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Energy - August, 2016

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• NY AG Sued For Docs On Climate Probe Coordination
• Transco Sues To Use Eminent Domain In Ga. Pipeline Project
• Jury's $73M Land Deal Award Stays Axed, Calif. Panel Says
• $1B Suit Says Hitachi Stole Trade Secrets For Fukushima Work
• Pakistan Dodges $573M Arbitration Over Gas Import Terminal
• Delta, Air Cargo Carriers Blast Enterprise Jet Fuel Charges
• EPA, DOI Urged Army Corps Not To OK Pipeline, Docs Show
• Enron Investors Want Dismissal Of UBS Suit Undone
• Chevron Arbitrators Will Consider 2nd Circ. Donziger Decision
• EPA Appeals Board Won't Review Navajo Coal Plant Permit
• Iowa Judge Won't Curb Dakota Pipeline Protests, For Now
• Order For Petroterminal To Pay Insurers Concerns 2nd Circ.
• Gazprom Says Ukraine's Gas Co. Wants $14B In Arbitration
• Kinder Morgan Unit Fined $198K For Pipeline Safety Lapses
• Feds Ask If Hazmat Regs Override Calif. Trucker Break Rule
• State Of Texas Legal Market: More M&A Work Than You Think
• NY Clean Energy Order: Unfair To Small Hydro Facilities?
• Why Congress Should Quickly Re-Up 2 Small Biz Programs
• Reconciling The Practice With The Business Of Law
• Carlton Energy's $31M Win Kept Intact In Methane Dispute
• Akin Gump Nabs Dentons Cross-Border Transactions Partner
• Park Service Beats Yosemite Endangered Species Suit
• Protests Stall Montreal Talks On $12B Energy East Pipeline
• Shell Ducks Engineer's En Banc Bid In Benzene Patent Row
• Platinum Energy To Pay $1.7M To End Merger Class Action
• Texas Oil Worker Fails To Justify Collective Cert. In FLSA Suit
• BLM Tweaks Auction Regs Ahead Of Landmark Internet Sale
• ConocoPhillips Says Texas Royalty Ruling Upends Land Titles
• Shell Kicks Off $30B Divestiture Plan With Gulf Assets Sale
• Dominion Jumping Gun On Va. Nuke Plant, Watchdog Told
• Toxic Tort Suit Not Barred By $5B Tronox Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• Calif. Co. Slams State Report On Oil Field Redevelopment Plan
• SEC Fights Halcon On Liability Releases In Ch. 11 Plan
• FERC OKs $210M Dominion Gas Expansion Project
• Grid Integration Plan Is Solid, FERC Tells DC Circ.
• FERC Backs Dismissal Of Market Manipulation Court Fight
• Energy XXI Shareholders Want Conyers Dill Disqualified
• NJ Landfill's Ch. 11 Case Tossed Over Unsigned Docs
• DC Circ. Says FERC Botched Alaska Pipeline Rate Rejection
• Enviros Defend EPA's Startup, Shutdown Changes At DC Circ.
• 10th Circ. Won't Revisit Rejected $1.6M Solar Arbitral Award
• Essar Steel Wants OK For $208K In Employee Bonuses
• State Of Texas Legal Market: Oil And Gas IP Cases Are Up
• A Landmark Decision To Confirm Nullified Arbitration Award
• Judge Tosses Whiting's Suit Over Fine For Oil Sale
• REBUTTAL: Establishing Standards And Norms In Mediation
• Alaska Justices Revive Refinery Groundwater Pollution Suit
• Md., NRG Units Cleared For $2M Water Pollution Settlement
• EFH Urges Bankruptcy Court to Slash Dallas' $16.2M Claim
• DC Circ. Won't Link Mercury Rule Challenges
• Colo. Anti-Fracking Measures Won't Make November Ballot
• Calif. Tribe Tells DC Circ. Utility Can't Delay Dam Dispute
• ITA To Adjust Korean Pipe Duties After CIT Judgment
• Halcon Ch. 11 Plan Under Fire From IRS, Pa. Law Firm
• SunEdison Looks To Lock In $150M Bid For Solar Materials Biz
• Harm Is Clear In Gas Well Suit, Enviros Tell 8th Circ.
