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Energy - September, 2018

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• Supreme Court Cheat Sheet: 8 Cases To Watch
• Wachtell Prevails In CVR's Takeover Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Texas Pol Charged With Fraud Over Frack Sand Scheme
• 'Disobedience' Axes Pyramid-Scheme Suit: 5th Circ.
• Feds Tell 9th Circ. Leases Shouldn't Go Tribe's Way
• Ex-Calif. Solar Farm Worker Loses Appeal For Wage Suit Cert.
• Fuel Tax, Tribal Land Rights On Agenda For High Court
• FERC Beats Challenge To Pipeline Eminent Domain Process
• FERC Must Heal Electricity Policy Rift, Commissioner Says
• PG&E's $4.9M Deal To End SF Bay Toxic Waste Suit Is OK'd
• Dole Unit Nears $26M Atty Fee Win After Beating Shell Suit
• CFTC Starts Insider Trading Task Force, Sues Energy Broker
• 2 Ex-Oil Co. Execs Get Prison For Global Bribery Scheme
• Sunrun Solar To Shell Out $5.5M To Settle Robocalls Suit
• Late Petition Dooms PTAB Ax Of Gas Patent, Fed. Circ. Rules
• Underwriters Slam Quick Win Bid In $500M Chevron Rig Suit
• EFH $275M Reserve Release Hearing Pushed Back A Week
• Level Solar's Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Needs Trustee, Judge Says
• Plains Pipeline Can't Escape Ill. Oil Spill Lawsuit, Judge Rules
• UAE Solar Co. Seeks OK Of $76M Award Against Spain
• NextEra Urges 3rd Circ. To Rethink $275M Breakup Fee Ruling
• ArcLight Eyes American Midstream Buyout
• Trio Of Rulings Gives States More Zero-Carbon Leeway
• Petrobras Says $622M Drilling Award Must Be Nixed
• Chancery Nixes Boardwalk Pipeline Class Deal, $1.8M Fee
• Circuits Are Split On CWA's 'Water To Water' Regulation
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Cleary, Choate
• EPA Finalizes Fee Structure For Chemical Control Efforts
• Enviros Sue To Nix Utah, Colo. Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• Enviros Sue To Undo Okla. Coal Ash Permit Plan
• Petrobras Pays $853M To End Corruption Probe
• NGL Reaches $35M Deal Over Renewable Fuel Fraud Claims
• Importers Demand Exclusions From $200B China Tariff Hit
• Justices To Weigh Tenn. Valley Authority's Immunity To Suits
• Public Utilities Face Constant Cyberthreat, Experts Say
• How Corporate Reputation Risk Is Exacerbating D&O Liability
• 2nd Circ. Upholds NY Nuke Plant Subsidies
• Calif.'s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Must Go, 9th Circ. Told
• Receiver Didn't Retain Attys Seeking $489K Fees, Judge Says
• ITC Launches Probes Into Aluminum Wire Imports From China
• McKinsey Critic Says It Should Have Been DQ'd In ANR Ch. 11
• Banks Escape $80M Suit Over Brazilian Oil Co. Investments
• Power Cos. Strike Deal To Keep Ga. Nuke Project Alive
• Akin Gump Brings Back Energy-Focused Atty From K&L Gates
• EPA Reaches Settlement For Philadelphia Superfund Cleanup
• $78M Award Can Be Scrutinized In India, High Court Says
• Pa. Utility Regulators Defend $1.8M Rate-Spiking Fine
• Mont. Electric Biz Can Challenge Tribal Court, Says Judge
