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Energy - April, 2016

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• EFH Has Few Good Options After Big Bet On Oncor Deal Sours
• $11M Award In Power Row Violates Public Policy, Court Told
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Pa. Oil Co. Slapped With FLSA Class Action in OT Tussle
• Vt. High Court Rejects Town's Challenge To Solar Array
• Shareholder Says Vaalco Energy Board Entrenched Itself
• Children Get A Win In Climate Suit Against Wash. State
• Alaska's Top Court Gives City Win In Pipeline Tax Challenge
• Feds Say Arapaho-Shoshone Row Is An Intertribal Dispute
• EPA Says Texas-Okla. Haze Plan Fight Belongs In DC Circ.
• Atty Says Prosecutors' Bad Behavior Warrants Axing Charges
• Dominion's $159M NY Pipeline Upgrade Gets FERC Approval
• US Energy, Utility M&A Activity Hits 10-Year High
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Transocean Merger Suit
• FERC Manipulation Theory Is Baseless, Energy Trader Says
• FERC Floats $225M Penalty For Total Gas Manipulation Charge
• Insurer Needn't Cover $3.4M Coal Plant Spat, 8th Circ. Says
• Public Trust Doctrine Suit Could Clear Procedural Hurdles
• Texas High Court Nixes Houston Air Quality Law
• Investors' Suit Over Williams-ETE Energy Deal Tossed
• California To Seek $90M From PG&E For Deadly Wildfire
• SemGroup Trustee Loses Appeal Bid To Claw Back $55M
• K&L Gates Seeks Anti-SLAPP Fee Award From Investor Deal
• Counsel Row Resolved In $70M Wind Energy Award Suit
• Sabine Gets Nod To Solicit Ch. 11 Votes, But Battles Loom
• Gas Co. Not Paying Enough For Drilling Rights, Suit Claims
• NY High Court Backs Con Ed In Pipe Explosion Discovery Row
• Oilfield Workers Hit Rush Wellsite With OT Class Action
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over Nitrogen, Sulfur Emission Plans
• Deals Rumor Mill: Eni, Qlik, Carl Icahn
• BP Assures Judge It Won't Cut Off Newfoundland Refinery
• Oil Pipeline Spill Case In Wrong Court, Oil Groups Say
• Green Bonds Soar Despite Uncertain Legal Environment
• Mayors Urge Obama To Speed Up Methane Regulations
• Kirkland & Ellis Leads Mineral Co. In $375M Equity Raise
• PSEG's Pick For NJ Nuke Plant Site Gets Nod From Regulator
• Oil Shipper's Rail Car Contract Suit Off-Base, Judge Hears
• Senate Dems Continue Filibuster On $37B Spending Bill
• Uranium Plant, Enviros Clash Over Radon Emissions Liability
• Energy Future Holdings Scraps Crucial Part Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Using The New Federal Rules To Rein In Discovery
• Petroterminal Entitled To $2M Defense Costs, 2nd Circ. Told
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Yukos Investors Pooh-Pooh Dutch Toss Of $50B Award
• Both Sides Seek To Pause FCA Suit Over $4.5B Cleanup
• Exxon Didn't Overpay Millions In Enviro Deals, Jury Finds
• Abengoa's $9.9B Spanish Case Gets Ch. 15 Recognition
• Suntech Beats Trustee's Skepticism To Win Ch. 11 Plan OK
• Emerald Oil Gets $130M DIP Deadline Extended By A Week
• Senate Dems Block $37B Spending Bill Over Iran Clause
• House Committee Passes Pipeline Safety Bill
• Pacific Exploration Starts Restructuring In Deal To Nix Debt
• FERC Rulings Jeopardize Grid Project Goals, DC Circ. Told
• FERC Blocks Ohio Coal Plant Subsidy Deals
• Enviros Take Power Plant Discharge Data Case To DC Circ.
