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Energy - May, 2013

418 articles

• Ill. Lawmakers Advance Fracking Regulation Bill
• Enterprise Fights ETP's $1B Claim Over Pipeline Deal
• Energy Megadeals Will Be Rare In 2013, Attys Say
• British Columbia Opposes $5.5B Enbridge Pipeline Project
• Travelers Demands Chevron Pay For Oily Water Pollution
• Indian Point Re-Emerges As Wild Card In NY Energy Future
• ATP Sale Shirks $153M In Enviro Liability, Anadarko Says
• Nuclear Fuel Co. Says Feds Owe $38M In Unpaid Bills
• BP Workers Say Oil Rig Status Dooms Manslaughter Charges
• Enviros Challenge XTO's Permits For Pa. Gas Facilities
• Bracewell Can Rep Schlumberger Rival In Drilling IP Row
• Ex-Optionable CEO Hit With $1M Fine For CEA Violations
• $4.2B Australian Coal Mine Project Snags Key Enviro Nod
• Oil-Dispersing Chemicals To Undergo Fresh EPA Scrutiny
• Digging Deeper Into Deepwater Horizon
• Event-Driven Investors Don't Always Vote 'Yes'
• Calif. Senate Approves Fracking Disclosure Bill
• SoCalGas Workers Can Sue Under PAGA, Calif. Court Says
• Fried Frank Nabs Ex-FERC Investigation Chief In DC
• New FERC Chair Won't Steer Off Wellinghoff's Course
• CFTC, Investors To Tag-Team Oil Futures Manipulation Suit
• Ghana Gives Tullow Green Light For Offshore Oil Project
• Pa. Couple Appeals Finding That Fracking Didn't Taint Well
• Utilities Take FCC Pole Charge Fight To Supreme Court
• Tesoro Pays $1.1M To Settle Gasoline Test Suit
• Valerus Wants Ex-Exec's Stock Redemption Row Arbitrated
• La. Sinkhole Class Certified In Suit Against Texas Brine
• Enviros Say BLM Ignored Drilling Expansion's Harm To Elk
• New House Bill Would Expand Offshore Drilling
• PG&E Fired Worker Over Post-Blast Data Worries, Suit Says
• Gas Co. Wants $120M Claim Ahead Of Arcapita Unit Investors'
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• Pa. Stance On Dunham Rule Confounds Pa. Mining Industry
• Michael Best Launches DC Office With Energy, IP Pros
• Satcon Supplier Makes $6M Asset Bid In Last-Minute Deal
• Enbridge Pipeline Deal Bona Fide, Del. High Court Rules
• Berkshire Unit To Buy Utility NV Energy In $10B Deal
• NJ Utility Regulator OKs $446M In PSE&G Solar Projects
• Chevron Clashes With Investors, Activists Over $19B Fight
• Judge Permits Patriot Coal To Scuttle Union Contracts
• EPA's Updated Renewable Fuel Goals May Give Biogas A Lift
• Pa. Justices OK Test Cases In Gas Explosion Suit
• 6th Circ. Revives Dispute Over Gas Royalty Underpayments
• PG&E Says Hydroelectric Plant Doesn't Endanger Salmon
• Cheniere Closes $5.9B Financing For Sabine Pass LNG Project
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Pa. DEP Tells Justices It Can Impose Mine Safety Rules
• FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Tenders His Resignation
• Mitsubishi Can't Knock Out $170M Wind Patent Judgment
• Enviros Score Partial Win In Alaska Oil Exploration Suit
• Jordan Cove's $7.5B LNG Project Faces Ore. Permit Challenge
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Total To Pay $398M To Settle FCPA Bribery Claims
• PG&E Says $2B Penalty For Pipeline Blast Is Too High
• Del. High Court Won't Let K-Sea Investors Sink $604M Sale
• Bankrupt ATP's Board Sued Over $1.5B Note Exchange
• Texas Pipeline Industry Faces New Eminent Domain Hurdles
• Ex-CNEP Execs Siphoned Funds To Relatives, DOJ Says
• Jeffer Mangels Dodges Stephen Baldwin's Malpractice Suit
• DOI Pressed To Widen Fracking Rule Feedback Window
• Philly Housing Agency Pays $3M To Settle Gas Allowance Suit
• Post-Deepwater Restoration Plan Sketched Out For Gulf
• China Again Warns Of EU Trade War Over Solar Panel Duties
• Hindustan Petroleum Revives $9B Refinery As Demand Rises
• PPL Subject To State Laws Over Boat Crash On Co.'s Lake
• Rosneft Puts Up $2.6B For Stake In Venezuelan Oil JV
• Coda Defends White & Case's Role In Ch. 11 Proceedings
• EU Sets Dumping Rates On Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel
• DC Circ. Rejects Challenge To Coal Plant Expansion Review
• France's GDF Suez Picks Up Stake In Nabucco Pipeline
• Boxer Asks DOJ To Probe Utility Over Shuttered Nuke Plant
• GMX Retention Plan Asks Too Little Of Workers, Creditors Say
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Concerns Remain Under BLM's New Fracking Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rosneft, KKR, TPG Capital
• Teco Energy Inks $950M Deal For New Mexico Gas Co.
