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Energy - June, 2011

226 articles

• Tortoises Can't Outrun Mojave Solar Project: Judge
• ExxonMobil Sues Supplier Over Defective Tubing
• US Gets Power Plant Haze Pollution Suit Tossed
• NY Enviro Agency Says State Should Lift Fracking Ban
• Calif. Defers Cap-And-Trade Compliance To 2013
• Different Roads To Clarity For Swap Markets
• Developer, Green Mountain Settle Suit Over Toxic Site
• Sens. Question EPA On Air Quality Regs For Texas
• Ex-Broker Settles SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• ICG Wins Dismissal Of Enviros' Selenium Discharge Suit
• Mayer Brown Expands Asia Practice Into Singapore
• Oil Investment Schemer Gets 10 Years For $15M Fraud
• Green Groups Threaten Ky. Coal Cos. With CWA Suit
• Wyo. Judge Orders DOI To Stop Drilling Lease Delays
• 9th Circ. Nixes Securities Fraud Claim Against BP
• ETE Warns Southern Union Against Williams Merger Talks
• Massey Could Have Prevented Fatal Mine Blast: DOL
• EU States Reach Deal On Energy Insider Trading Rules
• 11th Circ. Vacates Limit On Ga.'s Reservoir Access
• Xcel Acquitted Of Charges Over Worker Deaths
• Judge Denies New Trial For BP In $9.7M Royalty Case
• Sierra Club Can't Join US Spill Suit Against BP: Judge
• ATP Demands US Extend Gulf Drilling Lease
• Judge Won't Revisit Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Ruling
• Southern Union Execs Covet Payday In $7.9B Deal: Suit
• AEP V. Conn.: Empty Victory For Corporate Defendants?
• Q&A With Bingham's Jim Dragna
• 2nd Circ. Denies Enron Appeal Of Securities Settlement
• Burleson Adds 25 Attys To Boost Shale Oil, Gas Work
• Wife Settles In Suit Over $156M Oil, Gas Investment Plot
• Enviro Tries To Halt Mojave Solar Project
• Sen. Blocks NRC Confirmation Over Nuclear Plant Row
• NY Suit Challenges Regional Carbon Trading Program
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Can Claim $4M From Antitrust Deal
• Gauthier Gets No Coverage In Baldwin Suit: Insurer
• GHG Reporting Rules Pushed Back For Oil, Gas Cos.
• Heartland Atty Dodges Securities Fraud Claims
• Gas Driller Loses Bid To Block W.Va. Fracking Ban
• FCPA Enforcement After Lindsey
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-Sidley Austin Energy Partner
• Petrobras Assets Held In $156M Fight With Astra
• Negligence Claim Stays In San Diego's Pollution Suit
• Fulbright Adds Energy, Deals Pros In DC, Calif.
• Fed. Circ. Mostly OKs $37.6M Dairyland Nuke Waste Award
• BP, Transocean Fight Over Who Keeps Blowout Preventer
• Developing The Marcellus Shale
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• DOE Tries To Nix TI's $2M Nuclear Waste Suit Again
• Rig Worker's Attys Defend 5th Amendment Move In BP MDL
• NRC Staff Slam Chairman Over Yucca Mountain Decision
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Layne Kruse
• Judge Tosses Oil Rig Flight Price-Fixing Action
• Transocean, Maersk Continue Drilling IP Row After Trial
• Ex-SemGroup CEO Asks Court To Toss Fraud Suit
• Canada-US Oil Pipeline Bill Passes House Committee
• BOEMRE: No Rules Planned For Offshore Contractors
• ATP Sues For DOI Action On Drilling Permits
• Market Manipulation Without Market Power
• Deferring To The Executive Branch On Global Warming
• Enviros Can Challenge $4M Arch Coal Settlement: Judge
• House Passes Bill To Ease Offshore Drilling Review
• Ecuadoreans Ask 2nd Circ. To Stay Chevron Case
• Anadarko Investor Suit Over BP Spill Gets The Boot
• Deepwater Worker's Attys Face Sanctions In BP MDL
• Alpha, United Coal Workers Sentenced Over Safety Docs
• Optiver Crude Trading Suits Paused For CFTC Mediation
• Ex-Massey Security Chief Moves To Nix Lying Charges
• EPA Bumps Up Renewable Fuel Standards For 2012
• Transocean Faces Tax Fraud Charges In Norway
• Thompson & Knight Adds M&A, Energy Aces
• House Panel Passes Coal Ash Bill
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Bruce Oakley
• Transocean Says BP Lapses Caused Deepwater Disaster
• Sens. Ask GAO To Examine NRC Reactor Oversight
• 2nd Circ. Revives ConEd's Fight Over 7 WTC Collapse
• Frontier, Holly To Settle 8 Lawsuits Over $7B Merger
• US Wins Judgment In Shell Oil Drawback Fight
• SEC Seeks $3M Penalty Against Energy Startup's Agent
• US Frets Over Witnesses In Massey Security Chief's Trial
• 4th Circ. Lets GenOn Challenge Md. County Carbon Tax
• DC Judge OKs $3.4B Deal In Indian Royalty Fight
• Encana's $5.5B Gas Deal With PetroChina Fizzles
• SEC Seeks Libya Info From Conoco, Occidental
• NRG Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Forum Fight In Enviro Row
• Suncor Accused Of Gas Price Discrimination
• Massey Units Lose Bid To Appeal Orders In Selenium Suit
• Weatherford To Pay BP $75M For Deepwater Spill
• Lawyers Weigh In On AEP V. Conn.