• AVIC Opposes Splitting Of Issues In $70M Wind Energy Row
• $900M Tribal Oil Claim Blocked By Cobell, Fed. Circ. Rules
• Partners Group Sinks $100M Into Solar Plant Developer
• Kirkland Seeks $12.5M For 4 Months' Work On Sabine Ch. 11
• Scottish Power Co. Pays $26M Fine For Bungled IT Upgrade
• EPA Sends Clean Energy Incentive Proposal To White House
• Compromise In Congress Over Bipartisan Energy Reform
• Emerald Oil Defends Roll Up In $130M DIP Package
• Va. Judge OKs $16.7M Award To Russian Lender
• CEO's Death Shakes $2.9B C&J-Nabors Class Challenge
• SunEdison Plan Member Says Ch. 11 Can't Halt Suit
• K&L Gates Says Anti-SLAPP Win Justifies Full Fee Payback
• South African Refiner Gets $200M Award Confirmed In Pa.
• CVR To Appeal To 2nd Circ. In Wachtell Malpractice Suit
• Exxon Tells High Court $236M MTBE Verdict Cannot Stand
• Houston Energy Co. Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling
• DC Circ. Kills Enviros' Exelon Nuke Plant Relicense Suit
• Bankrupt SunEdison Sells Chilean Solar Projects To Colbún
• House Bill Would Make Oil Cos. Reimburse For Spills Near US
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Fnac, Husky Energy
• Feds Say They're Not Liable In NM Superfund Dispute
• DOE Says SC Suit Over Nuke Waste Site In Wrong Court
• S. Korea Hands Out $306M In Fines For LNG Tank Bid-Rigging
• Akin Gump Leads Laclede In $344M Deal For Natural Gas Cos.
• Gas Investors Say Kazakhstan Is Stalling On $500M Award
• Gas Drilling Not Part Of $3.8B LNG Project Review, FERC Says
• Jaffe Raitt Continues Fight Against $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• Husch Blackwell Faces DQ In Contract Dispute
• Cabot Rips Lawyer In Bid To Toss $4.2M Fracking Verdict
• Senate OKs Wind Energy Amendment In Funding Bill Debate
• 'Corruption' Taints Award, Kentucky Miners Tell 6th Circ.
• Chesapeake, Others Try To Shake Frack Quake Suit
• AVIC Stalling By Refusing To Split $70M Suit, Tang Says
• Canadian Energy Board OKs Enbridge's $6B Pipeline Fixes
• Treasury Officials Must Testify In $226M Energy Tax Credit Row
• What To Know About Trade Secret Law In Saudi Arabia
• Oil And Gas Termination Payments: Devil Is In The Details
• Chilean Investors Sue Arbitrator After $5M Solar Defeat
• Murray Energy Fights EPA's MATS Cost Analysis At DC Circ.
• Insurer Seeks $15.3M For Alleged Breach Of Bond Contract
• AVIC Says Soaring Wind, Tang Can't Split $70M Award Fight
• Romanian High Court Trims Fuel Cartel Fines By $24.2M
• Pressure Gauge Co. Wins $3.3M Verdict For Rival's Ads
• Trustee Will Oversee Bankrupt, Unbuilt Texas Cancer Center
• LA Dodges $1B Suit Over 'Disguised' Electricity Tax, For Now
• New President Appointed To Conoco, Venezuela Case Tribunal
• Halliburton Fights Class Members' Price-Impact Theory
• Wells Fargo Says $110M DIP Is Emerald Oil's Only Lifeline
• NJ Enviros Say State Flouted Pipeline Approval Process
• TransCanada Agrees To Enviro Review Of $12B Pipeline
• Louisiana Seeks Audit Of Bankrupt Energy XXI
• Colo. High Court Says Gas Capital Costs Are Tax Deductible
• FERC Shuts Down Cost Fights Over NJ Power Line Projects
• Constitution Says NYDEC 'Playing Politics' With Pipeline Denial
• DOL Cracks Down On Coal Cos. With Black Lung Benefits Rule
• High Court Won't Hear NJ Power Plant Subsidy Appeals
• 11th Circ. Wants To Know If Water Rule Challenge Is Moot
• Ace Says BP Opinion Requires Do-Over In Pipeline Blast Suit
• Volatility Vs. Stability: Oil And Gas M&A Trends To Watch
• High Court Won't Take Up Kinder Morgan MLP Dispute
• Gov't Hiring Private Attys Is Proper As A Matter Of Law
• Western Pa. Pipeline Builders Challenge DEP Permit Order
• In Congress: Trade, Privacy, Fiscal Year 2017
• ValueAct Hires Boies In Row Over Halliburton Stock Buys
• Oxy Commits $40M To Treat Water At Tenn. Superfund Site
• NM Oil Group Sees Path To Joining Rights-Of-Way Case
• New EPA Ozone Limits Are Flawed, Challengers Tell DC Circ.
