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Energy - September, 2011

233 articles

• End Of Stimulus Loans Could Sap Clean Tech Projects
• Solyndra Needs Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy: DOJ
• US Faces Little Threat From CBERA Imports: ITC
• $150M Adelphia Stock Fight Belongs In District Court: FPL
• EPA Should Let Cos. Challenge Energy Star Decisions: GAO
• Gas Co. Can't Nix Suit Over $515M Reserves Sale
• Morgan Stanley Exits KeySpan Antitrust Suit For $5M
• Hartford Sues To Duck Oil Supplier's PCB Cleanup Bill
• Akin Gump Reps Avista In $200M Venture With Carrizo
• Citgo To Pay $9M Fine For 2006 Oil Spill
• US Says Fed. Circ. Ruling Should End Entergy Dispute
• DOE Admits Funding Solyndra Despite Shortages
• Enviros To Challenge Shell's Arctic Drilling Plan
• Insurers Say Union Oil Can't Sue For Cleanup Coverage
• Pa. Can't Revive Landfill Cleanup Case Against CBS, Exxon
• Lawmakers Urge Repsol Not To Drill In Cuban Waters
• The Latest On Libya And Syria Sanctions Programs
• NY Unveils, Seeks Public Comment On Fracking Rules
• EEOC Says Energy Co. Fired Woman Over Bias Claim
• Judge Won't Revive AEP Natural Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• Fed. Circ. Axes Boston Edison's $40M Win Over Nuke Fuel
• Judge Initiates Discovery In Massey Securities Action
• EEOC Accuses Ky. Coal Mine Of Race Bias
• Ex-Landmark Power Broker Barred From Contacting Clients
• GE Leads $100M Investment In China Clean Energy Contest
• DOE Awards $1B In Loan Guarantees To Solar Energy Cos.
• BP To Pay Ala. Town $1.3M For Lost Revenue After Spill
• Corporate Political Spending Post-Citizens United
• Case Study: Butler V. Powers
• EEOC Sues Mining Co. Over Failure To Hire Women
• Kodiak Oil Buys ND Oil, Gas Properties For $235M
• Big Banks Want Hedge Funds' $100M Enron Suit Tossed
• Halliburton To Pay $200M In KBR's Faulty Bolt Settlement
• SandRidge Sells Texas Properties For $231M
• Vt. Can't Consider Safety In Certifying Plant: Entergy
• Aircraft Co., NNSA In-Sourcing Dispute Sent To COFC
• EU Raids Natural Gas Cos. In Broad Antitrust Probe
• Whistleblower Claims: Are You Covered?
• Upcoming Changes To Offshore Drilling Regulations
• Texas Wildfire Victims Sue Bluebonnet For Negligence
• Solyndra Cleared To Auction Assets In October
• 2nd Worker Accused Of Lying About TVA Nuke Project
• Oranto-Chevron Blocks Bought With Bribes: Report
• Refuge Row Settled After Mineral Rights Buyout Raised
• Akin Gump Reps Consol In $193M Marcellus Shale Deal
• ConEd Can't Hold Citigroup Liable For 7 WTC Collapse
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Sokol Loss In Suit Over Kazakh Oil Deal
• Pipeline Co., Insurer Sue Navy Over Fla. Fuel Spill
• Citing Dukes, Lufkin Asks High Court To Review Class
• Evergreen, Ace Settle D&O Row Over Execs' Shares Suit
• DOE's $194M In Uranium Deals Broke Fiscal Law: GAO
• Bankrupt Solyndra Seeks $4M DIP Extension, Quick Sale
• House Dem Blasts DOI Over Reagan-Era Mining Regs
• Shell Joint Venture Buys Bow Energy For Sweetened $520M
• Rentech Strikes $2M Deal In Stock Inflation Action
