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Energy - November, 2014

326 articles

• Investors Sue To Halt $35B Halliburton, Baker Hughes Deal
• Appeal In NJ Wind Energy Project Won't Be A Breeze
• Conoco Claims PDVSA Dodging Payout Via Secret Citgo Sale
• Texas City Immune From Atty Fees In Energy Contract Dispute
• Oil Co. Gets Backup In High Court Appeal Of Spill Rules
• Latham Leads November's IPO Action With Work On 8 Deals
• Tougher Ozone Regs May Be Hard For States To Stomach
• Wachtell Rips Counterclaim By Icahn's CVR In Legal Mal Row
• Energy Future, Sierra Club Reach Deal Over $6.4M Fee Award
• Freedom-AIG $3M Chem Spill Coverage Deal Hits Roadblock
• NLRB Judge Faults Phillips 66 For Employee-Media Policy
• In Rare Move, CFIUS Hands Over Cache Of Ralls Docs
• Colo. Oil And Gas Group Goes After Town's Fracking Ban
• EPA Unveils Stricter Limits On Ozone Levels
• Up In The Air With FERC's Demand-Response Rule
• Chancery Tosses Claims Over $100M Sanchez Energy Deal
• Texas Jury Rejects Atty's Claim Energy Co. Fired Him For Age
• KeySpan Prevails In NY Plant Cleanup Coverage Battle
• Agency Authority At Stake In High Court Mercury Rule Review
• 2nd Circ. Says Chesapeake $1.3B Bond Buyback Too Late
• Ampal CEO's Suit Says Bondholder Defamation Sunk Company
• Coal Mining Co.'s CWA Settlement With Ky. Tossed By Judge
• CorEnergy Funnels $125M Into Mo. Pipeline Co. Buy
• American Energy Acquires $440M Permian Basin Drilling Land
• Judge Rips Into Attys In Solyndra Price-Fixing Docs Spat
• Gov't Sued For Overdue 'Hard Look' At Coal Program
• EPA Must Put Brakes On Review Of Alaska Mine, Judge Says
• EFH Seeks Bankruptcy Court Approval For $80M In Bonuses
• Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To EPA Mercury Rule
• Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
• Algonquin Grabs Stake In Kinder Morgan Pipeline Project
• Gunnison Sage Will Give Energy Something To Grouse About
• C&J Energy Investors' Vote On $3B Nabors Unit Merger Frozen
• Longview Gets Wins On 3 Bankruptcy Appeals
• Hedge Fund Calls For Vote On Yanzhou's $2.3B Yancoal Deal
• Chinese PE Firm Grabs Stake In Aussie Miner Paladin
• MDU Resources Unit Pays $200M For ND Wind Farm
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Industry Wrong On High Court GHG Ruling
• NJ Offshore Wind Co. Scrambles To Flip Regulator's Denial
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Actavis, Stryker
• Deepwater Fraudster Deserves Harsh Sentence: 6th Circ.
• Rendell Questions Impact Of Wolf's No-Bid Contract Plan
• Enviros Blast EPA's Delay In Revising Metal Emissions Rule
• DOI Taps 12 Bidders For Mass. Offshore Wind Auction
• CVR, Icahn Fight Wachtell Bid To Upend Malpractice Row
• Apco Investor Sues Over Planned $427M Pluspetrol Merger
• Market Rumors: CGN, Dalian Wanda, BAIC Motor
• SunEdison, Renova Plan 1 GW In Brazilian Solar Projects
• EPA Delays Cross-State Air Pollution Rule By Three Years
• DOI, Enviros End Fight Over Colo. Plateau Drilling Plan
• Shell Not Liable For Secondary Exposure To Asbestos
• DOE Approves Half Of Alaska Gas Project's Export License
• Feds Sue To Stop Wind Project On Okla. Tribe's Land
• What If States Opt Out Of EPA's Existing Source Rule?
