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Energy - May, 2015

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• Army Corps Scores 10th Circ. Win In Keystone XL Permit Row
• Cape Wind Deadline Halted While Mass. Mulls Extension
• Bankruptcy Attorneys Should Fear Baker Botts Fee Case
• Alaska LNG Export Project Gets Conditional DOE Approval
• New Pa. Task Force Heralds Emerging Pipeline Fight
• US Blasts BP's Appeal To High Court Over Oil Spill Liability
• 4 IPOs Eye $552M To Start June After Brief Slowdown
• 8th Circ. Keeps Utility's $32M Reservoir Failure Suit In NY
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Congressional Staffers Cut From Trial
• PJM Continues To Come Under Attack
• DOT Extends Crude Oil Train Safety Order Indefinitely
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• Wis. Tribe Wins Waste-To-Energy Plant Permit Dispute
• Feds Argue No Prejudice In Suit Against Freedom Execs
• BP Drops $750M Transocean Policy Fight After Deepwater Deal
• Judge Limits Overview Witness Testimony In BP Exec's Trial
• NTSB Blames Oil Drill Rig Wreck On Shell's Poor Planning
• NJ Panel Deep-Sixes Offshore Wind Farm Proposal
• Texas Well Servicer Settles EPA Waste Disposal Row
• Nuclear Power Cos. Hit DOE With Waste Disposal Suit
• EPA Finally Proposes New Renewable Fuel Levels
• Enviros Move To Enter Fight Against Shell In Seattle's Port
• US Orders Pipeline Co. To Keep Cleaning Up California Spill
• K&L Gates Rebuts Oil Co. Investors' Malpractice Claims
• Critics Grouse About DOI Plans To Conserve Bird Habitat
• Holland & Knight Adds 3 Advisers To Clean Energy Team
• Midstream MLP MarkWest Eyes $1.2B Debt Offering
• Pa. Appeals Court Nixes Duke Energy's $35M Reassessment
• Duke Energy Goes To Disney World With 5 MW Solar Project
• Chancery Puts Alpha On Hook For Ex-Massey CEO's Atty Fees
• Don't Let Mental Illness Fly Under Your Workplace Radar
• Patterson & Sheridan Adds IP Partner To Houston Office
• 9th Circ. OKs NextEra Wind Project Over Enviro Objections
• Fracking 2.0: The Rise Of American Shale Refracking
• PSE&G, Contractor Sued Over Deadly NJ Explosion
• US Says ARCO Can't Avoid Superfund Costs Under Tribe Pact
• Pennsylvania Gov. Announces Gas Pipeline Task Force
• Chevron Settles Pa. Gas Well Explosion Death Suit For $5M
• EEOC Sues Oilfield Co. After Worker Urinated On By Manager
• NY DEC To Improve Oil Spill Monitoring, Response Time
• Industry Groups Seek Rehearing Of DC Circ. GHG Ruling
• ConocoPhillips, Corps Beat Alaska Drilling Permit Row
• PE-Backed MLP PennTex Midstream Eyes $225M IPO
• Weatherford Hit With FLSA Suit By Fracking Supervisors
• DOE To Pay Fine For Delayed Radioactive Sludge Cleanup
• Brazilian Valve Maker Lupatech Files For Bankruptcy
• Duke Execs Hid Role In Coal Ash Spill, Shareholder Says
• Hogan Lovells Expands IP Practice With Ex-Bracewell Atty
• Gas Natural Must Face Cobra Pipeline's Data-Theft Claims
• EXCLUSIVE: Sens. Probing CFTC Charges To IG Budget
• PRPs May Want To Dig In With Divisibility Defense
• Coal Power Reductions To Double Under Clean Power Plan
• Unsecured EFH Creditors Blast Exclusivity Extension Bid
• Houston Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit
• Former Sen. Landrieu Joins Van Ness' Public Policy Team
• Tribe Says It Can't 'Out-Bribe' Donziger In Ecuador Court
• Ex-Freedom Prez Moves To DQ Entire US Attorneys' Office
• Chesapeake Says $5B Rico Suit Blocked By Pa. Precedent
• Wachtell Blasts CVR's 'Illogical' Bid To Save Malpractice Suit
• SEC Gets Injunction Against Oil Co. Exec In Fraud Case
• GSA Must Review Wind Farm's Enviro Exemption, Judge Says
• DOI Won't Revisit Pipeline Right-Of-Way Grant On Tribal Land
• Utility Asks 7th Circ. To Revive $70M Enviro Cleanup Suit
• Ariz. Uranium Mine To Stay Open As Tribe, Enviros Appeal
• FERC Proposes Regs To Assess Grid's Solar Flare Risk
• DOJ Drops Oil Co. FCPA Investigation, Citing Cooperation
