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Energy - November, 2013

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• Energy MVP: Akin Gump's John Goodgame
• Bankrupt Mont. Power Co-Op's Trustee Removed By Judge
• Rock Supplier Wants Back $3M Award Against Southwestern
• EPA Tightens Reporting Rules For Some GHGs
• FERC Energy Storage Rule Paves Way For More Green Projects
• Houston And Philly Emerging As Global Energy Partners
• A 'Sea Change' For General Maritime Law Claims
• Key Uncertainties Following Iran Nuclear Agreement
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Case Over Gas Lessee Obligations
• EU Puts Provisional Dumping Duties On Chinese Solar Glass
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Big 4 Tax Lawyer to Houston Office
• 9th Circ. Upholds Nevada Power's Coal Waste Disposal Plan
• AfDB Doles Out $113M To Fund Hydropower Project
• FTC Greenlights NRG's $2.6B Bankrupt Edison Mission Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Brody
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Compuware, Panasonic
• France's EDF Rakes In $355M Through Veolia Stake Sale
• Development Bank Grants $159M For Afghanistan Power Line
• Warburg Pincus Affiliate Drops $157M In MEG Energy Shares
• Energy MVP: Vinson & Elkins' David Cohen
• EPA Policy Shift Leaves Daunting Enforcement Void
• Feds Approve $180M Columbia Gas Pipeline Upgrade
• Fisker Gets Interim OK For $8M DIP, Hastened Ch. 11 Case
• $9.5B Chevron RICO Trial Finale Provides Little Closure
• PVR Faces Fresh Class Action Over $5.6B Regency Merger
• EnCap To Put $350M Into Texas Oil And Gas Startup
• Summit Utilities Plans $110M Natural Gas Expansion
• With New Law, Mongolia Opens To Investors
• US Ex-Im Bank Loans $61M For Costa Rica Wind Farm Project
• Coal Co. Says IRS Wrongly Disallowed $100M In Credits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Blackstone, RBS
• BP's Tab Nears $5B In Deepwater Horizon Settlement
• MPC Will Fund Portion Of $2.6B Enbridge Crude Oil Pipeline
• Energy Co. RWE Kills UK Offshore Wind Farm Plans
• Coming Soon: Penn. Legislation On Forced Pooling
• BP Deal Objectors Drop Appeal, Say Attys Misled Them
• Weatherford Units Plead Guilty In $253M Bribery, Export Pact
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Libby Raymond
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Colleen Davies
• Repsol, Argentina Strike Initial Deal Over YPF Takeover
• Nuke Disposal Co. Sues Rival, Ex-Scientist Over Trade Secrets
• Chevron Disputes $9.5B Award Authorship In Final Testimony
• Iran Nuclear Accord Does Not (Yet) Mean Sunny Relations
• Texas Case Could Make Drillers Rethink Fracking Disposal
• Sens. Push For Tough Stance On Chinese Pipe Duties
• EPA Slashes Enforcement Goals For 2014-18
• SunEdison Picked To Build NYC's Biggest Solar Park
• Monopoly Claims Scrubbed From IP Suit Over Pipeline Part
• US Emits 50% More Methane Than EPA Estimates, Study Says
• GMX Says Oneok Can't Stop Pumping Its Natural Gas
• Bernstein Shur Lures Energy Veteran In Maine
• DOI, Oil Cos. Sued Over Mont. Pipeline Construction
• High Court Will Hear EPA Carbon Rules Arguments In Feb.
• Fisker Drives Into Ch. 11, Plans Private Sale
• Iran Nuclear Talks Result In Interim Deal
• GE Asks Fed. Circ. To Back $170M Win In Turbine IP War
• Duke Energy Plans 30-MW Solar Construction In NC
• White House Publishes Social Cost Of Carbon Rationale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Janet McDavid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Lisa Haile
• How Citgo Fought Back Against FLSA Plaintiffs — And Won!