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Trump's Safeguards Under Fire
• Enviros Seek Review Of 4th Circ. Coal Ash Decision
• EPA Floats Revision Of Emissions Monitoring Regs
• Tronox, Cristal Merger Review Underscores Need For Reform
• 5 More GC Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• Nuclear Trade Group Gets Quick Win In Database Access Suit
• US, EU, Japan Focus On China As Security Tariffs Linger
• Enviros Ask 4th Circ. To Nix Army Corps' $5B Pipeline Permit
• McCarter & English Adds Ex-Dentons Cross-Border Pro
• Equinor Settles With Ex-Exec Over Fracking Trade Secrets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Societa Sportiva Monza, Amazon, Topaz
• Ex-CEO Of Chilean Chemical Co. Settles FCPA Claims
• Afghanistan Mine Owner Found Guilty Of Ripping Off Gov't
• Pacific Drilling Sees Ch. 11 Plan Funding Deal Go Forward
• Judge Renews Oil Leases, Calls Cancellation 'Horsefeathers'
• Tribe Says Gov't Action Needed As Coal Plant Closure Looms
• Texas LNG Co., Contractor Aim To Trim Pipeline Contract Row
• Accused $54M Ponzi Schemer Duped Retirees, Pa. Jury Told
• Accused Metals Trader Pleads Not Guilty To 'Spoofing' Market
• 6th Circ. May Push High Court Review Of Groundwater Cases
• Judge Preserves FERC $35M Market Manipulation Case
• Petrobras' Bid To Arbitrate $821M Refinery Deal Stalls
• Essar Steel Unit Sues To Block Adviser's $16M Ch. 11 Claim
• Dutch Court OKs Broad Review Of $50B Yukos Awards
• Judging A Book: Block Reviews 'Tough Cases'
• Lighthizer Defends Trump's Hard Line On China
• Standard Chartered Says It Will Stop Funding New Coal Plants
• In A Circuit Split, 6th Circ. Limits CWA's Reach
• DC Judge Won't Move National Monument Challenge To Utah
• Electrical Equipment Co. Wants $16M Power Plant Award Axed
• Texas Energy Services Co. Wants To Question Patent Holder
• CIT Says Taiwanese Cos. Can Challenge Steel Nail Duties
• BLM Must Revert To Old Oil, Gas Policy In Sage Grouse Areas
• Enviros Ramp Up Legal Efforts In Fight Against Trump Agenda
• Bribery Indictment Of Manafort Associate Must Stand: Gov't
• Mass. AG Pans Grid Operator's Power Plant Rescue Plan
• Tribe Slams Wash. For 'Christian Discovery' In Fuel Tax Row
• Dow, Shell Accused Of Polluting Drinking Water With TCP
• US Coal Co. Seeks Up To $1B In Aussie Share Offering
• Chesapeake Energy Sued Over Marcellus Shale Contract
• 7 Firms Guide Merger Creating $18B Gold Mining Giant
• US-China Fight Shows No Sign Of Stopping As New Tariffs Hit
• Election Interference Sanctions Expand Compliance Risks
• 8 Innovative Ways To Empower Jurors
• Ex-Chevron Oil Trader Gets Probation For Tax Fraud
• Ex-Platinum Partners Exec Dies Ahead Of $1B Fraud Trial
• Fracking Co. Wins $1M In Contract Row With Gas Wells Owner
• Calif. Gov. Signs Wildfire Bills, Limiting PG&E Liability
• Romania To Expand Int'l Natural Gas Flow After EU Probe
• 7th Circ. Panel Mulls Power To Rule On Acid Waste Permits
• Barrick Gold Escapes Investor Class Action Over Mine Spill
• Co. Still Liable If Worker Lies That Taxes Paid: 8th Circ.