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McGuireWoods' Sidney Kanazawa
• LDK Solar Wins Ch. 11 Confirmation, Ch. 15 Recognition
• Texas Justices Say Court Misread Gas Contract Ruling
• Urgency To Use P3 Grows, But Lack Of Law Is An Obstacle
• Con Ed On Hook For Part Of $24M Gas Plant Cleanup Suit
• Coal Co. Says It Lawfully Handled Worker Against Hand Scan
• NJ Utility Regulator Again Nixes Offshore Wind Farm
• Job Applicants Not 'Employees' Under FCA, 6th Circ. Says
• Enviros Sue Ohio Over Alleged Illegal Fracking Waste Permits
• Pipeline Cos. Can Recoup Safety Upgrade Costs, FERC Says
• Schlumberger Questions SLAPP Ruling In Trade Secret Appeal
• Fed Examining Stricter Rules For Bank Commodity Operations
• Oiltanking-Enterprise $6B Deal Stiffs Unitholders, Suit Says
• Ineos Makes $1B Bet On UK Shale Development
• Ill. High Court Sinks False Claims Suit Over Gas Rate
• Differentiate Your Litigation Practice With Data Security
• FERC Approves Physical Grid Security Standards
• TerraForm Sells $350M In Stock To Back First Wind Buy
• EPA Puts Off 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard To 2015
• Halliburton, Baker Hughes Prepared For Antitrust Scrutiny
• FERC Dissent Signals Possible Shift On NGA Authority
• Bankrupt Windsor Wins Nod For $189M Debt-For-Equity Plan
• Siemens Avoids Liability For Texas Gas Plant Explosion
• PG&E Hit With $1M Fine For Judge Shopping In Rate Case
• Texas Court Denies Tax Assessor's Valero Rehearing Request
• The Practice Areas Putting You At Risk For Malpractice Suits
• Ex-PetroTiger Counsel Disbarred For Role In Bribery Scheme
• Ex-CEO Of Massey Coal Pleads Not Guilty In Mine Blast
• Greens Threaten FWS With Lawsuit Over Sage Grouse
• La. Fears BP Penalty Trial Will Affect Separate State Case
• Exxon Retirees Win $4M For Financial Co.'s Mismanagement
• AfDB Plugs $133M Into Energy Infrastructure Project In Kenya
• Halliburton Fires Back In Economic Expert Analysis Row
• New EPA Biomass Framework To Impact Power Plant Rule
• CIT Keeps Alive Fight Over Duty Rates On Chinese Solar Cells
• Enbridge Fund Issues $955M In Debt To Back Pipeline Deal
• Market Rumors: Alibaba, CGN Power, Medibank
• Brookfield Renewable Puts Up $933M For Brazilian Portfolio
• XPLOR Energy Agrees To Pay $3.1M For Felony CWA Violation
• Shell Reaps $600M From Nigeria Oil License Sale
• Apache Sheds $1.4B In Assets After Activist Pushes Slimdown
• More Oil Field Tie-Up Chatter As Technip Bids $1.8B For CGG
• Europe's Projects Of Common Interest: Part 3
• The Print Room: How To Spend Less And Get More
• Goldman, JPMorgan Overwhelmed Oil, Metals Markets: Report
• Marion Lender Wants 'Bad-Faith' Ch. 11 Dismissed
• Fla. Gov. Requests $77M For Gulf Restoration Projects
• House Passes EPA Transparency Bill
• RG Steel Forges Deal To Cut $84M Linde Claim By Half
• Deals Rumor Mill: PetSmart, E.On, Blackstone Group
• Hess Says Rivals' Well Contamination Suit Is Time Barred
• Senate Democrats Float Carbon Fee Bill
• Altura Mining Will Spin Off Coal Assets In Singapore IPO
• Europe's Top Court Says UK Gov't Can Be Sued Over Pollution
• FERC Primed For Battles Over Market Manipulation, Chair Says
• Texas Appeals Court Renews Fracking Contract Dispute
• BP Plaintiffs Can't Force Disputed Spill Payments: 5th Circ.
