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Energy - October, 2011

216 articles

• Enviros Seek To Halt Gas Drilling In Ark. National Forest
• Energy Co. Targets Girardi Keese In $600M Malpractice Suit
• Enviros, States Allow EPA More Time To Craft GHG Regs
• Bingham McCutchen Helps Energy PE Firm Close $2B Fund
• TransCanada Says Pipeline Law Would Be 'Unconstitutional'
• Post-Gadhafi Libya Could Test EU Disclosure Rules
• Latham Lures Bracewell Finance Partner To Energy Group
• Beacon Power Enters Ch. 11 Dragging DOE-Backed Loan
• DOE Lets Subcontractors Slide In Nuke Accident Probe
• Kelley Drye Can't Shake Capital City's Malpractice Suit
• US Liable For Exxon Refinery Cleanup Under WWII Contract
• Osler Helps Winsway, Marubeni In $1B Grande Cache Buy
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-Bingham Environmental Guru
• Texas Court OKs Utility's Rate Adjustment Clause
• Oil Co. Investors Ask High Court To Chuck Ch. 11 Ruling
• House Panel May Subpoena White House For Solyndra Docs
• DC Circ. Overturns FAA Approval Of Mass. Wind Farm
• SoCalGas Can't Take Down Natural Gas Monitoring Rule
• Latham Guides PXP's $450M Alliance With EIG Energy
• Avoiding Client Reference Fatigue During Awards Season
• La. Must Deliver Deepwater Docs Or Face Fines: Judge
• Enviros Warn Energy Future Unit Of Pollution Suits
• NY Bill Would Ban Contracts With Iran-Investing Cos.
• DOI To Merge BLM, Surface Mining Agency
• Citing Deepwater, EU Unveils Offshore Drilling Rules
• MENA Private Equity: 2011-2012 Strategy Review
• Head Of BP Spill Fund Accepts Criticism, Defends Work
• Massey Security Head Lied To FBI After Explosion: Jury
• Feds OK BP's 1st Post-Deepwater Gulf Drilling Permit
• Danisco Fails To Prove Novozymes Ethanol IP Invalid
• Lawmakers Demand Probe Into TransCanada Pipeline
• Covanta Energy Says Pa. Capital Can't Seek Bankruptcy
• Coal Cos. Still Violating CWA Despite Deal: Enviros
• House Scrutinizes Policy To Revamp Ocean Management
• Orrick Picks Up Chadbourne Energy Regulatory Pro
• Pillsbury Opens 1st Middle East Office In Abu Dhabi
• Enviros Add ESA Claims To TransCanada Pipeline Fight
• EU Floats New Transparency Rules For Mining, Oil Cos.
• Ex-Orrick Atty To Launch Marten Law Office In SF
• Miners Union Calls Massey Blast 'Industrial Homicide'
• Past Lessons Hold Up Well For Today's Investing
• BP Inks $780M Deal To Use Moller-Maersk Unit's Rig
• Farm Dust Bill Guts Clean Air Act: EPA Air Chief
• 2 FERC Intrastate Gas Rules Struck Down By 5th Circ.
• UK Paper Gets OK To Appeal Docs Ruling In Bribery Case
• Ugandan NGOs Sue To Block $2.9B Tullow Oil Deal
• Obama Campaign Brings In Ex-Bryan Cave Lobbyist
• SOX Whistleblower Rights Post-Menendez
• Enviros Challenge Arctic Drilling Permit For Shell Rig
• US Fines Texas Oil Co. $15M For Illegal Cabotage
• Evergreen Asks Judge To Allow Stalking Horse Bid
• Power Co-Op SME Enters Ch. 11 Amid Cash Crisis
• Entergy Picks Up RI Power Plant For $346M
• Latham & Watkins Aids GE With $85M Oil Transport Stake
• Neb. Gov. Calls Special Session To Move Pipeline
• Europe Could Be Model For US Renewables Incentives
• Kinder Morgan Buys Natural Gas Treater For $155M
• Challenges Lie Ahead For US Oil Spill Fund: GAO
• Prepare For Greater Pipeline Safety Scrutiny
• Gas Station Co. Escapes Sears Oil Contamination Suit
• Case Study: US V. Alcatel-Lucent
• Israeli Solar Tech Co. Lands $37M From US Investors
• Goldman Sued By Pension Over Role In $38B Energy Deal
• DOE Slapped With Another Suit Over $6B Nuclear Facility
• Marathon Pays $40M To Settle Gas Royalties Suit
• Halliburton Launches FCPA Probe Of Angolan Operations
• Feds Approve 1st New BP Drilling Plan Since Gulf Blowout
• Entergy Must Repay Overcharged Customers: FERC
• GE-Hitachi Fined For Security Violations At Nuke Facility
• China Presses US Not To Place Duties On Solar Panels
• Ex-Alaska House Speaker Gets Time Served In Bribe Plea
• Bryson Confirmed As US Commerce Secretary
• Nigerian Village Targets Shell In $1B Water Pollution Suit
• Synthesis Energy Denied Early Exit From Investor Suit
• A Code Of Conduct For Nuclear Power
• Utility Should Repay €1B In French Aid: EU Court Adviser
• Laidlaw, PE Firm End Dispute Over Power Plant Buy
• Ex-Con Ed Workers Sentenced For Kickback Schemes
• Panel Seeks To Allay Senate's Shale Gas Drilling Worries
• Energy Plus Ads Lied About Competitive Rates: Consumer
• Hess Can Keep Oil Terminal On Disputed NY Harbor Land
• Brigham Investor Challenges $4.4B Statoil Deal
• Oil Traders Admit To LyondellBasell Kickback Scheme
• Nuclear Regulators Agree To Tighten Safety Rules
• Enforcing 'Find, Fix, Track And Report' Compliance
• Judge Keeps Ritter's $380M Polluted Mines Suit Intact
• Smart Grid Co. Sensus Hits Rival With Patent Suit
• Is Your Vendor Blowing The Whistle?