• Commerce Tees Up Hefty Duties On Chinese Quartz Imports
• 7th Circ. Got Nuke Subsidy Ruling Wrong, Power Cos. Say
• Landowner Seeks 10th Circ. Redo Of Okla. Drill Permit Suit
• Ex-Yukos Shareholders Widen Doc Bid In $50B Award Row
• Potential Investors Abandon Talks To Buy Navajo Coal Plant
• Fluor Says Westinghouse Owes It $247M In Project Fees
• Petrobras Can't Arbitrate Investors Bribery Row In Brazil
• Gas Drilling Rights Holders Denied Cert. In Royalty Row
• Sempra Charts Green Energy Exit With $1.5B Con Ed Deal
• DC Circ. Nixes FERC Market Rate Ruling For TransCanada Unit
• Cloud Computing Clearly The Future For Small Firms
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Hogan Lovells, Mayer
• Key Trends In Midstream Oil And Gas Deals: Part 2
• Rakoff Sanctions Petrobras Deal Atty For 'Kitchen Sink Brief'
• Judge Won't Halt Workers' Fly Ash Exposure Case
• Energy Storage Must Fully Reap Tax Credit, Sens. Say
• Mont., Wyo. Defend DOI Order Lifting Coal Leasing Ban
• Korean Wind Co. Can't Get Turbine Removal Order Overturned
• Enviros Fight Revamped Federal Permits For $5B Pipeline
• Leveraging Today's Lateral Associate Market
• NY Court Tosses Gas Blast Suit Against National Grid Unit
• DOT Says Hazmat Regs Override Calif. Trucker Break Rules
• 4th Circ. Ruling Dooms Ky. Coal Ash Suit, 6th Circ. Hears
• CIT Says Commerce Failed To Explain Russian Steel Duties
• Cuomo's Former Right-Hand Man Gets 6 Years For Bribery
• Norton Rose Flees Power Plant Finance Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• BHP Billiton To Pay $50M To End Investors' Dam Breach Suit
• Key Trends In Midstream Oil And Gas Deals: Part 1
• FirstEnergy Can't Bar Union Workers From Ch. 11 Bonus Plan
• Solar Merger Suit Can't Be Put To Bed, Chancery Says
• Fenwick & West Guides Proterra's $155M Funding Round
• Trump Methane Rollbacks Hand Regulatory Reins To States
• Hackers Probed But Didn't Breach Conn. Utilities, Report Says
• Some Claims In BP Deepwater Suits Time-Barred, Judge Says
• Millbank Tweed Project Finance Atty Joins Greenberg Traurig
• Cheniere Tells Texas Judges To Allow Foreclosure In LNG Row
• EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Effluent Rule Delay
• Alaska Tells DC Circ. Not To Halt 'Roadless Rule' Case
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Weigh In On Nuverra's Ch. 11 'Gifting'
• Chancery Orders $87.8M Bond Ahead Of Oxbow Sale Appeal
• States Fight To Keep EPA In Suit Over Landfill Emissions
• Oil Field Workers' Attys Get $2.4M Fees, Costs In OT Suit
• Guinean Shipping Co.'s Claims Trimmed In $150M Ore Row
• Ex-Yukos Shareholders Want White & Case Docs In $50B Row
• Back To School: Stanford's Jeff Fisher Talks Supreme Court
• Calif., NM Sue Interior Over Reversal Of Methane Rule
• Clearing Up Some Pipeline Permit Questions At 3rd Circ.
• NJ Justices Side With Unpaid Demo Firms In Salvage Suit
• Too Late For 'Do Over' In Duke Energy OT Suit, Workers Say
• Chevron Wants Donziger Jailed In Fight Over $9.5B Fine
• Global Carbon Taxes Still Lag, But There Is Hope, OECD Says
• Utilities Float $11M Antitrust Deal With Chemical Supplier
• Preemption Lines Blurred In 9th Circ. Hazmat Fee Ruling
• NextEra Wants 3rd Circ. To Revisit $275M EFH Breakup Fee
• Interior Finalizes Move On Pulling Back Methane Flaring Rule
• Canadian Miner Seeks €750M From Greece Over Permit Delays
• Tribal Co. Tells Justices Treaty Blocks Wash. Fuel Tax
• 7 Firms Shepherd $7.1B Worth Of Deals For Enbridge
• Mass. Utility Hit With $50M Suit After Deadly Gas Explosions
• Investor Sues Energy Transfer Over Proposed $27B Merger
• Beijing Tees Up New Duties After Trump's $200B Strike
• HFC Rule Must Suffer Same Fate As Precursor, DC Circ. Hears
• Former US Secretaries Back IFC Immunity In High Court Case
• DC Circ. Delays Voiding Section Of 2008 Ozone Rule
• EPA Poised To Replace Clean Power Plan, DC Circ. Hears
• Energy Co. Fights Enforcement Of $21M Chinese Award
• Mining Co.'s Involuntary Ch. 7 Draws Judge's Skepticism
• Wagner Law Group Adds ERISA, Tax, Energy Pro As Partner
• Soured Iraqi Oil Deal Row Must Be Arbitrated, Court Hears
• EPA Erred In Nixing Hardrock Mining Rule, Enviros Say
• No Recouping Workers' Comp, Exxon Tells Texas Justices
• Anadarko, Insurer Clash On Terms In $100M Deepwater Row
• FERC Pipeline Tax Policy Change Challenged At DC Circ.