• Oil Rig Makers Can't Duck Suit By Nixing Exhaust Patent
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• NJ Law Commission Mulls Tweaking Underground Utilities Law
• Exxon In Talks With InterOil For Papua New Guinea Project
• State Dept. Posting 'Unprecedented' 1.2M Keystone Comments
• Oppenheimer Suit Against Trans Energy Gets Judge's OK
• BLM OKs Calif. Wind Farm Amid Enviro Bird Strike Worries
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• W.Va. Asks High Court To Limit Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• White & Case Can't Rep Coda In Ch. 11, US Trustee Says
• Energy Storage Bill Would Boost Renewables, Sens. Say
• Cuomo Asks NY Regulator To Help Ease Electric Car Rollout
• Patriot Coal Can Subpoena Docs For Peabody Spinoff Probe
• Senators Float Bill To Fight Gasoline Price Spikes
• Oil Group Challenges Seals' 'Threatened Species' Status
• Cyber Barrage On Utilities Unlikely To Stir Congress
• NGL Pipeline Co. Loses Bid To Access Private Land
• Donziger Loses Bid To Delay $19B Chevron Case
• Supervalu Sues Sunoco Over Gas Card Exclusivity Deal
• China Natural Gas Demands Toss Of Involuntary Ch. 11
• States Want NRC To Expand Waste Storage Study's Scope
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Keystone XL Land Grab
• No Future For Climate Change Torts, Attys Say
• Chevron Investors Seek SEC Probe Over $19B Ecuador Battle
• BP, Others Face Price-Fixing Claims In 1st Private Suit
• Brazil To Auction Vast Offshore Oil Field In October
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bill To Track Fracking Health Effects
• How To Avoid The Dirty Side Of Clean Energy
• FERC Nixes Permit For Tidal Energy Project On NJ River
• House Votes To Let Keystone Proceed Without Obama's OK
• Jordan Cove Wants $7.5B LNG Project Approved By FERC
• New Iran Sanctions Gain Traction In House
• Refiners Reach $4M Deal To Settle Mich. Cleanup Suit
• Pa. Fracking Wastewater Plants Agree To $30M Upgrades
• Patton Boggs Partner Must Testify in $19B Chevron RICO Suit
• Mo. Lawmakers Urge Obama To Rethink Plant Emissions Rule
• ExxonMobil Faces Sexual Orientation Bias Claim In Illinois
• LNG Export Moratorium Has Ended — What Now?
• LNG Export Project Could Pollute Water, Park Service Says
• EU Lawmakers Adopt New Offshore Drilling Rules
• Brookfield Closes $163M Hostile Deal For Western Wind
• Fracking Foes Demand Vote On Moratorium In NY
• $18B Iraq Pipeline To Get Boost From Trade Bank
• API Says EPA Illegally Capped Fuel Standard Comment Period
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Saks, Sony
• Archer Inks $244M Deal To Sell Unit To Clearlake
• EU Oil Price-Fixing Probe Could Rival Libor Scandal
• New DOE Head Says Energy Efficiency Is Top Priority
• Chevron Gas Pumpers Fight To Revive ZIP Code Privacy Suit
• Biz Groups Warn House Panel To Keep Cyber Reforms Flexible
• White House Calls Keystone Bill A Bid To Skirt Obama
• Lawmakers Receptive To Industry Push For More LNG Exports
• BP, La. Fend Off Deepwater Berm Claims In 5th Circ.