• Iran Nuclear Deal Review Act Won't End Sanctions Debate
• Outlawing City Fracking Bans In Okla. Now Up To Governor
• PE-Backed Gener8 Maritime Floats $100M IPO
• High Court Won't Hear FirstEnergy $250M Rate Hike Appeal
• The Future Is Now: Next-Gen Enforcement At The EPA
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Ex-Mass. Utilities Atty Joins Regulators Group As Asst. GC
• Deepwater Deal Stiffs Cash Businesses, Claimants Say
• Aurora Tells High Court 9th Circ. Permit Ruling Narrows CWA
• Citgo To Pay EPA Fine Over Texas Plant Violations
• Texas Man Cops To $12M Fake Oil Interests Scam
• Hess Escapes Bid To Revive Well Pollution Suit
• EPA Demands States Tighten Startup, Shutdown Regs
• UK Election Results A Win For Fracking, Loss For Wind Power
• What Was Wrong With BHP Billiton's Compliance Program
• Operations Suspended On Ruptured Line In S. Calif. Oil Spill
• Bracewell Reps One Of Jordan's 'Seven Sister' Solar Sites
• NLRB Faults FirstEnergy In Beef Over Worker Reward Program
• Bluestone Says Sanctions In Illegal Mining Row 'Red Herring'
• New ESA Petitioner Rule Faces Likely Extinction
• Paul Hastings Reps Vanguard Natural Resources In $474M Buy
• NY DEC Backs Up On Tar Sands Facility Over Enviro Concerns
• No Consensus On CEQ Draft Guidance For NEPA Reviews
• Smart Grids Require Smarter Utilities: Preventing Breaches
• $1.3B Malpractice Suit Over Chevron Pollution Suit Restarts
• Texas Court Won't Rehear Valero Refinery Appraisal Appeal
• 9th Circ. Revives San Diego's Huge Kinder Morgan Spill Suit
• Levee Board Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Coastal Damage Suit
• Workers Race To Clean Up Major Oil Spill In Southern Calif.
• As Fuel Efficiency Rises, Ore. Turns Tax Focus To Mileage
• 6th Circ. Says Ohio Can't Lease Reservoir Land To Coal Co.
• 6th Circ. Upholds $120M Judgment Against Mich. Oil Fraudster
• FERC Gets Green Light To Maintain Anti-Manipulation Push
• Ex-Im Bank Fights Enviros' Challenge To LNG Project
• Obama's GHG Guidance For Agencies Leaves Attys Skeptical
• British Columbia, Petronas Move Closer To $36B LNG Project
• Dubai National Oil Co. Eyes $2.5B Buyout Of Dragon Oil
• Senate Dems Prod Obama To Choose Pipeline Czar
• Gas Coalition Says Pa. Frack Site Regs May Paralyze Drillers
• Ampal Trustee Denies CEO's Bias Allegation
• Exxon, WorleyParsons Agree To $78M Oil Rig Settlement
• Frac Fuelers Say Pilot Flying J Arm Cheated Them Of OT
• Taylor Energy Must Cough Up Docs On Gulf Oil Leak
• Consolidations Show Energy MLP Growth Isn't Forever
• Pacific Rubiales OKs Alfa, Harbour $1.4B Takeover Bid
• Metro Fuel Exec Cops To $30M Bank Fraud
• Tips For Protecting Intellectual Property In The Oil Patch
• BP Strikes Deepwater Deals With Halliburton, Transocean
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Delta Petroleum Shareholder Row
• Barclays Can't Escape FERC Market Manipulation Suit
• House OKs R&D Tax Credit, $33B In Research Funds
• Beck Redden, Arnold & Itkin Sued Over Rig Explosion Case
• Ex-Freedom Execs Plead Not Guilty To Spill Charges
• NC Judge Halts New Permits From Fracking Commission
• Cimarex Energy Plans $654M Stock Offering To Fund Drilling
• Pa. Gov. Urges Railways To Beef Up Oil Transport Safety
• Zurich Limits Asbestos Coverage At UK High Court
• Manhattan Boutique Owner Sues Con Ed Over Gas Explosion
• Schlumberger Says SLAPP Law Can't Ax Claims Against Ex-Atty
• DOE Picks Ex-Navajo Prez Candidate For Indian Energy Head
• LightSquared Seeks Permisssion To Enter $1.75B Facility
• Judge Thwarts Ex-Massey CEO's Vegas Week
• Range Resources, Others Slam Proposed Pa. Frack Site Rules
• Calif. City Drops Exxon Groundwater Contamination Appeal
• 9th Circ. Rejects Religion Claim In $2.2B Solar Plant Row
• AVIC Wants New Arbitrators In $2B Dispute, 5th Circ. Told
• Fed. Claims Nixes Bank's $1.6M Gripe Over Failed Utilities Co.
