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Energy - December, 2018

265 articles

• EPA Finds Mercury Rule Unjustified But Won't Repeal It
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Feds Blast Ex-Platinum Execs' Misconduct Claims
• High Court's Tibble Opinion Matters Now More Than Ever
• Ex-Alstom Exec Jailed On Bribery Charges At London Court
• State Energy Plans Leaned Clean And Green In 2018
• Justices Pressed To Take Up Tribal Court Exhaustion Case
• Orlando Utility Sued Over Coal Plant Property Damage
• House Passes Tax Package That Senate Will Likely Ignore
• Enviros, Tribes Challenge Enbridge Minn. Pipeline Project
• Moldova Can't Turn Back Time In $50M Award Row, Court Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Enel, Pinterest, BMPS
• Newfield Shareholder Sues To Block $5.5B Encana Deal
• Border-Adjusted Carbon Tax May Be Administrative Headache
• Occidental Says Phillips 66, Others Liable For Calif. Cleanup
• Texas Panel Axes Co.'s $12.7M Verdict For Lack Of Evidence
• 1 Year In, TCJA Pushing Major Changes In Energy Sector
• Sunoco Defends Pa. Pipeline As DA Launches Criminal Probe
• Coastal State AGs Want In On Seismic Testing Permits Fight
• Gov't Escapes Wis. Tribe's Permit Suit Over Mine Project
• IRS Floats Rules On Share Sales By Foreign Partners
• A Big Leap Forward For Tribal Energy Development
• Del. Justices Question Chancery's Oxbow Carbon Sale Order
• Petrobras Can't Depose Arbitrator In $622M Award Row
• House Tees Off Vote For Revised Tax Bill, But Fate Uncertain
• Judge OKs Probe Into Republic Metals Inventory Overhaul
• Enviros Sue Feds To Halt Colorado Dam Expansion
• EQT Gets Final OK For $2.8M Wage-And-Hour Deal
• Beveridge & Diamond Snags Justice Dept.'s Lead VW Litigator
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altria, BP, GE
• Texas Plant Subcontractor Can't Barge Into Arbitration: Judge
• Is A Federal Shutdown Your Next Holiday Surprise?
• Wind Farm Cos. Tell Justices Feds Wrong On Tribal Appeal
• What IRS Guidance On Section 163(j) Means For Utilities
• Rice Energy's $2.9M Wage Settlement Gets Final Nod
• Court Urged To Answer Key Question In $500M LNG Row
• WTO Slams US Tariffs On Turkish Tubes And Pipes
• Trade Court Grapples With Trump's Security-Based Tariffs
• Ohio City Seeks To Overturn $2B Nexus Pipeline Approval
• 3 D&O Questions Regarding Event-Driven Securities Litigation
• Trump Signs Tribal Energy, Salmon Protection Bills Into Law
• Sens. Say Metal Tariff Exclusion Process Needs Sharpening
• EPA Suit Over Exxon Terminal Would Be Futile, Parties Agree
• London Jury Convicts Ex-Alstom Exec Of Bribery In SFO Win
• High Court's Frog Opinion Reaches Beyond ESA
• McKinsey, Jay Alix Tiff May End Careers, Ch. 11 Judge Warns
• Bondholders Say Nix Ruling In $1.2B Crystallex Award Row
• 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Pipeline Ruling Protecting Tribal Land
• Texas County Wants Eagle Ford Road Damage Suit Revived
• Gov't Agrees To Dam Water Release In Fish Protection Row
• Kinder Morgan Unit Faces $5M Suit Over Chemical Spill
• Enviros Fight To Sink NY Nuke Subsidies
• Oil Co. Gets $36.4M Judgment Against Venezuela In Ship Suit
• The Court Battle That Could Topple Trump's Metal Tariffs
• French Protests Highlight Difficulty Of Taxing Carbon
• States Plan Regional Pact To Slash Transportation Emissions
• Sunoco Asks Fed. Circ. To Rehear $306M Tax Refund Bid
• Keep Youth Climate Suit On Hold, Feds Tell Judge
• EU Slaps Bulgarian Energy Co. With €77M In Fines
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• Will Fed. Circ. Consider The Competitor Standing Doctrine?
