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Energy - January, 2017

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• Gorsuch Likely To Restore Scalia-Era High Court Balance
• Gorsuch's Credentials Could Prove Troubling To Opposition
• Attys In $428M Williams Merger Row Fight Dupe-Suit Claims
• 3 Gorsuch Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• FEC Beats Suit Over Lack Of Probe In Murray Energy Donation
• Oil Services Co. Urges High Court Pass On IPR Challenge
• Trump Nominates Judge Gorsuch For High Court Seat
• Oil Shipping Co. Seeks 5th Circ. Review of $20M Spill Case
• Nat. Gas Co. Denied Rehearing Of Tossed $32.9M Judgment
• Landowners Seek Cert. In Union Pacific, Kinder Morgan Suit
• Oil E&P Co. Says Accountant's Finding Is No Arbitral Award
• Pollution Exclusion Nixes Blast Coverage, 8th Circ. Says
• Tepco, GE Urge 9th Circ. To Toss Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit
• GOP Set To Halt SEC's Extraction Payment Disclosure Rule
• Thompson Coburn Adds Partner, 3 Others To Utilities Team
• DOE Tells DC Circ. LNG Export Approvals Were Sound
• Republicans Move To Block Obama Stream, Methane Rules
• Ukrainian Billionaire Claims $300M Arbitral Fraud, Docs Say
• DC Circ. Revives Continental Resources Gas Royalty Fight
• Shell Inks $4.7B In Deals, Moves On With Divestiture Plan
• Maritime Cybersecurity Regulation On The Horizon: Part 2
• Wind Power In Texas: Not Just Hot Air
• Prosecution Of Corporate Execs: The Latest Developments
• Trump's Interior, Energy Noms Coast To Final Senate Vote
• EPA Chief Says Grants Back On Track After Trump Review
• Trump Order Prompts Judge To Halt Keystone Denial Suit
• Trump's Order On New Regulations Tightens Reins On EPA
• Covanta Sues Co. Over $2.7M In Fire Damage At NJ Plant
• Rethink Class Cert, Okla. Energy Co. Tells Court
• CORRECTED: Jury Awards Evonik $1.5M In Chem Bond IP Suit
• State Nominee Tillerson Advances Toward Final Senate Vote
• Hilcorp Can't Beat La. Fishermen's Clean Water Act Claims
• Winstead Adds Former Greenberg Traurig Partner In Texas
• Trump Will Exit Paris Climate Deal, Ex-Transition Aide Says
• Private Equity JV Pays $2.1B For 4 U.S. Power Plants
• BALCA Affirms Labor Cert. Denial For Petrobras Engineer
• Oil Tanker Co. Toisa Slides Into Ch. 11 With $1B Debt
• DOE Pauses Whistleblower Protection Rule For Trump Review
• Calif. Tribe Wins Bid To Revise Geothermal Lease Ruling
• Swinomish Seek Redo In Oil Shipping Row With Railroad
• Clean Energy Developers Fret Over Trump Tax Reform Talk
• No Proof NY Nuke Plant Subsidies Flout Feds, State Says
• Sioux Tribe Fears Trump Memo Dooms Dakota Pipeline Fight
• Love And Law In The Age Of Trump
• Tillerson Won't Have To Testify In Kids' Climate Suit
• Feds Fight Arapaho Contract Claims In Shoshone Row
• Calif. Forges Ahead With Sweeping Climate Change Regs
• Trump Signs 'One In, Two Out' Order On Rulemaking
• Maritime Cybersecurity Regulation On The Horizon: Part 1
• In Congress: More Cabinet, High Court
• The State Of The Litigation Finance Industry In 2017
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $116K Atty Sanction Over Age Bias Suit
• Chevron Loses Bid To Make PacifiCorp Pay $3M For Utah Spill
• Nigeria Takes Back Oil Block In $1B Corruption Probe
• Ill. Justices Deny Rehearing On Private Utility Rate Disputes
• Hess Told To Clarify Claims In Oil Well Valve Failure Suit
• Flush With Cash, Enviro Groups Gird For War With Trump
• Maxus Energy's Unsecured Creditors Lambaste Ch. 11 Plan
• States Battle Over Review Of Clean Power Plan In DC Circ.
