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Energy - May, 2011

225 articles

• Obama Taps Ex-Utility Co. Exec As Commerce Secretary
• Chesapeake Agrees To Settle Suit Over $315M Deal
• NY Sues US Over Fracking In Delaware River Basin
• Oil Traders Face Investor Class Action After CFTC Suit
• 10th Circ. Tosses Sierra Club Suit Over Wyo. Power Plant
• Geogas Seeks €9M From Sunoco For Bad Gas
• Is Past Prologue To Climate Change Liability?
• The Hidden Risks Of Being A Registered Agent
• W.Va. High Court Sidesteps Alpha-Massey Deal Challenge
• Judge Refuses To Revive KeySpan Antitrust Action
• Q&A With Baker Hostetler's Thomas Kruse
• CenterPoint Can't Extinguish $15.5M Jury Verdict
• Chile Orders Copec To Shed Local Terpel Unit
• Calif. Diesel Engine Rules Not Preempted: 9th Circ.
• Chevron Seeks $74M From US Over Failed Oil Talks
• Sabine Pass And Long-Term LNG Export Authorization
• Bracewell Reps Constellation In $143M Power Retailer Buy
• Enviro's Effort To Block Colo. Uranium Mill Stays Alive
• EPA Review Doesn't Trump CAA Mandate: Judge
• Beware Calif.'s 'One-Action Rule'
• Irving Oil Must Give Up Gas Terminals, Pipeline: FTC
• Massey Investors Fend Off $7.1B Alpha Deal
• Senate Committee OKs 5 Energy Policy Bills
• Ohio House Approves Bill To Allow Drilling In Parks
• W.Va. High Court Asked To Block Massey-Alpha Deal
• S. Korea Fines Oil Refiners $400M For Collusion
• NJ Withdraws From Regional Carbon Trading Program
• Germany Vows Tighter Merger Control For Gas Industry
• Faegre & Benson Beats Exxon Valdez Malpractice Suit
• Texas Senate OKs Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bill
• Equipment Failings Caused Mariner Rig Fire: Report
• Give Me Some Space
• BHP, Chesapeake Doused In Fracking Pollution Suits
• Considering Cross-Border M&A In The Middle East
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Chevron's Discovery Win In Ecuador Fight
• House Panel Approves 2 Bills Targeting EPA Rules
• Judge Trims Claims From $15M Construction Contract Suit
• Enviro Suit Over Post-BP Spill Oil Leases Kept Intact
• Sierra Club Sues ICG Unit Over Ky. Selenium Pollution
• The Fight For Downstream Wind Flow
• High Oil And Gas Prices Heighten Risks
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Bill McKenna
• US Unveils Enhanced Fuel Economy Labels
• Ohio High Court Allows AEP Rate Hikes To Cover Losses
• Ambit Accused Of Fraud, Bias In $1B Suit
• Massey Brass Imperil Mine Safety, Investors Say
• CFTC Hits Traders With $50M Oil Manipulation Suit
• BP, Refinery Workers Settle Wage-And-Hour Action
• US Moves Toward Alternative-Fueled Federal Fleet
• Ex-Massey Security Head Pleads Not Guilty To Lying To FBI
• US Sanctions Venezuela, Others Over Iran Trade
• Cozen O'Connor Nabs 14 EBG Attys In Texas
• Vt. Fights Entergy Bid To Keep Nuke Plant Open
• Coalition Asks DC Circ. To Nix Vt. Nuclear Plant Renewal
• UK Lawmakers Say There's No Need To Ban Fracking
• Texas Challenges EPA's Greenhouse Gas Findings
• House Republicans Slam Obama Energy Efforts
• DOI Seeks To Streamline Oil Royalty Regulations
• Interior, Commerce Join Forces On Offshore Energy Issues
• DOL Upholds Patriot Fine Over Unreported Roof Collapse
• DOE Escapes Suit To Block $4B Nuclear Facility
• EPA Upholds Permit For Mass. Wind Farm
• US Presses To Open Chukchi Sea For Drilling
• Innospec Can't Shake Antitrust Claims Over Iraq Bribery
• Capeco To Pay $8.2M For Blast Site Cleanup
• Q&A With Latham's Tom Heiden
• Pride, Ensco Tweak Merger Deal To Settle Class Action
• Power Co. Sues GSA Over Bundling Of Contracts
• It's A Gas: Foreign Cos. Dig The US Shale Market
• Ark. Fracking Caused Earthquakes, Suit Says
• Twisting In The Minn. Wind
• $20M EPA Deal Doesn't Bar Selenium Suit, Judge Says
• FTC Clears $1.7B Valero Buy Of Chevron's UK Refinery
• Enviro Groups Sue To Stop Gas Drilling In Ozark Forest
• MOEX To Pay BP $1.1B Over Deepwater Horizon Spill
• Siemens To Pay Areva $927M For Joint Venture Breakup
• Judge Ups Verdict Against Texas Oil Tycoon To $196M
• PUC Won't Bar Pipeline's Public Utility Application
• PRSI Can't Force Arbitration With Transcor: Texas Court
• 7th Circ. Upholds Black Lung Benefits Act Amendment
• Conflict Of Interest Derails Enviro Arbitration
• The FCPA's Increasingly Global Reach
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Ileana Blanco
• Massey Ignored Basic Safety Standards: W.Va. Blast Probe
• Senate Panel Greenlights Stiffer CWA Penalties
• Enviro Groups Sue Clinton For Oil Pipeline Documents
• Rabobank Can't Limit Damages In Credit Suisse Row
• CVR Unit Settles $3.2M Suit Over Kan. Oil Spill
• Mexican States Fail To Add Claims To Deepwater MDL
• Senate Rejects GOP Bill To Expand Offshore Drilling
• Ex-Mid-America Exec Can't Ditch Investment Scheme Suit
• Mont. May Hear Public Trust Challenge To CO2 Regs
• NRC Rightly Relicensed NJ Nuke Plant: 3rd Circ.