• Chevron Sues Sunoco Over Texas Pipeline Deal
• Edison Strikes $37M Deal Over Malibu Wildfire Damage
• Sens. Urge DOE Chief To Address Gasoline Price Spikes
• Akin Gump Aids Laredo On $438M Asset Sale To EnerVest
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Approach To Return On Equity
• US, EU Want To Settle Chinese Solar Panel Fight
• Ex-BP Exec Gets Obstruction Charge Thrown Out
• Fighting Agencies May Be Tougher After High Court Ruling
• 5 Problems The New DOE Chief Can't Ignore
• SOCAR Inks $4B Deal To Build Refinery In Turkey
• Senate Dems Press CFTC To Revisit Energy Swap Market Regs
• Exxon Can't Nix Ex-VP's $5M In Stock, Texas Justices Told
• Cybersecurity Standards Need Flexibility, NIST Told
• Wiley Rein Lures Enviro Pro From Van Ness Feldman
• Qatari Firms To Launch $1B Energy Infrastructure Fund
• Agencies Deserve Deference On Jurisdiction, Justices Say
• Texas Sens. Vote To Expand Pipeline Regulator's Reach
• Oil Field Workers Say Superior Energy Stiffed Them On OT
• Canada Says FERC Must Halt Maine LNG Terminal Project
• Latham Blasts Oxbow DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
• Supreme Court Says PPL Due $39M IRS Credit Over UK Tax
• Transocean Seeks Delay Of Spill Doc Deadline Amid Appeal
• Arcapita Urges Judge To Subordinate $120M Sale Claims
• Bankrupt Norse Holding Land Hostage, Suit Says
• K&L Gates Hires 2 Stoel Rives Attys For Energy Team
• Alaska Village's Climate Suit Hits High Court Dead End
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freeport-McMoRan, Blackstone, Billabong
• Recent FERC Ruling Dashes Hopes Of Oil Pipeline Watchers
• Donziger Attys Free To Exit Chevron Racketeering Suit
• T. Boone Pickens Cleared To Sue Son For Tell-All Blog
• Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline Gets Crucial EU Approval
• OSHA Backs Fired Nuke Plant Engineer In Whistleblower Case
• Revised Federal Fracking Rule Gives Industry Breathing Room
• Texas Joins Other Gulf States, Hits BP With Deepwater Suit
• Continental Ducks Shareholder Suit Over $313M Oil Asset Buy
• CH2M Can't Get Additional Fees For $2.7B Cleanup, DOE Says
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Eversheds Opens In Beijing With Ex-Morgan Lewis Partner
• Sullivan & Worcester Snags Leading Energy Finance Partner
• Pa. Rep. Wants More Clarity In Royalty Checks To Gas Lessors
• FTC Clears Tesoro's $2B Deal For BP Refining Assets
• Patriot Coal Can Pay $7M In Bonuses Despite Union Protest
• Icahn Loses Transocean Dividend Fight, But Wins Board Seat
• DOE Approves 2nd LNG Foreign Export License In Texas
• Bill Would Up Domestic Ethanol By Easing Cellulosic Mandate
• Steptoe Nabs Trio Of Patent Litigators For Chicago Office
• Enviros Sue To Block Tenn. Mountaintop-Removal Projects
• Secure Energy Loses D&O Coverage For $4M Suit After Delay
• GMX Senior Lenders Offer $338M In Stalking Horse Bid
• 3rd Circ. Resurrects $180M Oil Spill Suit Against Citgo
• Sen. Wants US To Join UK, EU In Oil Price-Fixing Probes
• The Oil And Gas Operator's Texas Advantage
• Pioneer Loses Bid To Delay Arbitration In ATP Lease Row
• SinoTech Wins Initial Nod For $20M Deal To End IPO Suit
• NRG Unit Owed Defense In Air Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• Donald Trump Fights $350M Scottish Wind Project