• NJ Gas Co. Urges Approval Of PennEast Pipeline Project
• Class Attys' Fee Bid Halved In Oil Co. Benefits Suit
• Afghan Power Plant Subcontractor Sues Boss For $8M Award
• Jaffe Raitt, Atty Want Out Of $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• Iowa Utilities Board Approves $3.6B Wind Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: SunEdison, Ocean Link, QSR Brands
• Samson Creditors Call Revised Plan 'Declaration Of War'
• Blackstone Pledges $1.5B To Texas Oil And Gas Partnerships
• Texas Oil, Gas Cos. Want Suit Over Sale Proceeds Tossed
• C&J Energy Gets TRO Against Ex-VP Now At Competitor
• Copec's US Unit Inks $535M Mapco Convenience Stores Deal
• Calif. '1 Action Rule': A Cautionary Tale For Energy Lenders
• State Of Texas Legal Market: Litigation Trends
• DC Circ. Set Immunity Standard Too Low, Venezuela Says
• SunEdison Wants Class Actions Consolidated In New York
• High Court Asked To Revisit Bankruptcy Code's Safe Harbor
• US Steel Gets $5.5M Verdict Chopped In Disability Suit
• Gov't Says Biofuel Exec Can't Shake $56M Fraud Conviction
• Judge Sinks Marine Fuel Shippers' Bid For Payment
• Software Co.'s $20M Suit Claims Merger Misrepresentations
• Tribes, Greens Ask Obama To Block Dakota Access Pipeline
• New Approach To Pleading Standards From Colo. High Court
• A Cheat Sheet To The Sioux Fight To Stop The Dakota Pipeline
• ICSID Roundup: The Latest Claims You Need To Know
• Defining Attorney-Client Relationships In The Electronic Age
• State Of Texas Legal Market: It Isn't Just About Oil
• Enviro Hits Biomass Co. With Stormwater Pollution Suit
• Oil Magnate Kicks Off Arbitration Over Pricey Rig
• Pa. Fracking Hopeful Says Court Should Weigh Well Block
• Texas Oil Field Operator Beats Suit Over Cratered Value
• Bridgetex Pipeline Says Stampede Energy Owes It $279M
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Cooley, Wachtell
• EFH Gets Green Light For First Phase Of Ch. 11 Exit
• Texas' C&J Energy Sues Ex-VP Who Left For Competitor
• Atlas Resources Cleared For Ch. 11 Exit A Month After Filing
• 3 Key Challenges When Closing A Nuclear Plant
• New Truck Emission Rules Offer Advantages And Obstacles
• Objectors Say $275M Breakup Fee Too Big In $18B EFH Deal
• Propane Tank-Exchange Dealers Duck Antitrust Suit
• Primorsk Cleared To Poll Creditors On Liquidation Plan
• Green Groups Challenge Feds' Oil And Gas Leases Approval
• Challengers Say 7th Circ. Decision Irrelevant To CPP Fight
• Baltimore Gas and Electric Wants Piece of Rate Hike Suit
• Exxon Fights Bid For Calif. Superfund Cleanup Contributions
• KAG West To Pay $4.2M To End Union Driver Wage Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba Group, SunEdison, GfK
• Chevron Workers Aim To Revive Travel Pay Claims On Appeal
• MoFo Looks To Deep-Six Malpractice Suit Over Coal Co. IPO
• US Chamber Backs Murray In EPA Coal Jobs Suit
• Texas Drilling Pay Suit's Arbitrability Out Of Court's Hands
• Tesla Clears Antitrust Review In $2.6B SolarCity Purchase
• FCA Suit Over $4.5B Cleanup Moves Forward After Escobar
• India's Top Court Lets US Coal Co. Arbitrate $18M Energy Row
• Tribe Blasts BNSF's Defense Of Crude Shipments
• 4 Reasons Law Firm Business Development Initiatives Fail
• TC Pipelines Says Chancery Right To Ax $446M MLP Deal Suit
• Key Energy Intends To Restructure $1B Debt In Ch. 11
• Exxon Pushes Texas Court To Shut Down Mass. AG Probe
• Essar Steel Nets Ch. 11 Mine Deal With Minn. Utilities
• OPINION: Overreaction Over 3rd-Party Class Action Funding
• 5 Key Takeaways From Key Energy's FCPA Settlement
• EFH Makes Final Push For First Phase Of Ch. 11 Exit
• Shell Can't Duck Crude Manipulation Suit, Judge Told
• Texas PUC Says Entergy Can't Recoup Uncertain Expenses
• Del. Judge Urges Talks In Ryckman Ch. 11 Contract Battle
• Attys OK'd For $19M In Fees For 'Hot Fuel' MDL Settlements
• Feds Update Hazardous Materials Commerce Regs
• Workers Injured In Sunoco Blast Seeking $1M Or More
• C&J Gets $500K Damages Award, Merger Challenge Is Tossed
• Texas Atty Wants Stay Lifted In BP's Deepwater Fraud Suit
• Calif. Legislature Delivers Climate Change Package To Gov.