• DOJ Is Trying To Show Benefits Of Corporate Cooperation
• XTO Settles Pa. Accusations Of Concealed Pipeline Assets
• Former Mass. AG Martha Coakley Joins Foley Hoag
• EPA Delays Renewable Fuel Standards Deadline
• Considering Competitive Transmission Solicitation Options
• BHP Billiton To Pay SEC $25M For FCPA Violations
• Optim Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Ga. DOT Rejects Eminent Domain For $1B Palmetto Pipeline
• BP Can't Revive Texas Lease After Well Shut-Ins
• Ex-BP Exec Says Proposed Jury Instruction Is Outdated
• American Eagle Energy Reports $70M Stalking Horse Bid
• House Agrees To DOE, Other Scientific Research Tweaks
• Greenberg Traurig Hooks Cadwalader's FERC Pro For Partner
• NiSource Pipeline Unit Readies $2.75B Private Offering
• Fed. Officials Cool To Offshore Drilling Expansion Bills
• Utah Gov. Says State Will Join Suit To Block Fracking Rule
• Shell Explores €464M Sale Of French LPG Business To DCC
• Sens. Urge Permanent Extension Of Indian Coal Tax Credit
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-Vinson & Elkins Energy Bankruptcy Pro
• Trade Group Challenges EPA's New Woodstove Regs
• EP Energy Restructures Debt With $800M Offering
• Duke Plans Coal Plant Closure, $1B In Power Upgrades
• Ethanol Yieldco Green Plains Sets Sights On $200M IPO
• Colo. Lone Pine Case Is Setback For Fracking
• How Are Texas Oil And Gas Cos. Faring In China?
• 1st Circ. Revives Challenge To $2.6B Offshore Wind Farm
• High Court Ruling Leaves Confusion Over 401(k) Monitoring
• Endangered Species Act Tweaks Aim To Get States Involved
• Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit
• Justices Should Hear BP's Deepwater Appeal, Law Groups Say
• Chesapeake Pummeled With 8 Suits Over Shale Royalties
• Duke, Berkshire Deals Help Austin Wind Power Top 1,000 MW
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court ERISA Ruling
• Dominion Resources Eyes New Va. Routes For $5B Pipeline
• Embattled Petrobras Lays Groundwork For $1B Stock Offering
• Supreme Court Leaves 'Duty To Monitor' Definition To Others
• DOT Board Won't Rethink BNSF Win In Coal Dust Fight
• Chevron Presses Dune Energy Over Oil Field Liabilities
• Texas Governor Signs Bill Blocking Local Fracking Bans
• Troutman Snags K&L Energy Pro, Novak Druce IP Attys In SF
• Interior Seeks Public Comment On Nev. Tribe's Solar Project
• Petrobras Hit With Another NYSE Stockholder Suit Over Bribes
• Electric Cos. Need Carbon Plan Flexibility, FERC Tells EPA
• CNL Looks To Raise $1.31B Energy Fund
• Drillers Want Federal Fracking Rule Put On Hold Amid Review
• The Short And Long Game Of Calif.'s GHG Reduction Plan
• High Court Vacates Ruling That ERISA Claims Are Time-Barred
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• This Week In Congress: Infrastructure, Privacy And Trade
• Insurers Want Siemens To Foot $7M Bill For Busted Turbine
• Foreign Gov't Agreement With Oil Co. Is a Lease, IRS Says
• Shell's Report On FCPA Violation Privileged: Texas High Court
• Tariff Limits Utility's Liability In MIT Fire Coverage Row
• Pa. Lawmakers Slam Process To Change Gas Drilling Rules
• Markey Pushes Bill To Halt US Coal Leasing Program
• BNSF Wants Tribe's Crude Oil Haul Suit Taken Out Of Court
• Andry Lerner To Take Deepwater Fees DQ To 5th Circ.