• Idaho Tribe, Feds Reach Deal To Block 'Megaload' Shipments
• Tahoe Faces Canada Suit Over Alleged Abuses In Guatemala
• Treaty May Let Seneca Member Litigate Tax Refund Claim
• Fla. Justices Reject Witness Challenge Over Coal Plant Deal
• Aussie Court Rejects Appeal Over Solar Panel Claim Row
• Chairman's Hasty Exit Threatens To Cripple FERC
• GE Says Tardy Arbitration Bid Is Steel Co. Insurers' Fault
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Vinson, Wachtell
• EPA Air Rule Vital For Health, Thoracic Society Tells DC Circ.
• UK Court Won't Make Ukrainian Lab Save Doc For Arbitration
• SEC Bars Accounting Firm For Faulty Chinese Fuel Co. Audit
• FERC Energy Storage Policy Faces Uncertainty Under Trump
• Strata Energy Defends Wyoming Mine Project At DC Circ.
• 6 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $2.7B Led By Giant REIT
• SunEdison Gets OK For $15M Asset Sale To Mitsui Unit
• Del. Clarifies Derivative Standing Rules For Partnerships
• Corps Gets More Time To Prep New Leaders On Pipeline Row
• Close To Ch. 11 Confirmation, EFH Still Faces Hurdles
• ICSID Roundup: The Latest Claims You Need To Know
• TransCanada Reapplies For Keystone Cross-Border Permit
• Deal Leads To Retiring Of Coal Field Rights In Alaska
• EPA Rights Office Finds Mich. Discriminated Against Blacks
• NY Judge Signs Off On Braskem's $632M Corruption Fine
• Enviros Say Global Running NY Fuel Terminal Without Permit
• Carper Slams Pruitt's Post-Hearing Answers As Inadequate
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Lionsgate, Temasek
• Trump Taps LaFleur As Acting Chairman Of FERC
• NM Sen. Wants Answers On Freeze Of EPA Grants, Contracts
• Dynegy Wins Ch. 11 Plan Approval For Subsidiary
• Petrosaudi Nixes English PDVSA Fraud Ruling, Wins $130M
• CBCA Rejects $69M DOE Contract Adjustment Claim
• Murray Wants $3M In Fees From EPA After Coal Jobs Win
• Understanding Trump Pipeline Memo On US-Sourced Materials
• Hawkwood Energy Acquires Halcon's East Texas Assets
• Ex-Energy Co. Exec Pleads Guilty In $1.3M Wire Fraud
• 6 Ways To Get More From A Limited Budget For Trial Graphics
• Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins
• New Forum For Gov't Contract Claims May Be On The Horizon
• Late Innings: Top Enviro Decisions From Final Days Of 2016
• Time To Update Risk Factors In Your Annual Report
• Exxon's Bid To Limit $34M Of MTBE Damages Attacked
• Canada's AltaGas To Buy DC Utility In $6.4B All-Cash Deal
• Sedgwick Partners To Open Litigation Firm Tanenbaum Keale
• Ambit Pushes 3rd Circ. For Rehearing In Rate-Hike Suit
• Trump Memo To Get Hearing In Dakota Pipeline Suit
• ND Gov. Chimes In On Trump's Dakota Access Pipeline Action
• DOE Nominee Perry Named In Suit Over ETP-Sunoco Merger
• India Seeks WTO Arbitration Over US Green Energy Subsidies
• 6th Circ. Urged To Revive Marathon Refinery Pollution Suit
• Engineering Titans To Fight Contractor On $550M Aussie Plant
• Latham Watkins Snags 5 Obama Energy, Enviro Officials
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over Patent Ownership 'Mess'
• Wyo. Justices Say 'Hypothetical' Mine Mouth Can't Cut Tax
• 6th Circ. Pauses Water Rule Case During High Court Review
• Mach Mining Signs Consent Decree In EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• Targa Resources To Pay Up To $1.5B For 3 Outrigger Units