• Ex-Im Bank, India Ink $1B Clean Energy Export Deal
• Europe's Projects Of Common Interest: Part 2
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• PTAB Rejects L-3 AIA Reviews For Failure To Show Prior Art
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pabst, Saudi Electricity, KKR
• Energy Transfer Ups Bakken Pipeline Stake In $3.75B Swap
• TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline Falls Short In Senate
• Infinity Exploration To Pay $4.2M In SEC Fraud Suit
• 2014 M&A Clears $3T Mark After Allergan, Halliburton Deals
• Halliburton-Baker Deal Faces Hard Road To Antitrust Approval
• EPA Tells 4th Circ. Not To Move Cooling Water Intake Row
• Feds Block Fracking In Most Of Va., W.Va. National Forest
• No-Show Puda Coal Found Liable In Investors' Bogus-IPO Suit
• EPA Amends Startup, Shutdown Rules For Mercury
• $1B PennEast Pipeline Project Needs Del. Agency's OK
• BP To Drop $200M On Upgrades To Petrochemical Plants
• Sidley Austin Adds 2 Ex-Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• China, Hedge Fund Ink Deal For $1B Mongolian Coal Plant
• Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
• Google Buys Wind Power For €600M Dutch Data Center
• Europe's Projects Of Common Interest: Part 1
• Orrick Advises SunEdison, Unit In $2.4B Wind Power Buy
• CNOOC Sanctions Counsel For Baker & McKenzie Conflict
• Florida Gets $34M In Oil Spill Grants For Conservation Work
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Over Boozy Schlumberger Outing
• EPA Finalizes GHG Reporting Rule For Oil, Gas Industry
• $7.7B Nuclear Waste Plant Deadline Pushed Back 10 Years
• Halliburton-Baker Deal First Ripple In Oil Field M&A Wave
• EPA Power Plant Rule Will Raise Prices, Texas Report Predicts
• Defunct Solar Co. Wants $950M Panel Antitrust Suit Revived
• Suntech Beats Solyndra On NY Venue, Ch. 15 Approval
• Offshore Wind Farm Gets OK For Underwater Cable
• Sandell Presses TransCanada To Spin Off Energy Biz
• Pa. Judge OKs UGI Gas Pipeline Across Private Property
• Gov't Spars With Ex-BP Exec Over Revised Oil Spill Charges
• Greens Threaten Ky. Mining Co. Over CWA Reports
• Outgoing NRC Chair Urges Updated Decommissioning Rules
• BP Wants $12B Cap On CWA Penalties For Deepwater Spill
• India Pledges Up To $1B In Loans For Australian Coal Mine
• Halliburton To Pay $34.6B For Oilfield Rival Baker Hughes
• When Do Tribal Leaders Create FCPA Liability?
• Federal Preemption May Be The Key For Calif. Railroads
• Layoffs, Liquidation May Follow Bingham, Morgan Lewis Deal
• OW Bunker's US Units To Explore Bankruptcy Auction
• House Republicans Ask For EPA's Data On Ozone Costs
• PE-Backed Smart Sand Partners Files For IPO
• U.S. Trustee Says PwC Would Be Conflicted In EFH Ch. 11
• Market Rumors: Medtronic, Pemex, Beijing Infrastructure
• DOE Gives Final Export Authorizations To Freeport LNG
• Pa. PUC Slams Philly Council Inaction On $1.86B Utility Sale
• FERC Says 25-Second Delay Dooms Challenge To LNG Project
• Oil Shipper Navios Midstream LP Prices Low In $122M IPO
• Bankruptcy Watchdog Takes Aim At LDK Solar Ch. 11 Plan
• Morgan Lewis Partners Approve Bingham Deal
• Delek To Pay Fine Over Fatal 2008 Refinery Pipe Rupture
• QR Energy Settles Suit Aiming To Block $3B Merger
• House Greenlights TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline
• BP Can't Dodge Negligence Ruling, Faces Up To $18B Fines
• Danish Marine Fuel Co.'s US Units Follow Parent Into Ch. 11
• Calif. Joins FCA Suit Alleging $150M BP Natural Gas Scam
• PGW Could Help Make Philly An Energy Hub, Council Told
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To Nix Challenge To Large Boiler Rule
• Bankrupt Biofuel Co. KiOR Gets Interim Nod For $15M DIP
• Ex-Massey Energy CEO Indicted In Fatal 2010 Mine Explosion
• Deals Rumor Mill: Halliburton, Albertsons, Hasbro
• States Back EPA In Murray's DC Circ. Challenge To Plant Rule
• Enviros Sue Calif. Regulators Over Aera Fracking Permits
• NY Power Producers Rip Schumer Plan To Stop Capacity Zone
• PrairieSky Pays $615M For Range Royalty After Encana Spinoff
• New York Funds $206M For Green Energy Projects Upstate
• Texas City Fights Bid To Remand Drilling Ban Suit
• Koch Unit, BP Escape Suit Over Chicago Coal Dust
• Vietnam Borrows $500M From World Bank For Grid Upgrade
• American Energy Pays $251M For Okla. Shale Stakes
• Azure Midstream Eyes $175M IPO Amid Public Push For MLPs
• CLOs: Fight Fraud With Better Analytics
• Texas Cites Other States In Fighting A Fracking Ban
• US-China Deal Ups Ante For EPA In Battle Over GHG Rules
• Sandia Misused US Funds To Lobby Over Contract, DOE Says
• Steelworkers Lodge NLRB Complaint Over Honeywell Lockout
• Halliburton Can't Reverse SOX Retaliation Ruling: 5th Circ.