• Judge Won't Stay Arbitration In Texas Wind Energy Dispute
• Castlelake Rejects US Energy's $11.4M Claim Before Trial
• Landowners Slam Chesapeake's Bid To Pause Royalty Suit
• Pa. High Court Could Have Final Say On Oil, Gas Well Regs
• Whiting Says Tribal Arm Can't Impose Fine Over Oil Sale
• Mining Co. Wants Judge To Revisit Cleanup Suit Fees Order
• On 3rd Try, EU Court Says Alumina Makers Owe Back Taxes
• JPMorgan Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive Price-Rigging Suit
• Schlumberger Says Non-Compete's End Doesn't Kill NOV Suit
• Aussie Solar Panel Co. Asks Judge To Toss $1.3M Award
• Pa. Utility Agency Moves To Give Gas Customers More Info
• SunEdison Gets Nod To Begin Tapping $300M Ch. 11 Financing
• Promoting Renewable Energy After Hughes V. Talen Energy
• When A Contract 'Runs With The Land' — A Look At The Laws
• High Court Leaves NJ Power Plant Hopes Dimmed But Not Out
• High Court Unlikely To Wade Into 6th Circ. Water Row
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• Hall Estill Plants Flag In Denver With Ex-Energy Co. GCs
• 4 Clean Energy Takeaways From SunEdison's Collapse
• Dentons Snags International Arbitration Atty From London
• 2 Indicted For Bribery Scheme Involving Chevron Oil Trades
• Con Ed Agrees To $171M Deal To End Bribery Investigation
• Pa. Oil, Gas Well Rules OK'd By Regulatory Review Board
• SoCalGas Officers Slapped With Derivative Suit Over Gas Leak
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds Over Navajo Coal Approvals
• A Review Of Gov't Cases Against Execs In Q1
• Senate Bid To Block Clean Water Rule Funding Falls Short
• Sabine Says Its Ch. 11 Costs 'Astronomical' $10M A Month
• Lantheus Takes $70M Coverage Spat With Zurich To 2nd Circ.
• Pa. Water Agency Wants Gas Royalty Suit Back In State Court
• IFC, PE Fund Infuse $200M Into Mexican Oil Producer
• New Inversion Regs Won't Hinder $16.6B Johnson-Tyco Tie-Up
• Kinder Morgan Shuts Off $5B Natural Gas Pipeline Project
• 6th Circ. Won't Rethink Venue For Water Rule Challenge
• Why Earth Day Is Everyone's Business
• Clean Energy Giant SunEdison Files For Ch. 11
• Interior Dept. Sued Over 'Fast Track' Offshore Permits
• Yukos Ruling Shows Arbitral Awards Aren't Carved In Stone
• Oil Co., Worker Plead Not Guilty To Mont. Oil Spill Charges
• Power Trader Says FERC Manipulation Charge Can't Stick
• ETP Defends Damages In Blockbuster $535M Pipeline Win
• BP, Boeing, Others Agree To $78M Calif. Superfund Cleanup
• Lewis Brisbois Adds Ex-Dentons Products Liability Pro
• White & Case Opens White Collar-Focused Boston Office
• Fla. Court Nixes Approval Of New FPL Nuclear Plant Units
• Senate Considers $37B Energy And Water Funding Bill
• Ship Stuck In Venezuela Is Charterer's Fault, UK Court Says
• New Gulf Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan's $600M Debt-Equity Swap
• States Tell High Court MATS Rule Should Have Been Nixed
• Texas Atty Denies Being 'Co-Venturer' In $8M Contract Suit
• Policy Doesn't Cover Faulty Solar Panel Work, Court Rules
• FWS Bows To Pressure, Tweaks ESA Petition Proposal
