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Energy - February, 2019

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• No New Trial In Coal Ash Liability Case For Engineering Co.
• Energy Transfer Unit Gets OK In Condemnation Row
• Farmers Sue Ohio Town Over Lake Erie 'Bill Of Rights'
• Partisan Vote Confirms Wheeler As EPA Administrator
• Energy Transfer Class Attys Deserve $4.5M, Chancery Says
• EPA, Ameren Denied Quick Win In Coal Plant Emission Row
• Senators Unveil Bill To Renew Slew Of Expired Tax Incentives
• Russian Court Says Ukraine Must Pay $112M Award To Tatneft
• Real Estate, Energy SPACs Launch IPOs Totaling $475M
• PG&E Puts $10.5B On Books For Camp Fire Liability
• Climate Change Tort Litigation: Enough Is Enough
• Pension Funds Press Utilities To Go Zero-Carbon By 2050
• Senate Panel OKs Trump DC Circ. Pick Despite GOP Concerns
• German Co. Can Quiz Ga. Biomass Plant Over E.On Merger
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In February
• Fate Of Green New Deal Hinges On Legislative Process
• PG&E Attys Told To Rein In Proposed Orders In Bankruptcy
• Occidental Can't Block Natural Gas Co. From $1B Award Row
• EPA Sends Rule Ending 'Once In' Air Pollution Policy To WH
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Former Orrick Litigator
• Oilfield Equipment Co. Claims Manufacturer Sold Faulty Parts
• Venezuela's Chaos Pits BigLaw Giants In $1.2B Battle
• Trump Eyes Ex-Koch Staffer, Campaigner For Top DOI Atty
• 1st Circ. Pressed To Revive $3.6B Utility Manipulation Suit
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Contractor's Suit Against Drilling Co.
• Enviros Say FWS Improperly Denied Protections For Walrus
• Metals Co. Never Delivered For Hawaii Rail Project: Contractor
• Driller Says Worker Can't Prove Willfulness In FLSA Suit
• Israeli Energy Co. Delek Sells Insurer To PE Firms For $442M
• Shifting Tax Burden To Polluters Requires Caution: Specialists
• International Orgs Don't Have Total Immunity, Justices Rule
• Del. Judge Will Address Maxus Ch. 11 Asset Stripping Case
• Telecoms, Power Cos. Dispute Coordination Roles In Disasters
• Feds Charge 2 Fla. Businessmen In Venezuela Bribery Ploy
• EPA Enforcement Chief Defends Efforts To Skeptical Dems
• Frack Equipment Co. Says Trade Secrets Suit 'Threadbare'
• House Sends Federal Lands Reform Bill To Trump
• 'Auer' Should Be Trimmed, Not Tossed, Gov't Tells Justices
• EPA Won't Change Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Standard
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, ArcLight Capital, CVC Capital
• Canada Owes US Concrete Co. $7M In NAFTA Dispute
• 4th Circ. Won't Rethink Downing Of USFS $7B Pipeline Permit
• Feds Can't Nix Suit Over Sage-Grouse Plan Rollout
• Driller, Blackstone Unit Agree To Settle First-Refusal Dispute
• SoCalGas To Fork Over $119M In Natural Gas Leak Deal
• Canadian Energy Board Gives OK To Trans Mountain Pipeline
• Foreign Shares Hike Eaton's Gross By $187M, Tax Court Rules
• NY Asks Judge To Dump 5 Exxon Defenses In Fraud Suit
• Dems Want Probe Of Ex-Hunton Attys In EPA Air Office
• PG&E Power Sellers Say Bankruptcy Court Can't Usurp FERC
• Feds Doubt Need For 2 Trials In Exxon Mobil's $1.35B Tax Row
• Lawmaker Again Floats Bill To Ban New Grand Canyon Mining
• FERC OK Of $2.1B Nexus Pipeline Was Proper, DC Circ. Told
• Energy Subcontractors' Bankruptcy Settlement Axes Liens
• Lockheed Retirees Want Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Benefits Suit
• Saudi Transportation Co. Fights Bid To Vacate $5.3M Award
• Senators Urge Ban Of Huawei From Solar Converter Market
• Oxy Sues DOI Over $2M Royalties Payment
• 5th Circ. Delays Nixing Chesapeake Award After Arbitrator DQ
• EU Clears 4 French Offshore Wind Farms For State Aid
• Kids Urge 9th Circ. To Greenlight Climate Trial
• What Energy Cos. Can Do To Prep For Congressional Probes
• Barrick Rips Newmont-Goldcorp Deal In Hostile Newmont Play
• McKinsey Ch. 11 Settlement Adds To Disclosure Conundrum
• FERC's LNG Order Seems To Break Climate Change Impasse
• Venezuelan Political Crisis Hits $1.2B Rusoro Award Row
• INTL FCStone Units Say $5M Awards Shouldn't Be Nixed
• TransCanada Asks 9th Circ. For Go-Ahead On Keystone XL
• Bill Would Give Calif. Lawmakers A Say In PG&E Ch. 11
• Enviros Can't Block Permits For $2B Nexus Project: 6th Circ.
