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Energy - December, 2015

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• How To Woo In-House Counsel In 2016
• Energy Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2016
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2016
• Enviros Tell DC Circ. To Follow Own Lead In EPA Rule Fight
• 3 Things To Expect From Legal Tech In The New Year
• Ariz. Utility Can't Withhold Usage Data In Antitrust Suit
• Private Equity Firm Signals Possible Suit Against Ex-Execs
• ARCO Says Landowners' Cleanup Plan Undermines EPA
• FERC, Energy Groups Ask DC Circ. To OK Auction Decision
• Brazil Probes $8.9B Bid-Rigging Plot For Petrobras Deals
• Enviros Seek $380K Attys' Fees In Consol Unit Pollution Row
• Business, Oil, Enviro Groups Challenge EPA's Ozone Rule
• Flawed CPP Must Be Delayed, Challengers Tell DC Circ.
• Enviro Group Slams Army Corps Over Texas Barge Facility
• Texas Atty Requests Self-Representation In BP Fraud Trial
• Citgo's 2006 Oil Spill Penalty Boosted To $81M
• 10 Associates On The Secret Of Success
• Capitalizing On Mexico's New Wholesale Electricity Market
• FERC Ignored Effect Of $112M Dominion Pipeline, Enviros Say
• Chancery Keeps Calif. Atty On The Hook In Startup Lawsuit
• Bankrupt Parallel Gets OK For Bonus Plan, No New Sale Bids
• EPA Says More Info Needed In $5.4M Walter Energy Sale
• Energy Debt Write-Offs Mean Tax Headache For Investors
• Judge Won't Clarify Scope Of Refinery Row Ruling
• Investor Can Keep Pushing For $200M For African Power Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shire, Caverion, ConocoPhillips
• Army Corps Tells 11th Circ. It Properly Reviewed Coal Permit
• Texas Oil Co. Pleads Guilty To Not Reporting Gulf Leak
• FERC Must Justify Winter Power Program Costs, DC Circ. Says
• Duke Energy Gets FTC OK For $5B Piedmont Acquisition
• SEC Says Atty Should Pay $2.5M For Fracking Venture Fraud
• OSHA Revamps Controversial Silica Exposure Rules
• Ariz. Utility Can't Get Quick Appeal In Antitrust Row
• The Future Of California's Renewable Energy Market
• Citgo Must Pay Back Wages For Stiffing Workers On OT
• AVIC's Ex-Biz Partner Wants $70M Arbitration Award OK'd
• In Congress: A Year-End Review
• Ex-Allen & Overy Partner Charged In Petrobras Probe
• Petroleum Co. Can't DQ Atty Suing Over Consulting Fees
• DC Circ. Urged To Keep Oil Train Safety Dispute On Track
• EPA Fights Bid To Speed Up Clean Power Plan Challenge
• Ridgewood PE Sinks $100M Into Underwater NJ-NY Power Line
• The Paris Agreement And Business Interruption Coverage
• Commerce Ordered To Keep Duty Rate For Turkish Pipe Co.
• Dow Takes Radioactive Waste Class' $926M Win To High Court
• For Texas Energy Companies, Ch. 11 Loomed Large In 2015
• Feds Arrest Two Over Venezuelan Energy Corruption Scheme
• Chancery Voids Vaalco Charter Rule On Ousting Directors
• BLM Urges Quick Decision In Fracking Rule Authority Battle
• ATP Oil Settles Insurance Action With Former GC
• Oil Co. Asks Fed. Circ. Not Rehear Attys' Name-Clearing Bid
• Mexico Antitrust Regulators Nix Sempra-Pemex $1.3B Buyout
• States, Groups Back Power Plant Subsidies At High Court
• GE Nabs Onshore Wind Deal, Its Largest Yet In France
• After 78 Years, Exxon Asks Court To Use 'Esso' Name Again
• EU Requires Antitrust Fixes In $5.1B Honeywell-Elster Deal
• Aussie Solar Panel Co. Can Serve Claim In US, Court Says
• Obama Foils Clean Power Plan Attacks, Signs Budget
• Southern Co. Nabs Controlling Stake In Calif. Solar Project
• Streamlining The Environmental Review Processes
• The Firms That Dominated In 2015
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Why All US Attorneys Should Read Justice Breyer's New Book
• Slovenia Must Pay Croatia $46M In ICSID Power Plant Row
• Texas Justices Won't Rehear $67M Methane Field Case
• Industry Picks Apart EPA Coal Ash Rule At DC Circ.