• SunEdison Seeks OK To Award Up To $5M In Exec Bonuses
• Rainmaker Q&A: Mahendru's Ashish Mahendru
• Sioux Tribe Says 'Cultural Survival' At Stake In Pipeline Row
• Wash. Can't Sue Over Nuke Site Work Hazards, Feds Say
• Toronto Exchange Owner Funds New Tech Growth Group
• Tesla CEO Helps Finance SolarCity $124M Bond Offering
• House Science Chair Rips Mass. AG Over Subpoena Rejection
• Ship Owner Wants Barclays To Turn Over Docs For Arbitration
• Brine Co. Must Arbitrate With Sinkhole Insurers, Judge Told
• DOT Slams Enviro Suit Over Pipeline Spill Response Plans
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Ax Of $9M Cleanup Coverage Award
• Level 3 Steamed About Boston Cable Damage, Blames Veolia
• Illinois Coal Plant Can't Beat Enviros' Air Pollution Suit
• Merger Privilege Claims Snarl ETE Unit-Offer Class Fight
• River Cleanup Claims Against Repsol Belong In NJ, Co. Says
• Calif. Assembly Passes GHG Emissions Reduction Bill
• Tribe Objects To $177M Enbridge Deal Over Pipeline Spills
• Sundevil Gets OK For Sale Of Ariz. Power Blocks
• Sioux Tribe Slams Pipeline Co., Army Corps In Injunction Bid
• Quanta Redoubles Effort To Bar Gibbons In Pollution Dispute
• Abengoa Sells Ethanol Plants For More Than $355M
• Fish And Wildlife Fumbled ESA On 417 Species, Enviros Say
• PJM Seeks DC Circ. Shutdown Of FERC Floor Price Dispute
• Consol Looks To Ax 'Mark Of The Beast' Verdict At 4th Circ.
• Ex-Yukos Oil Owners Say Atty Admits 'New' Evidence Is Old
• Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Sink $607M Gas Pipeline Project
• New Uncertainty Surrounds Disputes Over Foreign Stays
• Export Penalty Guidance: A View From The Inside
• Offshore Driller, Hyundai Reach Accord Over Nixed Contract
• Pa. Regulators Slap CNX With Pipeline Construction Fines
• Vanguard Rips Investors' Math Failures In $539M Deal Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Activists' Bid To Join Fracking Fight
• From BigLaw To Your Own Firm: 4 Tips For Legal Startups
• Emerald Oil Midstream Contract Row To Be Heard In Sept.
• National Union Owes $3.7M For Utah Mine Collapse Coverage
• Newfield Violated Sherman Act In $310M Buy, Oil Cos. Say
• Activist Meister Seeks To Replace Williams Board
• BNSF Says Coal Dust From Trains Isn't A CWA Violation
• Exxon Seeks To Trim Suit Alleging Chemical Plant Pollution
• Maxus Seeks OK For $2.3M Ch. 11 Retention, Severance Deal
• Iowa Farmers Lose Bid To Stay $3.8B Dakota Access Project
• Okla.'s EPA Rule Challenge Belongs In 6th Circ., Gov't Says
• Gauge Maker Says $3.3M Ad Verdict Based On Speculation
• Canadian Retail Giant Couche-Tard Drops $4.4B On CST
• Halcon Gets Nod To Enter Restructuring Pact With Lenders
• Shearman Leads Indian Co. On Landmark $500M Green Bond
• Miner Says Fraud Law Can Make Venezuela Pay $1.4B Award
• Bowie Resource Partners Pulls IPO, Citing Market Conditions
• Texas Oil Co. Owner Arrested For Running Ponzi Scheme
• Flint Hills Asks Court To Decide Who Gets Oil Payment
• Murray Energy Says EPA Can't Exit 'War On Coal' Suit
• Truckers, Energy Groups Rip FHWA's Greenhouse Gas Regs
• The ETE-Williams Dispute Through A Tax Lens
• Energy Finance Attys Are Shifting Focus In Tough Times
• Nigeria Oil Dispute With Chevron Sent To Arbitration
• EPA Wants Aircraft Emissions Standards Suit Tossed
• 4 Communications Fundamentals For High-Stakes Litigation
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' James Dragna
• $7.6M Oil Investor Settlement Wins Over Skeptical Judge
• Investor Class Settles Exelon-Pepco Merger Contest
• Enviros Reach $6M Deal Over W.Va. Coal Mining Cleanup
• Okla. Judge Nixes Energy Co.'s Defenses In Pipeline Clash
• Emerald Oil Gets Nod On $110M Lead Bid
• Ex-Voltaix Engineer Ordered To Pay $4M In Trade Secret Row
• Sundevil Seeks DIP Extension As EPA Renews Sale Protest
• Dakota Access Fights Tribe's Bid To Stall $3.8B Pipeline
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Gibson, Mayer Brown
• PG&E Fined $26M For Bad Record-Keeping Behind Leaks
• Ex-DOI Bigs Push To Revive Fracking Rule At 10th Circ.