• Calif. Tribe Again Asks Judge To Stop $1B Solar Project
• BP, Chevron Can't Duck MTBE Insurance Double-Dipping Suit
• Md. Gives Green Light To $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Merger
• FERC Won't Hold More Hearings On $5B Natural Gas Pipeline
• Texas Energy Chief Says Blame For Earthquakes Is Premature
• Canada Pledges To Cut Carbon Emissions By 30%
• Nicor Gas Spared More Damages Over Fuel Incentive Scandal
• EQT's $621M IPO Nabs Spotlight Amid Rough Week For Debuts
• DuPont's Safety Violations Killed 4 Workers, OSHA Says
• Pa. High Court Could Reinstate $2.4M Contractor Fall Award
• Induced Seismicity Legal Issues Break New Ground
• MLPs Provide Stream Of IPOs Amid Rocky Energy Market
• Manufacturing Group Rips DOE's LNG Export Policies
• Noble Fights Defense Duty In ConocoPhillips Oil Pollution Row
• Walnut Creek Objects To Optim Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• NJ Assembly Publicly Rejects $225M ExxonMobil Deal
• GCs Rightly Fear The Regulators
• Ford Partners With DTE On 1-MW Solar Project At Mich. HQ
• NJ Assembly Passes Offshore Pollution Liability Bill
• 5th Circ. Says $2.7M BP Deal Is Binding, In Need Of 2nd Look
• Duke Energy Affiliates To Pay $102M For Coal Ash Pollution
• BofA Issues $600M Green Bond To Back Renewable Projects
• 7th And 9th Circs. Urged To Beef Up Oil Train Safety Rules
• Mining Firms Sue US Over $7M Uranium Waste Cleanup
• CFTC Needs Sharper Enforcement Teeth, Massad Tells Sens.
• Former BP Exec Says Lawmakers Can't Use Speech Privilege
• Cheniere Raises $11.5B For Texas LNG Export Project
• Suit Alleging Property Damage By Pa. Power Plant Closes Out
• FERC Pushes Next Phase Of Solar Flare Grid Standards
• The Real-World Economic Consequences Of New MLP Rules
• As Climate Continues To Change, So Does CEQA
• Chinese Nuclear Co. Gets Approval For $2.6B IPO
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Rejection Of Oil And Gas Leases May Prove Futile
• DOE Greenlights Cheniere's Texas LNG Export Project
• 5th Circ. Refuses En Banc Rehearing Of Pemex Gas Theft Suit
• Sens. Float Bill To Stop EPA's Clean Power Plan
• W.Va. Judge Denies Freedom's Bid For Expedited Ch. 11 Plan
• Exxon Can't Dump Ex-Worker's Suit Under Free Speech Law
• EFH Judge Halts Objection To $750M Tax Claim For Now
• Enviros Oppose Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan In Letter to FERC
• DC Circ. Asked To Reconsider EPA Biomass Rule
• Investor Loses Bid For Piece Of $41M Marcellus Profits
• Insurers Shake Claims For Coverage Of $12M Oil Well Loss
• Shell To Barge Into Seattle Port Despite Call For Restraint
• Chinese Investment Firm Terrific Sells AES Stake
• Murkowski Floats Bill Lifting Crude Oil Export Ban
• FERC Commissioner Moeller Says He Will Step Down
• Ex-Freedom Prez Lied In Bankruptcy, New Indictment Says
• Williams Absorbs MLP In $13.8B Consolidation
• Enbridge To Pay Michigan $75M For 2010 Pipeline Spill
• Petronas' $1B LNG Deal Rejected By Canadian First Nation