• Tillerson Would Review US Role In Global Climate Deals
• Pipeline Co. Says NY Is Wrong About Permit Deadline
• Kimbell Royalty Partners Sets Terms On $100M IPO
• Tax Rules On MLPs, Dividends Published Despite Freeze
• BigLaw Push Into Mexico Slows Amid Uncertain Climate
• Pa. Court Bars Consol From Mining For Coal In State Park
• Texas Energy Co. Pays $1.2B For Oil Pipeline System
• Energy Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• 6th Circ. Won't Rethink Fracking FCA Ruling
• South Jersey Gas, Critics Clash In Pipeline Hearing
• Fla. Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Ban Fracking
• Nikki Haley Confirmed As Trump's Pick For UN Ambassador
• Coal Cos., States Urge DC Circ. To Nix New-Plant Carbon Cap
• Ex-Dentons Energy Pro Jumps To Reed Smith
• Deals Rumor Mill: DexKo, Aramco, Court Square Capital
• SunEdison Yieldco Wants $231M Row In Bankruptcy Court
• Yancoal To Spend $2.45B On Rio Tinto's Aussie Coal Assets
• Oil, Gas Co. Chaparral Wins Ch. 11 Disclosure Approval
• EPA Yanks Pending Regs After White House Calls For Freeze
• SolarWorld Blasts Atty Fees In 6th Circ. Contract Row
• Dakota Access Protesters Say Police Still Using Illegal Force
• Enviros Defend EPA Heavy-Duty Truck Rule At DC Circ.
• Bennu Titan Ch. 11 Headed To Texas To Join Parent Co.
• Alabama-Based Lightfoot Franklin Opens Office In Houston
• Utilities, Coal Co. Want To Back EPA In Air Pollution Row
• 12 Enviro Groups Ask To Join Coal Mining Stream Rules Suit
• Energy Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• Waters Of US Opponents Ask 6th Circ. To Wait For High Court
• Boat Captain's Retrial Bid Sunk In Oil Platform Crash Case
• Trump Takes Action On Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
• Fla. Claims Conflict In Reversal Of Utility's Nuke Plans
• Spokesman Indicates Trump Backs Keystone, Dakota Lines
• Dutch Court Will Not Split Yukos Appeal
• PG&E To Pay $3M Fine For San Bruno Explosion
• Energy Group of the Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Ameren Coal Plant Upgrades Violated CAA Permit, Judge Says
• Midtrial Settlement Ends Suit Over $13M Coker Barge Deal
• Ind. Blasts Peabody's Ch. 11 Statement Over Bond Details
• 2 Energy Cos. Prime IPOs Totaling $431M As Pipeline Builds
• Morgan Lewis Snags BakerHostetler Energy Litigation Partner
• TerraForm Yieldcos Enter Exclusivity Deals With Brookfield
• Trump State Dept. Pick Tillerson Passes Senate Panel
• Trump Freezes Federal Hiring, With Some Exceptions
• Del. Top Court Reverses Toss Of $11B Regency Merger Suit
• Triangle USA Gets Court OK For $250M Exit Facility
• Nigeria's Oil Co. Says Suit Over $1.8B Award Must Be Tossed
• $5M Settles Nuke Site Cleanup Wage Fraud Claims
• House OKs Federal Energy, Nuclear Power Rule Changes
• Chevron Canada Shielded From $9B Ecuador Pollution Award
• Energy Industry Site Says Ex-Exec Belongs In Conspiracy Suit
• Obama's EPA Leadership Is Out, Acting Heads Step In
• Dakota Access Asks To Finish Pipeline Despite Politics
• Employer Violated FCRA With Liability Waiver, 9th Circ. Says
• Tossing EPA Haze Rule Is Only Option, 5th Circ. Told
• In Congress: Organizing
• Feds Order Inspection Of Disputed Alaska Mining Permits
• Texas Justices To Hear Town's Suit Against Gas Cos.