• Calif. Pols Unveil $7.4B Transpo Package, Gas Tax Hikes
• Texas Wind Farms Owe EFH Unit $9M For Undelivered Power
• Goodrich Settles Dispute Over Well Royalty Payments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wako Pure Chemical, Vale, Starwood
• Energy-Focused SPAC Stellar's IPO Hits Decreased Target
• 5 States With Gas Royalty Fights Worth Watching
• Rule Of Law Trumps Rhetoric In Chevron's 2nd Circ. Win
• Feds Fight Exxon's Bid For Calif. Superfund Suit Dismissal
• Risk Management Tips For Attys Serving As Local Counsel
• Claims Trimmed In Halliburton Trade Secrets Suit In Texas
• FERC Seeks Court Approval Of $2.8M Market-Rigging Penalty
• Pentair To Net $3.15B In Sale Of Valves Business To Emerson
• Texas Atty Acquitted Of Scamming BP With Fake Claims
• Tribe Involvement Thwarts Enable Midstream's Easement Bid
• Enviros' Species Concerns Fail To Stall Calif. Solar Project
• Enviros Look To Sue Feds Over Pacific Offshore Fracking
• EPA Not Meeting Fuel Standard Reporting Terms, OIG Says
• ICE Rebuts UK Watchdog Concerns Over Trayport Deal
• Bankrupt Solar Panel Co. Can't Revive $950M Antitrust Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Budge On Wind Farm Right-Of-Way Ruling
• FERC Gives Up On 'Stale' Maine LNG Project
• Law Profs Urge 10th Circ. To Lift BLM Frack Rule Nix
• Pipeline Can't Challenge Delaware Unclaimed Property Audit
• What To Know About New White House GHG Guidance
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term
• $175M Peabody Mine Cleanup Deals Get Bankruptcy OK
• Pause Sought In EPA Haze Plan Fight Amid Settlement Talks
• $3M Earmarked For Renewable Energy On Tribal Lands
• Enviros Sue Over $3B Pipeline Approval In 11th Circ.
• Calif. Landowners Sue Plains Over 2015 Oil Pipeline Spill
• Vivint Not Close To Deal With SunEdison Over Failed Merger
• EPA Says Recent Rulings Back Clean Power Plan's Legality
• Litigation Financing Forced Into The Light By Chevron Case
• Biofuel Exec Says Jury Erred In $56M Fraud Conviction
• EFH Tax Fight Set To Dominate 1st Phase Of Ch. 11 Exit Push
• 4 Things To Watch As New Truck Emissions Regs Get In Gear
• Shell Says Aluminum Ruling Foils Crude Manipulation Suit
• Canada Urges DC Judge Not To Revive Mesa's $600M Claim
• Calif. TCPA Suit Is Over Accidental Calls, Court Told
• Gas Producer Agrees To $1M Pa. Air Quality Fine
• Enviros, Industry Groups Clash Over New EPA Ozone Rules
• PG&E Seeks To Undo San Bruno Blast Conviction
• Paid Stock Barker Can't Escape SEC's Norstra Fraud Suit
• Court Tosses Ute Tribe's Bid To Halt Worker Dispute
• Two Oil Cos. Quit Guinea Offshore Project To Settle Claims
• Enviros Fight Air Permit For $1.3B Dominion Va. Gas Plant
• Beware The 'Standard' Mediation Confidentiality Agreement
• Pipeline Co. Backs FERC OK Of $607M Expansion Project
• Mass. Top Court Nixes Ratepayer Subsidies For Pipelines
• Gas Co. Praxair Confirms Deal Talks With Germany's Linde
• Texas Welder Burned In Sunoco Blast Seeks $10M Or More
• UK Antitrust Agency Challenges ICE's $650M Trayport Deal
• Fuel Tax Law Creates Big Leak In Aviation Trust Fund
• Tronox Deal Bars Toxic Tort Suit, Kerr-McGee Tells 2nd Circ.