• Senate Confirms Moniz As Energy Secretary
• DOI's Revised Fracking Rules Draw Heat From All Sides
• Major Flaws Persist In Oil And Gas Oversight, GAO Finds
• US Can Mention Ex-BP Engineer's Deleted Texts In Spill Trial
• Pa. Rep. Proposes Natural Gas Tax To Fund Transportation
• Aussie Enviro Official OKs Aquila Iron Ore Port Project
• China Warns EU On Possible Solar, Telecom Trade Measures
• EPA Nominee Moves Ahead On Narrow Party-Line Vote
• Grid Operators Should Prepare For Solar Flares, FERC Says
• Hess Makes 11th-Hour Deal To End Elliott Proxy Fight
• Enviros Lose 4th Circ. Appeal To Thwart Mountaintop Mining
• No Market Check? No Problem
• Obama's 1st Term Rulemaking Rate Soars By Bush's Mark
• Japan Boosts Global Energy Game Post-Fukushima
• OCI Closes Record $1.2B In Bonds For Iowa Fertilizer Plant
• Chilean Enviro Board OKs 310-MW Wind Park Project
• UK, Norway Advance Plan For $2B Subsea Grid Link
• Total Acquires Rival Shell's Egyptian Gas Retail Network
• Enviros Must Show Need To Get Trade Secret Docs: Pa. Court
• Argentina Files WTO Complaint Over EU Biodiesel Rules
• 5th Circ. Affirms $44M Wellogix Jury Award In IP Fight
• Sens. Blast DOE Budget Over Nuclear Project Concerns
• $28.8M Verdict Upheld In Pentagon Oil Contract Suit
• Texas Lawmakers Scuttle Bill To Reform Energy Agency
• Oil Developer Can't Target Biz Partners, Texas Court Says
• NRG Settles States' Suit Over Emissions At Pa. Plant
• Pa. Justices Will Consider Electricity Restoration Inspections
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinopec, Siemens, Activision
• Bill Aims To Protect State Mineral Sales From Federal Cuts
• Bill Would Add Gas-Based Ethanol To Renewable Fuel Program
• 4th Circ. Weighs In On Bona Fide Purchaser Defense
• Texas Court Rejects Sanctions Bids In Solar Engine Suit
• Investors Can't Revive Suit Over Failed $60M Oil Rig Deal
• Fla. Agency Says County Can't Restrict Electricity Access
• Chevron Brass Must Testify In RICO Suit Over $19B Judgment
• 5th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Katrina Emissions Suit
• EU Raids BP, Statoil Over Benchmark Rate Manipulation
• EIB Pledges $181M For Polish Power Station
• Power-One Investor Says $1B ABB Offer Is Too Low
• Deals Rumor Mill: OMERS, GE, Sony
• Local Laws Can't Kill FERC-Approved Projects, DC Circ. Hears
• 6th Circ. Says Employee's Resignation Sinks FMLA Suit
• DC Circ. Snuffs Challenge To 1.1-Gigawatt Nuke Expansion
• ExxonMobil Fights $1.7M Oil Pipeline Spill Penalty
• Elliott Proposes Revamped Board To End Hess Proxy Fight
• Jones Day Adds Herbert Smith Projects Partner In Sydney
• Convicted Whistleblower Cut Out Of $19M FCA Suit
• Sunoco Partnership Preps Eaglebine Pipeline In Texas
• Transocean Chair To Retire Following Pressure From Icahn
• NRC Panel Grants Hearing Over Nuke Plant Restart
• NJ Appeals Court Kills FirstEnergy Substation Challenge
• Abengoa Snags Rights To $1.3B Brazilian Electrical Project
• Mine Permit Review Was Legit, Army Corps Tells Judge
• Marcellus Shale Group Snags Buchanan Ingersoll Lobbyist
• Hedge Funds Lose Bid To Appoint Trustee Over Patriot Coal
• Patton Boggs Veiled Bribes In $19B Judgment, Chevron Says
• GDF Nets $560M From Mitsui For Brazil Hydro Plant Stake
• BNY Mellon Takes $1.3B Chesapeake Bond Row To 2nd Circ.