• Scottish Independence Could Mean Higher Oil And Gas Tax
• FERC's Wellinghoff Exits, LaFleur Tabbed As Acting Chair
• Drilling Water Disposal Fight Returns To Top Texas Court
• PSE&G Hit With $2.5B Suit Over Equipment Contract
• Uzbekistan Gets $110M For 100-Megawatt Solar Power Plant
• Colo. Methane Rules Could Be National Model
• Exxon Forks Over $8M To NY In Oil Spill Settlement
• Texas Justices Take On $125M Tenaska Arbitration Dispute
• Norwegian Oil Firm Sells Well Intervention Unit For $658M
• Ontario Moves To Ban Coal-Fired Power
• Tata Power To Build $1.8B Coal Plants In Vietnam
• B&W Takes 3rd Stab At $23B Nuclear Weapons Contract
• Lawmakers Float Bill To End Oil, Gas, Coal Tax Breaks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Jane Smith
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Mary Ellen Powers
• The Weakest Link For Climate Change Plaintiffs
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Force Judge To Stop Deepwater Claims
• Exxon Asks Texas High Court To End $21M Oil Royalty Fight
• Federal Fracking Stalemate Keeps Regulatory Focus Local
• Transocean Policy Can Cover BP For Spill, Texas Court Told
• Ill. High Court Allows $23M Tax Refund, Kills Loophole
• Colo. Court Affirms Toss Of Enviro Rulemaking Challenge
• OCI's Planned $1B Texas Methanol Plant To Be Largest In US
• Pa. DEP Must Rule On Utica Shale Pooling Rights, Judge Says
• Longview Power Gets Nod For $150M DIP Package
• Former Valerus Exec Must Arbitrate Stock Redemption Suit
• Feds Halt Drilling Work For 5 Cos. Lacking Safety Plans
• Argentina, Indonesia Slapped With Formal EU Dumping Duties
• EU Sets 7-Year Green Growth Plan Amid Health Concerns
• Rosneft Invests $2.8B To Develop 3 Siberian Oil Fields
• Novatek-Gazprom JV Pays $3B For Russian Energy Assets
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Weil's Mindy Spector
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Sandy Collins
• Ex-Goldking CEO Gets Ch. 11 Case Moved To Texas
• Tax Court Denies Oil Co.'s Midyear Accounting Change
• CORRECTED: Tesoro Logistics Puts Up $650M For Crude Oil Facilities
• Is This The End For Fraud-On-The-Market Doctrine?
• How Some Attorneys Succeed Where The 'Elite' Fail
• Utilities Urge Changes To Texas Cease And Desist Rules
• Fracking Bans In Colo. And Ohio May Be Unenforceable
• BP Wants $10B Toxic Emissions Litigation Expedited
• FERC Rule Only Tip Of Iceberg In Gas-Electric Divide
• New Obama Climate Czar Brings Fresh Energy Perspective
• American Superconductor To Pay $10M To Exit Securities Suit
• UK Blocks Funding For Most Overseas Coal-Fired Plants
• Camac Energy To Buy African Oil Interests For Roughly $560M
• SC Agency To Remove 1.3M Tons Of Coal Ash From River
• House OKs Bills To Curb Fracking Regs, Speed Drill Permits
• Exhilway Global Closes $200M Mines And Minerals Fund
• Devon Puts Up $6B For GeoSouthern Texas Assets
• SunEdison, OPIC Close $100M Deal For Chilean Solar Plant
• Lawmaker Calls For Moratorium On Calif. Offshore Fracking
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Jami McKeon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Gourley
• Oneok Plans To Spend $780M On Williston Basin Projects