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Vinson
• Debt Ceiling Deal May Help Renew Tax Credits, House Staffer Says
• EPA Must Improve Tribe Outreach Over Superfund Sites: GAO
• Norton Rose Hires 2 Former Pemex Attys In Mexico City
• Thompson Coburn Recruits Energy Pro For DC Office
• Feds Must Pay $103M For Nuke Waste Contract Breaches
• Republic Metals' $25.5M Sale To Japan's Asahi Gets Approval
• 3 Lessons From A Crypto Mock Trial
• Tracing Puerto Rico's Journey Through Bankruptcy
• Jury Right In Permian Basin Lease Row, Texas Justices Hear
• US-Calif. Emission Talks Breakdown Could Spark Legal War
• Tribal Members Seek Class Cert. In Pipeline Trespass Suit
• BLM Tells 9th Circ. Tribe Is Wrong On Geothermal Leases
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, Pinterest, DoublePoint Energy
• Bankrupt Banro Corp. Dodges US Suit Over Congo Operations
• Fed. Law Overrides Calif. Law For Oil Rig Wages, Justices Told
• McKinsey Wants Critic's Co. Out Of ANR Ch. 11 Case
• Petrobras Seeks AAA Docs In Fight Against $720M Award
• New 'Buy American' Challenges For Suppliers, Contractors
• SEC Probes Columbia Gas Parent Over Pre-Explosion Filings
• EU Launches More In-Depth Probe Of UK Energy Subsidies
• Wind Developer Says It Was Stiffed On $19.2M Project Fee
• Baker Botts Nabs Norton Rose Int'l Arbitration Pro In London
• 5th Circ. Says More Info Needed To Sustain Gas Royalty Suit
• Energy Cos. Say Bankruptcy Nixes Coal Ash Pollution Claims
• JPMorgan Can't Shake Nigeria's $875M Oil Suit
• Colo. Gas Leaseholders Push For $8M Deal Despite Objectors
• Energy Co. Seeks To Cancel Contracts With Bankrupt PG&E
• Advocates Can't Intervene In $764M Colombian Mining Row
• Womble Bond Adds Ex-Greenberg Traurig Atty In Houston
• Exxon Subcontractor Inks $2.3M Deal To End Wage Suit
• Ore. Project's Renewable Trifecta Won't Be Easy To Copy
• NJ Firm Launches Energy, Climate Change And Utilities Group
• Ex-Yukos Shareholders Can't Nab White & Case Docs
• Feds Blast Kids' Bid To Halt Gov't Fossil Fuel Approvals
• NC Phased-Out Loss Regime Can Still Alter Tax Liability
• A Chat With McDermott COO John Yoshimura
• Expect New Chemical Safety Board Reporting Regs By Fall
• When Workers' Comp Covers A Contractor's Injury Claims
• FERC Blasts PG&E Bid To Block Authority Over Power Deals
• FERC Pressured To Disclose Cybersecurity Violators
• Texas Justices Urged To Ax Negligent-Hiring Claim
• Law360's Tort Report: Personal Injury & Med Mal News In Brief
• EU Takes Step Toward US Trade Talks With Panel Vote
• Energy Supplier Losing Customers As It Seeks Ch. 11 Buyer
• EQT Says Pa. Workers 'Raided' Files Just Before Being Fired
• DC Circ. Backs $4.6B Pipeline OK Over Climate Objections
• Ex-Tesla Exec, Now Lyft's COO, Will Testify In SolarCity Suit
• AVIC Tells 5th Circ. To Nix Confirmation Of $70M Award
• EPA Clouding Access To Staffers' Views On Mine, Enviros Say
• Dorsey Fights Chevron Scheming Claims In $18B Award Row
• High Court Passes On Catholic Group's Pipeline Challenge
• The Problem With 'Optimal' Diversity
• McKinsey Pays $15M For Failing To Disclose Ch. 11 Conflicts
• Akin Gump, Vinson Steer Blackstone's $1.6B Targa Stake Buy
• High Court Will Mull Scope Of CWA Pollution Liability
• The $1B Question: Can Puerto Rico Afford Its Bankruptcy Bills?