• High Court Won't Review FERC's Entergy Power Deal Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Partnership Assurance, UBS, Euronext
• Another Challenge To Calif. Cap-And-Trade Law
• Elliott's Hess Nominees Say They'll Work For No Bonuses
• The Who, What And Why Of Public-Private Partnerships
• Clement Brief Backs BP In Row Over $8B Deepwater Settlement
• NJ Watchdog Blasts State's $446M Solar Projects Deal
• Ex-DOE Lab Workers Win $3M In Wrongful Firing Case
• 4 Tips For Evaluating An M&A Target's Legal Risks
• Rep. Floats Bipartisan Ethanol Reform Bill
• Ince & Co. Taps DLA Piper Energy Pro In Singapore
• Deepwater Securities Suits Belong In UK, BP Tells Court
• Oil Co. Sees Claims Trimmed In $15M Katrina Coverage Row
• Exxon, QPI Outline Export Plans For $10B Texas LNG Terminal
• Edison Unit Gets FERC's Tariff Ruling Nixed In DC Circ.
• Fortis Rips Late Bid For Hearings In $1.5B NY Utility Deal
• Tata Power Buys 40% Stake In $700M Eurasian Hydro Project
• Undersea Oil Exploration Blasts In Gulf Draw Federal Scrutiny
• Stoel Rives Lands Natural Resources Pro From Birch Horton
• Hess Shuffles Management Plan As Proxy Showdown Looms
• Markey Says BP's Federal Contract Ban Should Stay In Place
• Aban Secures $329M In 2 Mexico Offshore Rig Contracts
• Sierra Club Appeals Emission Plan For Pa. Coal Plant
• Plains Shareholders Can't Block $6.9B Freeport Buy
• 5th Circ. Upholds Sanctions On Group Suing Bankrupt Lothian
• DOE Breached Oil Field Division Deal With Chevron, CFC Says
• Hearing On ATP's $691M Asset Sale Pushed Back
• Sidley Austin Nabs Capital Markets Pro In Houston Expansion
• Refinery Tax Assessments Are Fair, Calif. High Court Hears
• Obama Taps Ex-Debevoise Partner For NY Federal Bench
• Bill Would Speed Up Natural Gas Pipeline Approvals
• China Says It Won't Shy From Solar Panel Trade War With EU
• TransCanada Rebuts EPA's Keystone Concerns
• Apache Preps $4B In Asset Sales, $2B Stock Buyback
• Pa. Regulators Say DEP Must Justify Emission Fee Hike
• Baker Botts Adds Trio of Partners To Offices In NY, DC
• MidAmerican Helms $1.9B Iowa Wind Power Expansion
• US Offshore Regulators Will Beef Up Joint Oversight
• Consol Strikes $43M Deal With CNX Investors Over Buyout
• Canada Pushes EU On Tar Sands Emission Classification
• Sens. Want New Sanctions On Iran Currency Transactions
• GOP Senators Derail EPA Nominee Vote With Boycott
• Latest In EPA's Series Of Aggressive Coal Plant Rules
• E-Discovery In The Cloud: Who Can Get Your Data?