• Calif., Oil Cos. Get Pollution Conspiracy Suit Nixed
• Petroterminal Notches Win In Pier Collapse Coverage Battle
• Indonesian Coal Miner Bumi Seeks Ch. 15 In New York
• Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
• 8 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $1.9B As 2017 Gets Cranking
• Mesa Says Windstream Award Backs Its Energy Case
• Drilling Trespass Case Will Get Texas High Court Review
• UAE Axes Warrant For Ex-BigLaw Atty Accused Of Theft
• EU Watchdog Can't Collect Interest On Glass Cartel Fines
• Calif. Eyes 2030 With Broad Greenhouse Gas Cut Plan
• PE-Backed Keane Group Raises $508M In Upsized IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Weil, Jones Day, Davis
• Blank Rome Adds 2 Energy Partners in Pittsburgh
• FirstEnergy Unloads 4 Pa. Plants In Nearly $1B Deal
• Insurers Say GE Can't Arbitrate $45M Steel Co. Row
• Politics Put Pa. Methane Reduction Efforts On Thin Ice
• US Tells 5th Circ. Citgo's $81M Spill Fine Should Stick
• Feds Strengthen Rules For Reporting Pipeline Accidents
• IRS Offers Clarity On Production Tax Credit Safe Harbors
• Exxon Mobil Gets Part Of La. Chemical Plant Suit Tossed
• Pa. GOP Sens. Back Landowner In Fracking Ban Suit
• How Litigation Funding Is Bringing Champerty Back To Life
• In The Polarized Era Of Trump, BigLaw Searches For Balance
• Rolling Back Regulation In The Age Of Trump
• The Lawyer Who Will Shape Trump's Presidency
• Most Influential Judges On Trump's Supreme Court Short List
• Bennu Bankruptcy Cases Belong Together In Del., Court Told
• IRS Finalizes Fracking Service Income Tax Treatment Rules
• DC Circ. Tosses, Remands Standing Rock's Injunction Appeal
• Government Contracts Under The Trump Administration
• 'Downwind' States Defend Cross-State Air Pollution Regs
• Tauber Oil Co. Settles EPA Allegations For $700K
• Road-Fixing But No Gold-Digging, Judge Tells Mining Co.
• Stone Pigman Comes To Houston, Adds 5 Cogan Energy Attys
• Texas Court Says Injection Well Suits Can Be Heard Statewide
• Pa. DEP Won't Change Rules For Drilling Through Coal Mines
• Magellan Pipeline Agrees To $18M Settlement For Oil Spills
• Enviros, Bureau of Reclamation Settle Dam Pollution Suit
• $5B Wyo. Wind Farm Gets Thumbs Up From Interior Dept.
• Brazilian Mining Co. Has Plan To Settle $47.5B Dam Claim
• EPA Stands Firm On 2016 Biofuel Volume Obligations
• Limitation Act Of 1851 Still Relevant To Offshore Energy
• Report On Trump's Planned DOE Cuts Takes Perry By Surprise
• Attracting And Retaining The Millennial Lawyer
• FPL Wants State's Review Of Nuclear Plant Plans Stayed
• Blank Rome Gains Cross-Border Transaction Partner In NY
• US Trustee Blasts Peabody's $240M Fee Bid In Ch. 11
• EPA Defends Mercury Cost Analysis At DC Circ.
• 4th Circ. Backs Ex-Massey CEO's Conspiracy Conviction
• Trump's EPA: Be Careful What You Wish For
• Landowners Seeking $150M in Gas Royalties Get Class Cert.
• Exxon, Quanta Settle Long-Running NY Cleanup Suit
• Venezuela Loses 3rd Reconsideration Bid In Conoco Row
• Duane Morris Adds Partners In Miami, Chicago
• Trump EPA Pick Won't Vow To Recuse Himself In Agency Suits
• Oil Co. Directors Say Nigerian Assets Bought In Good Faith
• NY Says Bid To Force Pipeline Decision Is Uncalled For
• Duke Energy To Pay To Resolve Feds' 'Gun-Jumping' Claims
• EPA Reaches $600M Mine Fix Deal With Freeport-McMoran
• Army Gets OK For Enviro Review Of Dakota Access Pipeline
• Aussie Builder Must Arbitrate AU$1.8B Chevron Jetty Case
• The Trump Administration And Nuclear Energy
• NJ Atty Escapes Default In Energy Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• Willkie Farr Adds Energy Partners From Cadwalader
• Chevron Seeks To Toss Workers' 2nd Stab At ERISA Suit
• FERC Got Market Order Wrong, TransCanada Gas Unit Says
• Munsch Hardt Tells Court Oil Field Service Co. Owes Fees
• 13 States Sue To Stop Coal Mining Stream Protection Rules
• Enviros Take Bid To Join BLM Auction Fight To 10th Circ.