• Hilcorp, Carlyle Form $1.24B Oil, Gas Partnership
• GOP Digs Into Legality Of EPA's Clean Power Plan Push
• Chemical Co. Challenges Shipper's $850K Arbitration Dodge
• EFH's Bid To Force Sale Of Oncor Minority Stake Kept Alive
• Texas Justices To Eye Utility Contractor's Immunity Challenge
• FERC Gives Environmental OK To $3B Fla. Gas Pipeline
• Ex-Texas Chief Justice To Mediate $200M Andrews Kurth Row
• USTR Begins Environmental Analysis Of Green Goods Accord
• Senate Passes $1.8T Spending And Tax Extender Package
• NJ Assembly OKs Bill Declaring Christie's Enviro Rules Invalid
• CIT Backs Up Commerce Dept. In Steel Oil Pipe Probe
• FERC Hits Calif. Power Trader With $2.5M Manipulation Fines
• NJ Bill Reviving Offshore Wind Farm Passes Both Houses
• CORRECTED: Greens Denied Quick Appeal In Battle Over BLM Fracking Rule
• 9th Circ. Affirms FERC Ruling In '01 Energy Rate Case
• Another Oil Co. Hits Ch. 11 With New Gulf Resources Filing
• Insurers On Hook For Exxon $4M Plant Explosion Settlement
• Fellow States Back California, Oregon In Hydroelectric Row
• Baker Hughes Valve Row Paused During Related Arbitration
• ICSID Won't Nix Arbitrator In Venezuela, ConocoPhillips Row
• House Moves Closer To Passing Broad $1.15T Funding Bill
• FERC Greenlights Louisiana LNG Export Project
• New Iranian Petroleum Contract Could Fix Buyback Issues
• House Passes Sweeping $622B Tax Extenders Bill
• FERC Ignored GHGs In Approving LNG Project, DC Circ. Told
• Ex-Massey CEO May Have To Pay Tens Of Millions, Gov't Says
• EFH Judge Won't OK Unmanifested Asbestos Claims Class
• Magnum Hunter Lands OK For $200M DIP Loan
• Oil Co. Tells 5th Circ. Botched Well Is 'Physical Damage'
• Okla. Landowner Says He Needs To Join Drillers' BIA Lawsuit
• Budget Deal Stuffs Stockings For Green Energy Cos.
• Sabine Oil Gets Extension To Come Up With Ch. 11 Plan
• How Much Control Of Your Contracts Do You Really Have?
• SunPower To Provide Solar Energy To 9 Mexican Airports
• Turkish Scrap Metal Co. Ordered To Pay Up In Shipment Row
• NJ Utility Board Signs Off On $90M Pipeline Project
• Spending Bill A Mixed Bag For Environmentalists
• Texas Atty Can't Enlist Ex-CFO In Securities Fraud Case
• DOT Wants Row Over Pipeline Spill Rules In DC Circ.
• Exco On Hook For $43.6M, Can't Divvy Proceeds, Judge Told
• DOJ Not Satisfied With Halliburton-Baker Hughes Tie-Up
• UK Supreme Court Dumps Trump's Scotland Wind Farm Suit
• Blackstone Buys $170M Stake In Indian Aviation Tech Co.