• FERC Mulls Market Manipulation Action Against JPMorgan
• Syrian Oil Still Risky Business As EU Yanks Embargo
• Petronas Eyes Brazil With $850M Oil Block Buy From OGX
• Chesapeake Wins Bid To Buy Back $1.3B In Bonds
• Chevron, Noble Say Enbridge Pipeline Rates Are Too High
• Enron's Skilling Could Cut Decade Off Sentence Under Deal
• Utilities Need PUC Approval To Seek Condemnation: Pa. Court
• Enbridge Eyes $300M Upgrades As Oil Sands Production Rises
• Shell Sets Off On Landmark Ultra-Deepwater Gulf Project
• EU High Court Upholds €182M Eni Rubber Cartel Fine
• Conoco Scores Space In Houston's Coveted Energy Corridor
• Entergy Can't Block Vt.'s $13M Plant Levy, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Ex-BP Exec's Steptoe Counsel May Have Conflict, Feds Say
• DOJ Enviro Chief To Step Down In June
• EPA Issues Restrictions On New Uses For Industrial Chemicals
• EU To Impose Duties On Chinese Solar Panels
• 5 Reasons For Optimism In The Venture Capital Community
• McKool Smith Lands International Trial Wiz From Hogan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Bain Capital, Bankia
• Exxon, Statoil Kick $4B Ultra-Deepwater Project Into Gear
• BP Misconduct Evidence Cut From Deepwater Obstruction Trial
• Pros And Cons Of Recent Renewable Energy Bill
• Credit Suisse, Other Lenders Pay $691M For ATP Assets
• QEP Puts Up $155M To Settle Gas Royalties Suit
• Exxon's Spill Claims Don't Hold Water, Key House Dem Says
• Chevron Execs Must Testify in RICO Suit Over $19B Judgment
• Ex-BP Engineer Wants Evidence In Deepwater Case Excluded
• African Bank Launches $1.26B Kenya-Ethiopia Power Project
• EPA Beats Challenge To Rules For Oil Spill Dispersants
• Funds Commit $660M To Solar Projects In Middle East, Africa
• Latham, Oxbow Spar Over DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
• Sequester Will Stall Energy Projects, Interior Secretary Says
• Nepal Lands €55M EIB Loan For Hydropower Plant
• Chevron Class Can Seek New Judge In Suit Over Refinery Fire
• Guggenheim Funding Must Return 4.8M Valerus Shares
• Electrabel Fights Ruling Over €20M Merger Notification Fine
• EPA Clean Air Policy Is 'Coercive' To States, DC Circ. Hears
• Keystone Is Safe Oil Transport Option, Lawmakers Hear
• Fracking Supplier Hit With FLSA Overtime Class Action
• Dems Press EPA To List Coal Mines As Major Pollution Source
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Carlyle, Telefonica
• Flaws In NY Court's Ruling Of Recent Natural Gas Cases
• Stroock Picks Up Energy Deals Pro From Chadbourne
• EPA's Keystone Critique May Herald Tougher GHG Reviews
• Ex-CPSC Commissioner, House Rep. Joins Bracewell In DC
• Freeport's $9B Bid For Plains Draws More Investor Opposition
• CNOOC Sheds Investor Suit Over Bohai Bay Oil Spill
• Hess Board Picks Blast Hedge Fund's Proxy Tactics
• Cartel Suit Against Exxon Advances In Dutch Court
• Shell, BP Challenge $3.4B Cove Point LNG Export Project
• Mayer Brown Adds Vinson & Elkins Tax Pro In Houston
• BP Says Ruling Could Imperil $7.8B Oil Spill Settlement
• Calif. Officials Want $2.25B In PG&E Pipeline Explosion Fines
• CNOOC Inks $2B Deal To Up Stake In BG Group LNG Project
• Rex Energy Unit Can't Dodge Pa. Landowners' Payment Suit
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling In DOE Uranium Cleanup Fight
• Crestwood, Inergy Midstream Ink $7B Merger Deal
• Ex-DOE GC Joins Wilkinson As Co-Managing Partner
• Canada Can't Beat WTO Ruling Against Green Energy Policies
• Ex-BP Engineer Must Hand Over Atty Emails In Deepwater Case
• A Troubling Surprise For Construction Projects
• Calif. Panel OKs Bill To Step Up Fracking Oversight
• Donziger Attys Quit, Blaming Chevron 'Scorched-Earth' Tactics
• Texas House Stops Bill Letting Pipeline Cos. Condemn Land
• DC Circ. Urged To Halt DOE's $750M Nuclear Waste Fees