• Tracking The DC Circ.'s Trend On Article III Standing
• Former Native Oilfield Drivers Awarded $3.7M In OT Suit
• Judge Questions Opposition To Ex-Massey CEO's Atty Fee Bid
• EFH Wants More Exclusivity Time To Offer Its Ch. 11 Plan
• Petrobras Reimbursed $52M Following Corruption Scandal
• Oil Lobby Brings Crude-By-Rail Fight To The DC Circuit
• 5th Circ. Asked To Reconsider Chevron Rig Repair Coverage
• Murphy Oil Says NLRB Flouts 5th Circ.'s DR Horton Ruling
• Oil, Gas Driller WBH Gets Nod For $25M Ch. 11 Bid
• Honolulu To Build $16M Solar Project To Settle CAA Violations
• Judge Nixes Fight To Stay Feds' Deepwater Damages Suit
• Wash. High Court Mulls State's Gas Tax Refunds To Tribes
• Tribal Group Urges Halt To New Mexico Fracking
• Senate Dems Want National Floor For Renewable Power
• Baker Botts Reps EQT GP In Bigger-Than-Expected $621M IPO
• FirstEnergy Pushes High Court To Review $250M Rate Hike
• Con Ed Unit Picks Up 6 Calif. Solar Projects
• SunEdison Mulls Switch To MLP Amid $750M Bond Offering
• Empire Petroleum Fuels Up For $100M IPO
• CFTC Eyes New Trading Rules After 'Flash Crash' Bust
• Another Ex-Alstom Director Hit With UK Corruption Charges
• Tesoro Halts Utah Crude Pipeline Amid Falling Oil Prices
• Patriot Coal Again Files For Bankruptcy, Seeks Buyer
• Guidance For Global And Local Layoffs In Energy Sector
• Dealmakers Q&A: Sullivan & Cromwell's Michael Torkin
• BP $750M Dividend Suit Belongs In England, 5th Circ. Says
• Calif. Tribes Near Loss In Bid To Halt $1.1B Solar Project
• Texas Energy Regulator Taking Nimble Approach To Quakes
• High Court Asked To Take Rolls-Royce Forum Dispute
• NJ Sen. Committee Wants To Bring Back Wind Energy Credit
• Applicant Who Withheld SSN Urges Justices To Hear Bias Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, General Electric, Uber
• BP Exec Wants Charges Axed Over 9 Refusals To Testify
• Colo. Legislature Sends Renewable Energy Tax Credit To Gov.
• USDA To Dole Out $100M For Rural Electricity Co-Ops
• NY Fuel Co. To Pay $12M Following EPA Investigation
• Icahn-Led CVR Says Wachtell Can't Ax Fed. Malpractice Suit
• DOI Illegally Permitted Colo. Mines' Expansion, Judge Rules
• NJDEP Looks To Block Six Flags Solar Project By Buying Site
• DOI Gives Shell A Passing Grade On Alaska Drilling Plan
• Interior Panel Nixes BIA Extension Of Tribal Oil, Gas Lease
• E-Biofuels Enters Plea Agreement For $145M Tax Scam
• UK Engineer Gets 2.5 Years In $62M Contract Corruption Case
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Flow-Rate Estimate Testimony Nixed
• NJ Senate Aims To Restrict How ExxonMobil Funds Are Spent
• Osha Liang Adds Ex-Philip Morris Patent Counsel
• Ariz. Landowners Sue Union Pacific Over Rail Right-Of-Way
• State Dept.'s Pipeline Nod Is Unreviewable, Enbridge Says
• American Eagle Files For Ch. 11 As Oil Prices Remain Low
• Commerce's Wind Tower Duties Get CIT Approval
• Noble Energy Makes Texas Splash With $2.1B Rosetta Buy
• Can Texas Plaintiffs Shake Challenges In Seismic Suits?
