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Energy - November, 2018

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• Nominal CEO Of $15M Oil Ponzi Scheme Co. Faces SEC Suit
• With Kavanaugh Recusal, Lorenzo Arguments Get Close Look
• PPL Wants Spin-Off's Montana Suits Sent To Delaware
• TransCanada Accused Of Misleading Electricity Plant Buyer
• No Coverage Owed For Coal Execs Accused Of Conflicts
• McKinsey Critic Aims To Keep RICO Suit Alive As Feud Grows
• $28M Jury Award Nixed In Death Of Duke Energy Worker
• Exxon, Enviro Group Should Sue EPA, Mass. Judge Says
• Polish, Danish Gas Cos. Ink Baltic Pipeline Deal
• Société Générale: Sanctions Enforcement Is Alive And Well
• Gas Co. Asks 10th Circ. To Rethink Tribal Pipeline Ruling
• Baker Botts Steers Equitrans Midstream In $530M Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Nixon, Kirkland, Skadden
• High Court Should Hold Securities Fraudsters Accountable
• McKinsey Looks To Fight Jay Alix Claims By Unsealing Docs
• Investors Get First OK On $23M Deal With Cobalt Underwriters
• NW Tribal Leaders Oppose Trans Mountain Pipeline
• Baker Hughes Asks 5th Circ. For $17.6M Tax Refund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Jack In The Box, SoftBank, WhiteWater
• EU Probing Deal Between Steel, Alloy Companies
• Fiat Revs Up Electric, Hybrid Autos With $5.7B For Italy Plants
• Chamber Backs Chevron At 9th Circ. In Climate Change Fight
• Climate Change Lawsuits Face Crucial Hurdles
• Fairway Energy Cleared To Tap $20M Del. Ch. 11 DIP Loan
• ArcelorMittal's $1.2M S. African Arbitral Award Upheld
• Chamber, Trade Groups Back FERC At DC Circ. Over Pipeline
• High Court Urged To Undo Cravath Shell Doc Decision
• Old Dominion Wants High Court Review Of Weather Losses
• Calif. Tribe Tells 9th Circ. BLM Improperly Extended Leases
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, Murphy Oil, GSK
• Quick Demolition Of Building Blocking Pa. Railroad Ordered
• High Court's Frog Decision May Limit ESA Determinations
• Citgo Parent Wants Crystallex Suits To Stay On Hold
• Acting EPA Head Slams Climate Change Report
• AMCI Closes $220M IPO To Acquire Natural Resources Co.
• Chevron 401(k) Participants Ask Full 9th Circ. To Look At Case
• Justices May Struggle To Agree On Rule 10b-5 Scope
• Maverick Capital Keeps Claims In Solar Fraud Suit
• NLRB OKs Micro-Unit In Twist To Precedent-Changing Case
• Calif. Judge Questions PG&E On Role In Recent Wildfires
• Alarm.com, SunRun TCPA Deals Worth $33M Get Green Light
• High Court Decision On Review Expands Landowners' Options
• House Lawmakers Propose Bipartisan Carbon Tax Bill
• High Court Hints At Skepticism Of ESA Reach In Frog Ruling
• McKinsey Critic Disputes Firm's Stance In ANR Ch. 11 Fight
• Investor Stalls $50M Southern Copper Class Deal At Chancery
• Greek Shippers Cop To Texas Oil Leak, Will Pay $4M Fine
• Climate Report Likely To Haunt Administration In Court
• Brazil Utility Cancels Offering, Citing Market Woes
• Vantage Says Bribery Deal Irrelevant To $622M Award
• Par Pacific Buys Oil Refiner In Deal Worth More Than $358M
• Feds Say 3 Cos. Laundered $3M For North Korea
• AlixPartners Adds International Arbitration Expert In DC
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain, Goodnight Midstream, Meraas
• Fairway Energy Hits Del. Ch. 11 With $100M Debt, Sale Aim
• EU Greenlights France's €600M Plan To Bolster Solar Output
• Financial Adviser Gets Over 2 Years For Hiding Oil Bribes
• Senate Energy Panel Advances McNamee For FERC
• Property Insurance Considerations For Green Energy Storage
• Examining A Post-Wildfire Securities Suit
• Jurors Should Ask More Questions During Trials
• Supreme Court Sends Dusky Gopher Frog Case To 5th Circ.