• One Rock Nabs Chevron's Hawaii Refinery, Gas Stations
• House Transportation Committee Clears Pipeline Safety Bill
• Callon Petroleum Pays $220M For Texas Oil Assets
• Creditors Blast Bankrupt Emerald Oil's $130M DIP Plan
• Feds, DEP Accuse Pa. Coal Cos. Of Excess Discharges
• GIC Pays $1.23B For Stake In Electric Transmission Co. ITC
• Limiting General Partner Fiduciary Duties Still An Option
• Churchill Asks Panel To Default Indonesia In $1.3B Coal Row
• Senate Easily Passes Sweeping Energy Policy Update
• Jurisdictional Issues In Arbitrating Multicontract Disputes
• Historic $50B Yukos Awards Overturned By Hague Court
• Green Groups Slam EPA's 'Sham Recycling' Rule
• Trustee Takes Dim View Of Releases In Suntech Ch. 11 Plan
• Hunt Seeks Texas PUC's Rehearing Over $20B Oncor Deal
• EPA's Mercury Rule Cost Analysis Tees Up New Battles
• Pa. Board Tells Court Not To Block Review Of Drilling Rules
• El Paso Asks Del. High Court To Nix $142M Class Award
• Energy Group Can't Pause Tribal Right-Of-Way Rule
• Okla. Drillers Slam BIA Bid To End Permit Suit
• US, Mexico Misconstruing NAFTA, Energy Co. Says
• Enviro Groups Say FERC's Pa. Pipeline Review Came Up Short
• Senate Revives Vast Energy Policy Update
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink Class Waiver Ruling
• $535M Texas Case Not Done Reshaping Pipeline Contracts
• Investors Seek To Limit K&L Gates Anti-SLAPP Motion Fees
• Aussie Solar Co. Accused Of Defying $1.3M Arbitration Award
• Encana Gets Arbitration For Alberta Gas-Lease Fraud Claims
• PG&E Can't Bar Evidence Of Pipeline Explosion From Trial
• High Court Power Subsidy Ruling Keeps States In The Dark
• Gas Cos. Seek Exit From LNG Royalty Payment Suit In Pa.
• Paris Court Ruling May Prompt Stricter 'Investor' Definition
• FERC Shirked Review Of $3.8B LNG Project, DC Circ. Told
• Texas High Court Urged To Hear Tesoro Petroleum Name Suit
• Indian Tribunal Nixes Price-Fixing Penalties On Airlines
• Pacific Exploration Inks Restructuring Deal To Nix $5B In Debt
• How Oil Pipelines Can Mitigate Shipper Bankruptcy Risks
• Accessory Liability Still Can't Extend FCPA Jurisdiction
• Seventy Seven Energy Plans Debt-Equity Swap In Ch. 11
• High Court Backs Invalidation Of Md. Power Plant Subsidy
• Insurer Fights $1.5M Bank Fraud Coverage At 5th Circ.
• E. China Sea Gas Price Battle Prompts Arbitration
• Pa. Justices Asked To Block Drilling Site Rules Ahead Of Vote
• Texas Pushes 5th Circ. To Delay EPA's Haze Plan
• DOE Floats New Regs For Access To Nuclear Material
• Latham May Not Have Tax Opinion Ready For ETE Merger
• Magnum Hunter's $1B Chapter 11 Plan Confirmed
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Coal Ash Rule Isn't Too Tough Or Weak
• Essar Urges 8th Circ. To Nix $32M Damages In Contract Row
• Foresight Energy Reworks $656M Credit Deal
• Nossaman Nabs Seattle Enviro Partner From Marten Law
• Puerto Rico Gets Trammo Back On The Hook In MTBE MDL
• Arco Blasts Tribal Builder's 'Cut-And-Paste' Redo Request
• FERC Greenlights $3.5B LNG Export Project
• Should Energy Cos. Expect More Climate Change Probes?