• Exxon Insists Bid To Halt NY AG Climate Probe Is Valid
• Ridgemont Taps Proskauer For $1.65B PE Fund
• State Legislatures May Be Next Stop For Oil And Gas Regs
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Starion Loses Bid To Bar Mass. AG's $30M Fund Attachment
• FTC Judge Upholds Challenge Of $2.4B Titanium Dioxide Deal
• Calif. Regulator Says PG&E Faked Records For Years
• Republic Metals Creditors Ask To Probe Inventory Overvaluing
• DOJ Faults McKinsey Disclosures In Westmoreland Ch. 11
• Ex-Pres Of Energy Co. Gets 3.5 Years For $2.3M Lease Scam
• Spain Says €128M Award Over Subsidies Can't Be Enforced
• NJ Assembly OKs Using $50M From Exxon Deal For Cleanup
• Romanian Petrochem Co. Must Repay €335M In State Aid
• Stock Fraudster Finally Appears In Court After 5 No-Shows
• 'Auer Someday Will Be Overruled,' Kavanaugh Said In 2016
• Feds Win Toss Of Enviros' Suit Over Army Corps' Mine Permit
• GE Must Face Bulk Of ERISA Suit
• How FIRRMA Changed National Security Reviews In 2018
• GE Says US Is No Place For Fukushima Meltdown Suit
• Spotlight On Produced Water Management Options Intensifies
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-Squire Corporate Pro As Partner In LA
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• ABB Readies Sale Of $11B Power Grids Biz To Japan's Hitachi
• Interior Head Zinke Exits Amid Ethics Investigations
• Texas Panel Vacates Arbitration Denial In Oxbow Case
• New Year, New Opportunities For State Governments
• Aegean Marine Files Deal To Reorganize With $135M Sale
• PennEast Can Take NJ Land For $1B Pipeline, Judge Says
• Climate Change Ruled 2018 Energy-Related Court Decisions
• ITC Probing Whether Car Emissions Systems Infringed IP
• WTO Members Must Adopt A Climate Waiver
• Naftogaz Can Get BNY Mellon Info For $2.56B Award Suits
• Tesla Reaches Cap On Electric Vehicle Credit, IRS Says
• Feds Reap Record $405M For Mass. Offshore Wind Leases
• Brand Battles: ExxonMobil, 'Star Trek,' Nike
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Paul Hastings Picks Up Private Equity Partner In Houston
• The New Water Rule And Its Potential Ripple Effect
• A Year On The Brink: Trump's Trade Battle With China
• Hunters Back Monument Cuts Opposed By Enviros, Tribes
• Dixie Electric Ends Quick, $300M Trip Through Del. Ch. 11
• State Farm Needn't Cover Trade Secrets Suit, 10th Circ. Says
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Chevron Moves Calif. Anglers' Greenhouse Suit To Fed. Court
• Pipeline Challenge Is Valid, Enviros Tell DC Circ. Judges
• Energy Materials Co. Slaps Turkey With Mine Project Claims
• Texas Court Sends Metals Co. Noncompete Row To Arbitration
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive ND Landowners' Pipeline Fraud Suit
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• British Court Upholds Operation Car Wash Scandal Fee Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Premier Oil, Japan Post, Oak Hill
• 4th Circ. Axes Pipeline Permits, Says Trees Lacked Protector
• Eletrobras Investors Get OK For $15M Bribery Settlement
• Mass. Appeals Court Cuts Oil Spill Payment In Half
• Engineering Firm Hit With $21M Suit Over Terminal Project
• Total Cuts $1.6B From Stake In Australian LNG Project
• Cozen O'Connor Taps Former EPA Regional Counsel
• Pipeline Operator Gets Remaining Land For $220M Project
• Oil Platform Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Toss $3.2M Injury Verdict
• Chinese Co. To Pay $2.77M To Settle Iran Trade Claims
• 2018 State And Local Tax Policy: Year-In-Review
• Biggest Environmental Law Rulings Of 2018
• Winston & Strawn Taps Ex-Akin PE, Project Finance Pro
• Tenaris, Execs Sued By Investors Over Bribery Scandal
• Key Witness In Embraer Case Avoids Prison For Saudi Bribe
• Parker Drilling Enters Voluntary Prearranged Ch. 11
• EPA Defends Water Rule Delay In NY Fed. Court
• Nigerian Oil Co. Says $2.67B Award Can't Be Enforced
• Energy Co. Cavalcade Midstream Gets $150M Equity Funding
• Fed. Circ. Sustains Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells
• States Support EPA Nix Of Hardrock Mining Rule At DC Circ.