• House Buys More Time To Digest $1.15T Spending Bill
• Avoiding Bankruptcy Via Distressed Oil And Gas Sales
• Lawmakers Reach Deal On Massive Tax Benefits Package
• Budget Deal Ends Oil Export Ban, Extends Green Tax Credits
• Magnum Hunter Becomes Latest Oil And Gas Co. To Hit Ch. 11
• $24M Debt Omission Mars Cubic's First Bankruptcy Hearing
• Del. Chancery Conditionally OKs $27M Kinder Morgan Deal
• In-Debt Arch Coal Uses Grace Period To Delay $90M Payment
• Hanergy Unit Accuses Co. Of Going Back On Solar Deal
• Oil Train Rule Challenge Needs 60-Day Pause, DC Circ. Told
• EPA, Enviros Settle Fracking Chemical Disclosure Suit
• Halliburton Investors Seek Asbestos Docs In Fraud Suit
• Apollo Leads $650M Investment In Solar Co. Sungevity
• Texas Atty Can't Rep Self In BP Fraud Trial, Judge Rules
• Duke Energy Plans 75MW NC Solar Project
• AEP Strikes Coal Plant Subsidy, Phaseout Deal With Ohio
• Russian Nuclear Energy Exec Gets 4 Years For Bribery
• 3 Things Baby Boomers Can't Stand About Young Lawyers
• Union Pacific Seeks Dismissal Of Class Easement Claims
• When An Improperly Submitted Proposal Is Still Acceptable
• 7 Deadly Business Mistakes That Can Tank Your Law Practice
• Mercury Power Plant Rule Left Intact By DC Circ.
• Cubic Energy Files Ch. 11 Prepack Amid Slump In Oil Prices
• US' Paris Pledge Threatened By Changing Political Winds
• Russia Never Agreed To Arbitrate $50B Yukos Row, Court Told
• Oxy Can't Recoup $1M Tax Overpayment, Colo. Court Says
• Wind Co. Says Osage Can't Appeal Wind Farm Ruling
• Wells Fargo Can't Pursue Fracking Pump Claim, Insurer Says
• Attorneys React To The Paris Climate Change Deal
• EPA Used 'Covert Propaganda' In Water Rule Campaign: GAO
• For Clean Energy Cos., Global Deal Needs Local Teeth
• High Court Won't Hear Tribal Appeal Over $925M Bakken Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Halliburton, EDF, Bain Capital
• $200M Andrews Kurth Malpractice Suit Sent To Mediation
• Breakthrough On Green Goods Pact Unlikely At WTO Summit
• Energy Drilling Surveyor Dolphin Group Files For Bankruptcy
• Enviros Lose Challenge To $3B Fla. Natural Gas Pipeline
• EQT Challenges Pa. DEP On Pipeline Cleaning Procedures
• Approving Interstate Pipelines With Intrastate Benefits
• Iraq Hits BNP Paribas Again Over Oil-For-Food Bribes
• $70B Shell-BG Megamerger Clears Last Antitrust Hurdle
• Countries Ink Historic Climate Change Pact In Paris
• In Congress: One Last Hurdle
• Energy Cos. Say Rival Can't Get 'Mulligan' On Atty Fees
• Stalled Navajo Mine Expansion Can't Be Appealed: Enviros
• CIT Says Commerce Had Right Not To Review Subsidy Claims
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Ignore Canada Case In $9.5B Chevron Row
• NJ Assembly Chief Wants Gas Taxes Set Aside For Roads
• Greek Shipping Co. Officers Charged In Oil Dump Cover-Up
• Commerzbank Beats Bankrupt Utility's Payment Recovery Suit
• Prior Arbitral Decisions Apply In Power Rate Row, Court Says
• BP Hit With Class Action In Mexico Over Deepwater Horizon
• Tribe Seeks Fees After Gov't Remands Oil Royalties Rule
• Enviro Group Asks FERC To Block Unauthorized Pipeline Work
• Texas Atty Can't Rep Himself In BP Fraud Trial, Gov't Says
• ND, Wyo. Say Judge Shouldn't Rush Their Fracking Rule Suit
• Enron Scandal Didn't Nix Nigeria Contract, DC Circ. Told
• Texas Firm DQ'd From Drilling Equipment Patent Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Sidley, Cravath
• Senate Votes To Fuel Energy Development On Tribal Lands
• Enviros Sue Calif. County Over New Oil & Gas Well Rules
• 6D Global Shareholders Accuse Directors Of Stock Scheming
• Split SEC Proposes New Derivatives, Mining Disclosure Rules
• Honeywell Subcontractor Denied Quick Win In Insurance Row
• Woodside Approves $2B Natural Gas Project Off NW Australia
• Chinese Solar Cell Maker Says Calif. Co. Owes $1M Award
• Vivint Solar 'Flawed' Shareholder IPO Suit Tossed
• Regency Pushes Chancery To Ax Claims Over $11B Buyout Deal
• 6th Circ. May Speed Up Water Rule Fight's Rise To High Court
• Schlumberger Must Arbitrate Drilling Patent Row, Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Tells Lower Court To Resolve Deepwater Claims Rule
• Mine Permit Suit Paused While Feds Rethink Impact On River
• FWS Revises Drilling Regs For National Refuge Lands
• Ex-Massey Energy CEO Gets To Go Home For The Holidays
• 9th Circ. Asked To Protect Tortoise From Solar Project
• Yieldco, Oil Slumps Highlight 2015 Energy Finance Trends
• EU Accepts Antitrust Fixes From Bulgarian Energy Co.