• Case Study: In Re Lothian Oil
• Goldman To Buy Majority Stake In ReNew Wind For $202M
• Spanish Energy Cos. Fined €2.3M By Antitrust Watchdog
• House Passes Bill Freezing EPA Rules
• ZaZa Wants Court To Stop Ex-CFO From Wrecking Merger
• US Sues CVR Unit For $2M In Oil Spill Cleanup Costs
• DOL Lowers Bar For 'Adverse Action' In SOX Cases
• EU Bans Investment In Syrian Oil Industry
• EU Lifts Libyan Banking, Oil Sanctions
• SCE, Calif. County Extinguish Fire Suit For $9.6M
• Green Groups Challenge EPA Approval Of Oil Dispersants
• Centrica Unit To Buy First Choice Power For $270M
• LaGen's Pollution Coverage Suit Will Stay in La.: Judge
• Solyndra Execs Plead 5th In Hearing Over $535M Loan
• Applying The Alien Tort Statute To Corporations
• DOE Contractor Settles Overbilling Case For $1.5M
• Costco Gets Initial Nod For Class Deal In Hot Fuel MDL
• Suit Over Solar Energy Project Too Speculative: Judge
• Power Co. Needed Full Bid To Fight Contracts: Judge
• Dynegy Bondholders Sue Over $1.7B Restructuring
• Lawmakers Want Investor Info In Solyndra Loan Probe
• Bankrupt AES Thames Settles $300M Utility Claims
• Minimizing Carbon, Maximizing Profits
• Dynegy Hires Former NRG, Reliant General Counsel
• Jones Day Adds Simmons, Addleshaw Partners In London
• How They Won It: McDermott Scores $230M From Getty
• GAO Says Nukes Agency Should Flesh Out Contracts Plan
• Texas Takes EPA Emissions Row To DC Circ.
• Pipeline Safety Bill Passes House Panel
• Senate Panel Backs $17B In BP Fines For Gulf States
• Gores Group Adds Alpheus To Telecom Portfolio
• Apache To Buy Exxon's North Sea Assets For $1.75B
• Replacing CAIR With The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
• Ranchers, Enviros To Rustle Up Suit Over Coal Permits
• Brokers Face Fraud Suit Over Bogus $332M Oil Field Deal
• Russia's Tax Suit Violated Yukos' Rights: European Court
• Grynberg Takes Eni Enrichment Suit To 2nd Circ.
• BP Denies Lying To Halliburton About Deepwater Oil Well
• ARCO, B&W Land $80M Verdict In Nuke Plant Coverage Suit
• WilmerHale Nabs Ex-Interior Department Chief Of Staff
• Forest Service Can't Halt Allegheny Drilling: 3rd Circ.
• Remgro Pays Up To $262M For Stake In Grindrod Expansion
• Green Group Slams Vetting Of Wyo. Gas Project In DC Circ.
• Solyndra Bust Prompts House Inquiry Into Loan Programs
• Exxon Says Pilot Retirement Policy Wasn't Age Bias
• AEP V. Conn. — Unanswered Questions
• Kan. Wants DC Circ. To Block Cross-State Emissions Rule
• 2nd Circ. Axes Injunction In Chevron's $18B Ecuador Row
• Stephen Baldwin Gets Coverage Suit Halted In Venture Row
• SEC Alleges $1.7M Trading Scam In Global-Technip Deal
• Oil Recycler Sued Over Texas Facility's Cleanup Costs
• First Reserve Buys Stake In Amromco
• Akin Gump Snags Renewable Energy, Tax Pro From GE
• Solyndra Asks For More Time To Find Buyers
• Strengthening Pipeline Safety Requirements
• Kinder Morgan Seeks To Restart $38M Budget Arbitration
• Noble's Burden Of Proof Lowered In Wetlands Row
• Hercules Investor Points To Say-On-Pay Vote In Raise Row
• EPA Defends Greenhouse Gas Regs In DC Circ.