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Glenn Ballard
• Ex-Enron CFO Fastow Transferred To Halfway House
• JP Turner Shakes Investors' Fraud Action
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Richard Marooney
• Feds Slap Obstruction Charge On Massey Mine Official
• Senate Fails To Pass Bill Cutting Oil Co. Tax Breaks
• 1st Circ. Revives Mass. Oil Spill Law
• Chesapeake Settles Pa. Water Pollution Claims For $1M
• Sens. Demand Probe Into Price-Fixing By Oil Refiners
• Salazar Pushes For Drilling Permit, Safety Reform
• Chadbourne & Parke Adds 3 Partners To London Office
• Sierra Club Seeks To Halt DOE Funding Of $2.4B Plant
• UK Proposes Cutting Carbon Emissions By Half
• $7.8B BP-Rosneft Russian Arctic Deal Falls Apart
• Tenaris Pays $8.9M Over Uzbek Bribery Allegations
• Q&A With Skadden's Charles Schwartz
• Duke Energy Settles Benefits Action For $30M
• Nicor Witness Says SEC Testimony Could Land Her In Jail
• High Court Won't Hear BNSF Appeal Of $300M Rate Ruling
• Spain Hits Endesa, Others With €60M Antitrust Fines
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Hunton Energy Finance Pro
• Covington Reps Joy Global In $1.1B LeTourneau Buy
• Dresser-Rand Sued For $39M Over Power Plant Contract
• US Convinces Court To Deny Interest To NYPA, Entergy
• Ky. AG Accuses Marathon Of Gas Price Gouging
• Judge Compels Testimony In Miss. River Oil Spill Suit
• Renewables Team Leaves Chadbourne For Akin Gump
• Pump It Up
• Class Cert. Denied In 2 TVA Coal Ash Suits
• Asarco Sues BNSF Over $80M Cleanup
• Ohio Coal Co. Can Keep Mining For Now, Judge Says
• K&L Gates Snags More Hunton & Williams Corporate Pros
• GAO Tells DOE To Reopen Bidding For Aircraft Services
• Bryan Cave Snags Ex-Mayer Brown Enviro Co-Leader
• Puda Coal's Board Sued For Alleged Secret Chinese Sale
• US Should Pay For WWII-Era Pollution Cleanup: Exxon
• EPA Seeks Fracking Waste Info From Pa. Gas Cos.
• 2nd Circ. Partly Stays Injunction In $18B Chevron Suit
• 6th Circ. Shuts Door On BP Pipeline Contamination Row
• Bracewell Adds Sutherland Energy Pro In DC
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Get Tronox Claims Trimmed
• BP Can't Dodge $10M Loss In NM Gas Royalty Case
• House Votes For Major Ramp-Up Of Offshore Drilling
• Sens. Push CFTC To Rein In Oil Futures
• Texas House Passes Fracking Fluid Disclosure Bill
• BP MDL Plaintiffs Seek Separate Trials
• Constellation Buys Power Retailer MXenergy For $175M
• Senate Dems Challenge Oil CEOs On Tax Incentives
• Disgorgement: A Cure Worse Than The Disease?