• Pa. Appeals Court Upends Cert. Denial In Gas Lease Row
• It's Time To Change The Law Firm Business Model
• BP Can't Ditch Royalty Payment Suit So Soon, Court Hears
• $63M Security Award OK Sought In Venezuelan Mining Row
• Enviros Urge Justices To Pass On Polar Bear Habitat Appeal
• Holland & Hart Adds Alaska Office To Boost Enviro Practice
• Trump's Interior Pick Says Climate Change 'Undisputable'
• Energy Transfer Investor Seeks To Stop $21B Sunoco Merger
• Pipeline Co. Investors Sue Over $257M-Plus Calif. Spill
• Bifurcation Ruling In $50B Yukos Appeal Coming Soon: Judge
• ComEd Can't Escape Pollution Suit Over Shuttered Plant
• Samson Resources Cleared For $60M Ch. 11 Rights Offering
• Latham & Watkins Brings On 2 Energy-Focused Partners
• 7 Companies Launch IPOs Totaling $1.7B As 2017 Heats Up
• Cadwalader Closing Houston Office
• Hercules Offshore Raises $24M For Creditors With Fleet Sale
• Pa. GOP Sen. Floats 5% Natural Gas Tax To Fund Pensions
• Tribal Treaty Rights And Public Interest: Showdown In ND
• EPA Wants To Revise Haze Rules Over Texas' Objection
• Teco Brings Electricity Row With Guatemala To DC Court
• Tribe Gets Partial Win In BNSF Oil Haul Spat
• Suits Against Foreign Sovereigns: Mixed Bag For Energy Cos.
• Dakota Access Urges Judge To Halt New Enviro Review
• Elliott, Bluescape Mull NRG Energy Proxy Fight
• Australian Solar Co., US Agent Can't Dodge $1.3M Award
• Bankrupt Ultra Resolves $303M Pipeline Contract Row
• BLM Venting Rules Take Effect As Court Case Continues
• Exxon, Noble Energy Splash Cash For Permian Basin Acreage
• Amended Rule 37(e): 1 Year Later
• Dechert's New Hong Kong Team Seals 5 Deals In First 2 Weeks
• In Congress: More Confirmation Hearings
• Fla. Man Admits To $29M Ponzi Scheme, Development Fraud
• One Williams Suit Tossed In Two-Edged, $428M Merger Fight
• EPA Agrees To Update Air Pollution Standards To End Suit
• RFS Targets Impossible In 'Real World,' Fuel Groups Say
• Feds, Pepco Come To $1.6M Deal On River Pollution
• Triangle USA Gets Nod To Take Ch. 11 Plan To Creditors
• Feds Urge 6th Circ. To Shut Down Clean Water Rule Foes
• Energy-Related Confirmation Hearings: What To Watch For
• DOT Approves Safety Rules For Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
• 4 Ex-NJ Govs Urge Pinelands Board To Reject Pipeline
• In Quick Move, EPA Sets Fuel Standards Before Inauguration
• Attys Seek $150M In $375M Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Deal
• Pa. Frack Spill Ruling Could Dent DEP's Negotiating Power
• EPA's New Risk Management Rule Is Here ... For Now
• Deals Rumor Mill: AltaGas, Arris International, Intrawest
• Kirkland Reps Blackstone JV In $2.3B South Texas Shale Deal
• Avoiding The Hidden Costs Of Bargain-Priced E-Discovery
• Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty Suspended For Overbilling Maxus
• Taxation With Representation: Baker, Cleary, Paul, Kirkland
• EPA Denies Bids To Reconsider Or Stay Clean Power Plan
• High Court To Review 6th Circ.'s Water Rule Jurisdiction
• Shorted Attys Can't Force Hunt Heir's Home Sale, Judge Says
• Noble Asks Texas Justices To Nix $63M Conoco Indemnity
• BP Fights To Keep Drilling Rights On Texas Ranch
• Court Orders EPA To Create Jobs Analysis For Coal Industry
• GE-Owned Coal Plant Operator Gets Nod For Speedy Ch. 11
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Energy Trio From Shannon Gracey
• Co-op Members Aren't Owed Cash For Profits, 11th Circ. Says