• BNSF Says Tribe Can't Dodge Discovery In Oil Shipping Row
• Citgo Pans Gold Miner's Del. Suit Over Asset Transfer
• Leucadia Walks Away From $6B Ore. LNG Project
• Entergy Asks Full 5th Circ. To Block Sierra Club In FOIA Row
• Pipeline Inspectors Bring OT Class Action Over Pa. Project
• Range Resources Avoids Drilling Near The Rich, Enviros Say
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• BLM Says Enviros Can't Challenge Calif. Land Use Plan
• Stonepeak Pledges Up To $500M To Midstream Services Co.
• In Congress: IRS, FAA, Puerto Rico
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Longview Slams 'Forum Shopping' Claim In $95M Dispute
• Feds OK'd Solar Plant In Crucial Fox Habitat, Enviros Say
• Okla. Tax Battle Ratchets Up Tension Between Tribes, State
• 10th Circ. OKs Coverage Denial In Hydraulic Co. Fatality Suit
• Texas Justices Say Utility Not Immune From Atty Fee Fight
• Energy XXI Gets Nod To Use Cash Collateral As Ch. 11 Begins
• Chesapeake Energy Antitrust Suits Consolidated In Okla.
• Magnum Hunter Defends Ch. 11 Plan On Eve Of Hearing
• Solenex Says Feds Canceled Drilling Lease 'Out Of Spite'
• CPP Foes Take Down EPA's Defense Of 'Extraordinary' Rule
• Sorry, Bankruptcy Probably Can't Help You Escape FERC
• SunEdison Floats Bankruptcy Loan Proposal With Creditors
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Squire Patton, Vinson
• DC Circ. Nixes Challenge To EPA's Vehicle Emissions Model
• Peabody Gets Green Light To Tap $800M Ch. 11 Financing
• Goodrich Petroleum Joins Driller Bankruptcy Parade
• DOJ Closes Grand Jury Antitrust Probe Into SandRidge
• EPA Says Cost Analysis Supports Mercury Rule
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Texas Oil Units Oppose 2nd Arbitration With Saudi Co.
• U.S. Trustee Opposes Magnum Hunter Equity Committee
• Chancery Expedites Williams Suit Over ETE Securities Offering
• Court Rulings Put FERC Enforcement Bull's-Eye On Individuals
• SunEdison Says Audit Shows No Fraud, Too Much Optimism
• Shell, Cohort Fleeced Calif. For $1B, FERC Judge Says
• SoCalGas Back On The Hook For Gas Leak Relocation Payouts
• EEOC Says Halliburton Breached Deal In Worker Bias Case
• San Diego Says Calif. Water Rates Are Used For 'Slush Fund'
• Interior Dept. Releases Final Offshore Well Control Regs
• Pacific Exploration Tests Restructuring Deal With PE Firm
• AE Industrial Partners Rakes In $680M For First Fund
• Feds Say Osage Lawyers May Merit Zilch After 14-Year Case
• $49M National Grid Gas Plant Cleanup Trial Settles On 3rd Day
• Conflicts And Confusion With CPP's Compliance Deadlines
• Energy XXI Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Nix $2.8B In Debt
• From Judgment Day To Payday In International Disputes
• Halliburton Merger Judge Recuses Over Schlumberger Stake
• Paris Court Nixes $46M Award In Moldovan Energy Arbitration
• 2 Workers Settle Claims In Black Elk Rig Explosion Suit
• Enviro Groups Back Obama Rejection Of Keystone Pipeline
• Exxon Turns To Texas Court To Block Climate Change Probe
• Groups Ask Mich. Gov. To Cancel Enbridge Pipeline Easement
• Indonesia Has Defaulted In Mining Fight, Churchill Says
• Ex-Mine Co. Exec Wants To Hold Off Prison During Appeal
• BP Hit With $100M Class Action Over Retirement Plan
• Revived Edison ERISA Claims Shot Down Again By 9th Circ.