• BP Can Appeal Some Deepwater Claims, 5th Circ. Says
• Alabama Power Seeks To Block Army Corps' Plan For Dam
• House Bill Tackles Security, Reliability Of Energy Market
• Ex-NRC Worker Charged With Attempted Cyberattack On DOE
• BIA Revamps Gas Development Regs For Osage Nation Land
• Texas Justices Slash $67M Award Over Bulgaria Methane Field
• Texas Justices Avoid Bond Issue In $600M Eagle Ford Fight
• Oil, Gas Investors Sharpening Activist Knives
• Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips Pay $11.5M To Settle Waste Row
• Tallgrass' $1.2B IPO Nabs Spotlight As 4 Biotechs Postpone
• Magistrate Puts Babcock & Wilcox Pollution Suit On Thin Ice
• PREPA Trustee Flags Nonpayment Into Reserve Funds
• Week's 9 IPOs Set To Test Investors' Thinning Risk Appetite
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Hastings, Cravath, Hogan
• Neb. Gov. Vetoes Gas Tax Hike, Citing Taxpayer Burden
• Oil Aboard Wrecked ND Train Was Up To Snuff, Hess Says
• La. Judge Signs Off On $1M ATP Gulf Discharge Settlement
• US Attempting Arctic Climate And Energy Balancing Act
• Cliffs Natural Unit Seeks Sanctions In Illegal Mining Case
• Tribe-Backed Wind Farm Hits Snag Over GSA Enviro Review
• SandRidge Target Of Grand Jury Antitrust Probe In Oklahoma
• Enviros Tell 11th Circ. Coal Permit Remand Not Enough
• Combating Commonalities In Toxic Tort Class Actions
• How To, And How Not To, Foreclose On Oil And Gas Equipment
• Bankrupt Optim Dumps Plan To Sell Power Plants
• BP Slams Sunoco Over Shipping Agreements, Pipeline Policies
• Enviros Challenge Calif. Oil Wastewater Discharge Rules
• Texas Court 'Bound' To Grant Valerus Arbitration Hearing
• NJ Pols Question Some Sites Included In $225M Exxon Deal
• Fla. Bankers Say Clean Energy Bond Program Unconstitutional
• DOE OKs $3.8B Cove Point LNG Exports As Enviro Groups Sue
• IRS Rules Unrecoverable Manufacturing Metal Is Depreciable
• Sens. Call For Oil Transport Transparency Amid ND Derailment
• 5 Environmental Class Actions Attorneys Need To Track
• Canadian Solar Snags $250M Loan From Chinese Bank
• Summit Sends ND Oil Assets To Subsidiary For $255M
• Perenco V. Ecuador Deters 2nd-Guessing Arbitration Tribunal
• Baker Botts Steers Tallgrass Energy GP In Upsized $1.2B IPO
• SunEdison Secures Clean Energy Projects, More Funding
• Minn. Wind Co. Licenses Propellerless Tech To Denmark
• DOT Tank Car Rule Reflects Refined Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Puerto Rico Fights To Save Its Recovery Act At 1st Circ.
• Porter Hedges Adds Corporate Partner From Thompson Knight
• Nevada Tribe Wants More Input On Newmont Gold Mine
• Texas Ethanol Co. Fights Investors' $36M Derivative Win
• Hedge Funds Lawyer Up As Puerto Rico Debt Storm Brews
• Crestwood Forges $7.5B Midstream Biz In MLP Merger
• Canadian Oil Cos. Brace For Fallout From Alberta Vote
• Md. Pipeline Halted Amid Slew Of Environmental Complaints
• Bill Would Give FERC Power To Coordinate Pipeline Approval
• IRS Can Expect Blowback From MLP Income Guidance
• Feds Highlight Need For Safety Rule After ND Train Crash
• 9th Circ. Buries Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Project
• PHMSA Probed Over Slow Rulemaking Pace
• Milbank Snags Energy Project Finance Duo From Linklaters
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tech Partner To Austin Office
• Coast Guard's Offshore LNG Regs Will Expedite Approvals
• China Seeks To Boost Private Infrastructure Investment
• Corporate Perspectives On Cybersecurity: A Survey Of Execs
• FERC Rejects Enviros', BP's Challenges To Cove Point LNG
• No Proof Of Damage In Land Swindle Suit, Texas Court Told
• JPMorgan Says RICO Suit Undermines FERC's Power
• Duke Seeks To Pause Shareholders' Coal Ash Derivative Suit
• NLRB Gets Backup In 5th Circ. Murphy Oil Arbitration Row
• 'Man Camp' Developers Ran $62M Ponzi Scheme, SEC Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Alfa, Kompania Weglowa