• Platinum Execs Hid Funds After Raid, Feds Say
• 'Nightmare' $4B Samson Ch. 11 Finds Route To Peace, Exit
• Oil Terminal Projects Can't Duck Wash. Ocean Law, Court Says
• Energy Pick Perry Cuts Ties With Dakota Access Companies
• Battery Maker Wants Court, Not DOE, To Rule On Loan Denial
• Enviros Claim Ga. Let Coal Plant Pollution Permits Lapse
• BC Greenlights Kinder Morgan Canadian Pipeline Project
• Saving Lawyers 1 Breath At A Time: Mindfulness In The Law
• Mass. Court Won't Quash AG's Exxon Climate Change Probe
• Samson Files Amended Ch. 11 Plan After Deal With Creditors
• BP Employees Seek Another Chance At ERISA Suit
• ND Landowners Accuse Dakota Access Of Fraud Over Pipeline
• House Passes Bill Ending Chevron Deference
• Del. Justice Probes GP Fairness Duty In $1B Pipeline Spat
• BLM Floats Plan To Reform Federal Coal Program
• Holland & Knight Adds Energy Partner From Stradley Ronon
• Oil Co. Triangle USA Seeks OK For $250M Ch. 11 Exit Loan
• Parsley Energy Spends $607M For West Texas Acreage
• EQT Production Beats Proposed Penalty In Gas Well Leak Suit
• ConocoPhillips Targets Venezuelan Oil Co. Over $1.5B Deal
• Williams Says ETE Didn't Meet Obligations In $38B Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Praxair, Warburg Pincus, Garena
• Enviro Committee To Grill EPA Pick Pruitt Next Wednesday
• Total Can't Duck FERC With SEC Judges Ruling, 5th Circ. Told
• Natural Gas Firm Fights Fine Over Kan. Fire In DC Circ.
• Jewell Confident That Many Obama Energy Regs Can Stick
• Bid To Sanction Jones Day In $89M IP Suit Premature: Judge
• Fisker Trustee Can't Knock Down Investor Claims
• Feds Oppose Tribe's Noncompliance Notice In Pollution Suit
• KBR Says $1.4B LNG Dispute Must Be Arbitrated
• Tillerson Tries To Draw Hard Line On Russia
• Fed. Circ. Told Patent Act Applies To US Ships Overseas
• EPA Agrees To Tackle Request To Add NC To Ozone Region
• DOI Cancels Last Oil, Gas Leases In Mont. Sacred Tribal Area
• GE-Owned Coal Plant Operator Homer City Hits Ch. 11
• Brookfield Outlines Handful Of TerraForm Takeover Proposals
• Understanding How Blockchain Could Impact Legal Industry
• Reactor Inventor Wants Jones Day Sanctioned In $89M IP Row
• 10th Circ. Won't Block Tribe's Suit Against Ex-Worker
• Northern States Agrees To $42M Wis. Superfund Cleanup
• BP Investor Attys Seek $24M From $175M Deepwater Deal
• Feds, PG&E Spar Over Penalty In Pipeline Explosion Case
• Don't Stiff Industry On EPA Chemical Panel, Chamber Says
• 6th Circ. Revives EPA's Emissions Case Against DTE Energy
• Broker Not Negligent In Copper Loss Dispute, 6th Circ. Told
• Anglers Jumped The Gun On $43M Wind Lease Suit, Feds Say
• Sinkhole Insurers Can't Escape Brine Co.'s Claims
• Chem, Oil, Electricity Sectors Next For EPA Safety Net Rule
• Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB Nix Of Gas Leak Detector Patent Claims
• Cyberattack Bill Seeks Old-School Energy Grid Protection
• 2 More Energy Execs Cop Pleas In Venezuela Bribery Scheme
• Fracking Sand Producer Gets Approval For $2M Financing
• Pa. Landowner Wants Gas Royalty Suit Left Intact
• Energy And Infrastructure Vet Joins Baker Botts In London
• Strasburger & Price Nabs Ex-Shannon Gracey Attys In Texas
• GE-Owned Plant Operator Heads For Ch. 11 Amid $600M Debt
• Investor Says $428M Williams Merger Fee Suit Is No Copycat
• Industry Groups Urge 9th Circ. To Revisit Protection Of Seal
• Does The US Constitution Ensure A Future Livable Planet?