• Texas Bill Allows Forced Pooling For Oil & Gas Reservoirs
• Simmons & Simmons Nabs Dentons Project Finance Ace
• NJ Settles Suit Over PSE&G Nuke Plant's Enviro Review
• JPMorgan Deal In $681M Texas Oil Rights Suit In Limbo
• V&E Reps Alon Energy In $438M Refinery Sale To Subsidiary
• Ill. Residents, Enviros Sue State Over Fracking Rules
• Railroads Contribute To $10.5M Superfund Cleanup Settlement
• Shell Can't Preemptively Sue Enviros Over Drilling: 9th Circ.
• Dutch Drilling Giant Pays $240M To Settle Bribery Probe
• Enerkem, AkzoNobel Plot European Waste-To-Chemical Plants
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Six New Hires To Austin Office
• Foster Wheeler, William Powell Off The Hook In Asbestos Suit
• US, China Strike Major Climate Change Agreement
• IRS May Have Allowed $168M In Bad Fuel Tax Credits: Report
• Cheniere Secures $2.5B For Corpus Christi LNG Project
• Enviros Threaten TVA With CWA Suit Over Coal Ash Ponds
• Baker Donelson Adds DLA Piper Vets To Daschle Policy Group
• Waters Redefinition Will Muddle Enviro Compliance For O&G
• Record $5B Anadarko Cleanup Deal Clears Final Hurdle
• Chartis, Tesoro Dispute Unit's Coverage In $30M Cleanup Row
• Sinopec's Canadian Unit Fined For Creek Contamination
• Wellogix Claims Against SAP Tossed Over Jurisdiction
• Enviros Say FWS Drilling Rule Harms Alaska Walruses
• BP Can't Get Admin For Deepwater Claims Axed
• Oil Co. Cut Investors Out Of Lucrative Well, Suit Claims
• Biofuel Co. KiOR Hits Ch. 11 With $16M Debt-For-Equity Swap
• Market Rumors: Chevron, Al Habtoor, Vietnam
• ConocoPhillips JV Finds Even More Oil Off Senegal
• Chinese Miner Yanzhou Pitches $2.3B Deal For Aussie Unit
• Navigating Inbound Chinese Investment Through The CFIUS
• Oilfield Service Cos. Hold Breath As IRS Mulls MLPs
• Dominion Snaps Up 50-MW Utah Solar Plant
• Philly Mayoral Candidate Calls For Transparency On PGW
• Sky Solar Slashes IPO Target To Just $48M
• BP, Partners Invest $240M Into Egypt Gas Development
• Cyberattack Reimbursement Doesn't Require Insurer Consent
• JPMorgan Attains Potential Deal To End $681M Oil Rights Suit
• Texas Court Boots $1B Entergy Theft Claims Over Jurisdiction
• 9th Circ. Partially Revives Hanford Whistleblower's Suit
• Attys Tend To 'Buy Themselves Off' In Class Deals, Judge Says
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Vinson, Cooley
• Calif. County Fracking Bans Set Stage For Statewide Brawl
• Chinese Power Co. Raises $400M In Hong Kong Offer
• Fracking Rules Clear Ill. Committee, Permits To Follow
• Enel Unloads Hydropower Stakes For $500M To Reduce Debt
• Rice Midstream Joins Flood Of Energy MLP Public Offerings
• Sierra Club To Appeal Ill. New Coal Plant Decision
• Takeaways From NIST Workshop On Cybersecurity Framework
• Ex-Im Bank Poured $200M Into Green Energy Exports In 2014
• Wilbros Shareholder Sues Over $20M Filing Discrepancy
• Duke Energy Must Redo Coal Ash Plans, NC Officials Say
• 5 Insights From Honeywell General Counsel Kate Adams
• Chesapeake Facing DOJ Subpoenas Over Leasing Activity
• Alliant Energy Plans $775M Wisconsin Gas-Fired Plant
• Seismic Events Shake Up Texas Rules On Injection Wells
• Court Must Recalculate $100M Kinder Morgan Rent Award
• Chinese-Owned Co. Set To Fight US Bar To Wind-Farm Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Citgo, Continental, GTCR
• House Republicans Raring To Vote On EPA Bills
• Shell Seeks End To FCPA Defamation Suit In Texas High Court
• Obama Would Mull Keystone Approval Bill, White House Says
• PSEG Must Face Manager's Retaliation Suit, NJ Court Says
• EU Antitrust Regulator Fears Pipeline Sale Could Harm Greece
• Commerce To Probe Korean, Turkish Pipeline Imports
• Babcock Spins Off Generation Biz Amid Activist Pressure
• Pa. Energy Industry Poised To Attack Gov. Wolf's Tax Proposal
• Pa. Tightens Proposed Emission Rules After Criticism
• Sunoco Announces $2.5B Mariner East 2 Pipeline In Pa.