• Mass. Town Asks 1st Circ. To Block Enbridge Pipeline Project
• Sunoco Beats Emergency Bid To Shut Down Pa. Pipelines
• Clean Energy Cleaned Up In 2018 Project Financings
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Whistleblowers May Spur More Gov't Contract Antitrust Cases
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• 3 Takeaways From The New Trump Water Rule
• Minn. Biz Co-Founder Gets 12 Years For $30M Stock Fraud
• Mass. Says Starion Filed Ch. 11 To Evade Regulatory Action
• US Trustee Objects To Pay Request For Level Solar Atty
• NYC Construction Co. Files For Ch. 11 Amid Unpaid $122M
• Climate Report Proves Carbon Regs Must Stick, EPA Told
• Venezuela Breached Deal Over $1.2B Award, Crystallex Says
• Pioneer, 401(k) Participants Reach Deal To End ERISA Suit
• Ex-Oilfield Co. Worker Can't Revive $20M Race Bias Suit
• EU Clears Chemical Makers' $1.4B Tie-Up After Oils Sale
• Enviros Sue To Deep-Six Atlantic Seismic Testing Permits
• A Review Of US Economic Sanctions In 2018
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• EPA, Army Corps Float Replacement Water Rule
• NY Attorney General Seeks To Sink Exxon Climate Appeal
• Oil Co. Officer Pleads Guilty In Venezuelan Bribery Case
• Ex-Stillwater Chairman Says $2.2B Offer Couldn't Be Ignored
• 3rd Circ. Revives Temps' Pa. Law Claims In Commute Pay Suit
• Bankrupt Helicopter Co. Nabs $49M DIP, $650M Stalking Horse
• Renewal Of Extenders Absent From Revised Year-End Tax Bill
• 11th Circ. Drops Seminole Tribe's Suit Over Fla. Utility Tax
• Sierra Prodded On Why It Didn't Challenge EPA Rule
• House OKs Bill To Spur Tribes' Energy Projects
• Sunoco Pushes Pa. PUC To Ax Pipeline Shutdown Bid
• Investor Says PDC Energy's Board Ignored Enviro Laws
• How To Help Realize A Tax Equity Market For Carbon Capture
• MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Stephen Gill
• Ashland Hits Valvoline With $5.6M Pension Liability Suit
• Keystone Developer Can't Prep Pipeline Construction
• Supreme Court Agrees To Reconsider 'Auer' Deference
• Goldman Sachs Takes €37M Cartel Fine To Top EU Court
• Aegean Marine Announces Tentative Creditor Settlement
• Nexus Can Access Land For Pipeline Work, 6th Circ. Says
• Offshore Driller Seeks Ch. 15 Amid Brazilian Restructuring
• German Power Giant To Allow More Danish Energy After Probe
• Miss. High Court Nixes Expert Opinion In $450M Valuation Row
• Corps, Dakota Access Say Tribes Didn't Obey Order
• Pipeline Contractor Says EQT Skipped Bill On Spill Cleanup
• Carpatsky Gets Final OK For $147M Award In Oil Deal Dispute
• Vt. Lets Entergy Transfer Nuke Plant To Demolition Firm
• Ohio Mineral Owners Say Oil & Gas Drillers Dug Too Deep
• 7th Circ. Tosses Contract Row Over Water-Damaged Sand
• MVP: Simpson Thacher's David Lieberman
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Will High Court Avoid Deadlock In Lorenzo?
• Better Together Is The Energy M&A Theme Of 2018
• EPA's Coal Gift Hints At Broader Climate Policy Challenge
• Co. Seeks To Dump Jury Verdict In Coal Ash Liability Case
• Ex-Refinery Worker Can't Revive 'False Positive' Test Row
• 5th Circ. Says Alcoa Can't Dodge Plant Worker's Injury Suit
• $23M Suit Over Energy Asset Sales Not Covered: 8th Circ.