• Chinese Nonprofit Boss Bribed African Officials, Jury Hears
• Air Liquide Invests $150M In Calif. Co.'s Hydrogen Network
• Climate Change Worsening, Tribes At Higher Risk: Report
• 3 Firms Steer $536M Petroleum Transportation Biz Buy
• Sens. Want GAO To Probe Metal Tariff Exclusion Process
• NJ Pols Move To Allot $50M From Exxon Deal For Cleanup
• Dell-, Soros-Backed Helicopter Leasing Co. Files Ch. 11
• FERC Can't Roll Back GHG Analysis, DC Circ. Told
• Crystallex, Venezuela Ink Deal Over $1.2B Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bayer, Fiat, Total
• Bermudian Co. Gets $28M To End Bolivian Silver Mine Row
• Gas Stations Can't Delay Card Swipe Fee Deal, Court Told
• Climate Torts Are No State Court Matter, 9th Circ. Hears
• Ky. Utility Loses Bid To Shake Coal Ash Claims At 6th Circ.
• Calif. Ruling Dings Engagement Letter Arbitration Clauses
• Utility Reaches $2B Deal Over Charges For Failed Nuke Plant
• Prop 65 Compliance Gets More Complicated
• 10 Things We Wish We Were Told When Going In-House
• Enbridge Unit Urges 1st Circ. To End Mass. Pipeline Holdup
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 71 Firms
• 2 Platinum Execs Helping Feds After Plea, Filing Reveals
• Kids' Climate Suit Placed On Hold For 9th Circ. Review
• Bribery Deal With SEC Kills $622M Award, Petrobras Says
• Workers Get Conditional Cert. In Offshore Rig OT Row
• FirstEnergy Unit Looks To Pocket $152M In Ch. 11 Plant Sale
• DC Circ. Won't End EPA Fuel Standards Fight, For Now
• Oil, Gas Retailers Worry Swipe Fee Deal Curtails Claims
• Exxon Says NRA Ruling Backs Bid To End NY Climate Probe
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Trump's Metal Tariff Battle Boils Over
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Kirkland
• Reed Smith Adds Arbitration Pro In Middle East
• FERC Wants DC Circ. To Toss Pipeline Challenge
• Abu Dhabi's IPIC Sues Goldman Sachs Over 1MDB Scandal
• Maxus Ch. 11 Trustee Slams Move To Toss $14B Suit In Del.
• Rusoro's Venezuelan Asset Bid Nixed Following $1.2B Deal
• The Virtual Law Team: Advantages For Litigants And Lawyers
• DOI Wants Migratory Bird Policy Reversal Suit Tossed
• NY Offshore Wind Carries Unique Challenges For Insurers
• Enviro Says DOI Ignoring FOIA Request For Grant Review Info
• Saudi Heirs Cite US Aramco Unit In Bid To OK $18B Award
• Acting EPA Head Tags 3 Superfund Sites For Special Attention
• Papua New Guinea To Face Arbitration Over Gas Project
• Strasburger & Price Win Over $161M Malpractice Suit Affirmed
• Saudi Oil Co. Seeks Enforcement Of $5.3M Arbitration Win
• BLM Looks To Clear Oil, Gas Drilling In Alaskan Reserve
• House Dems Press EPA For Info On Climate Rule Rollbacks
• Southern California Edison Hit With First Woolsey Fire Suit
• Pa. Justices To Review If Trespass Rule Applies To Fracking
• 5 Business Takeaways From The Midterms
• States, Dem Legislators Back Monument Suits Against Trump
• OFAC Hits Iran-Russia Oil Network With Sanctions
• Suniva Settles Creditor Dispute, Secures More DIP Funding
• Steptoe Attys Fight DQ Bid In Bridger Rail Transfer Suit
• Texas Investor Pays $4.9M To Exit IRS' Oil Biz Suit
• Haynes And Boone Adds Energy Pro In London
• Emerging Cybersecurity Threats In The Legal Industry
• Oil Employment Service Says Trade Secrets Suit Should Stay
• EPA Regional Head Resigns, Citing 'Unfounded Charges'
• Engineering Co. Owner Must Pay $917K To Investor He Duped
• 3 Firms Lead NextEra's $1B Underwater Utility Cable Buy
• 2nd Circ. Won't Take New Look At EPA Cooling Water Ruling
• Dutch Decision Doesn't Bolster Kazakh Appeal, DC Circ. Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Careem Networks, Solus
• Pipeline Valve Maker Slips Buyer's Deceptive Practices Claim
• DOI Says Move To Lift Coal Leasing Ban Didn't Violate NEPA
• Enviro Groups Sue To Save W.Va. Ridgeline From Coal Co.
