan-Enterprise Deal
• Consol To Pay $5.5M Over CWA Violations
• AMSC Expands Wind Biz With Є190M Deal
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Insurer's Appeal Of Spill Coverage
• US Weighs Nuclear Policy In Wake Of Japan Quake
• Latham Reps K-Sea In $600M Merger With Kirby
• The Evolution Of BACT Demonstrations For GHGs
• Valero Buys Chevron UK Refinery, Assets For $1.7B
• Weatherford Misstated $500M In Earnings: Investors
• Manager, DOJ Strike $82M Deal In Lyondell Fraud Case
• Texas Supreme Court Overturns Well Permit Grant
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer Says SEC Is Fishing For Docs
• DOJ Says It Rightly Interpreted FCPA In Bribery Case
• Perkins Coie Adds 5 Bingham Enviro Attys In SF
• 9th Circ. Grants New Bribery Trial For Ex-Alaska Pol
• Fed. Circ. Voids $60M Award In Nuclear Storage Suit
• Sierra Club Sues DOE Over Miss. Power Plant Funds
• British Atty Admits To $132M Nigerian Bribery Scheme
• Know The Rules On Both Sides Of The Pond
• Baker Wins TRO In Secrets Suit Against Ex-Manager
• Constellation Takes On Brokers Over $130M Coal Risk
• Class Cert. Granted In Akeena Securities Suit
• Chevron Appeals $8.6B Enviro Judgment
• Forest Service Sued Over Oil Cos.' Mega-Load Highway
• Texas Insurer Ordered To Indemnify Sabic In MTBE MDL
• 5th Circ. Upholds Seacor's $3M Katrina Damages Award
• Disbarred Lawyer Charged In $9.5M Investment Fraud
• House Panel OKs Bill To Block EPA Action On GHGs
• Dooney Founder Asks Court To Retry Oil Bribery Case
• BP Contractors Seek $500M Over Benzene Exposure
• Sens. Push Repeal Of Corn Ethanol Tax Credit
• Judge Lets Industry Groups Join Energy Corridor Suit
• Winstead Nabs 4 K&L Gates Enviro Attys In Texas
• Senate Committee Weighs Energy Efficiency Changes
• Rio Tinto Sweetens Offer For Riversdale To $3.9B
• Not So Sweet 16
• Gulf Sens. Call For 1-Year Oil, Gas Lease Extensions
• Canadian Provinces Tighten Gas Extraction Regs
• Energy Co. Investor Sues To Block $1B Purchase Deal
• Texas Rancher Claims Gas Wells Poisoned Family
• Judge Halts Massey Unit's Coal Mine Development
• Utilities Contest US Nuclear Waste Fees In DC Circ.
• ExxonMobil Sued Over Baytown Plant Explosion
• Dynegy Warns Of Potential Ch. 11 Filing
• US Asks CIT To Nix BP's Bid For Oil Duty Refunds
• Baker Hostetler Adds 2 Attys To Houston Office
• Senate Bill Looks To Boost Smaller Nuclear Reactors
• Ex-Kinder Morgan Workers Seek Class Cert. In OT Suit
• A Blow To Wind Energy
• Adviser Seeks $6.7M For Estrella Loan Deal
• Massey Hit With 3 Wrongful Death Suits Over Mine Blast
• Norex Sues Russian Billionaires Over Oil Co. Takeover
• Texas Court Clears NRG Power Plant Permits
• Ex-ABB Manager Wants FCPA Charges Tossed
• Spain's Iberdrola To Buy Out Renewables Unit
• Scientists Clash In House Hearing To Ban GHG Regs
• BP Wants More Tests On Deepwater Blowout Preventer
• Terrabon Names Ex-Phillips & Reiter Atty As GC
• NY Jury Finds Ex-Oil Exec Guilty In Stock Conspiracy
• US Fights Penalty Rate Ruling in Citgo Spill Suit
• EPA Proposes Clean Air Plan For 3 Okla. Power Plants
• Water Near Pa. Gas Drilling Sites Safe, Agency Says
• Judge Won't Force $92M In Exxon Valdez Payments
• Pacific Energy Sues Forest Oil For $250M Over Sale
• DOJ Launches BP Oil Spill Task Force
• Audit Faults $71B DOE Loan Program's Record-Keeping
• Chevron Wins Injunction On $8B Ecuador Judgment
• Court Upholds NRC Permits For Entergy Nuclear Plant
• Borden Ladner Reps Magma In $195M Plutonic Deal
• Interior Department Appeals Drilling Permit Orders
• State Utilities Renew Bid In DC Circ. To Nix DOE Fee
• Kelley Drye Wins Transfer Of Merger, Contract Suit
• Pengo Nearing Settlement With Texas In CERCLA Suit
• Mitsubishi Can Search Some Hard Drives In GE Case
• Occidental Hit With $2M Tab In Turtle Bayou Fight
• 3 Green Groups Sue Over Texas Coal Plant Pollution
• Inside US Sanctions Against Libya
• Nev. Wind Farm Builder Intervenes In BLM Suit
• Tidewater Settles Bribery Probe With Nigeria For $6M
• Texas Town Sues Owners Of Noisy Gas Facilities
• NY Bill Encourages Fracking Chemical Disclosure
• US Clears BP In Atlantis Safety Probe
• FERC Takes No Action Against EnerNOC In PJM Dispute
• La. Sues BP, Others For Deepwater Oil Spill Penalties
• Tracking Fracking In The Marcellus Shale
• House Bill Aims To Ramp Up US Energy Production
• Investor Sues Broadwind Energy Over Inflated Stock
• Texas Lawmakers Seek End To Austin Energy Monopoly
• GOP Lawmakers Make Push To Eviscerate GHG Regs
• EPA Deal Over PG&E Plant OK'd Despite Protest
• GOP Sens. Aim To Curb EPA's Mine Permit Veto Power
• Exxon Wants US To Cover Cleanup Under WWII Contract
• Judge Convicts Former Merritt Oil Exec Of Check Kiting
• Total Snaps Up Novatek Stake For $4B
• Feds Seek Discovery Stay In Massey Securities Action
• Ark. High Court Knocks Down Gas Lease Challenge
• Exxon Fights $92M Alaska Oil Spill Claim
• Considering Cap-And-Trade Details In Calif.
• BP's $7B Apache Deal Sours Over Canada Enviro Claim
• Pa. Reps Seek To Tax Natural Gas Extraction
• Hartford, First State Seek To Dodge MTBE Suit
• US Ordered To Act On ATP Drilling Permits
• PPL To Buy More E.ON Assets In $5.6B UK Utility Deal
• Alaska Energy Cos. Sue DOI Over Polar Bear Habitat
• Industries Win Extension Of GHG Reporting Deadline
• Judge Backs State Regulators In Miss. Coal Plant Suit
• GOP Puts EPA Chief In Hot Seat Over Air Rules
• Insurer May Have Appealed Too Soon, 2nd Circ. Says
• Meter Techs Hit Wellington Power Unit With OT Suit
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Range In $900M Property Sale
• Feds Seized Evidence Without Warrant, Utility Co. Says
• BP Tries To Nix Bevy Of Claims From Deepwater MDL
• Oil, Gas Revenue Tops List Of DOI Struggles, GAO Says
• PG&E Defends Gas Explosion Procedures To NTSB
• Arch Coal To Pay $4M For Chemical Discharges
• GAO Offers Fixes For Regulatory Waste 'Mother Lode'
• Interim Measures And Arbitral Clauses