• Enviro Group Challenges TVA Nuke Permits In DC Circ.
• Sens. Sponsor Green Home Appraisal Bill
• Latham Helps Riverstone With Gibson Stake Reduction
• Akin Gump Lands Haynes & Boone Energy Deals Pro
• Wind Farm Plans Trample Osage Tribe's Mineral Rights: Suit
• Sens., Solar Cos. Seek Duties On Chinese Cell Imports
• DOE Ordered To Redo Uranium Mining Review
• TVA, Landowners Skip 2nd Trial Over Coal Ash Spill
• Rio Tinto Bids $570M For Uranium Co. With McCarthy's Aid
• Neb. Speaker Denies Effort To Block Oil Sands Pipeline
• Enviros Sue Union Pacific, BNSF Over Air Pollution
• El Paso Investor Sues Over $38B Kinder Morgan Buyout
• NLRB Erred In Union Dispute Ruling: Chevron To DC Circ.
• Texas Fines Valero, Conoco Over Air Quality Violations
• SEC Targets Ex-SemGroup CEO Over Misleading Filings
• Convicted Con Ed Workers Told To Repay Bribes
• Legal Fights Could Hinder New Uses For Yucca Site: GAO
• Groups Threaten To Sue EPA Over Air Quality Rules
• Senate Greenlights Tougher Pipeline Safety Rules
• DOI To Inspect Repsol Drilling Rig Bound For Cuba
• Judge Opts For Solyndra Restructuring Officer, Not Trustee
• Halliburton Gets Discovery Narrowed In Ex-Atty's Case
• National Grid Settles VA Contract Payment Dispute
• Statoil Makes $4.4B Brigham Buy With Vinson & Elkins Aid
• Kinder Morgan's $38B El Paso Deal Forms Energy Giant
• Supreme Court To Mull Shell's Liability For Rights Abuses
• Enviro Sues SoCal Gas Over Water Contamination
• Shearman Guides AmeriGas In $2.9B Energy Transfer Buy
• Anadarko To Settle BP Deepwater Claims For $4B
• House Committee Releases DOE Solyndra Loan Memo
• Schlumberger Wins Arbitration Bid In Baker Hughes IP Row
• Oil Services Co. Pason Can't Dodge Drilling Patent Suit
• Energy Co. Can't Trim SEC Penalties: 11th Circ.
• Deepwater MDL Plaintiffs Denied Quick Wins
• State Dept. Biased In Favor Of Pipeline: House Dems
• Case Study: Lesley V. Veterans Land Board Of Texas
• US Gets 9th Circ. On Its Side In Market-Rate Energy Fight
• Enviros Sue To Block W.Va. Mountaintop Removal Permit
• Prudent Energy Secures $29.5M From Investment Funds
• Offshore Chief Will Allow BP To Join Gulf Lease Sale
• US Asks Court To Enforce Transocean Subpoenas
• Northeast, NStar Resist Wind Farm Buy In Merger Battle
• La. Refinery Owner Fined Record $12M For CAA Violations
• Solyndra Blasts Efforts To Appoint Ch. 11 Trustee
• Edison Plant Gets US' Pollution Suit Booted
• US Sanctions BP, Contractors Over Deepwater Spill
• EPA Air Chief Defends Proposed Auto Emissions Rules
• JinkoSolar Failed To Disclose Sludge Dumping: Investor
• Greens May Sue Samsung Units, Others Over Gulf Oil Leaks
• Teekay, Marubeni Sink $1.4B Into LNG Carriers
• Offshore Safety In The Shadow Of Deepwater
• Bingham Guides GE In Summit Midstream Investment
• Rig Workers Hurt On Land Can Get Comp, High Court Told
• Mariner Energy Exec Dodges Jail For Insider Trading
• San Diego Wildfire Insurance Suit Will Stay In Calif.