• 4th Circ. Won't Stop $3.5B Pipeline Work Amid Permit Redo
• Exelon Says 7th Circ. Ruling Dooms NY Nuke Subsidy Fight
• Commerce Leans Toward Amending Chinese Nails Duty Order
• Calif.'s New Rules For Lawyers Move Closer To ABA Model
• Warburg Pincus Offers $500M To Texas Oil And Gas Co.
• Supreme Court Cases Enviro Lawyers Should Watch This Fall
• Joy Global Wins Nod For $20M Investor Deal In Merger Row
• Gazprom Vows To Keep Fighting $2.6B Award To Ukraine Co.
• 14 Firms To Steer 8 IPOs Topping $3B As Busy Autumn Nears
• Trump Admin. Asks CIT To Nix Challenge To Steel Tariffs
• Tribe Says Enbridge Pipeline Plan Would Skirt Enviro Review
• Shell Refinery, Pipeline Workers' $7.7M Wage Deal Chugs On
• Railroad Must Face Claims Over Tanker Explosions: 8th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Says Teck Can't Nix Tribes' $8.6M Pollution Award
• Balkan Energy Tells DC Circ. Ghana Can't Escape $13M Award
• Ex-Shipping Co. Manager Admits To Bribing Petroleos Official
• 9th Circ. Shuts Down Calif. Rail Hazmat Transport Fee
• 9 BigLaw Firms Pledge $15M For Pro Bono Enviro Efforts
• Congressional Forecast: September
• Know The Limits To Atty Public Statements During A Trial
• Anadarko's $100M Coverage Showdown Rattles Energy Cos.
• McKinsey Denies Conflicts Of Interest In ANR Ch. 11 Case
• Spain Loses Bid To DQ Arbitrator In German Co.'s Solar Row
• Green Field Trustee Gets $17M From Ex-CEO In Ch. 11 Suit
• Gold Miners Can't Crack Ore. Mining Regs At 9th Circ.
• Valerus Says $2M Brazilian Energy Row Should Be Arbitrated
• Pa. Natural Gas Co. Hit With Worker Misclassification Suit
• 3rd Circ. Leaves EFH Off Hook For $275M Breakup Fee
• Fla. Co. Asks CIT To Shield Imported Pipe Outlets From Duty
• Receiver Gets Expanded Estate In SEC's $80M Breitling Suit
• House Passes $147B VA, Energy Bill For 2019
• DOI Asks 10th Circ. To Toss Methane Rule Appeal As Moot
• Fla. Judge Trims Enviros' Nuclear Pollution Suit Against FPL
• Oil Co. Says It Has No Place In Suit Over $18B Saudi Award
• DC Circ. Urged To Rethink FERC Retroactive Costs Ruling
• 7th Circ. Upholds Ill. Nuke Subsidy Program
• In Calif., Questions Remain On Law Firm Conflict Waivers
• A Chat With Faegre Client Development Chief Melanie Green
• Trump Not In A Hurry To Broker Trade Peace With China
• $2.4B Tronox Deal Could Hurt Market, Judge Says After Stay
• Eversource, Avangrid Beat $3.6B Price Manipulation Suit
• Law Schools Struggle To Find Themselves In Post-Recession Market
• Ill. Atty Gets Misconduct Complaint For Coal Client Deal
• Skadden, Latham Lead Chinese Electric Carmaker's $1B IPO
• Exxon Says Investors' Climate Suit Can't Prove Execs' Mindset
• Calif. Faces Big Hurdles To Meet Lofty Carbon-Neutral Goal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat Chrysler, New Gold, Meituan-Dianping
• Australia Clears $9.3B Energy Deal After Concessions
• Legal Group Backs Wash. Tribe In High Court Fuel Tax Row
• Energy Co.'s Coal Ash Ponds Not Subject To CWA: 4th Circ.