• Feds Appeal Injunction Blocking DOI's Fracking Rule
• Ore. Utility Rests On Environmental Progress In Water Row
• Hunt's Oncor Buy Would Rip Off Ratepayers, Regulator Hears
• ERG Tells Texas Justices Rival Can't Avoid Texas Courts
• Pa. Enviros Warn Fiscal Code Bill Threatens Fracking Regs
• Barclays Wants Energy Price-Fixing Suit Nixed
• East Mediterranean Gas Scores $324M Win In Egypt Row
• Ex-Freedom Execs Agree To Settle Chemical Spill Claims
• China Won't Limit Foreign Investment In Oil Futures
• A Broken Dam, A Securites Suit And A Heap Of Trends
• 1 More Step Toward Unified Business Judgment Review
• The Art Of The Mock
• Pa. Landowner Can't Revive Claim That Fracking Spoiled Well
• Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill Passes Senate Committee
• Nev. Counties, Mining Cos. Can't Pause Sage-Grouse Plans
• Duke Energy Cannot Limit Wind Farm Output, 7th Circ. Hears
• Tribe's, Enviros' Challenge To Enbridge Pipelines Gutted
• Judge Cuts Max Criminal Fine To $562M In PG&E Pipeline Blast
• Chesapeake Accused Of Fracking Royalties 'Bait-And-Switch'
• Sidley, V&E Guide $250M Deal For New Oil Co.'s PE Backing
• Kurdistan Gov't Blasts Dana Gas' $11B Claim As 'Pure Fantasy'
• Russian Billionaires Can't Duck Row Over $55B Oil Sale
• Mining Co., Tribe Agree On Response Costs, But Not Liability
• Sanders Issues Plan For Permanent Green Tax Credits
• 4th Circ. Says EPA Head Deposition Not Needed In Coal Row
• Convicted Ex-Massey CEO Seeks To Go Home For Christmas
• Conoco Partner Shielded By Workers' Comp. Law: 5th Circ.
• Strategies For Your Evolving Law Department
• 5 Energy M&A Trends Amid 2015 Oil Price Slump
• 2015's Biggest Environmental Policy Moves
• The First Insider Trader In Commodities
• Md. Power Plant Subsidy Doesn't Usurp FERC, High Court Told
• 10th Circ. Asked To OK $1.6M Award Over Solar Panel Parts
• Hogan Lovells Adds Partner to Mexico Arbitration Practice
• Vt. Warns Against Deceptive Advertising Of Solar Energy
• Samson Gets OK On Skadden Ch. 11 Role, Reveals Hack
• Texas Justices Mull History's Role In Royalty Rights
• PPL Loses 6th Circ. Bid To Rehear CAA Coal Dust Claims
• Shell Ordered To Shift Problematic Calif. Pipeline
• Puerto Rican Utility Delays Restructuring Support Deadline
• Nuke Plant Doubts Complicate NY Clean Energy Push
• German Co. Rejects Arbitration In Baker Hughes Valve Row
• NH Gov. Raises Doubts Over $5B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Tribe Can Float New Docs In Columbia River Superfund Suit
• No Coverage For $5M Faulty Gas Tank Deal, Insurer Says
• UAE's Dana Gas Says Kurdistan Gov't Owes $11B
• Power Cos., States Blast Carbon Plan Opponents' Stay Bid
• Coal Miner Settles Claims It Flouted Pollution Protections
• Locke Lord Adds Energy Partner In Hong Kong
• Mexican Solar Panel Maker Can't Escape Dumping Probe
• Woodside Nixes $8B Bid For LNG Rival Oil Search
• Fla. Can't OK Utility's Drilling Investment, State Justices Hear
• LA Sues SoCalGas Over Affluent Neighborhood's Gas Leak
• 5th Circ. Partly Sends Entergy Supervisor Case Back To NLRB
• NJ Asks FERC To Protect Wildlife Near Gas Pipeline Project