• Hatsopoulos Bros. Beat Investor Suit Over Energy Co. Merger
• Calif. Panel Asks Lower Court To Justify Gas Leak Plea Deal
• Vinson & Elkins Leads NRP's $205M Sale Of Materials Biz
• Swiss Co. Gets Costs For Arbitration Bid In Coal Dispute
• 3 Firms Steer $1.6B Cimarex Deal For Energy Co. Resolute
• 'Inveterate Con Man' Gets 12 Yrs For $4.4M Bank Loan Scam
• Latham & Watkins Steers QEP's $735M Gas Asset Sale
• More Info Needed In $134M Westinghouse Ch. 11 Row
• Texas Justices Will Hear Pollution Control Tax Break Fight
• Texas Justices Rule First-Refusal Claim Not Time-Barred
• 5th Circ. Nixes Daewoo Bid To Revise Shipment Row Question
• Power Co.'s Bid To Shield Assets From Mass. Put On Hold
• Power Integrations Wins Latest IP Trial Against Fairchild
• EPA Board Rebuffs Review For Gas Plants On Native Land
• Texas Justices To Weigh Viability Of Negligent Hiring Claim
• Ion PTAB Wins Can't Kill $93M Jury Award, Fed. Circ. Hears
• Rise Of The CMOs
• Enviros, Tribes Fight To Save Trump Monument Suits
• House Passes Bill Removing Gray Wolf ESA Protections
• Texas Justices Mostly Back Equipment Cos. In 4 Tax Cases
• Texas High Court Won't Review $17M Power Plant Award Row
• Energy Co. Can't Keep Pipeline On Tribal Lands: 10th Circ.
• EPA's Renewable Fuels Policy Leads To Court Morass
• SEC, CFTC Sue Over Alleged $170M Metals Ponzi Scheme
• Trump Says Acting EPA Chief Should Take Reins Officially
• Texas Justices To Review Conspiracy Time-Limit Rule
• Tariffs Could Throw Advance Pricing Agreements Into Doubt
• 5th Circ. Takes A Broad View Of Vessel 'Operators'
• $150M Ch. 7 Deal To Free Ampal From Egypt Gas Row OK'd
• Goodwin Taps Ex-Gunderson Pro With Capital Markets Chops
• Fed. Circ. Says ArcelorMittal Steel Patent Suit Not Barred
• Power Retailer Seeks Del. Ch. 11 To Ward Off Mass. Suit
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Traders Say Spoofing Isn't Wire Fraud
• Enviros Can't Use CWA In Fight Over Ill. Plant's Coal Ash
• Crabbers Snap At Energy Cos. With Calif. Climate Tort
• Suniva Says Deal Reached Over Creditor Dispute In Del. Ch. 11
• Danish Energy Co. Wins €11M Following Dispute With Spain
• FERC Nominee Ducks Recusal Calls Over Trump Coal Bailout
• Dutch Court To Mull Fraud Claims In Kazakh $500M Row
• FCC Commissioners Decry Lack Of Work Crew Coordination
• EU Court Says UK Energy Subsidy Award Unlawful
• Noble Group Gets US, UK Courts' OK For Restructuring Plans
• Chinese Sawblade Maker Ducking Duties, Commerce Says
• Planning For The UK Nuclear Industry Beyond Brexit
• Speedier Enviro Reviews For Transpo Projects May Be Ahead
• A Chat With Bryan Cave Innovation Chief Katie DeBord
• S. Korean Cos. On Hook For $236M In Bid-Rigging Conspiracy
• Emerson Says It Doesn't Belong In Ex-Unit's $100M IP Row
• Ex-UN Boss Bribe Plans Are Fair Game In FCPA Trial
• Saudi Heirs Fight Chevron's Bid To Nix $18B Arbitral Award
• Energy Co. Hits Ch. 11 Alleging Predatory Takeover Scheme
• Trump EPA's Air Policy Tweaks Relax Permit Program
• Navajo Landowners Ask 10th Circ. To Allow Oil, Gas Drilling
• Justices Urged To Nix Tenn. Valley Authority's Injury Immunity
• FirstEnergy's Bankrupt Unit Reaches Deal With Coal Supplier
• PG&E Sued By Camp Fire Victims, Pays $25M Over 2015 Fire
• Carpatsky Gets Win In Ukranian Co.'s Contract Breach Suit
• Tariff Exclusion Process Still Drawing Fire From All Sides
• Kazakh Assets Can Be Seized To Enforce $500M Award
• 4 Firms Steer Pan American Silver's $1.1B Deal For Tahoe
• Assessing Atomic Energy Act's Reach At High Court
• Simple Secrets For Improving Your CLE
• Energy, Environment And The Elections: A Changed Mosaic
• Mom Of 'Frack Master' Sanctioned $10K Over Receiver Suit
• US To Pay Contractor $1.1M For SC Nuclear Facility Work
• Kazakh Uranium Miner Prices Expected $451M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Aramco, BMW
• EPA Rolls Out 'Cleaner Trucks' Initiative
• Chevron Defeats Bid To Revive ERISA Suit At 9th Circ.