• Maritime Industry Challenges To Watch: Part 1
• Unpacking The New Temporary Rules For Bonus Depreciation
• CIT Largely Upholds Duties On Korean Hot-Rolled Steel
• Legacy Reserves Chancery Deal Gives Investors Bigger Stake
• Intellectual Property Caught In US-China Trade Crossfire
• Kasowitz Benson Snags Restructuring, Bankruptcy Pro
• How A 'Lost Generation' Of Associates Bounced Back
• Sheet Metal Maker Accused Of Polluting San Francisco Bay
• Global Power Beats Investor Suit Over Financial Reports
• Plains Investors Can't Show They Were Misled, 5th Circ. Hears
• Financial Adviser Cops To Hiding Ecuadorian Oil Bribes
• Gas Royalty Owner Seeks Class Cert. In $13M Row With Oxy
• Oil Workers' FLSA Suit For On-Off Pay Schedule Gets Slashed
• Trust The (Exclusion) Process? Trade Attorneys Aren't Sure
• Drilling Co. Sanctioned For Lost Notes In Rig Contract Row
• Zinke Wants States To Take Lead On Hunting, Fishing Rules
• CEO In Texas State Senator's Ponzi Case Gets 15 Years
• Lawmakers Agree To $146B VA, Energy Funding Bill For 2019
• CIT Sides With Commerce In S. Korean Steel Duty Challenge
• Co. Seeks To Nix Trucker's Death Suit In Texas High Court
• EPA Floats Rollback Of Methane Regs For Oil, Gas Cos.
• Employee Interviews Ruled Privileged In TVA Injury Suit
• No Health Plan Injury Means Consol Can Ditch Miners' Suit
• Can BigLaw Avoid Another Associate Purge?
• Zion Oil & Gas Hit With Shareholder Suit Over SEC Probe
• Cox Oil Offshore Brings On Former DOI Counselor
• Exxon Presses High Court To Halt Mass. AG Climate Probe
• Lithium-Ion Power Developer Says Rival Breached NDA
• New Calif. Laws Challenge Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan
• Calif. Spill Conviction Is A Wake-Up Call For Pipeline Cos.
• Oil Cos. Want Older Claims Barred In Calif. Gas Price Case
• Calif. Gov. Signs Bill With Goal Of 100% Carbon-Free Power
• Deals Rumor Mill: Volvo Cars, EQT Partners, SABIC
• Opposition Prompts Tweaks To Metal Tariff Exclusion Process
• Forex Group Backs Ex-HSBC Exec, Says $3.5B Deal Was Fair
• Texas Oil Co., Okla. Bank Launch IPOs Of $170M
• Tribes Launch Fresh Challenge To Keystone XL Approval
• Texas Justices Urged To Settle Occidental's Border Tax Row
• Energy Co. Execs Defrauded Investors Of Millions, SEC Says
• Kavanaugh's Chevron Skepticism May Impact Enviro Regs
• EQT Can't Dodge $1M Fracking Leak Fine, Pa. Court Says
• Union Pacific, BNSF Can't Halt Antitrust Suit, Oxbow Says
• Fundamental Valuation Principles Prevail In Minn. Tax Court
• Has BigLaw Recovered From The Financial Crisis?