• DOI Weighs Ban On New Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
• Texas Gas Co. Can't Exit Suit Over EPA Order
• ICG, Arch Coal Settle Investor Suit Over $3.4B Merger
• Baldwin Barred From Rabobank Info In BP Deal Suit
• Ky. Mining Pollution Suit Filed Too Late: Appeals Court
• Pepper Hamilton Reps Carpenter In $558M Latrobe Buy
• FTC Eyes Oil, Gas Industry Amid Rise In Pump Prices
• Texas 1st To Require Fracking Chemical Disclosure
• Anadarko, Kerr Pay $17M To Settle Gas Royalty Suit
• Enron Creditors Strike Deal With Lay Widow
• Supreme Court To Hear Mont. Riverbed Rent Case
• Implications Of A Narrow Ruling In Halliburton
• Talking 'Timely' Removal In Multidefendant Litigation
• High Court Limits GHG Nuisance Claims In AEP Ruling
• Valerus Wants Equity Firm's $11M Windfall Nixed
• BP Spill Judge Drops Third-Party Enviro Claims
• Fluor Settles Nuclear Site Fraud Claims For $4M
• Greenpeace Head Jailed In Arctic Drilling Protest
• DPC Investors' Fraud Claims Cuffed By Ch. 11: 5th Circ.
• EU Unveils Rules To Reinforce Emissions Trading System
• Texas Court Nixes Trans-Gulf Director's $2.8M Payout
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Stephen Crain
• 10th Circ. Revives Fee Bid In IPS, Drake Patent Fight
• 1st Circ. Says Toolmaker Needs Permit To Modify Dam
• ConocoPhillips Unit Sues Trucking Co. Over PCB Cleanup
• US Sues ConocoPhillips For Texas Navy Plant Cleanup
• Senate Grills NRC Over Yucca Mountain, Vt. Power Plant
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' Kurt Stitcher
• Senate Votes To End $6B In Ethanol Subsidies
• Akin Gump Reps Laredo In $1B Broad Oak Deal
• FERC Seeks Input On Electric Storage Tech Policy
• Membership Organization Standing In FERC Proceedings
• Pa. Appeals Court Nixes FirstEnergy Rate Hikes
• Judge Overturns Sundown Win In Spill Coverage Fight
• Itochu Pays $1.5B For Piece Of Colombian Coal Project
• Latham Reps ETE In $7.9B Southern Union Buy
• Tenn. Nuke Plants Caused Cancer, Property Damage: Suit
• Pentagon Unveils Alternative Energy Strategy
• House Panel Backs Bill To Speed Up Keystone Pipeline
• Risk Assessment In Project Finance Transactions
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Bill Dawson
• NXP-Dover $855M Deal Wins Antitrust Approval In China
• Baker & McKenzie Must Produce Docs In Client's SEC Suit
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Ex-Cassels Securities Atty
• EPA Head Defends Benefits Of CAA Regulations
• Pending Pipeline Safety Regs ...
• US Finds Poor Safety Culture At Wash. Nuclear Site
• Porter Hedges Scores Energy Ace From Pillsbury
• La. Ordered To Revise Water Pollution Permit
• Republicans Target NRC Head's Yucca Closure Actions
• Senate Blocks Move To End $6B In Ethanol Subsidies
• Award Upped To $92M In DOE Spent Fuel Removal Suit
• EPA Delays Emissions Rule Under Industry Pushback
• Shareholder Sues Hercules Board Over Exec Pay
• Feds Target PG&E Over Calif. Gas Explosion
• Texas High Court Ruling Allows Power Co. To Recoup $900M
• Uncertainty Over Policy Fuels Wild Lands Litigation
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Mike Stenglein
• EPA Emissions Rules Won't Hurt Power Supply: Report
• The Fate Of Global Warming Nuisance Suits
• BP, Dow, Dozens More Sued Over E-Commerce Patent
• US Can Shield Trust Docs From Indian Tribes: High Court
• Judge Won't Bar Northrop's State Enviro Suit V. Reuland
• Exxon Strikes Deal In Enviro Group's Waste Suit
• Ex-Leor CEO Fights To Revive Suit Over Sale Proceeds
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Coal Pollution Coverage: 6th Circ.