• Exelon Boosts Clean Energy Fleet With $305M Deal
• Enron Remnants, Hewitt End $9M Settlement Battle
• Ky. Jury Finds 2 Guilty In Oil Investment Scheme
• Michael Baker, Energy Unit Workers To Settle With SEC
• House Passes Bill To Speed Up Offshore Permitting
• EPA Can Police Emissions At Utah Questar Sites: Judge
• SC Utility To Pay $3.7M For Park Area Cleanup
• QEP Owes Fiduciary Duty To Royalty Owners: Judge
• V&E Adds Riyadh Office, Snags Baker McKenzie Atty
• US Ordered To Act On Deepwater Drilling Permits
• No Clear Alternative To Nevada Nuclear Dump: GAO
• Ecuadoreans Urge 2nd Circ. To Lift Chevron Injunction
• Shell Pays US $2.2M To Settle Gas Royalty Suit
• Green Groups Sue Texas Over $3B Power Plant Approval
• King & Spalding Opens Moscow Office For Deals, Energy
• Regulators Step Up Inspections At Ala. Nuclear Plant
• Leading The Nation In Renewable Portfolio Standards
• ICG Shareholders Attack $3.4B Sale To Arch Coal
• Study Finds Methane Contamination From Fracking
• Judge Won't Recuse Self In Chevron, Ecuador RICO Suit
• Jones Day Bolsters DC Renewable Energy Deals Team
• Shale Lease Suit Against Range Resources Lives On
• Houston Gas Trader Gets 6 Years For $8M Fraud
• Nonprofits Sue FirstEnergy Over Arsenic Discharges
• Alstom To Pay $7M To End Securities Action
• Anti-Indemnity Law Bars $21M Sonat Claim, Court Rules
• Subcontractor Exits Exxon Suit Over Faulty Nozzles
• Peregrine Converts Bankruptcy To Ch. 7
• Nautilus Won't Have To Pay For Downhole's Attys: Judge
• Judge Trims Suit Over Wyo. Coal Leases
• Hodgson Russ Adds Oil Pro To Buffalo Office
• Howrey Lessons: The Downside Of Contingent Fees
• Judge OKs Capeco Plan To Escape Explosion-Fueled Debt
• US, Canada Evaded Biodiesel Duties: EU
• Weatherford Engineer Accused Of Trade Secret Theft
• Oil Spill Securities Cases Barred By High Court, BP Argues
• TNK-BP To Get BP Stake In Arctic Opportunity
• Michael Best Adds Veteran Wis. Environmental Atty
• Feds Bristle At Ex-ABB Exec's Bid To Toss FCPA Case
• US Could Pay Big Without Yucca Alternative: GAO
• Petro Star Wins Remand Of $50M Refinery Fire Suit
• Insuring Renewable Energy Projects
• Ex-Kinder Morgan Worker Sues Over Religious Bias
• Costa Rican Utility Says $137M Alcatel Deal Not Enough
• House Passes Bill To Compel Offshore Lease Sales
• GoDaddy Loses Bid To Nix Petronas Domain Name Fight
• US Sues Ohio To Stop Mining Near Reservoir
• Tesoro Can't Shake Suit Over Gasoline Tests
• Chadbourne Adds Former GC To Dubai Office
• Vt. Passes Bill To Make Entergy Pay In Nuke Plant Fight
• Akin Gump Reps Capital Product In $281M Tanker Fleet Buy
• Gasoline Cos. To Pay $2.5M Over CAA Claims
• Kinder Morgan Pays $855M For Joint Venture, Other Assets
• Don't Dump Your Money Down A Well
• Massey Offers $87M To Settle W.Va. Miner Death Suits
• House Panel Asks NRC Chief To Unveil Yucca Secrecy
• Obama, States Seek To Speed Renewables To Market
• Ares, Oaktree Cut From Suit Over $4B Exco Buyout
• Xcel Energy Unit Sues EnXco Over Wind Farm Contract
• Enviros Launch Climate Change Suits Against US, States
• Houston Misused Ordinance In Drilling Permit Case: Court
• Barnes & Thornburg Lands Ex-Faegre & Benson Co-Chair
• Investors Strike $28M Deal In SemGroup MDL
• Congressman Wants Legal Fee Info In $3.4B Class Suit
• DC Circ. Tosses Alcoa's Dam Relicensing Case
• Bracewell Snags Energy Transaction Expert
• Rockwell Pays SEC $2.7M To Settle FCPA Probe
• EPA Toughens Rules For Fossil Fuel Power Plants
• Winston & Strawn Adds Duke Energy Veteran
• India's Adani To Shell Out $2B For Australia Coal Port
• BP Agrees To $85M Settlement In Alaska Spill Suit
• Insurers Want $20M For Allegedly Defective Power Pipes
• Puma Agrees To Clean Up Caribbean Petroleum Blast Site
• ICG Ordered To Pay $104M Over Coal Supply Contract
• Arguing The Future Of Climate Change Litigation
• CB&I Can't Escape Contract Suit In Texas
• Md. To Sue Chesapeake Energy Over Fracking Spill
• US Seeks To Block Enviros' Say In Arch Coal Settlement
• DOI Eyes Remote Monitors For Offshore Oil, Gas Rigs
• BP Policies Hurt Franchisees' Earnings, Suit Says
• Rough Waters In Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbors
• Utah, Alaska Fight DOI Over 'Wild Lands' Policy
• Simpson Thacher Reps Arch Coal In $3.4B ICG Buy