• Kirkland Helps Energy PE Firm Raise $400M For Initial Fund
• FWS Can't Force Wind Farm Permit, Judge Says
• GCs Love These Firms More And More
• Justices Again Refuse To Hear Taiwan Residents' Oil Row
• Judge Tosses BP Investors' Alaska Spill Suit
• EPA, Enviros Weigh In On Alaskan LNG Project
• Enviros Say Feds Can't Defend Arctic Oil Leases
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Enviros Say Ruling On Fracking Won't Harm States, Industry
• Texas Justices' Exxon Ruling Comes With Catch For Insurers
• 5 Firms Make It Back Onto GCs' Most Adored List
• 3 Firms Know The Secret To Keeping Clients Happy
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Devon Through $4B In Energy Deals
• Israel Gets $1.76B In Egypt Natural Gas Arbitration
• No Need To Pause EPA Water Rule Challenge, States Say
• Brazil Challenges $34.6B Halliburton-Baker Hughes Tie-Up
• EU Probes Biofuel Cos. Over Benchmark Manipulation
• Pa. Landowner Loses Oil, Gas Rights For Lack Of Notice
• Helmerich Urges High Court To Tap Venezuelan Drilling Row
• Valero's Gas Prices Trick Debit Card Users, Suit Says
• Black Elk Workers Say Jury Form In Rig Explosion Trial Flawed
• Foresight Energy Evaded Dues On $606M Notes, Judge Says
• Deepwater Judge Won't Revisit EPCRA Exclusion Ruling
• 8 Factors That Helped Reduce A $3.5B CWA Penalty
• Entergy Asks Texas High Court To Ship Pricing Suit To FERC
• Victory For Calif. Grid Operator In Rare Antitrust Suit
• High Court Won't Review Colo. Renewable Energy Rule
• Where Common Law Litigation And Int'l Arbitration Divide
• Calif. Rethinks Energy Disclosure Rule For Building Owners
• Fla. Legislature To Face Fracking Battle In Upcoming Session
• Maine Supreme Court Blows Down $100M Wind Project
• EFH Judge Sets March Trial Over Oncor Minority Stake
• Energy Co. Regains Control Of Assets In Albanian Tax Row
• Mining Co. Says Tribe's Legal Fees Not Cleanup Costs
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Holland & Hart Environmental Pro
• Can EPA Get It All Done In 2016?
• Vorys Adds Ex-Burleson Managing Partner, Energy Pro
• Vantage Faces Pushback On $75M Notes Offer In Ch. 11
• Sens. Vow 'Rigorous' Oversight Of Iran Nuclear Deal
• Ex-EPA Heads To Back Clean Power Plan At DC Circ.
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Arch Coal Project Harms Environment
• FSB Sets Up Task Force For Climate-Change Risk Disclosure
• OPINION: How Fair Is Operation Car Wash?
• Texas Justices Say Bad Refinery Parts Aren't 'Physical Injury'
• High Court Ruling Should Bar Tenn. Diesel Tax, Railroads Say
• Solar Tech Co. Sues Feds To Halt Tariffs On Modules
• Power Plants Ask DC Circ. To Save EPA Mercury Rule
• The Biggest Environmental Decisions In 2015
• Blankenship Verdict Shows Ignitive Power Of CEO Candor
• Feds Slam Bids To Stay EPA's Clean Power Plan
• SoCal Edison Hit With $16.7M Fine Over Secret Meetings
• Colo. Gov. Loses Battle With AG Over Enviro Lawsuits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Royal Dutch Shell, Teva
• Ex-XTO Landman Gets 5 Years For $1M Oil Lease Scam
• 5 Tips To Avoid Spoliation Sanctions
• EPA Boiler, Incinerator Rules Too Strict, Industry Tells DC Circ.