• Navy Contractor's Employment Suit Win Reversed By 4th Circ.
• Paragon Confirmation Pushed Back With Plan Amendments
• UK Approves DONG Energy's $7.8B Offshore Wind Project
• Texas Court Trims Fraud Damages In $21M Royalty Dispute
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink $641M Exxon Pollution Suit Revival
• Cairn Sees Hearings In $4.4B India Tax Arbitration By 2017
• $453M Barclays Penalty Can Be Enforced As Is, FERC Says
• Brockovich Wants EPA To Set Hexavalent Chromium Levels
• 2nd Half Of EFH Ch. 11 Exit Could Start As Early As Sept.
• Pipeline Co. Wins Restraining Order Against ND Protesters
• 11th Circ. Lets 6th Circ. Navigate Water Rule Challenge
• Energy-Focused SPAC Stellar Downsizes IPO To $65M
• Ambit Energy Tells 3rd Circ. It Had Freedom To Hike Rates
• Gov't Says Willfulness Argument Won't Free Ex-Massey Exec
• DOE Announces $34M In Funding For Cybersecurity Projects
• DOT Clarifies Regs For Abandoned Oil, Gas Pipelines
• States, Enviros Move To Support EPA's New Methane Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Praxair, Gawker, Blackstone
• K&L Nabs Trade Compliance Pro From Baker & McKenzie
• Northern Oil And Gas Boots CEO Amid SEC Probe
• DC Circ. Sends EPA Back To Industrial Boiler Drawing Board
• Chinese Solar Co. Wants Rehearing Of Arbitration Notice
• Tougher US Truck Emission Standards Become Reality
• 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Law Libraries
• SunEdison Unit Says Hedge Funds' Math Doesn't Add Up
• Tucker Arensberg Adds Ex-Buchanan Ingersoll Tax Atty
• Tribe Chairman, Protesters Sued For Stalling $3.7B Pipeline
• Holland & Knight Adds Maritime, Energy Pro From Gray Reed
• Samson Unsecured Creditors Seek OK For $1.5B Ch. 11 Suits
• EFH Gears Up For Second Attempt To Exit Bankruptcy
• Wind Energy Co. Seeks To Duck Canada's Costs In $367M Row
• Oregon's Rejection Of Coal Terminal Permit Upheld
• Feds Say Texas Man Lied To SEC During Fraud Investigation
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Decision Axing Oil-Well IP Under Alice
• Coal Co. Says Wrong Law Used To Void Alaska Mining Permits
• Gas Driller Royalty Row Handed To Pa. State Court
• DC Consumer Advocate Appeals $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Merger
• 3rd Circ. Denies Added Damages In Solar Contract Dispute
• BLM Had Authority To Craft Fracking Rule, 10th Circ. Told
• Quicksilver Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed After Vote-Trading Tussle
• BP Reaches $67M Proposed Settlement In Solar Panel Suit
• Seneca Frack Waste Deal Fails To Protect Town, Court Told
• TransCanada Gas Storage Unit Fights FERC Market Order
• Maxus Reaches Deal With Objectors Over $63M DIP Loan
• Housing Camp Co. Says It's Owed For $47M Angola Project
• Total Says Judge Wrongly Nixed Manipulation Court Fight
• Landowner Wants Oil, Gas Leases On Tribe Land Invalidated
• Corps' Coal Permit Survives 2nd 11th Circ. Review
• Polsinelli Guides Oil Co. PetroShare In $27M IPO Plans
• Greenberg Traurig Adds EPA Vet To Firm
• Key Energy Pays SEC $5M To Settle FCPA Claims
• Templar Energy Urges Lenders To Restructure Out Of Court
• Calif., Other States Back EPA's New Ozone Standards
• Anadarko Petroleum Seeks $25.6M From IRS
• Law Students Should Explore BigLaw Pro Bono Options
• Faegre, Others Can Sue Former Clients For Return Of Fees
• Exxon Fights For Coverage Row Atty Fees At 5th Circ.
• SunEdison Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Equity Committee Bid
• Interior Dept. Floats Offshore Wind Leasing Plan In NC
• 5th Circ. Urged To Nix AIG Win In Petroleum Loss Battle
• Vietnamese Wind Tower Tariffs Don't Get By Fed. Circ.