• Tronox Awaits Chance To Sell FTC On Planned $2.4B Merger
• Solar Co., Investors Seek End To Suit After Chancery Prod
• Mission Coal Lenders Offer $145M Stalking Horse Bid
• Ex-Chimera CEO Pleads Guilty In Stock Inflation Scam
• Enviros Blast BLM Revamp To Sage-Grouse Plan
• Oakland Is Interfering With Shipping Terminal, Developer Says
• Young Climate Fight Warriors Want Pretrial Process To Move
• Feds Urge Justices To Spurn Tribal Court Exhaustion Case
• Chesapeake Energy Award Nixed After Arbiter Bias Revelation
• Dallas Gas Station Co., Texas AG Settle Price Gouging Row
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Sunoco Pipeline Land-Grab Appeal
• Odebrecht Says Bond Fraud Suit Can't Continue Further
• Energy Co. Fights PE Firm's Bid To Nix $100M Oil Asset Spat
• MVP: Jenner & Block's Matthew Price
• A Comparison Of This Year's Carbon Tax Proposals: Part 2
• 11th Circ. Says Williams Partners Unit Can Quickly Take Land
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• McNamee Confirmed For FERC Slot Amid Climate Controversy
• Baker McKenzie Botched Bid To Reclaim Russian Mine: Suit
• $2.8M Judgment Still Gone, But Oil Worker Gets New Trial
• BP's Ban Of Worker Who Suffered Stroke Not Bias: 6th Circ.
• Firm Doc Supports Claims In $18B Award Row: Saudi Heirs
• PG&E Caused Worst Fire In Calif. History, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Affirms SEC Win Over $4M Scam Oil, Gas JV
• Petrobras Takes Immunity Fight In EIG Suit To The High Court
• Gov't Urges High Court To Rebuff Osage Wind Farm Petition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Mogu, Petrobras
• Valero Wins Bid To Decertify Gas Buyers In Pricing Suit
• A Comparison Of This Year's Carbon Tax Proposals: Part 1
• Petrobras Could Reap $27B From Deals, Partnerships By 2023
• PTAB Precedent Panel To Mull Issue Joinder In Its First Case
• Argentina Drags Peru To WTO Over Biodiesel Tariffs
• GE Units Say They're Already Part Of $500M LNG Row
• MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael Darden
• Mass. Top Court Weighs Nixing Asbestos Claim Time Limit
• Gov't, Ill. Ask For Approval On Phillips 66 Refinery Deal
• NY Jury Convicts Hong Kong Doc Of Bribing African Officials
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• A Closer Look At New Calif. Pension Fund Climate Law
• Carrizo Sank $28M Drilling Farmout Deal, Texas Justices Told
• States Knock FERC's GHG Analysis Rollback At DC Circ.
• Bribery Deal Relevant To $622M Award Row, Petrobras Says
• NY Jury To Weigh Bribery Charges Against Hong Kong Doc
• Enviros Seek Info On EPA Meetings With Wheeler's Old Firm
• Shell Plan Aims To Tie Carbon Reduction Efforts To Exec Pay
• Mining Co. Affiliates Drop $1.2B On Chilean Copper Mine
• CNX Midstream Sues Contractor For Walking Off $7M Pipeline
• Enviros Say Feds' Deepwater Horizon Review Delay Unlawful
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• MVP: Akin Gump's John Goodgame
• Energy Broker Fights 'Misguided' CFTC Insider Trading Suit
• Split FERC OKs Grid Operator's Market Changes
• Transportation And Infrastructure — The Road Ahead: Part 2
• India, Switzerland Join WTO Push Against US Metals Tariffs
• Justices Eye Scope Of Liability In SEC Copy-Paste Case
• New Orleans Port Hit With $10M Suit Over Oil Spill
• Kazakhstan Can Seek Docs In Bid To Nix $500M Award Row
• Westmoreland Coal Ch. 11 Plan Reveals Too Little: US Trustee
• House GOP Presses 'Pause Button' On Year-End Tax Package
• Aegean Marine Defends Stalking Horse Agreement With Rival
• Mass. Power Retailer Asks For $6M In Ch. 11 Financing
• High Court Remands Second Dusky Frog Petition To 5th Circ.
• UK Supreme Court To Hear Deepwater Horizon Arbitrator Appeal
• NovEnergia Says $61M Award Against Spain Can Be OK'd
• Gov't Should Pay For Hindering Pa. Oil Drilling, 3rd Circ. Told
• Shell, Jiffy Lube Hit With No-Poach Antitrust Suit
• Builder Gets 28 Months On 'Buffalo Billion' Fraud Convictions
• Creditor's Lack Of Purpose Buries Metal Miner's Ch. 7 Case
• Egyptian Co. Wants $360M Award Enforced In Pipeline Fight
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Fishing Co. Says Law Firm Flubbed $2.8M BP Settlement
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Transportation And Infrastructure — The Road Ahead: Part 1
• High Court Wants Gov't Input On Scope Of CWA Authority
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018