• BP Seeks To Snuff Norex Suit Over Russian Power Grab
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Chevron $18B Judgment Block
• Panama Power Co. Says Fraud Doomed $400M Plant Deal
• Gas Co. Sues NY Town Over Local Drilling Ban
• Insurer Off Hook In AES Global Warming Coverage Row
• Burleson Eyes Shale Biz With Enviro Pro Addition
• TD Exits Oilsands Investors' $136M Overvaluation Suit
• BP To Pay $21M To End DOJ Gas Royalty Suit
• Enviros Fail To Block $2B Calif. Power Project
• Locke Lord's Fees Lowered In Energy Contract Suit
• Energy Future Unit Wants DC Circ. To Halt Emissions Rule
• Judge Nixes BP Derivative Suit, Suggests UK Venue
• Aspen Exec Must Pay $100M, Serve 7 1/2 Years For Fraud
• NRC Must Reassess Storage Rule, States Tell DC Circ.
• Judge Approves NAPC's $98M Ch. 11 Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Revive KeySpan Price-Fixing Suit
• Treasury Probes $535M Loan To Doomed Solyndra
• EPA Power Plant Emissions Rules Delayed Again
• US Drilling Chief Says Deepwater Sanctions Coming Soon
• Shell May Face UK Charges For North Sea Spill
• AMSC Takes IP, Contract Claims Against Sinovel To China
• Top 5 Traps In Energy M&A Transactions
• Omnium Seeks Repayment Of $60M In Oil Rig Coverage
• BP Can't Refuse To Renew Franchise Contracts: Judge
• Judge Boots Antitrust Suit Against Fla. Public Utility
• Oil Securities Managers Face $13M SEC Fraud Suit
• GOP Slams $535M Federal Loan To Solyndra
• Foley Snags Experienced Energy Projects Partner In LA
• Technip's $1B Global Industries Buy Spurs Investor Suit
• BP Bears Most Blame For Gulf Oil Spill: US Report
• DOI Unveils Stronger Drilling Rig Safety Regs
• Regulators Spar Over Impact Of EPA's Power Sector Rules
• New EU Rules Aim To Keep Energy Market Competitive
• Chesapeake Gets Well Owner Class Action Tossed
• EPA Defends Ethanol Fuel Waivers To DC Circ.
• Enviros Sue Mining Co. Over Alabama River Pollution
• States, Industry Groups Decry EPA Sulfur Rule In DC Circ.
• Brookfield To Create Global Renewable Power Giant
• Ofer Escapes US Sanctions Over Tanker Sale To Iran
• OSHA Finds Serious Violations At Exxon Refinery
• 5th Circ. Upholds Exxon Fraudster's 5-Year Prison Bid
• Nixing Ethanol, Textile Tariffs Would Boost Economy: ITC
• Despite Ch. 11 Woes, Sun Still Shines On US Solar
• Moving Toward Supply Chain Transparency
• Obama Sends Congress Deficit-Neutral $447B Jobs Bill
• $2M Deal Gets Judge's OK In Kinder Morgan OT Suit
• Chesapeake Energy Shakes Class Cert. Bid In Lease Suit
• Bracewell Energy Pro Joins McDermott's DC Office
• Overhauling Brazil's Antitrust System
• Energy Future Takes EPA Emissions Rule Feud To DC Circ.
• Franchisee Owes Chevron Atty Fees: 9th Circ.