• The Firms That Dominated In 2016
• Fracking Sand Co. Chieftain Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• OW Bunker Holds Maritime Liens In Payment Row, Judge Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Orient, ETP, American Apparel
• Williams Unveils $11.4B Financial Repositioning Of MLP
• Bennu Titan Trustee Wants Parent Co. Ch. 7 Case In Del.
• FWS Says Climate Action Needed To Save Polar Bear
• 3rd Circ. Revives Rate-Hiking Suit Against Ambit
• Corps, Standing Rock Say Dakota Access Lacks Permission
• Citgo To Pay $2M Fine For Refinery's CAA Violations
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Shell Case Over Benzene Patent
• Shell, Others Win $99M For WWII Fuel Production Cleanup
• US Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Alstom Exec's FCPA Charges
• Justices Won't Hear Pa. Dispute Over Voided Gas Rights
• Keane Launches $300M IPO As Energy Deals Heat Up
• Gas Leak Patents Wrongly Axed At PTAB, Fed. Circ. Told
• Fed. Circ. OKs Duty-Free Schlumberger Fracking Equipment
• Del. Judge Urged To Reverse Course For Conoco Fraud Row
• NY Nuke Plant Subsidies Flout Feds, Power Coalition Says
• NY AG Says Exxon Playing Games With Climate Suit
• Exxon Seeks To Reverse Blame In Calif. Superfund Cleanup
• Royalty Owners Get Class Cert. Against Devon Energy
• Sens. To Push For Greater Russia Sanctions After Hacks
• NY, Entergy Strike Deal To Close Indian Point Nuke Plant
• 2 More SEC Whistleblower Actions And Lessons Learned
• Course Corrections For Oil Spill Cleanup Reimbursements
• Holland & Hart Chided For Long Briefs, 'Frivolous' Filing
• Pipeline Cos. See Easier Takings Route In Texas With Denbury
• Exec Of Oil Field Co. Charged With $100M Fraud Scheme
• Oncor Notches 3 Wins In Rate Case At Texas High Court
• Oil, Gas Interest Owners Get Class Cert. In Royalty Spat
• EFH Peddles $4M Boiler As End Of $42B Ch. 11 Saga Nears
• Samson Settles With Creditors To End Ch. 11 Plan War
• Fed. Gov't Nixes Airgun Seismic Survey Permits In Atlantic
• Obama's Fight Against Climate Change Is His Energy Legacy
• Chevron Doctrine Repeal Teed Up For House Vote
• Wis. Tribe Council Votes To Remove Enbridge Pipeline
• NJ Ratepayer Advocate Blasts Proposed $111M Utility Project
• Dakota Access Looks To Shake ND Board's Delay Allegations
• EPA Floats Rule On Toxic Chemical Reporting For Gas Plants
• Gov't Greenlights Emissions Fix For Some VW Diesel Cars
• DOE Condoned Racial Slurs, 'Redskins' Imagery, Worker Says
• Taxation With Representation: Bracewell, Gibson, Baker
• Puda Coal, Ex-Chair Should Pay $228M For Fraud, Judge Says
• NY Judge Stays $1B Purolite Suit Against Hitachi, Avantech
• Long-Shot Bill Would Ban West Coast Offshore Drilling
• Texas Justices Reinstate Appeal Over SandRidge Royalties
• Gas Co., API Slams Enviros For Opposing LNG Export Project
• TerraForm Power Will Shed UK Solar Plants In $580M Deal
• Insurer Needn't Cover $5M Faulty Gas Tank Deal, Judge Says
• Denbury Gas Contracts Back Land Taking, Texas Justices Say
• 5 Insights From General Electric's Alex Dimitrief
• House Passes Bill To Put Rules To Up-Or-Down Vote
• Crystallex Targets Rosneft In $1.4B Venezuelan Oil Co. Suit
• GOP Push To 'Repeal' Chevron Deference May Come Up Short
• Bonanza Creek's Ch. 11 Prepack Plan Delayed By A Week
• 24 AGs Back Pruitt For Head Of EPA
• Pa. GOP Senators Can't Enter Del. River Fracking Suit
• Western Refining Investor Files Suit Over $6.4B Tesoro Merger
• NY Landowners Want Role Fighting Pipeline Permit At DC Circ.