• NM Oil Group Asks To Join Tribal Right-Of-Way Rule Fight
• House Grapples With Treasury-Backed Puerto Rico Plan
• Ex-Yukos Shareholder Launches Indian Suit Over $50B Award
• K&L Gates Hits Back In Houston Malpractice Suit
• Solar Energy Keeps Shining In Massachusetts — For Now
• Transformer Co. Says Wrong Data Used In Dumping Review
• Rice Energy Puts Up $200M For Alpha Gas Properties
• Peabody Energy Hits Ch. 11 Amid Slumping Coal Prices
• ETE Unit Holders Sue For Books on $38B Williams Cos. Deal
• EFH Judge Axes Suit On Distribution Rules For $25B In Loans
• Contract Called Key To Class Fight Over $446M Pipeline Deal
• Clean Energy Tax Credits Cut From Senate FAA Bill
• Magnum Hunter Gets Extension On Ch.11 Plan Filing Time
• Gas Cos. Accused of Breaching LNG Royalty Agreements
• Ex-Im Bank Cleared From Enviros' Aussie LNG Loan Suit
• Tribe Says Railway's Bid For Ex-Atty Papers Is Off Track
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Gryphon Investors, Tipico
• EPA Sued Over Slow Progress On Aircraft Emissions Regs
• SEC Will Wait To Collect $1.7M For Fraud From Bankrupt Atty
• Pa. Gas Co. Faces Enforcement Over Leak Responses
• Ex-EPA Criminal Enforcement Head Jumps To Private Sector
• Pa. Legislative Committees Want Oil And Gas Well Rules Killed
• Indicted NJ Landfill Owner Asks To Halt Cleanup Suit
• EPA Urges ND Court To Toss Water Rule Challenge
• Calif. Proposes New Rules For Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
• Deepwater Spill Increased Dolphin Deaths, NOAA Says
• Carlyle Raises $1.5B For Power Generation Fund
• Goodrich Petroleum Plans For Debt-Equity Swap In Ch. 11
• House GOP Wants More Details On Fuel Standards Review
• White House Set To Review US Arctic Drilling Regulations
• A Post-Trulia Success Story Of Disclosure-Based Settlement
• Holland & Knight Adds 4 Partners In DC, Denver, Miami
• Justices Asked To Review Class Arbitrability In Gas Lease Row
• Insurer Owes For $31M Tar Cleanup, National Grid Tells Jury
• Uzbekistan Escapes Nearly All Of $1.3B Claims By Oxus Gold
• Ex-DOE Worker Gets 18 Months For Nuclear Info Hacking Plot
• BLM Reports Backlog Of Unused Oil And Gas Drilling Permits
• Wind Energy Investors Say Counsel Spat Nearly Resolved
• PE Firms Piping $170M To Southcross After Quick Ch. 11 Trip
• EPA Should Have Justified Coal Permit Nix, DC Circ. Told
• North Dakota Tribes Want Voice In Right-Of-Way Rule Fight
• Mass. Bumps Net Metering Cap To Spur Solar Projects
• EPA Says Water Rule Belongs In 6th Circ. Despite Old Filing
• FERC Pressed To Rethink Rejection Of $7.5B LNG Project
• Texas Oil Worker Sues For $1M Over Well Blowout
• Okla. Drillers Lack Standing To Sue Over Permits, BIA Says
• Conservationist Coal Company: No Longer An Oxymoron
• ARCO Can't Use Superfund Plan As A Shield, Landowners Say
• Keep Kids' Climate Suit Alive For Now, Magistrate Says
• Watch Out: SEC Is Watching Your Dealings With Regulators
• No Need To Move Midstream Fight, Magnum Hunter Says
• Pacific NW Tribal Group Leery Of Lawsuit Over Fish Hatcheries
• Halliburton Wants DOJ $34B Baker Hughes Suit In Texas
• BIA Plans Enviro Review Of Tribal Solar Project In Ariz., Nev.