• Plains All American Pays Occidental $1.1B For Pipeline Stake
• Don't Undervalue Environmental Due Diligence
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• 5th Circ. Won't Budge On BP, Anadarko Deepwater Liability
• Dozens Of Cos. Settle In Visa, Mastercard Swipe Fee MDL
• 2nd Circ. Probes Reach Of Bankruptcy Safe Harbors
• Kinder Morgan Investors Lose Bid To Stall $70B Consolidation
• BP Tells 5th Circ. It's Entitled To Deepwater Claims Data
• Italy's Enel To Float $4.2B Stake In Spanish Utility Endesa
• Electric Grid Authority Urges EPA To Delay Clean Power Plan
• Jones Day Nabs Nabarro Partner To Lead Singapore Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Leonard Green, Vodafone
• Antero Sees $1B Debut As Another MLP Joins IPO Frenzy
• Texas Atty Sued For $6.7M Over Ponzi Scheme Investment
• Pioneer, Reliance Look To Shed Texas Midstream JV
• OCI Unit To Tap Egypt's Energy Demand With Coal Plant JV
• Ace Needn't Cover Contractor In Well Blowout Suit, Judge Says
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• Texas Agency, Energy Lobby Challenge Denton Fracking Ban
• EPA Urges DC Circ. Not To Rehear States' GHG Challenge
• France Approves GE's $17B Bid For Alstom's Power Assets
• Biz Groups Say Texas Ruling Undermines FCPA Enforcement
• BP Says Ala. Won't Explain $93M Oil Spill Grant Spending
• Alstom To Build $112M Generators For Exelon Gas Plants
• NRG Yield Pays $480M For Parent's Gas Plants, Wind Farms
• A Win For Large Stockholders — And Their 'Side Benefits'
• BHP Plots Texas Oil Exports Without Formal US Guidance
• Injury And Irony In BLM's Public Land Bidding Process
• Law Firms Score Health, Energy Lobbying Cash With GOP Win
• GOP Senate Will Have EPA's Clean Power Plan In Its Sights
• Texas City's Vote To Ban Fracking Sets Up Legal Fight
• Wolf's Win In Pa. Won't Chase Off Energy Industry
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher Opens New Office in Houston
• Deals Rumor Mill: PSP Investments, Americana Group, Eni SpA
• EIB Grants $269M For UK Wind Farm Transmission Line
• Navios Midstream Plans $196M IPO To Fund Vessel Buys
• Enviros Say Cooling Water Intake Row Belongs In 2nd Circ.
• PE Enviro Investor Beats Targets With $404M Green Fund
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $186M Yukos Capital Award In Oil Loan Row
• Halliburton Can't Nix Filing Bashing 'Price Impact' Expert
• 1st Circ. Throws Out Titeflex Steel Tubing Class Action
• EPA Slams Murray Plant Rule Challenge As Premature
• CIT Still Not Satisfied With Vietnamese Wind Tower Tariffs
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: David Stickney
• Minn. Appeals Court Clears Utility's Mercury Emissions Plan
• NorthWestern Plans $400M Stock Offering To Fund Hydro Buy
• Abengoa Buys Out Ex-Partner To Revive Calif. Solar Project
• Energy Support Schemes Buoyed By EU State Aid Decision
• $100M Hyundai, Kia GHG Penalty Ups Stakes For Plant Rule
• Endeavor Wins Appeal In Texas Oil Land Lease
• SEC Charges 2 Canadians In $17M Microcap Fraud Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Holcim, United Biscuits, Occidental
• Schlumberger Accused Of Stealing Lab Business In $1.5M Suit
• Chinese Solar Cos. Win Dismissal of $950M Antitrust Suit
• Energy Future Gets Nod To Auction Oncor Stake
• EIB Grants $240M For UK Recycling And Power Facility
• Stockholders Need More Than A Number To Be 'Controlling'
• High Court Won't Hear Argentina's $185M Arbitration Appeal
• Finnish Govt Shells Out $638M To Control Gas Utility
• Drilling Co. Settles Claims Over Exports To Iran Oil Rigs
• No Quick Win For NRG, Seneca In Pa. Emissions Fight
• Dominion Seeks FERC OK For $5B Atlantic Coast Gas Pipeline
• Marion Energy Turns To Ch. 11 To Avoid Receivership
• La. Law Is Unconstitutional, Can't Block Coastal Damage Suit
• Hyundai, Kia To Pay Record $100M CAA Penalty
• Comity Is King: Chapter 15 Lessons From Rede And Vitro