• Hercules Battles Investor Suit Over Exec Pay Hikes
• Manufacturer Tries To Halt Solyndra Sale Over $13M Deal
• BP Docs From Moscow Raid Nixed In $5B Investor Suit
• Denham Pursues New $200M Oil Deal With Bracewell Help
• 25 States Seek To Delay Emissions Rule For Power Plants
• First Reserve Puts $100M Into Marcellus Shale Venture
• Willkie Adds Clifford Chance Deals Expert In Germany
• 5 Environmental Tips For M&A Transactions
• SandRidge Tries To Nix Investor Suit Over $75M Oil Project
• Consulting Co. Targets JPMorgan Over $75M Oil Deal Funds
• Judge Rejects $4M Flat Fee For Evergreen Adviser
• Day Pitney Nabs Former Thelen Energy Pro
• Keystone Pipeline Oil Should Stay In US: Congressmen
• Massey Can't Shake $18M Dispute With Duke Energy
• TNK-BP Gas Prices Face Russian Antitrust Scrutiny
• In Solyndra Fallout, House Republicans Seek DOE Loan Docs
• Halliburton Patents Pass 'Mental' Muster: UK Judge
• Puerto Rican Power Co. Takes Flak On Rates, Fuel Fee
• Lothian Bankruptcy Deal Survives Shareholder Challenge
• Spanish Gas Groups Probed For Alleged Pricing Scheme
• China North Topples Shareholders' Stock Drop Claims
• Attorneys At Work: A Flexible Notion Of Plagiarism
• Alston, Bracewell Help Riverstone In Power Plant Buyup
• Boat Owners Sue BP For Pay Over Deepwater Cleanup
• DOE Loan Official Resigns After Solyndra Collapse
• Ga. Latest To Blast EPA Over Air Pollution Rule
• Amaranth Reaches Tentative Deal In Futures Price Suit
• 2 Indicted In Biggest Deepwater Fund Fraud To Date
• Doctors Urge NY To Study Fracking's Health Impact
• EPA Overstepped Authority With Mining Rules: Judge
• 5th Circ. Revives 'Your Work' Policy Exclusion Suit
• Troubled Power Plants Face Uncertain Future
• Empire Oil Goes Green With Promethean Deal
• Alleged Pedophile Testimony Won't Stop Alaska Pol Retrial
• Snapshot: Pipeline Safety Rules
• Haynes & Boone Snags Seyfarth Energy Finance Pro
• Warburg Returns To Norway Offshore Biz With $150M Deal
• Premier Expands In North Sea With $340M EnCore Buy
• La. Refinery Stored Petroleum In Leaky Tanks, EPA Says
• Dewey LeBoeuf Nabs Stephenson Harwood Energy Guru
• End Of Sanctions Allows Exxon To Pay Libya Oil Bills
• Addleshaw Advises Elysian In Deal For Wind Power Co.
• Where Are All The Smart Grids?
• Akin Gump Grabs Haynes and Boone Pro For Texas Office
• 8th Circ. OKs Forced Ch. 7 For Filing-Happy Oil Co.
• Chesapeake Gets OK For $3.4M Gas Royalty Settlement
• Greener Capital Lands $33M For 2nd Clean Tech Fund
• Headland Fund Puts $141M Into Offshore Oil Services Co.
• Enviros Fire Opening Shot In TransCanada Pipeline Fight
• Exxon Ignored Pipeline Defects Before Mont. Spill: Suit
• Four Corners Coal Plant Causes Illness, Smog: Enviros
• Stanhill Makes $30M Play For Evergreen's Coal Tech
• Ex-MG Workers' Age Bias Suit Gets The Boot
• Greens Sue W.Va. Mine Operator Over Selenium
• DOI Wants Eye On Contractors At Offshore Oil Wells
• Westinghouse Solar Scorches Rivals In ITC Suit
• Norton Rose Blooms In Canada With Macleod Merger
• US Should Fund Shale Gas Regulation Reviews, R&D: Panel
• First Reserve Invests $399M In Spanish Energy Co.
• Nalco, Cleanup Crews May Be Liable For Corexit Injuries
• DOI Approves Contentious Alaskan Drilling Lease Sale
• AEP Ordered To Cut $78M From Ohio Customer Bills
• Equity Cos., Hunton & Williams Win Frac Sand Row
• OPEC Antitrust Suits Nixed By High Court
• Oil Plant Manager Wins $1.7M Over Wrongful Prosecution
• ECPA Shelters Foreign Citizens' Emails: 9th Circ.
• High Court May Hear Appeal Of Blocked Coal Plant
• Top Court Boots Petrobras Immunity Claims In $787M Suit
• Pentagon Mismanaged S. Korean Fuel Contracts: Report
• Mining Co. Can't Get High Court Hearing On Ch. 7 Appeal
• Transparency Initiative Fuels Oil Lobby Against SEC Rule
• Marcellus Maladies: Preparing For Worker Injury Claims
• Linklaters Helps Axa Snag French Wind Farms