• Calif.'s Fracking Study To Set Stage For Legal Drama
• Siemens Says $20M Faulty-Turbine Suit Doesn't Hold Up
• BP Says Deepwater Settlement Only Covers Matched Revenue
• 11th Circ. Won't Toss Convictions In Deepwater Fund Fraud
• Donziger Has 'No Apologies' As $9.5B Chevron Trial Nears End
• DHS Official Pushes For Cybersecurity Liability Exemption
• Bankrupt Coda Gets WARN Settlement Approved
• TransCanada Boosts Keystone XL Price Tag To $5.4B
• Colo. Proposes To Control Methane In Oil And Gas Projects
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Devon Energy, Verizon
• US Earned $14.2B In Energy Production Revenue In 2013: DOI
• Spain's CEPSA Drops $2.2B To Buy Coastal Energy
• Obama Threatens To Veto Fracking, Drilling Lease Bills
• Exxon Nets $3.1B Selling Its Stake In Hong Kong Power JV
• The Trouble With New Rules For Natural Gas Processors
• DC Circ. Halts $750M Annual Nuclear Waste Fee Payments
• EU Puts Up $1B To Help Shut Down 3 Nuke Plants
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Miller Canfield's Megan Norris
• Expert Deposition Tips For Young Lawyers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan's Wendy Newton
• BP Opposes Class Cert. In Deepwater Securities Suit
• EPA Threat To Permits Drives Pivotal High Court Appeal
• Exelon Says NRC Waste Rule Axes Enviros' License Challenge
• Donziger Denies Role As Mastermind Of $9.5B Chevron Ruling
• Oil Firm Fights Ex-CEO's Bid To Move Ch. 11 Cases
• EPA Mulls GHG Reporting Changes To Protect Trade Secrets
• Supreme Court Roundup: 2012 To The Term Ahead
• Infrastructure Development In Africa: Watch This Space
• NRC Moves Ahead With Court-Ordered Yucca Mountain Review
• 9 Firms Surge Onto GC All-Stars List
• Bid To Revive $1.5B Exxon Verdict Rebuffed By High Court
• Skadden The Firm Most Loved By General Counsel
• DOE Greenlights Freeport LNG Export Expansion
• Proskauer Sued For Malpractice Over OSG's Tax Bill
• Enviros Challenge Powder River Coal-Leases At DC Circ.
• NYPSC Cedes Most Jurisdiction Over Car-Charging Stations
• USTR Lauds Trade Enforcement On Solar Panels, Counterfeits
• 9 Top Firms Tumble From List Of GC Favorites
• GE Inks $500M Deal To Support Egyptian Petrochem Project
• FERC Allows Pipeline, Transmission Cos. To Share Info
• GM Teams Up With Detroit Renewable Energy On Steam Project
• How COPAS Accounting Procedures Affect Non-Accountants
• Colo. Fracking Ban Wins Approval After Final Vote Count
• K&L Gates Picks Up Watt Beckworth Thompson Civil Litigator
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• More Firms Get Serious About Keeping GCs Happy
• When It Comes To Law Firms, Size Doesn't Matter, GCs Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Andra Greene
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Emily Parker
• Plains Faces 2nd Shareholder Class Over $1.4B Buyout
• Close Cap-And-Trade Ruling Likely To Fire Up Critics
• Fed. Claims Court Awards $235M More To Nuclear Utilities
• EPA Has Biofuel Industry's Back, Despite Fuel Level Cuts
• Arizona Approves Fee For Residential Solar Energy Panels
• Emerald Oil Used Confidential Info To Snag Lease, GMX Says
• Securities Class Actions On Life Support In High Court Case