• Ohio High Court Favors Sunoco In $13M Contract Row
• DC Circ. Orders Review Of Restrictions On Massey Unit
• AEP To Close 5 Coal Plants Because Of EPA Rules
• FTC Clears Constellation's $175M MXenergy Buy
• NRC Boss Slammed Over Nuclear Waste Safety Report
• King & Spalding Adds 2 Radiation Attys In DC
• The Coming Wars: Energy, Environment And Business
• Eni Sells Gas Pipeline To Relieve Antitrust Pressure
• Wellogix, BP Unit Settle Suit Over Software Theft
• Ethanol Co.'s Ch. 11 Sparks Fight Over $4.7M Of Corn
• Bid To Nix Sears' Oil Spill Suit Fails
• Polyflow Can't Exclude Damages In La. Pipeline Suit
• 11th Circ. Must Ban Shell's Gulf Drilling, Groups Say
• Dutch Court Enjoins Greenpeace Arctic Oil Protest
• Nuclear Industry Targets Plant Safety After Fukushima
• Halliburton Beats Class Action Over Spinoff Benefits
• TVA Appeals Red-Level Warning At Ala. Nuclear Plant
• Essentials For Success In Arbitration
• Judge Deems Calif. City's Utility Fees Unconstitutional
• Nuclear Plant Worker Admits Falsifying Records
• Oaktree Hit With $800M Suit Over Venezuela Contracts
• National Grid Settles Mass. Storm Response Row For $1M
• EU Lawmakers Cite Enviro Worries On Canada Trade Deal
• Government Scrutiny Of Energy Industry Is Heating Up
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Energy Sector Securities Pro
• US Review Of TransCanada Pipeline Not Enough: EPA
• Judge Won't Toss CAA Baytown Suit Against Exxon
• Kevin Costner Can't Shake Suit Over $52M BP Deal
• Union Pacific, BNSF Hit With Antitrust Suit
• NY Assembly Backs Extension Of Fracking Ban
• DOE Pushes Small Nuclear Plants In Senate Hearing
• Regulating The Environment Through The Courts
• Case Study: Erica P. John Fund V. Halliburton
• China Ends Wind Turbine Subsidy Program
• Linc Energy To Buy 14 ERG Oil Fields For $236M
• Hoover Oil Field Settles Suit Over Gas Line Rupture
• Constellation Cancels $185M Gas Plant Sale
• F2i, AXA Pay $1.1B For GDF Suez Italian Gas Grid
• Halliburton Loss Causation Ruling To Have Narrow Impact
• GenOn Pays $5M To End Suit Over Pa. River Pollution
• Derivatives Documentation For Energy End Users
• SunPower Investor Sues Over $8M In Restatement Costs
• Statoil Inks $3.2B Deal To Sell Pipeline Stake
• Loss Causation Not Necessary For Class Cert.: High Court
• Judge Asked To Approve $4.5M JA Solar Settlement
• Ex-Massey Chair Says Mine Blast Was 'Natural Disaster'
• Judge Severs Claims In XTO Gas Royalty Suit
• Neb. Supreme Court Reverses State Basin Water Ruling
• DOI Unveils Plan To Ease Offshore Drilling Permitting
• Lindsey Manufacturing's FCPA Battle
• A Lower-Cost Alternative To Litigation
• Sutherland Nabs Fulbright Litigator, E-Discovery Pro
• AIG Unit Sued For $10M Over Halted Gas Deliveries
• Ecuadorean Court Tosses Case Against Chevron Lawyers
• Alcatel Finalizes $92M Settlement In FCPA Case
• Calpine To Settle Last Big Bankruptcy Claim For $110M
• Cairn Seeks €2M Per Day For Greenpeace Disruptions
• Offshore Oil Watchdog Head Defends Drilling Rules
• Reed Smith Adds Schiff Hardin Energy Finance Pro
• SEC Says Nicor Witness Can't Plead The 5th
• The Trouble With Atmospheric Public Trust Claims
• Refinery Groups Sue EPA Over Emissions Data Request
• Raser Wins $12.5M DIP Loan, Drops Auction Plan
• Occidental Wins Rehearing Of Peru Pollution Suit
• House Spending Bill Disregards Yucca Mountain Shutdown
• Constellation Settles Broker Suit On $130M Coal Risk
• Pragmatism V. Principle: Loss Causation And Basic
• Pemex Unit Sues Over Stolen Condensate Cartel Scheme
• $7B Massey Merger Proceeds Despite Safety Claims
• Judge Splits Chevron's $18B Amazon Pollution Fight
• Judge OKs SEC Settlement With Clean Energy Startup
• Baker Botts Reps Marathon In $3.5B Texas Shale Play