• Industry Group Pans EPA's Mercury Rule Cost Update
• Pa. Watchdog Seals HIKO's $1.8M Rate Spike Fine
• FERC Makes Case For Barclays $453M Manipulation Fine
• Gazprom Says US Owes $15M In Kyrgyz Taxes For Jet Fuel
• Oil Driller Vantage Reaches $1.6B Debt Restructure Deal
• EPA Has No Authority To Craft Plant Rule, DC Circ. Told
• Portland's Fossil Fuel Policy Raises Commerce Questions
• Economic Heavyweights Rally Against FCC Autodialer Rule
• House Passes Broad Energy Security Bill
• Ex-Massey CEO Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Mine Blast Trial
• Energy Future Wins Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• The Unrealized Promise Of Rule 26 Amendments
• Fla. Bill Would Block Oil Cos. From Running Retail Businesses
• Anadarko's $160M Deepwater Fine Gets Feds' Message Across
• NM Utility Can't Have Navajo Properties Condemned
• Kinder Morgan Liable For $171M In El Paso Deal Row
• EFH Judge To Rule On Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Thursday
• CFTC Deploys New Insider Trading Powers In Settlement
• House Amends Energy Security Bill To Lift Oil Export Ban
• Texas City That Banned Fracking May Hike Gas Well Fees
• Skadden Role In Samson Ch. 11 Slammed By Creditors
• Exxon Taps Paul Weiss Partner Amid NY Climate Probe
• BP, Shell's Exit From Tainted Water Case Headed To 2nd Circ.
• Ore., Calif. Claim Licensing Authority In Tribal Water Row
• Senate Dems Seek Enviro-Friendly Fixes To Fed. Coal Leasing
• BP Deepwater Supervisors Beat Manslaughter Rap
• Shell's $90M Contamination Deal OK'd Over Dole's Objection
• Jetta Affiliate Scores $74M Loan For Texas Tower
• BIA, Oil Drillers Want Landowner Kept Out Of Permit Fight
• Ill. Agency Has No Say In Electricity Price Rows, 7th Circ. Told
• Sulfur Dioxide Deal Flouts CAA, States Tell 9th Circ.
• First Reserve Teams With Mexico Power Group On Wind Farm
• NY AG Asks Feds To Limit Vapor Pressure For Crude-By-Rail
• Uranium Miner Can't Undo Va. Ban, Judge Says
• NextEra Takes Over 17MW Military Solar Project In Hawaii
• Are Seesaw Share Prices Impacting Yieldco Buying Power?
• To Halliburton And Back: What To Expect From Round 3
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Eye Canadian Ruling In $9.5B Chevron Row
• Fed Circ. Urged To Revive Oil Well Patent Nixed Under Alice
• Parlatino Denounces Occidental's $1B Award Against Ecuador
• Germany's RWE Settles Arbitration Over Kurdistan Claims
• Gagged Hovensa Ch. 11 Sale Info Unveiled At Gov't Briefing
• 10 Attys From Closing Burleson Firm Land At Frost Brown
• House Launches Debate On Contentious Energy Security Bill
• Kinder Morgan, Brookfield Pay $242M For Pipeline Co. Control
• House Votes For Repeal Of EPA Carbon Emission Rules
• ICSID Details Arbitrator Challenge In Hungary Energy Row
• CPP Delay Needed, FERC Commish Tells House Energy Panel
• Paul Hastings Adds Energy, Infrastructure Partner In Brazil
• Pillsbury Adds Deals Pros From Latham, Stikeman Elliott
• Ways To Increase Natural Gas Infrastructure And Demand
• World Fuel Drops Pursuit Of Derailment Spill Coverage
• Willkie Steers Riverstone's $250M Investment In New Oil Co.
• Deadlocked Blankenship Jury Receives Allen Charge
• Making The Most Of Document Analytics