• Exxon's $2.7M Pegasus Pipeline Fine 2nd Highest In 5 Years
• Calif. Officials Unveil New Fracking Regulations
• NJ High Court To Mull Statute Of Limitations On Spill Suits
• ND Landowners Take Gas Flaring Class Action Federal
• TVA To Replace Coal Units With $1B Gas-Fired Plant
• Coda Estate Defends Settlement From PE Buyer's Objection
• EPA Proposes Reduced 2014 Renewable Fuel Requirements
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Kim Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Dominica Anderson
• Donziger Stays Defiant In $9B Chevron RICO Trial Testimony
• Arch Coal Unit Asks High Court To Revive EPA-Blocked Permit
• Reed Smith Reels In 2 Finance Aces From Thompson & Knight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Forbes, Uralkali, Blackstone
• Google, KKR Invest $80M In 106-MW In Solar Projects
• Pacific Coast Climate Plan: Ambitious But Prone To Issues
• DOE Hands Out $7M For Tribal Clean Energy Projects
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auctions Are Legal, Judge Says
• Pa. PUC Gives Final Nod To $720M Utility Merger
• NJ Pol Calls For Restructuring Of Utilities Regulator
• 52 Lawmakers Call For Wind Production Tax Credit Extinction
• NJ Court Revives Tower Easement Row With PSE&G, Verizon
• Gas Flaring Suits Could Advance Infrastructure — Or Not
• Chesapeake Sued By Barnett Shale Partner Over Plugged Wells
• 4 US Regions Where Oil, Gas Infrastructure Needed Most
• US Cites Black Elk, Contractors Over Deadly Oil Rig Blast
• Ex-OSG Execs Again Urge Judge To Ax Investor Claims
• Fuel Co. Says Stranded Travelers Can't Sue It Over Fire
• Pa. Commission Questions Fracking Permit Fee Increase
• Ophir Nets $1.3B From Sale Of Tanzania Natural Gas Stake
• Facebook's New Data Hub To Be Fully Wind-Powered
• Plaintiffs Pass The Hat In Bid To End NY Fracking Moratorium
• 11th Circ. Says Green Groups Can't Evade CWA Notice Rule
• Apex Inks Deal Selling Rest Of 300-MW Wind Project's Power
• Ecuadorean Court Experts Free To Show Bias, Atty Says
• Transmission Cos. Overcharging By $327M A Year, FERC Told
• V&E Reps PetroChina In $2.6B Deal For Petrobras Peru Assets
• Court Revives Trillium's $2B Wind Farm Suit Against Ontario
• EPA Soot Rule Based On Sound Science, DC Circ. Hears
• Kinder Morgan, MarkWest Start Open Season For Gas Pipeline
• Asian Economies Are Struggling — Again
• CNOOC Strikes $23M Deal To Pursue Canadian LNG Project
• Clean Air Act's PSD Program Under Scrutiny In Courts
• E.ON Pockets €150M In Sale Of Danish Wind Farm Stake
• Texas Is 1 Major Step Closer To Efficient GHG Permitting
• Why Exxon Case Will Likely Become A Plaintiff Favorite
• Ecuador Court Keeps Chevron Ruling But Slashes $19B Award
• $492M Sale Of Suntech's Chinese Unit Gets Creditors' OK
• Marcellus Shale Investors Seek $21M From JV Partner
• Secretary Backs Judge's Authorship Of $19B Chevron Verdict
• FERC Greenlights NET Midstream's 124-Mile Texas Pipeline
• BLM Approves 80% Of 990-Mile Transmission Line
• Bipartisan Senators Join Green Energy Tax Plan
• Wyo. Rules Requires Oil, Gas Drillers To Test Groundwater
• Power And Utilities Deals Up In Q3, Report Says
• Citgo Escapes Workers' OT Claims In 5th Circ.