• EPA Regional Head Indicted On Ala. Ethics Charges
• Feds Seek End To Tribes' Suit Over Copper Mine Approval
• High Court Won't Hear $17.3M Fee Dispute In Gas Royalty Row
• FERC Using Outdated Rate For Pipeline Fees, DC Circ. Hears
• CIT Remands Part Of Ruling On Chinese Solar Cell Sales
• Energy Co.'s Suit Over $50M Moldova Award Taken Off Hold
• Romania Sees Energy Co.'s $450M Contract Claim Nixed
• In Break From Past, PTAB Denies 'Same-Party' Joinder
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Talking About Gen Z
• Lessons From FERC Staff Reversal In Footprint Power
• Hess Agrees To Pay $8.72M For Spill That Killed Pelicans
• Japan Cries Foul On S. Korean Shipbuilding Support At WTO
• 3 Firms Guide PE Firm's $655M Sale Of Sonneborn
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Oil Group Says 5th Circ. Ruling May Prompt Forum Shopping
• What To Know After Court Dumps Keystone XL Approval
• Ex-Platinum Insider Dodges Upcoming $1B Fraud Trial
• Feds Blocked From OK'ing Offshore Fracking Permits In Calif.
• MTC Urges Supreme Court To Take Ala. Railroad Tax Case
• Vantage Pushes Back On Petrobras Expert In $622M Battle
• Aegean Marine Gets Interim Access To $532M DIP Package
• Murex Shareholders Want Records To Determine Stock Value
• Energy Groups Can Intervene In Calif., NM Methane Suit
• SandRidge Energy, Founder Duck ERISA Suit
• New York City Asks 2nd Circ. To Revive Climate Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Vinson, Wachtell
• ITC Determines Chinese Aluminum Wire Imports Hurting US
• Ex-BHP Chief Compliance Officer Rejoins Mayer Brown
• What To Expect From New Democratic Investigation Efforts
• 4 Ballot Measures Construction Attys Should Know About
• 9th Circ. Delays Kids' Climate Change Trial Against Gov't
• Convicted Stock Crook Gets 4 Years For Fuel Cell Fraud
• Valero Urges DC Circ. To Reverse EPA Fuel Blend Guidance
• 4th Circ. Blocks $5B Pipeline Permit Amid Legal Challenge
• Uranium Trading Leads 3 IPO Launches Totaling $137M
• EPA's Guidance Kills Hydrofluorocarbon Rule, States Say
• Back To School: Yale's Linda Greenhouse Talks Journalism
• EU Finds Romanian Energy Aid Illegal, Orders $69M Return
• Commerce Preps Steep Duties On Chinese, Indian Steel Pipe
• ITC Determines Steel Keg Imports Hurting US Industry
• Fracking Wastewater Not 'Toxic,' Pa. Appeals Court Says
• An Opportunity To Slow The Rise Of Securities Class Actions
• JPMorgan Hit With Class Action Over Spoofing Allegations
• Celebrate Veterans By Improving Their Access To Justice
• Iran Sanctions Reimposed: 5 Key Questions
• UK Publishes Laws To Fight Avoidance, Impose Carbon Tax
• Vinson Steers $4B Anadarko Sale, Midstream Shake-Up
• Aegean Marine Creditors Complicate Request For Quick DIP
• Ex-Commodities Trading Exec Arrested For Overstating Profits
• Tenn. Jury Finds For Workers In Coal Ash Exposure Trial
• Trend Of Fraud At Nuke Site Spurs Call For Greater Oversight
• Dems' State Office Wins Strengthen Green Wall Against Trump
• Fla. Voters Approve Ban On Offshore Drilling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xilinx, SoftBank, Blackstone
• NY AG's Office Scolded For 'Judge-Shopping' In Exxon Case
• Judge Swap Voids Exec's Loss In Severance Suit, Panel Says
• Steel Coalition Seeks Higher Duties On Indian Flange Imports
• Valero Promotes Longtime In-House Atty To General Counsel
• Energy Cos. Engage With A New Forum For Human Rights
• Considering Blockchain In The Electricity Industry
• California Gas Tax Survives Repeal Efforts
• Time To Reclaim Wellness For All Lawyers