• Schlumberger Says SLAPP Law Doesn't Protect Ex-Employee
• Tribes, Enviros Urge Stronger Review Of Shell's Arctic Plan
• ETP Unit Must Pay Taxes On $162M In Stored Gas: Texas Court
• Honigman Boosts Mich. Practice With 2 PE, Securities Pros
• James River Coal Hits CSX, Others With Clawback Suits
• Abengoa Scores $200M To Build Nev. Bio Jet Fuel Plant
• Midstream MLP Enterprise Draws $2.5B In Debt Offering
• Sens. Get Lesson On EPA Carbon Plan Legal Arguments
• DOI Royalty Rule Clears Up Tribal Oil Pricing
• Six Flags, NJ Town Sued Over Solar Farm Plans
• Alstom Fights Ex-Exec's Document Request In FCPA Suit
• Overseas Shipping Plans IPO After Exiting Bankruptcy
• 'Gut And Go' Deal To Undo Kan. Renewable Energy Mandate
• FERC's Internal Fight Over LNG Jurisdiction
• Guinea-Bissau, Israeli Co. Ink $500M Wave Energy Plant Deal
• Duke Pays $225M For Slice Of $3B SE Gas Pipeline
• IRS Says Fracking Service Income Qualifies For MLP Status
• EPA Says Plains All American's Calif. Oil Terminal Flouts CAA
• The 5th Amendment In Civil Practice: 3 Big Considerations
• Texas Quakes Likely Due To Disposal Wells, Lawmakers Hear
• EFH Gets Nod For Mediation, But Not Ch. 11 Plan Schedule
• FCC Won't Rethink Ruling On Ariz. Utility's Rebanding Cost
• DC Circ. Denies States' Challenge Of EPA's GHG Rules
• NY Watchdog Eyeballs Ambit As Energy Bill Complaints Rise
• Enviros Urge High Court Not To Disturb CWA Permit Ruling
• DOI Ignores Mine Runoff's Effect On Protected Fish: Suit
• Justices Set To End Turf Battle Over Power Demand Payment
• Enviros, Tribe Question $5B Pipeline Before FERC
• EQT Targets $450M Public Debut
• 1 Law Firm Dominates April IPO Activity
• Texas Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Fracking Ban
• Petronas JV Offers $1B To First Nations Tribe For Land Use
• PSEG Recoups $213M From Insurers For Sandy Damage
• AIG Unit Can't Duck $1.4B Gas Project Spat, 9th Circ. Hears
• Schumer Wants Faster Phaseout Of Older Oil Tanker Cars
• Seattle Blocks Shell Arctic Fleet Lease Approval
• HIKO Energy Paying $1.6M To End Pa. Price Spike Suit
• High Court Won't Hear AEP Challege To Jurisdiction Test
• 5th Circ. Nixes Mexican States' Claims Over Deepwater Spill
• US To Pay $13.2M To Evaluate 16 Mines On Navajo Land
• Maxim Power Slapped With $5M Fine For Market Manipulation
• High Court Will Decide Legality Of FERC Power Demand Rule
• Case Against The Clean Power Plan Could Change Admin Law
• Keystone XL Opponents Won't Derail Canadian Oil Trains
• Endeavour Creditors Have Bid For Standing Put On Hold
• DOI Moves For Win In Tengasco Records Penalty Row
• Weil Guides Aethon Energy In Deal For Encana Properties
• IPO Activity Set To Spring Back As 14 Cos. Target $2B
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear $21M Oil Royalty Suit
• Shale Gas Workers Get $1.25M In OT Settlement
• DOT Faces Heat On All Sides Over Oil Rail Transport Rule
• Week's 4 IPOs Draw $795M As Market Revs Up For May Surge
• NLRB Flips Anti-DR Horton Ruling On Chesapeake Arbitration
• EFH Juniors Try To Shut Down 1st-Lien Make-Whole Demand
• 9th Circ. Asked To Reinstate Polar Bear Habitat Decision
• ERG Resources, Latest Oil Price Casualty, Files Ch. 11
• DOI Report Backs Navajo Mine Expansion Plan
• Jones Day Adds Project Finance Atty In Tokyo, London
• Mich. Gas Plant Settles Claims With Feds Over Leaked Gases
• OAS Creditors Demand Morgan Lewis Client Names
• DC Circ. Strikes Down EPA's 100-Hour Backup Generator Pass
• Xcel Energy Salvages $300M North Dakota Wind Project
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Water Trespass Question
• Ex-Shell Worker To Pay $19M Over Airport Jet Fuel Spill
• DOT Reveals Stricter Safety Rules For Oil-Carrying Trains
• Energy MLP Black Stone Prices $427.5M IPO At Low End
• High Court Opens Door To Greater State Role In Energy
• House Passes $35.4B Energy And Water Funding Bill
• A Bipartisan Bill On Energy Policy?