• The 5 TSCA Changes Most Likely To Spawn Litigation
• NJ Atty Denies Blame In Malpractice Suit By Energy Co.
• Rail Shippers Petition DOT To Block Rival Tank Car Standards
• Judge OKs Bid-Rigging Suit Over $310M Drilling Asset Sale
• Oil Co. Says Insurer Must Cover Crop Losses From Spill
• 5th Circ. Says Chevron Can't Duck Pirate Attack Suit
• Tanker Engineers Admit Hiding Oil Dump From Coast Guard
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Sun Life Financial, Icahn
• Williams Decries Chancery's Focus On Latham In ETE Case
• Houston Co. Wants $400M In Williams Energy Contract Clash
• Partners Group Leads €500M German Wind Farm Investment
• Dentons Nabs Restructuring Partner From King & Spalding
• Ace Must Cover Suit Over Fatal BP Plant Attack, Court Told
• 5th Circ. Won't Block $2.7M Fine For Exxon Pipeline Leak
• St. Paul Says Hurt Drilling Co. Worker's Deal Not Covered
• International Cartel Stats: A Look At The Last 26 Years
• Extracting Opportunities From Texas Supreme Court 'Win'
• Starwood Energy Plugs $100M Into Energy Storage Co. Stem
• Israel Still Owes Iran $1.1B Oil Award, Swiss Court Finds
• BP Says FERC $20M Manipulation Fine Doesn't Hold Up
• New Coal Plant Wastewater Rules Already In Trouble: Report
• Ill. Appeals Court Reverses Certification Of $1.8B Power Line
• SunEdison Gets Nod To Maintain Control Of Ch. 11
• $12.7M Verdict Reversed In Dispute Over Oil Well Blowout
• Investor Sues Warren Gas Co. Execs Over 'False Statements'
• BLM Skipped Oil And Gas Auctions, Industry Group Says
• Ex-Utility CFO Gets 34 Months For Corruption Scheme
• Fla. Power Traders Get Full Civil Case Over FERC Penalty
• Wind Farm Fights Arbitration With Utility At 5th Circ.
• Janus Likely Controls Enforcement Actions, SEC Tells Judge
• Maxus Makes DIP Changes To Appease Creditors
• Respond Power Pays $5.2M To Settle Pa. Price Spike Suits
• Biofuels Co. Demands Indonesia Arbitrate Dispute At ICSID
• Tribal Arm Looks To Toss Whiting's Suit Over Fine For Oil Sale
• Pa. Regulator OKs $1M Settlement Over Fatal Gas Explosion
• Duke Prices $3.75B Bond To Help Fund Piedmont Acquisition
• Gas Royalty Payment Class Action Against XTO Is Tossed
• Halliburton's Tax Appeal Was Timely Filed, Court Rules
• Iowa Farmers Seek To Stop $3.8B Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
• Abengoa, Creditors Float Restructuring Deal
• Ex-Oil Co. CFO Gets 20 Months For $30M Bank Fraud Scheme
• The Evolution Of EPA's Source Determination Rule
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Decision Adding Inventors To Vapor Patent
• Ore. Wind Farm Foes Can't Ask For Nix, DOI Tells 9th Circ.
• River Shipper Can't Dodge Claims From Oil Spill, Feds Say
• Oxbow Contract Interpretation Held For Trial
• NJ, Pa. Homeowners Object To PennEast Gas Pipeline Process
• DOI Advises States To Halt Coal Self-Bonding Practices
• Pa. Families Defend $4M Cabot Fracking Verdict
• Texas Court Asked To Revisit Fuel Spill Coverage Ruling
• Chevron, Exxon, Others Duck La. Parish's Environmental Suit
• Goodyear Says Entergy Unit Wrongly Nixed Power Supply Deal
• FERC Can't Make Duke Eat Polar Vortex Losses, DC Circ. Told
• Texas Judge Appoints New Arbitrator In Saudi Bribery Row
• FERC Defends Approval Of $607M Gas Pipeline Expansion
• Rig Accident Malpractice Case Not Ripe, Says Texas Court
• Lenders For Bankrupt Coal Miner Peabody OK Business Plan
• Polar Bear Habitat Suits Axed After 9th Circ. Ruling
• SolarCity Securities Suit Tossed For Final Time
• Chevron, DOJ Reach $143M Proposed Deal For Mine Cleanup
• 5th Circ. Tosses FERC Orders In Regional Planning Appeal
• Abengoa American Units To File Ch. 11 Plan, Disclosures
• 7th Circ. Greenlights Energy Regs For Commercial Fridges
• Mass AG Rips Into Exxon Suit Over Climate Change Subpoena
• SunEdison Seeks Nod On $144M NRG Energy Stalking Horse
• IRS Is Asked For Info On Carbon Credits For Oil Extraction
• Okla. Homeowners Say Halliburton Contaminated Water
• 4 Takeaways From Chevron's Win In $9.5B Pollution Battle
• EPA Enforcement Will Stay Tough Post-Obama, Giles Says
• Fuel Fraud Law Drained Up To $2B From Airport Fund: GAO
• Jury Convicts PG&E In San Bruno Blast Criminal Trial
• DC Circ. Lets Dominion, Industry Group Into Gas Export Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Formula One, BP, JC Flower & Co.