• Lawmakers Press DOE On Jordan Cove LNG Export Project
• FirstEnergy To Put $2.8B Toward Grid Upgrades In Ohio
• NLRB Class Waiver Ban Can't Survive AmEx Ruling: Judge
• Pa. Bill Aims To Boost Alternative Energy Market
• Fuel-Boosting 'EnviroTabs' Claims Are Bogus, FTC Suit Says
• Carlyle Plans To Sink $7B Into Energy, Power Funds
• First Solar Inks Deal With 4 Calif. Cities For 40-MW Plant
• Takeaways From CFIUS' Latest Win In Court
• Transocean OKs $1B Dividend, Trims Board To End Icahn Row
• Actis Inks $220M Deal For AES' Cameroon Energy Assets
• West Texas Ranch Settles Wind Transmission Line Fight
• Obama Picks DOE Official For Top White House Climate Post
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms
• Edison Workers Want Another Shot At $373M Pension Suit
• Texas Justices Asked To Overturn TransCanada Land Seizure
• States Urge High Court To Nix EPA Cross-State Emissions Rule
• Talisman Sells $1.4B Montney Shale Stake To Process Energy
• Bill Would Shield Deepwater Funds From Sequestration
• Pa. Regulatory Reviewers OK Air Emission Fee Hike
• Texas Appeals Court Won't Revisit BP's $3.9M Lease Win
• Carlyle Unit Snaps Up Gas-Fired Power Plant In NJ
• 2 Md. Firms Tapped For 3 Ethiopian Solar Power Plants
• Kan. Approves $2B Multistate Wind Powerline
• The Right Vehicle For Enforcing Cleanup Contributions
• Trafigura Inks Texas Pipeline Deal With Energy Transfer
• Pa. PUC OKs Settlement Key To $720M Utility Merger
• Patriot Coal Gets Green Light To Solicit Ch. 11 Plan Votes
• Westar To Buy 200 MW From Upcoming Apex Wind Farm
• Shell Distorts Nigeria Oil Spill Data, Report Says
• Duke Energy Can't Shake EPA's Clean Air Act Suit
• Wind Industry Faces Uphill Climb Without Tax Credit
• Ex-Judge Claims Chevron Floated $1M Bribe After $19B Award
• Suntech Urges Court To Throw Out Involuntary Bankruptcy
• ARC Sinks $875M Into Oil, Gas Plays In Western Canada
• Texas Court Affirms Chesapeake's Win In Oil Lease Row
• Transocean To Pay Keppel $1.1B To Build 5 Rigs
• DOE To Invest $84M In Clean Coal Technologies
• Liberty Resources Raises $350M For New Oil Venture
• Despite Bell, State Law CO2 Liability Claims Are Doomed
• NJ Solar Energy Law Drying Up Project Funding, Suit Says
• Exxon Faces $2.7M Fine For Pegasus Oil Spill
• 3 Key Contractor Suspension Cases To Watch
• Emissions Rule Foes Face Long Odds In Scientific Attack
• Basin Electric Locks Down Output From 2 ND Wind Farms
• Colo. Voters Approve 5-Year Fracking Bans
• CFTC's Position Limits Could Put Energy Cos. In Costly Bind
• Ex-Exxon VP Isn't Owed Stock Bonus, Texas High Court Told
• Ex-Judge Defends Authorship Of $19B Chevron Judgment
• Encana Plans Canadian Spinoff, Trims Workforce
• World Bank Commits $47M To Expand Solar Plant In Chile
• KWK Says Judge 'Made A Mockery' Of Keystone Agreement
• Tanzania Must Address Tax Exemptions For Growth, IMF Says
• EPA Sues Dow, Exxon, Others For NJ Superfund Site Cleanup
• Market For Global Utility Deals Hits 2-Year High: Report
• Headland Offers $359M For Singapore Subsea Service Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, KKR, Telefonica
• Hogan Lovells Lures Back Herbert Smith Environmental Ace
• Coastal Maine Town Narrowly Votes Down Tar Sands Ban
• Vermilion To Pay $170M For Stake In German Gas Fields
• Why High Stakes Legal Failures Happen
• Pa.'s New Era Of Strict Enviro Criminal Liability