• Texas Appeals Court Favors Exxon, Shell In Superfund Suit
• Norwegian Shipping Co. To Pay $2.5M For Oil Dump In Gulf
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Ex-Strasburger Deals Pro In Dallas
• 7th Circ.'s FERC Ruling Leaves Hurdles For Grid Upstarts
• Holland & Knight Draws Arbitration Ace From Bilzin Sumberg
• Feds Owe 3 Nuclear Cos. $77M For Breached Waste Contracts
• BNSF Testing Wash. Tribe's Limits In Oil Shipping Row
• Blankenship To Appeal To 4th Circ. In Mine Blast Case
• Pa. Appeals Court Sides With Consol In Gas Royalty Suit
• EPA, Enviros Fight 5th Circ. Bid For Haze Plan Delay
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• Dispute-Management Best Practices In Construction Projects
• Shell Benzene Patent Row Improperly Tossed, Fed. Circ. Told
• Energy Firm Abengoa Moves More U.S. Units Into Ch. 11
• BLM Greenlights Controversial Utah Shale Oil Project
• Capital Dynamics Nears $500M Goal For Secondaries Fund
• Willkie Adds Houston Private Equity M&A Pro
• Cabot Wants $4.2M Pa. Fracking Verdict Overturned
• Argentina Was Hit With $270M Arbitration Award, Docs Show
• $245M Quicksilver Sale Closes After New Midstream Deal
• ExxonMobil, NY Agree To $10.8M Oil Spill Settlement
• Energy Dept. Cracks Down On Extra $63M Lockheed Profit
• FERC Greenlights Transco's NJ Pipeline Expansion
• Grand Jury Docs Used In BP Fraud Indictments Stay Sealed
• Hong Kong Co. Seeks Ch. 15 Recognition Of $500M Scheme
• Cummins Settles ADA Suit Filed By EEOC In Minn.
• Water Rule Foes Say EPA Cert. Petition Bolsters En Banc Bid
• Talos Unit Pays $4.2M To Resolve Pollution, Safety Charges
• FERC-DOJ Teamwork Sets Stage For Increased Enforcement
• Ex-Occidental CEO, Wife Trafficked Domestic Workers: Suit
• White House To Review EPA Oil, Gas Infrastructure Proposal
• CVR Energy Wins Challenge To Texas Venue In Injury Suit
• Oil Cos. Blasts Bad Faith Claim In Pipeline Easement Suit
• 'Waters Of The US' Still Murky After 6th Circ. Ruling
• Narrow Reading Of HSR Investment-Only Exemption Continues
• Pa. Justices Reject Appeal Over Electricity Termination Fees
• 7th Circ. Nixes Challenges To FERC Project-Rights Rule
• Coast Guard Taking Too Long For Liability Ruling, Insurers Say
• Increased Scrutiny From DOJ Spells Trouble For Megamergers
• EFH Creditors Clash Over Distribution Rules For $25B Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Mitel Networks, KKR
• Construction's $2.6B In Claims Easily Tops At AAA In 2015
• ICSID Partly Annuls $28.6M Award In Guatemala Energy Row
• Offshore Driller Ensco Faces Gender Discrimination Suit
• 4 Takeaways From The DOJ's Halliburton-Baker Hughes Fight
• Feds Strike New Accord To Remove Klamath River Dams
• Del. Court Resets Paragon's $2B Ch. 11 Confirmation Date
• Andrews Kurth Advises Denver Oil Producer On Restructuring
• Ex-BP Rig Supervisor In Deepwater Spill Dodges Jail Time
• Ontario To Raise $1.3B In Hydro One Secondary Share Sale
• Kazakhstan Faces New Claim From Gold Producer
• Williams Says ETE Chair's Offering Broke Merger Pact
• Energy Co. Pushes To Combine Tribal Pipeline Suits
• Sabine Creditors Continue Fight Over Forest Tie-Up
• DQ'd Firm Can Seek Fees In BP Deepwater Settlements
• Senate Votes To Move Forward With FAA Reauthorization Bill
• BofA, Others Pledge $8B For Green Energy Projects
• Blankenship Gets 1 Year In Prison Over Massey Mine Blast
• Determining The Fate Of Federal ICSID Award Enforcement
• DOJ Sues To Block Halliburton's $34B Baker Hughes Deal
• NH Urges High Court To Keep $236M Judgment In Exxon Row
• Insurer Aims To Duck Coverage For Frivolous Trespass Claim
• CFTC Looks To Lift Certain Energy Contracts' Swaps Label
• Drilling Co. Asks Court To Determine IP Row's Arbitrability
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Halliburton, Siemens
• DOI Greenlights Southern California Solar Project
• Exxon Sues Lockheed Over Asbestos Litigation Bill
• Feds Hit Ex-Massey CEO's Bid To Duck Prison During Appeal
• Sunoco Lands Another Eminent Domain Win For Pa. Pipeline
• 9th Circ. Agrees To Speed Up Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit
• Keep $950M Antitrust Suit Alive, Solar Co. Tells 6th Circ.