• EPA To Reconsider Rule On Marine Diesel Sulfur Levels
• Venture Capital Firm Wants In On Illarramendi Fraud Suit
• Davis Polk Advises Technip In $1B Global Industries Deal
• Clarifying The Interaction Of CWA And Calif. State Law
• NRC Splits Vote On Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site
• La. Says It Can't Produce Deepwater Docs On Time
• Holland & Knight Adds Dickstein Energy Guru
• House Dems Ask US To Seek Stay On Drilling Lease Order
• MichCon Challenges Ford's $11M Cleanup Deal With US
• Dam Operators Must Face Salmon Protection Suits: Judge
• Energy Trader Sues HarperCollins, Author For Defamation
• US Fights $69M CERCLA Payment To Shell, ARCO
• Chesapeake Execs Sued Over $75M CEO Bonus
• Calif. Smart Grid Rule May Not Do Enough To Protect Data
• Ex-Aspen Exec Gets 6 Years For $56M Fraud
• Feds Raid Bankrupt Solar Panel Maker Solyndra
• EPA Official Blasts Bills Delaying Boiler Emissions Regs
• SNR Denton Adds Cross-Border Energy M&A Team
• TI Blasts DOE's Classified Doc Plan In Nuke Waste Suit
• Tetra Tech Triumphs Over DOE Contract Partner
• Puda Coal Chairman Targeted In SEC Probe
• Interpreting In Re United Operating
• Chevron Units Settle Gas Storage Suit For $24.5M
• DOE Report Slams $870M In Unspent Stimulus Funds
• Oil Refinery's Toxic Gas Leaks Violate CAA: DOJ
• Neb. Lawmakers Spar Over Rerouting Of Oil Sands Pipeline
• Ex-BP Exec's New Venture Strikes $2B Iraq Oil Deal
• Chesapeake, Execs Sued Over Stock Offering Omissions
• Fracking In New York Could Create 54K Jobs: Report
• Judge OKs $2.5M DIP Loans To Fund Solyndra Sale
• Pa. Sues Consol Over 2009 Fish Kill
• Fla. Laws Let Power Cos. Fleece Customers: Suit
• EU Seeks More Scrutiny Of Cross-Border Energy Deals
• Exelon Pension Plans Don't Violate ERISA: 7th Circ.
• Shell Unit Pays Up Over Chemical Spill Notifications
• Evergreen Solar Gets Tentative OK For Auction Plan
• Newly Bankrupt Solyndra Slapped With WARN Action
• BP Loses Bid To Compel Anadarko Well Documents
• Chadbourne & Parke Opens Istanbul Office
• Sunoco To Sell Off Refineries In Strategy Shift
• Vinson Reps Multi-Chem In Sale To Halliburton
• Duke, Progress Strike Deal With SC Officials Over Merger
• K&L Taps Simmons Mideast Vet For Dubai Finance Work
• Liability Claim Survives In Enbridge Oil Spill Suit
• Avoiding A Fracking Mess
• Chevron Agrees To $4.5M Payout Over Utah Oil Spills
• Raser Sues Over Alleged Power Generator Lies, $100M Loss
• HuffPo, Others Snared In Latest Webvention Patent Blitz
• DOE Fines Contractor Over Nuke Site Demolition
• DuPont Slaps Heraeus With Solar Tech Patent Suit
• Davis Polk Reps Murphy In $625M Refinery Sale To Valero
• Halliburton Accuses BP Of Lying About Macondo Blowout
• Hogan Lovells Reps NextEra In $1B Gas Plants Sale
• EU Bans Syrian Oil Imports To Weaken Regime
• Transocean Ordered To Produce Docs From BP Spill Probe
• New Intel Unit To Vie For DOE Supercomputer Contracts
• Oil Demand Drove Gas Prices, Not Speculation, FTC Says
• Enviro Atty Rejoins Fulbright After Stint At El Paso
• EPA Won't Review CWA Permit For Peabody Coal Mine
• Opposition Swells To TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline
• RI Sen. Seeks Probe Of National Grid Over Irene
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Forum Energy In $300M IPO
• La. Must Respond To BP Document Requests: Judge
• UK Taps Finance, Climate Experts For Green Bank
• Flint Adds Carson In $165M Canadian Oil Deal
• Ramping Up Russian Anti-Corruption Efforts
• Air And Water Woes In The Marcellus Shale
• Foley & Lardner Lands Patton Boggs Antitrust, Energy Pro