• Measuring The Recession's Toll On The Legal Industry
• 7 Texas Supreme Court Oil And Gas Cases To Watch
• Enviros Ask 2nd Circ. To Rethink Cooling Water Decision
• BALCA Reverses Co.'s Labor Cert. Denial For H-2B Workers
• FirstEnergy, NRG Escape Pa. Families' Coal-Dumping Suit
• Power Co. Owed Defense Of $35M Fraud Suit, Judge Rules
• Bondholder's Fixed VW Suit Survives But Can't Be Expanded
• Buchalter Expands Seattle Office With Addition Of ERISA Pro
• Taxation With Representation: Seward, Akin Gump, Vinson
• Mining Cos. Say Tribe, Enviros Wrong To Fight BLM Permit
• As Biz Opposes China Tariffs, Trump Says More On The Way
• Citgo, Shell, Others Lose CIT Bid To Nix Taxes On Oil Goods
• Norwegian Oil Co. Gears Up For IPO, $13M Private Placement
• NextEra Insurer Sues To Recover $2.4M In Fraud Scheme
• Health Hires: Pepper Hamilton, Perkins Coie, Davis Wright
• Enviros Say Tenn. Valley Electricity Rates Chill Alternatives
• Deals Rumor Mill: Corpfin Capital, HNA Group, Delta
• SEC, Consultant Lose Quick Win Bids In EB-5 Scheme Suit
• Canadian Holding Structure Saves On Tax, For Now
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ore. Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
• There's No Such Thing As A Free Token
• Ecuador's $9.5B Fine On Chevron Was Fraudulent: Tribunal
• Arkema Wants Harvey Chemical Suit Paused For Criminal Trial
• Lloyd's Insurers Seek To Nix Carlyle's $400M Oil Loss Claim
• 7th Circ. Won't Save Antitrust Claims Against Steel Giants
• 3rd Circ. Partially Grants NJ Permits In Pipeline Fight
• Court Won't Limit Recusal Review In Tanzanian Mining Row
• House Judiciary Panel Approves Expedited Permitting Bill
• FERC Chair Denies WH Collaboration On Coal, Nuke Bailout
• State AGs Join Fight Over DOI Flip On Migratory Bird Kills
• Canadian Energy Co. Invests $80M In Japanese Solar Plant
• What The Arkema Indictment Means For Chemical Cos.
• Chesapeake Energy, Ex-Exec Settle Antitrust Row For $6.95M
• Greenpeace Looks To End Dakota Pipeline RICO Suit
• Crestview Sues Oxbow In Chancery For Mintz Levin Pay Docs
• Kinder Morgan Takes Groundwater Case To High Court
• Keep Arbitrator's Award On Parking Lot Gun, 7th Circ. Urged
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Nix Mountain Valley Pipeline Approval
• Ill. Energy Co. Says US Treasury Owes For Solar Grant
• Local Gov'ts Want In On Fight Over Fuel Economy Rollback
• Ukraine Says Russian Energy Co. Can't Enforce $112M Award
• Enviros Urge Judge Not To Freeze Clean Water Rule Decision
• Hyundai Hit With Retroactive Duties On Korean Transformers
• EPA's Clean Energy Proposal: 6 Key Points
• 3 Firms Guide $950M PE-Backed Midstream Oil & Gas Merger
• $2.4B Tronox-Cristal Deal Paused For FTC Ruling
• 3rd Circ. Bats Down Permit Challenge To $1.9B Pa. Pipeline
• Keep Sale In $1.2B Venezuela Award Row Paused, Court Hears
• Withers Lands Ex-Bryan Cave Arbitration Pro In NY
• EPA Can't Escape Gold King Mine Claims, Court Told
• DOI Eyeing Long-Sought Revamp For Restoration Program
• Egypt Ordered To Pay $2.2B Following Natural Gas Plant Row
• Texas Panel Sides With TRO-X In Row Over Royalties
• CPP Case Delays Must End, Supporters Tell DC Circ.
• Former Kirkland & Ellis M&A Atty Joins White & Case
• EPA Can't Justify Pruitt Travel Expenses, IG Report Says
• Mass. Top Court Says Emission Caps Apply To Electric Cos.
• Back To School: Widener's Rod Smolla Talks Free Speech
• Cos. Caught Between Iran Sanctions And EU Blocking Statute
• FERC Nixes Calif. Agencies' Transparency Push For PG&E
• King & Spalding Steers Transocean's $2.7B Ocean Rig Buy
• Skadden Guides TravelCenters' $331M Minit Mart Sale
• PE-Backed Flywheel Buys Southwestern Shale Biz For $1.9B