• FERC Shuts Down Columbia River Add-On Hydro Bid
• KBR Arbitration Pacts Unlawful, NLRB Judge Says
• SunEdison Troubles Mount As Yieldco Hit With $231M Suit
• Dominion Readies $750M Follow-On Amid Questar Buy
• Energy Future Wins $4B Battle Over Oncor Shares
• China Imposes Sanctions On N. Korea After UN Vote
• Construction Groups Fight New OSHA Silica Exposure Limits
• Pa. High Court's Oil And Gas Lease Ruling: An Industry Win
• Tesoro Tells 5th Circ. To Ax Chartis Win In $30M Cleanup Row
• BIA Says It Shouldn't Be Forced To Act On Oil, Gas Permits
• BLM Defends Wyo. Coal Lease Extensions At 10th Circ.
• Law360's Environmental Disaster Survival Guide: Aftermath
• FERC Says Total Can't Fight Manipulation Charge In Court
• ValueAct Case Could Clarify Investment Notification Rule
• Conoco ICSID Case Highlights The Expense Of Fairness
• Ruffled Nevada Seeks Quick Win In Sage-Grouse Habitat Spat
• Abengoa Creditors Fight For Better Ch. 11 Financing
• Horsehead, Creditors Clash Over Ch. 11 Plan Deadlines
• Paragon, Term Lenders Battle Over Del. Ch. 11 Disclosures
• BLM Urges Court To Nix Tribe's Opposition To Fracking Rule
• Maryland Law Forces 40% Greenhouse Gas Cut By 2030
• Alpha Can't Wring Blast Probe Cost From Ex-Massey CEO
• Texas High Court Refuses To Review Free Speech Exemption
• Coal Terminal Review Paused For Tribe's Permit Fight
• Entergy Wins $6.6M From Gov't In Spent Fuel Rod Dispute
• Native Landowners Urge Judge To Order Pipeline Removal
• FERC Cops Stand By Energy Trader Manipulation Charges
• BP Gets $20B Deepwater Settlement Approved
• Silver Co. Says Investors' Fraud Suit Over Taxes Is A Mess
• DQ'd Firm Wants Piece Of BP's Deepwater Settlement Action
• BIA, Shoshones 'Hijacked' Joint Contracts, Arapahos Say
• SunEdison Diverted $230M To Buoy Finances, Yieldco Says
• AES Settles Dominican Republic Coal Ash-Dumping Suit
• Exxon Can't Escape $2.7M Fine For Pipeline Leak
• 5th Circ. Upholds Ship Lien In Fuel Payment Row
• Law360's Environmental Disaster Survival Guide: The Crisis
• DOJ Sues ValueAct Over Stock Buys During Halliburton Deal
• 7 Lessons I Learned As A Trial Lawyer On Jury Duty
• A Cautionary Tale On Financial Reporting Controls
• In Congress: Iran, ISIS, Trade Secrets Protection
• Obama Had Authority To Nix Keystone XL Pipeline, Gov't Says
• Texas Justices Won't Mull Tesco's $1.5M Rig Coverage Bid
• Ute Tribe Takes Issue With Bankrupt Samson's Lease Bid
• Tribe Can Seek Cleanup Suit Fees After All, Judge Says
• Mesa Slams NAFTA Tribunal's Canada 'Buy Local' Ruling
• PostRock Energy Announces Okla. Ch.11, Sell-Off Plan
• Texas Jury Awards Enercorp $9.3M In Bakken Lease Fight
• Halliburton Investors Urge 5th Circ. To Uphold Class Cert.
• Aliso Canyon Leak Prompts DOT, DOE To Launch Task Force
• Ill. Appeals Court Says City Can't Stop ComEd Project
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