• Puerto Rico's Law Firms Find Their Footing After Disaster
• Texas Justices Back Exxon In Workers' Comp Recoup Row
• Texas Oil Rig Co. Dodges Liability Verdict Over Worker's Injury
• 3 Questions After EPA's New Water Contamination Action
• Petrobras Must Post Bond In $720M Award Row, Court Hears
• 3M, Others Rip PFAS Suit Seeking To Represent 99% Of US
• 2 Energy Cos. Must Face $14B Suit From Del. Ch. 11 Trustee
• Bristow Hit With Stock-Drop Suit Over SEC Disclosures
• TransCanada Can Do Limited Keystone Pipeline Prep Work
• Ashurst Adds Projects Pro From Allen & Overy In Indonesia
• Power Co. Asks 1st Circ. To Affirm Fraud Suit Coverage Win
• Contractor MOX Hit With Gov't FCA Suit Over False Invoices
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Gov't Opioid Suits Hide Attorneys' Personal Interests
• Amazon Drives Electric Truck Co.'s $700M Funding Round
• Greenpeace Gets Dakota Access Owner's RICO Suit Tossed
• Oxbow: Alignment Is Key In Put Valuation Processes
• Great Eastern Energy Hits Ch. 11 In Del. With $61M Debt
• How Newly Broadened Venezuela Sanctions Affect Securities
• UK Energy Co. Plans Arbitration Against Egyptian Co.
• Texas Energy Co. Gets $1.4B Award In Venezuela Bribe Case
• Ill. AG Hits Waste Co. With Oil Spill-Related Suit, Injunction
• Consumer Group Says Data Back Clean Car Standards
• DC Circ. Affirms $1.2B Crystallex Award, Sanctions Venezuela
• Tribes Want In On 9th Circ. Keystone XL Pipeline Fight
• EPA Loosens Water Quality Trading Policy To Spur Growth
• Commerce Sets Early Tariffs On Steel Pipes From Korea
• Australian Coal Company Eyeing Arbitration With Poland
• Total E&P Owes $21.6M For Well Plugging, Texas Jury Says
• Opt-Out Releases Prove Problematic In Aegean Marine Ch. 11
• Forest Service Says 4th Circ. Went Too Far In Permit Ruling
• CFTC Asks Court To Nix Bid To Move EOX Insider Trading Suit
• Mine Operator Agrees To Pay $1.4M In DOL Overtime Row
• Climate Change And Insurance: Increasing Foreign Lawsuits
• Baker Botts' New Managing Partner To Focus On Tech, Energy
• Perkins Coie Lands Real Estate Pro In San Francisco Office
• Elliott Advisors Offers Alternative To $10.1B EDP Takeover
• Defying Trump, TVA Moves To Close Ky. Coal Plant
• Bankruptcy Judge Scolds PG&E Over Last-Minute Filings
• Del. Justices Skeptical Of $1 Award On $126M Sale Claim
• US, Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Keep CAA Permit Ruling Intact
• Agency Not Told About Navajo Coal Plant Shutdown: Enviros
• Aegean Marine Fights Pushback Over Ch. 11 Plan Releases
• Pipeline Co. Urges 1st Circ. To Kill Town's Export Ordinance
• DOI Told To Revisit Climate Costs Of Coal Mine Expansion
• Venezuela Seeks Pause Of $1.2B Award Appeal At DC Circ.