• Pa. Town Tells 3rd Circ. Groups Can't Challenge Seneca Deal
• Minn. Says ND Can't Reap $1.3M In Emission Law Appeal Fees
• Another Year Of Enforcement At FERC And CFTC
• Mass. Pols Push NRC For Entergy Nuke Plant Safety Meeting
• Judge Issues Injunction In Philly Gas Lien Dispute
• GOP Targets Stream Protection Rule Over Coal Concerns
• DC Circ. Will Mull EPA Methane Authority Fights En Masse
• Enviros Sue DOT Again Over Enbridge Spill Plan Approval
• Norton Rose Fulbright To Shutter Pittsburgh Office
• 10th Circ. Backs Atty Fees In Tycoon's Suit Against Gas Cos.
• Paris Climate Pact Paves Way For Legal Opportunities: Study
• Gas Co. Asks 8th Circ. To Reconsider Nixing $32.9M Award
• Coal Co. Can't Undo W.Va. CWA Ruling, 4th Circ. Says
• 9th Circ. Asked To End Suit Over $3.3B Nuke Plant Charges
• Oil Driller Bonanza Creek Hits Ch. 11 With $1B In Debt
• Tax Fraud CEO Pleads Guilty In Congo Mine Money Scheme
• Osborne Clarke Lands Former Hogan Lovells Arbitration Pro
• Oil Workers, Frank's International Settle FLSA Overtime Suit
• Key Goals For The Next Secretary Of Transportation
• FERC Refuses To Halt $156M Pa. Pipeline Widening Project
• Holder, Covington To Help Calif. Resist Trump Changes
• Energy Firm Davis Gerald Adds 2 Attys To Austin Office
• EFH Gets Green Light For Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure Statement
• EPA Will Review Drilling Waste Regs To Settle Enviros' Suit
• NJ Wind Farm Misses Deadline, Shot At $40M In DOE Funding
• Ex-Worker Battles Halliburton Dismissal Bid In Wage Suit
• Iranian Gas Co. Threatens Arbitration In Turkmen Supply Row
• Total Says Ruling On SEC Judges Makes Case Against FERC
• US Mining Deaths Hit Record Low In 2016, MSHA Says
• DCP Midstream Partners Nabs Phillips, Spectra JV's Assets
• Tillerson To Cut Exxon Ties If Confirmed As Sec. Of State
• 2016 Environmental Case Law Highlights: Part 3
• US Sanctions Against Russia: Outlook Under President Trump
• FPL Proposes Surcharges To Recoup $318M Hurricane Costs
• EFH Backs Out Of Ch. 11 Deal With Secured Noteholders
• 10th Circ. Revives Asarco's Mine Cleanup Suit
• GOP Rep. Goodlatte Proposes Repeal Of Chevron Doctrine
• Odebrecht Says Plea Doesn't Affect Petrobras Bribery Suit
• BLM Issues EnerVest Drilling Permits In Utah After Ruling
• 6th Circ. Says TVA Must Face Nuke Plant Officer's Bias Suit
• K&L Gates Adds Energy Partner From Paul Hastings
• $5B Dominion Pipeline Clear-Cut Catches FERC's Attention
• Tenn. Agency Denied Revisit Of CWA Immunity Ruling
• Be Prepared For Law Firm Data Breach Litigation
• CIT Dings Commerce For Solar Tariffs
• Oil Futures Trader Gets 10 Years For $1.4M Ponzi Scheme
• Congress Sets Sights On Obama Legacy Rules
• US Sanctions Against Iran: Outlook Under President Trump
• 'Unicorn' AppDynamics Leads 5 IPOs Filed In Year-End Blitz
• Exxon Climate Probe Fight Can't Be Sustained, Mass. AG Says
• Halliburton Agrees To $100M Deal In Asbestos Class Action
• Kazakhstan Will Continue To Fight $500M Award, Court Told
• Proterra To Double Production After $140M Capital Raise
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