• Kavanaugh Fallout Fuels GOP's Senate Expansion
• Washingtonians Reject Carbon Tax Ballot Measure
• Dem-Led House Will Bring Heat Over Trump Energy Policies
• Dems Pump Brakes On Trump Agenda With House Win
• Senate Republican Win Cements Trump's Judicial Makeover
• Voting Machine Critics Tout Low-Tech Fix For Hacking Fears
• Climate Change Out Of Shadows With Dem House Majority
• Colorado Voters Reject Expanded Energy Setbacks
• Texas Energy Services Co. Has Trade Secrets Row Trimmed
• Pipeline Co. Seeks Cap On Tribal Landowners' Damages
• Feds, Oil Interests Ask 10th Circ. To Nix NM Drilling Appeal
• Investors Say Solar Co.'s Slide Warrants $2M Settlement
• Level Solar Ch. 11 Trustee Reaches Deal With Ex-Employees
• Ill. Panel Clears Exxon In Plant Worker's Injury Suit
• Honeywell Faces Lawsuit Over Deadly Pa. Gas Explosion
• Aegean Marine Files For Ch. 11 With $855M In Debt
• Fla. Judge Recommends Tossing Venezuela Bribery Suit
• Cummins Pacific Worker Loses Cert. Bid In Meal, Break Suit
• US Steel Investors Fail To Revive Claims In Fraud Suit
• A Look At Tax Code Section 199's Last Stand
• 2 Possible High Court Approaches To Tribe Tax Dispute
• How Blockchain Can Certify Global Supply Chains
• Feds Renew 9th Circ. Bid To End Kids' Climate Suit
• Exxon Loses 2nd Shot At Slipping Investors' Climate Suit
• Justices Not Sold On Preemption Of Va. Uranium Mining Ban
• CFTC Makes Higher Threshold For Swap Dealers Permanent
• Precious Metals Refiner Hits Ch. 11 With Hopes Of A Sale
• Grid Operator's Power Plant Rescue Plan Criticized At FERC
• Chinese NGO Head Can't Suppress FISA Evidence At Trial
• Electricians Reach $4.2M Deal With Power Co. Over Meetings
• Indian Oil Co. Must Pay $4.1M In Dispute With Oilex
• EPA Looks To Speed Up Ozone Standard Review Process
• Tribal Treaty Right May Sway Justices In Wash. Tax Fight
• Renewed Sanctions Say 'Keep Out' To Energy Cos. Eyeing Iran
• Enviro Atty Bids For His Freedom Pending Ala. Bribery Appeal
• Duty Clarity Needed In Chancery Spill Suit, Investors Say
• Trump Ushers In New Sanctions Era With Iran Clampdown
• High Court Clears Way For Kids' Climate Trial
• Cravath Steers Buckeye Affiliate's $975M Terminal Biz Sale
• Nigeria's Immunity Appeal Of $9B Award Allowed By Judge
• Enviro Expert Testimony Allowed In Ill. Coal Plant Dispute
• 6th Circ. Affirms Coal Worker's Age Bias Loss
• Cobalt Investors' $147M Deal OK'd In Angolan Oil Bribe Row
• The Challenge Iran Sanctions Pose For EU Operators
• Investors, Energy Co. Wrangle Over 'Entire Fairness Doctrine'
• Dixie Electric Hits Ch. 11 In Delaware With $295M Debt
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Sullivan, Kirkland
• Investors Say TerraForm Can't Use Option To Kill $57M Deal
• I Squared Gives $500M, Midstream Co. For EagleClaw Tie-Up
• Next Steps For Oil And Gas Owners If Colo. Passes Prop 112
• Feds Say Individual Gold King Mine Claims Must Go
• Donziger Slams Chevron Contempt Bid In $9.5B Ecuador Case
• Gastar Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Erase $300M In Debt
• Fed. Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Sunoco's $306M Tax Refund Bid
• Underwriters In U.S. Steel Offering Seek To Appeal Fraud Suit
• No Trump Bailout Needed To Keep Grid Stable, PJM Says
• NY, Coalition Slam EPA's Effort To Replace Clean Power Plan
• Tribe Presses To Beef Up Michigan Mine Permit Suit
• MoFo Snags Antitrust Atty From Baker Botts
• How FERC Aims To Change Transmission Rate Setting
• 4 Firms Guide $5.5B Encana, Newfield Energy Tie-Up