• Tesla Offshore Can't Get Covered For Boat Accident: 5th Circ.
• Chevron Can't Escape Crude-Oil Tank Injury Suit
• $173.8M In Deals OK'd To Settle Cobalt Energy Bribery Claims
• Oil, Gas Marketing Co. Seeks $5.3M After Mistaken Payment
• Ala. Hydroelectric Project Needs Tribal Input, FERC Hears
• EQT Settles With W.Va. Gas Lease Holders For $53M
• French Watchdog Hits Nuclear Cos. With Surprise Inspections
• Natural Gas Holding Co.'s Ch. 11 Gets Speedy OK In Del.
• EPA Beats Back Suit Over Adviser Grant Policy
• High Court Case No Defense For Minn. Grid Law, 8th Circ. Told
• Better Contracts Make For More Likely Tax Savings In Ohio
• White & Case Adds Ex-Simpson Thacher Energy Atty In Texas
• EU Sets Duties On Biodiesel Imports From Argentina
• Waypoint's $445M Ch. 11 Sale Of Choppers To Macquarie OK'd
• Serbia Says It's Not On The Hook For $12M Arbitral Award
• Texas Energy Co. Seeks $10M Over Unpaid Egyptian Oil Work
• Watson Farley Nabs Former In-House Atty For Maritime Group
• Senate Passes Sweeping Lands, Water Use Legislation
• Calif. Gov. Changes Course On $77B High-Speed Rail Project
• Tronox, FTC See 'Progress' On Deal To Clear $2.4B Cristal Buy
• Munsch Hardt Adds Former Shell Tax Adviser, 2 Energy Attys
• Sierra Club Says Pa. Power Plant's Changes Entitle It To Fees
• Glassmaker Targets Citgo Over Venezuela's $500M Award
• Enviros Can't Add To Complaint In Bayou Pipeline Fight
• Fresh Takes On Seeking Costs And Fees Under Rule 45
• Keep Power Deal Partners Out Of FERC Fight, PG&E Says
• FERC Wrongly Nixed Pipeline Rate Challenge, DC Circ. Told
• Lockheed Lied, Took Kickbacks For Hanford Cleanup: DOJ
• Chevron Interfering In $18B Award Fight, Saudi Heirs Say
• EPA Gives Final OK For Gas Plants On Ute Tribal Land
• Enviros Can't Stop NY Power Plant, Appeals Court Says
• Brazil Targeting International Cable Cartel
• Fla. Judge Urges Sanctions In Venezuela Oil Bribery Suit
• Boeing, SoCal Edison Blamed In Suit For Role In Woolsey Fire
• GE Retirement Plan Participants Want ERISA Suit Kept Intact
• Platinum Exec Can't Halt Trial Over Jury Info Leak Claims
• Enviros Challenge Air Permit For LA-Area Gas Power Plant
• DOL Gets Hurricane Relief Workers $5.6M In Back Pay
• Antero To Pay $3.15M To Settle CWA Discharge Allegations
• Chevron Reaches $3.2M Deal In Managers' Missed OT Suit
• Enviros, EPA Spar Over Impact Of Coal Ash Rule Deadlines
• Gas Groups Press Justices To Nix State Nuke Subsidies
• Mass. Town Loses Fight To Stop Enbridge Unit Pipeline
• DC Circ. Urged To Review EPA Air Polluter Policy Change
• Judging A Book: Smith Camp Reviews 'Echo Of Its Time'
• No Premium Recovery Guarantees For 5th Circ. Lenders
• Securities Class Action Filings Show No Signs Of Abating
• One Woman's Attempt To Rebuild After Hurricane Maria
• 'Now Is The Real Crisis': Puerto Ricans Struggle For Disaster Aid
• Looking To Start Over, Storm-Tossed Lawyers Land In Fla.