• Eni, Quicksilver Team Up In West Texas Shale Oil Venture
• Penn West Sheds $485M In Assets As Part Of $2B Purge
• Locke Lord, Andrews Kurth Steer NGL's $890M Gavilon Buy
• SunEdison Scores $185M Loan For South African Solar Plant
• Okla. Utility Seeks Toss Of Sierra Club's CAA Suit
• Centrica Inks $7B Qatar LNG Supply Deal
• Consumers Energy Hit With $4B Qui Tam Fraud Suit
• Ecolab Hit With $15M Suit Over Chemical Co. Merger
• 10th Circ. Says No Fraud In Flotek Contract Dispute
• Community Input Steers Southern Union's New Criminal Fine
• EPA Methane Rule Not Yet In Cards, Senate Panel Told
• PSEG Unit Gets Whistleblower's Retaliation Award Nixed
• Senate Bill Would Add Utility Payments To Credit Reports
• Green Gas Buys Landfill Fuel Plant From Lime Energy
• Conservative Groups Urge Congress To Kill Wind Tax Credit
• Cloud Peak Energy Wins Challenge To $3.4M Mont. Tax Bill
• UK Lawmakers Advance Measure Targeting Old Coal Plants
• Black Hills Energy Picks Up Kan. Pipeline From Anadarko
• Ex-Judge In $19B Chevron Trial Flounders Under Questioning
• EU Releases Guidelines For Energy Market Interventions
• Ukraine Signs $10B Gas Deal With Chevron
• The Second Coming Of PURPA
• Weatherford To Pay $250M To Settle US Corruption Probes
• Chief Justice Roberts Turns Up The Heat On Cy Pres Pacts
• Microsoft Inks 20-Year Texas Wind Power Agreement
• $19B Chevron Suit's Top Funder Says Donziger Duped Him
• Colo. Fracking Initiatives Threaten To Scare Off Developers
• Longview Power Lines Up $150M DIP To Fund Ch. 11 Exit
• Ill. AG Sues Koch Unit Over Refinery Dust Pollution
• EDF Renewable Energy Nabs 3rd Texas Wind Farm
• Deadly Black Elk Blast Due To Safety Lapses, BSEE Finds
• Vattenfall Invests $289M To Expand UK Offshore Wind Farm
• White House Seeks Input On Revised Social Cost Of Carbon
• Linn Energy Boosts Berry Petroleum Offer By $600M
• Pa. Gas-Drilling Is Illegal Use Of Resources, Judge Hears
• Carbon Tax Is Cheapest Way To Reduce CO2, Study Says
• Ncondezi's $2.25B Coal Plant Wins Approval In Mozambique
• Justices Won't Touch Facebook's $9.5M 'Beacon' Privacy Deal
• Bankrupt Oil Co. Sues Chartis, Lloyd's Over Fire Coverage
• Chinese Solar Co. Pays $492M For Suntech Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Anadarko, Telefonica
• The Incoming Sea Change In Mexican Energy Politics
• TMT Accused Of Iranian Oil Trafficking By Ch. 11 Creditor
• Unit Drilling Loses Bid To Nix EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• SEC Sides With Barclays In Oil Trustee's $143M Fee Appeal
• Chevron Moves To Block Donziger Witnesses In $19B Trial
• IFC Spots $1T In Private-Sector Eco Investment Potential
• US Has Authority To Probe Deepwater Spill, 5th Circ. Told
• Solar Auction Bust A Painful Policy Lesson For Feds
• Coast Guard Halts LNG Port Application Over Enviro Concerns
• Enova Energy Accused Of Owing $1.5M On Power Plant Deal
• Chinese PE Firm Puts Down $75M For Kazakh Oil, Gas Assets
• Enviros Sue To Stop Coal Export Facility On Mississippi
• Investors Duped Of Millions In Texas Gas Venture, SEC Says
• 6th Circ. Backs Chesapeake In Ohio Gas Lease Fight
• EP Energy Tries To Revive Suit Over Lost $21M Verdict
• Canadian Solar Nets Panel Supply Deal With Three Gorges
• Koch Units Ruining Neighborhood With Dust, Suit Says
• Phillips 66 Plans $1B Texas LPG Export Terminal
• GVK Wins Gov't Approval For $4.2B Australian Coal Mine