• Writing Arbitration Clauses To Get The Arbitration You Want
• DOE Clarifies Reimbursement Rules For Whistleblower Cases
• Dominion To Sell $1.25B In Stock To Help Fund Questar Buy
• Exelon Buys Entergy's FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant For $110M
• EPA Incinerator Ruling Undercuts CPP, DC Circ. Told
• BNSF Defends Crude Oil Shipments In Swinomish's Suit
• NLRB Director Finds Covanta Shift Leaders Are Supervisors
• WTO Ready To Make Call On Solar Policy, Washers Appeals
• Former GOP EPA Leaders Endorse Clinton, Slam Trump
• Enviros Find Silver Lining In 3rd Circ. Pipeline Permit OK
• 8th Circ. Affirms Oasis Escape From Worker Death Suit
• US Steel Exposed Workers To Asbestos, OSHA Finds
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Nuclear Waste Storage Rule Finding
• Williams Unloads Canadian Natural Gas Liquids Biz For $1B
• Steelworkers Union Cheers Latest Trade Case Ruling
• Ex-Steel Co. CEO Gets 6 Years For Hiding Gambling Payoffs
• Australia's AGL Launches $15M Virtual Power Plant
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Power Market Rule Change Was Legal
• Chevron To Learn Who's Bankrolling Nigeria Blast Suit
• Lewis Brisbois Boosts Calif. Offices With 2 New Partners
• Oil Industry Website Exec Wants Out Of Info Theft Suit
• Yukos Shareholders Slam Russia's 'New Evidence' In $50B Suit
• DOJ Enviro Enforcement To Get More Tech-Savvy, Cruden Says
• SM Energy To Pay $980M For Rock Oil's Midland Basin Assets
• Chevron Wins Appeal Over $9.5B Ecuador Oil Pollution Tab
• Rising Pressure For Renewable Fuel Credit Market Inquiries
• 9th Circ. Agrees To En Banc Rehearing Of Edison ERISA Suit
• EFH Noteholders Want High Court Review Of $4B Debt Deal
• PJM Hits Pause Button On $275M NJ Power Line Project
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Fenwick, Kirkland
• July Commercial Bankruptcy Filings Up 10% From 2015
• Nevada Top Court Strikes 'Misleading' Solar Ballot Measure
• Greens Urge Judge Not To Toss Aircraft Emissions Suit
• EPA Won't Review Power Plant Startup-Shutdown Regs
• LA Utility's Ex-Security Head Sues For Retaliation
• Leading Exxon's Attys A Career Capstone For GC Jack Balagia
• $500M Kazakhstan Award Suit Stayed For Appeal In Sweden
• Oxbow, Koch Battle PE Bid For Company Coup In Del. Court
• Emerald Oil Gets Breathing Room For Ch. 11 Negotiations
• Ship Co. Wins Vessel's Release In Fight With 'Nonexistent' Co.