• Texas Justices Decline To Hear $2.9M Default Judgment Row
• Challenge To Trump's '2-For-1' Reg Order Skirts Dismissal
• 5th Circ. Revives Oil Rig Worker's Negligence Claim
• Land Services Co. Says Ex-VP Took Client To Competitor
• Chevron, Exxon Ask 2nd Circ. To Sink NYC's Climate Suit
• House Panel Votes To Open OPEC To Antitrust Suits
• Vale Sued By Investors Over 2nd Brazil Dam Collapse
• Latham Adds Ex-Kirkland Energy Partner To Houston Office
• New Blue State Leaders Will Test Growing Oil Industry
• EPA Penalties Dip In 2018 As Agency Moves To Compliance
• States, Enviros, Cos. Move To Defend Clean Car Standards
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Stroock, Vinson
• Latham Reps Blank Check Co. RMG On $200M IPO
• Dems Float Bill To Clarify Congress' Power Over Monuments
• Kids Ask 9th Circ. To Halt Gov't Fossil Fuel Project Approvals
• Pa. DEP Halts Sunoco Pipeline Permits As Problems Persist
• Commodities Firm Pushes 4th Circ. To Revive Oil Deal Suit
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink Nixing Halliburton ERISA Suit
• For Texas Insurers, Liability Is Separate From Defense Costs
• 5th Circ. Judge Argues Title VII Doesn't Forbid LGBT Bias
• Calif.-Based DC Solar Hits Bankruptcy After FBI, IRS Raid
• Chemical Supplier Inks $51M Deal To Exit Antitrust Suit
• Holland & Knight Forms Team To Tackle Venezuela Matters
• Industrial Consumers Ask Justices To Nix Nuke Subsidies
• Platinum Exec Wants Trial Halted Pending Media Leak Review
• EPA Touts Compliance Focus On Air Pollution, Drinking Water
• Womble Bond Dickinson Opens Office In Houston
• More R&D Cash Needed To Fuel Energy Changes, Feds Hear
• Crystallex Can't Target Oil Co.'s Shares, 3rd Circ. Hears
• 2 Firms Steer Kimbell's $151.3M Deal For EnCap Assets
• Dems' Green New Deal Met With Strong GOP Opposition
• Chamber Opposes Spoofing Case Against Deutsche Traders
• 'The Mooch' Talks Mayhem, Con Law, Lessons From Harvard
• Green Group Sues DOI Over Utah Oil And Gas Leases
• Energy Group Of The Year: Vinson & Elkins
• Former UK Oil Exec Cops To Paying Bribes For Mideast Deals
• Atty Tricked Litigation Funder With Phony GM Deal, Feds Say
• Phillips 66 Loses Bid For Pipeline Explosion Suit Coverage
• Ill. Utility Must Face Farm Death Suit But Monsanto Escapes
• High Court Should Hear Railroad Tax Bias Case: Think Tank
• Phillips 66 Says Disability Benefits Plan Is Governed By ERISA
• Solar Co. Broke Deal By Selling Boston Projects, Partner Says
• Natural Gas Holding Co. OK'd For Quick Ch. 11 Consideration
• House Dems Kick Off Climate Change Hearings
• Energy Co. Investor Says Chancery Misapplied Merger Law
• NYC Enviro Agency Fights Doc Request In Durr Ch. 11
• GOP Lawmakers Float Bill To End Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
• Bring Right Employer Into OT Suit, Judge Tells Exelon Worker
• ArcelorMittal Plant Escapes Woman's Bias, Retaliation Suit
• Marathon Oil Unit Says Rival Swiped Drilling Rights
• Temp Steelworkers Seek OT For Time Crossing Picket Lines
• Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden
• EPA To Seek Public Input On Mercury Rule Costs Analysis
• Utility Shouldn't Get Costs For Cleanup, Fla. Justices Told
• Why Proper Document Redaction May Be An Ethical Duty
• Oxbow: A Study In The Cost Of Misalignments In Good Deals
• Fla. Power Buyers Fight $1B FPL Solar Projects
• Senate Committee Backs Wheeler, Wright For Top EPA Spots
• Dems Press Uranium Cos. On 'Critical Mineral' Designation
• Everglades Oil Well Gets Green Light From Fla. Appeals Court
• 2nd Circ. Vacates NY's Permit Denial For $455M Pipeline
• Pillsbury Nabs Ex-Tesla Atty For Tax Practice Team
• FERC Commissioner Feud Erupts Over Wind Farm Inaction
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Refugee's Journey Of Firsts
• Texas Construction Co. Faces $4M Loan Advance Fraud Suit
• Platinum Affiliates Scoff At 'Heavier' $1B Liquidator Suit
• Energy Group Of The Year: Latham
• 6th Circ. Backs Use Of Ohio Forced Drilling Law
• Did The Government Shutdown Delay Your Case?