• House Floor Set To Vote On Keystone Pipeline Bill This Month
• The Historical Context for Examining Industrial Pollution — Part 2
• BP Racks Up $665M Bill For Gulf Oil Spill Restoration
• Turkey, Japan Ink $22B Nuclear Reactor Deal
• ISS Backs Crusader Elliott In Hess Board Fight
• 6th Circ. Blocks Coal Co.'s Bid To Limit Black Lung Payouts
• Bankrupt Electric Car Co. Gets Nod On $5M DIP Loan
• Duke Shelves Plans To Expand NC Nuke Plant
• Transocean Again Presses Investors To Reject Icahn Shake-Up
• Under Pressure From Jana, Oil States Mulls Asset Spinoff
• NYC Official Rips State Deal With Sandy Gougers As Too Weak
• Sens. Ask GAO To Probe Costly Fusion Energy Project
• EQT Pays $113M To Scoop Up Marcellus, Utica Lands
• Davis Wright Snags 3 Energy, Enviro Partners
• Md. Gov. OKs Gas Infrastructure Improvement Surcharge
• GE Gets FTC Nod For $3.3B Deal For Oil Service Co. Lufkin
• AIG Unit Can't Dodge Defense Duty In Coal Worker Injury Suits
• Texas Could See Utilities Pay Customers For Surplus Solar
• Planned ATP Lease Sale May Create Enviro Hazards, Feds Say
• Oil Investor Says Competitor Destroyed Evidence In IP Case
• Calif. Fracking Rules May Curb Monterey Shale Rush, For Now
• Fla. Residents Get $9.5M In Conoco Water Pollution Deal
• Energy Cos. Urge High Court To Revive DOI Oil Lease Claims
• NY, NJ Get $609M In Sandy Aid For Water, Energy Projects
• Ex-Van Gilder Insurance CEO Cops To Insider Trading
• Enviros Wants EPA To Revamp Toxic Emissions Standards
• Fla. High Court Affirms Nuclear Cost Recovery Act
• Chevron Nabs Pittsburgh-Area Land For Possible Regional HQ
• EU Revisits EDF Tax Aid Probe After Nixing Of €1.2B Penalty
• Refiner's Anti-Union Campaign 'Flagrant,' NLRB Judge Says
• Winston & Strawn Lands Vinson & Elkins Litigator In Houston
• Exxon's Fight To Curb Citizen Suits Again Rejected In Texas
• Fla. House Passes Bill To Incentivize Natural Gas Vehicles
• FERC Demands JPMorgan's Market Probe Emails In DC Circ.
• VPR Creditors Say CEO's Missteps Warrant Ch. 11 Trustee
• Pa. Falling Short In Fracking Oversight, Enviros Say
• Seneca Claimed Gas Rights Too Late, Pa. Appeals Court Says
• TransCanada Will Sink $900M Into Alberta Pipeline, Terminal
• GenOn Pays $2M To Settle Coal Pollution Claims
• Apollo, Apex Team Up On Northeast Shale Property Venture
• SC Appeals Court Nixes Duke's Win On Hydro Dam Permit
• Drillers Can't Use NY Law To Supersede Local Fracking Bans
• National Ocean Plan Affects A Sea Of Users
• Obama Picks Froman For USTR, Pritzker For Commerce
• 5th Circ. Snubs Halliburton Bid To Nix Investor Class Cert.
• Ecuadoreans Can't Tap Chevron Canada For $19B Judgment
• BP Snaps Up $110M Stake In Gulf Blocks From Petrobras
• Quantum Puts Up $225M For Majority Stake In Canadian Oil Co.
• Shook Hardy Adds 2 Lathrop & Gage Vets To Enviro Team
• High Court Ruling Doesn't OK TCPA Suits In NY, Judge Says
• Cheniere Gets Thumbs-Up From FERC On La. LNG Project
• $84M Claim Against Haynes & Boone Dismissed
• EPA Not Ready To Cut Off Public Input For Fracking Study
• Atomic Energy Act Precludes Toshiba Nuke Plants, NRC Says
• BP Pays $340M Toward La. Coast Oil Spill Restoration Projects
• Pa. Senate Panel Passes Bills To Boost Natural Gas Access
• Former Alstom Exec Charged Over Foreign Bribery Plot
• Chesapeake Sells $300M In Midstream Assets To SemGroup
• Insurer Wants Out Of Mining Cos.' Trade Secrets Fight
• Obama Taps Replacement For Divisive EPA Regional Admin.
• Chesapeake, Encana Deny Rigging Bids On Oil, Gas Leases
• Jones Day Adds Former Exelon, Skadden Atty In Chicago
• Electric Car Co. Files Ch. 11, To Sell Unit To Fortress
• Ind. Can't Relax Ethanol Emission Rule, Appeals Court Says
• Energy Investment Co.'s Bankruptcy Case Converted To Ch. 7
• A Material Milestone For Vapor Intrusion