• FWS Flubbed Bat Review For Wind Farm, DC Circ. Says
• Centerboard Fights Benefuel's Last-Minute Jury Trial Demand
• NY Green Bank Helps Bankroll $313M Vivint Solar Loan
• FERC Hits Trader With Gas Market Manipulation Charge
• London Arbitral Court Can Fix $28M Coal Venture Award
• A Review Of Key Criminal Cases Against Execs In Q2
• Goodrich Petroleum Gets Initial Nod On New $40M Financing
• Marathon Can't Escape Kentucky's Price-Gouging Suit
• Massive Gulf Separates Trump And Clinton On Energy Policy
• FERC Commissioner Clark Stepping Down Next Month
• Warburg Pincus Leads $220M Investment In Solar Finance Firm
• Unwanted Baggage: Some Lessons On Successor Liability
• 9 Tips For Becoming A Legal Pundit In The Media
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling May Cloud Clean Air Act Litigation
• Evidence Fight Shut Down In Trial Of Atty In BP Scam
• Maxus Energy's Creditors Blast DIP Loan As Scheme By Parent
• FERC Signs Off On $472M Transco Pipeline Expansion
• Banker Fee Dispute Slows Intervention Ch. 11 Buyout Push
• Consol Strikes $3M Deal With EPA, Pa. Over Water Pollution
• Calif. Tribes Back Plans To Restore, Develop Brownfield Site
• Russia Says New Evidence Forces Dismissal of Yukos Suit
• Hercules Offshore Postpones Confirmation To Seek Mediation
• ETE Unit-Offer Challengers Want Court To Order Doc Release
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Total, AirAsia
• Raytheon Fights Exxon's Bid To Dodge Calif. Superfund Suit
• Enviros Can't Force Drilling Waste Regs Update, Court Told
• AGs Signed 'Secrecy Pact' On Climate Change, Group Says
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear Sierra Club's Enbridge Pipeline Suit
• Sutherland Adds Energy, Enviro Vet From Stinson Leonard
• Peabody Wants To Pay Execs $12M To Keep Hustling In Ch. 11
• Nevada Continues Attack On Sage-Grouse Habitat Plan
• Murphy Oil Says Disability Policy Precludes EEOC Bias Suit
• Russia Boycotting Arbitration On Crimean Cos., Panel Says
• Ryckman Still Facing Hurdles As Ch. 11 Confirmation Nears
• Law Firm Employees Can Better Defend Against Cyberthreats
• Activist Investor Corvex Calls For New Williams Directors
• Ariz. Utility Blasts SolarCity Fight Of Monopoly Suit Delay
• Ky. Mine Scammers Ordered To Stop Stonewalling On Assets
• XTO Inks $400K Pa. Deal Over Fracking Spill Charges
• A Look Inside The Recent Rise In LNG Disputes
• 2nd Circ. Goes Against The Grain In Pemex Ruling
• New White House GHG Guidance Should Help Clear The Air
• Jury Awards $1.2M To Marine Co. Over Oil Platform Crash
• Commerce Insurance Joins Liberty In Oil Well Blast Dispute
• Ryckman Creek Amends Ch. 11 Disclosure, Final Dates
• Global Geophysical Services Heads Back To Ch. 11
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling Not Linked To CPP, EPA Tells DC Circ.
• Lawmakers Want Army Corps To Explain Coal Terminal Denial
• Calif. Floats Clean Power Plan Compliance Proposal
• Following The Cape Wind Project's Road Toward Approval
• OPINION: AG Outsourcing Is A Threat To Public Interest
• Intervention Says Driller Kept Revenue, Flouted Ch. 11 Stay
• UBS Beats Suit Claiming Brokers Deceived Enron Investors
• Section 363 Is No Magic Bullet For Environmental Liability
• Enbridge, Marathon Pay $2B For Bakken Pipeline Stake
• NextEra Sells $1.5B In Equity Units For EFH Buy
• Payne Avoids Falling Into A Funk In Pa.
• FERC Maxim Ruling Hints At Shift In Favor Of Defendants
• Exxon Pushes For En Banc Rehearing In $641M Refinery Suit
• Acacia Loses Bid To Drop DQ Appeal In Schlumberger IP Spat
• DC Circ Challenge to EPA's New Methane Rules Gains Steam
• NY Nuke Plant Subsidies Will Likely Face Legal Battle
• UGI Cleared To Take Land From Owners For $178M Pa. Pipeline
• Consol Can't Strike Constitutional Claims In Pa. Permit Row
• Rail Giants Seek Injunction Against Calif. Hazmat Transpo Fee
• NY AG Sued For Emails On Climate Probe Coordination
• Bangladesh Can't Use Canadian Case Files In ICSID Row
• PG&E Ducks Over $550M In Possible Fines In Blast Trial
• CIT Lets Tweaked Korean Oil Tube Duties Stand
• GOP Sen. Wants EPA To Scrap Clean Energy Incentive Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Biogen, Aetna, Enbridge
• Pillsbury Nabs Corporate Transaction Pro From DLA Piper
• Davis Wright Adds Energy Sector Vet As Policy Adviser
• VW Says US Rules Don't Apply In Investors' Emissions Suits
• Crude Oil Processing Co. Says Pipeline Co. Owes It $3.1M
• Oregon Tax Court Won't Reopen Electricity Row