• Holding Co. For Pa. Marcellus Shale Gas Co. Files For Ch. 11
• Exxon Mobil Sinks ERISA Climate Change Class Action
• Trump Taps Acting DOI Head For Permanent Position
• Diamondback Says Frack Equipment Co. Stole Trade Secrets
• Saudi Co.'s $5.3M Award Must Be Nixed, Texas Court Told
• 4 Key Issues In Kids' Climate Suit At 9th Circ.
• Oil Cos. Spar Over Dismissal Of $2.7B Nigerian Award Row
• EPA Can't Let Small Refiners Duck RFS Regs, DC Circ. Told
• Industry Backs FERC At DC Circ. In GHG Analysis Rollback
• Bankruptcy Ruling Piles More Gloom On Canadian Oil Cos.
• Republic Creditors Seek $6M Clawback From Founder's Kid
• House Dems Press EPA For Effects Of Enforcement Drop-Off
• Total E&P Says It Doesn't Owe $33M In Offshore Drilling Row
• Gov't Appeals Nixing Of Keystone Pipeline Approval
• Texans Look To State Supreme Court For Franchise Tax Clarity
• Energy Group Of The Year: Jenner & Block
• Buc-ee's Fuel Pricing Too Cheap, Ala. Gas Station Says
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
• Recent Trends In Energy Antitrust Enforcement And Litigation
• As Puerto Rico Recovers, Courts Heed Lessons Of Disaster
• Kids Can't Sue US Over Global Warming, 9th Circ. Told
• Aegean Marine Hit With Suit Over Alleged $300M Fraud
• Gas Co. Asks Justices To Enshrine PTAB Timeliness Orders
• Citgo Denies Bankruptcy Rumor In Wake Of WSJ Report
• GE Downplayed SEC, DOJ Inquiries Into Alstom Merger: Suit
• Indirect Investors May Lose Out Under New Pass-Through Regs
• Eversource, Gov't Reach Deal On Boston Harbor Blasting
• Pa. Gov. Renews Plan For Natural Gas Tax, Draws Criticism
• PECO Cleared For Firing Worker Over Pot Self-Prescription
• US Oil Sanctions Make Venezuela A Compliance Minefield
• City Not Covered For Squirrel's Shock Mishap: Iowa Justices
• Deals Rumor Mill: Delta, Papa John's, Disney
• Sunoco To Pay $5.4M Over Texas, La., Okla. Spills
• Canadian Pipeline Project's Value May Be Below Price: Report
• Chubb Bound By $106M Faulty Well Judgment, 5th Circ. Told
• Driller Wants Insurer To Pay Worker's $1.4M Injury Verdict
• Key Trade Secret Developments Of 2018: Part 2
• BNSF Tells 9th Circ. That Tribe Can't Restrict Right Of Way
• Oil Storage Co. Settles Dispute Over Costs In Ch. 11
• Ex-Stradling Yocca Partner Joins Loeb & Loeb's Tax Practice
• Indonesian Shipping Giant To Rework $437M Debt Load
• Brand Battles: Hulu, 'Standard Oil,' Amazon
• Energy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Vinson, Simpson
• Oxbow: Freedom Of Contract Is Fundamental To Delaware Law
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 1