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Energy - November, 2019

307 articles

• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• AGs, Enviros Take Aim At EPA's Methane Standard Rollbacks
• CIT Says Commerce's Korean Steel Tariff Lacks Evidence
• ConocoPhillips Targets Citgo Parent In Del. Over $2B Award
• How Sustainable Lending Is Financing A Greener Future
• Zion Oil & Gas Escapes Investor Suit In Del. Over SEC Probe
• Duke Energy Beats Suit Over Union Workers' Lost Sick Time
• Bribe-Linked Brazilian Exec Too Rich For A Mere $5M Bail
• Supreme Court's Newest Cases Add Fuel To Explosive Term
• MVP: V&E's Doug McWilliams
• Dark Energy: Did Corrupt Cops Prop Up $511M Biofuel Fraud?
• AXA Pledges Exit From Coal, Focus On 'Green' Investments
• Del. Justices Affirm Ruling On $1B ETE Equity Issue
• Schramm's Ch. 7 Conversion Still On Hold Despite Changes
• Lloyd's Gets $19.5M Oil Rig Damage Award Trimmed
• Mining Co. Says EPA Is Shifting Blame For Gold King Spill
• Justices Told To Nix Ukraine's Petition In $112M Award Fight
• PTAB Upholds Seismic Data Collection Patent In Rivals' Fight
• Pollution Clause Lets Insurer Escape Suit Over NY Fuel Spill
• Lanier Loses 2nd Bid To Kick Malpractice Suit To Arbitration
• Squire Patton Launches Commodities And Shipping Group
• Cloud Peak Energy's Ch. 11 Releases Face SEC Pushback
• Obama-Era Restrictions On Oregon Logging Knocked Down
• Caltex Australia Mulls $5.8B Bid From Canada's Couche-Tard
• Water Law Doesn't Cover Cape Cod Pollution Via Groundwater
• EQT Must Face Bulk Of Former Exec's Severance Suit
• SEC Wins Early End To Pump-And-Dump Suit Against Attys
• Trends And Opportunities In Distressed M&A Investing
• DOJ, Mine Investors Say Och-Ziff Unit Can't Duck Restitution
• Philly Refinery Creditors Fight Over $1.25B Insurance Payout
• Institutions Eagerly Awaiting Guidance On Arbitrator Bias
• Ex-BP Emissions Trader's For-Cause Challenge Heads To Trial
• Enviros Say Army Corps Wrongly Permitted Keystone Pipeline
• Bankrupt Philly Refinery Floats $2.5M Exec Bonus Plan
• Tax Court Wants More Info In $13B BP Whistleblower Tax Bout
• Kirkland Snags Latham Energy M&A Partner In Houston
• Kavanaugh Interested In Revisiting Executive Power Doctrine
• Energy Co. Can't Escape $7.9M Oil & Gas Lease Award
• Army Corps Will Review Wash. Dam Discharges To Settle Suit
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• The Economic Pros And Cons Of Int'l Trade Sanctions
• 7th Circ. Ruling Forms Split On CAFA Jurisdictional Discovery
• Vantage Asks 5th Circ. To Keep $720M Arbitral Win Intact
• Venezuela Says Sanctions Changes Bar Citgo Share Seizure
• Trump Can Reopen Offshore Drilling, Alaska Tells 9th Circ.
• New Pa. DEP Fill Material Policy Increases Project Complexity
• Vt. High Court Says Agency Can Force Water Rules On Dams
• Gas Co. Blinks In NY Standoff Over New Service Freeze
• Considerations For Structuring Sustainability-Linked Loans
• Justices Won't Stop Climate Scientist's Defamation Suit
• Alstom UK Unit Ordered To Pay £16.4M For African Bribes
• Ex-Nuke Exec Found Guilty In Russia-Linked FCPA Case
• Samsung Heavy To Pay $75M To Settle Petrobras Bribery Case
• EPA Can't Speed Up Power Plant Emissions Case: DC Circ.
• Manufacturer Gets FLSA Suit Over Worker Prep Time Trimmed
• Fed. Circ. Won't Let Drilling Co. Avoid Texas Judge In IP Suit
• Nuisance Claim Tossed In SoCalGas Aliso Canyon Leak Case
• Del. M&A Case Clamps Down On MLP General Partner Liability
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Baker Botts, Goodwin
• New Proposals Boost UK Energy Storage Projects
• Exxon Wants $31M From Insurer For Groundwater Losses
• NYC Faces Tough 2nd Circ. In Sweeping Big Oil Climate Case
• Littler Sued By Energy Co. Over Discovery Disclosure Snafu
• Miners Say ERISA Suit With Non-US Co. Belongs In Fed. Court
• SunTrust Says Track Owner Owes $46M For Solar Generators
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Alstom Asks For Lenient Sentence Over Africa Bribes
• Calif. Restaurant Group Sues Over Berkeley Natural Gas Ban
• Ex-Airport X-Ray Exec Hit With Insider Trading Charges
• Judge Kills Oil Industry Group's Calif. Oil Spill Claims
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Drilling Wastewater In Calif. Aquifer
• MLB Owners Approve Kansas City Royals' $1B Sale
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink OK'ing Seizure Of Citgo Parent Shares
• Creditors Balk At Emerge Energy's Ch. 11 Extension Bid
• 5th Circ. Declines to Revive Baker Hughes' Deduction Bid
• FERC's Glick Says Pipeline OK Has Whiff Of A 'Rubber Stamp'
• Naftogaz Says Texas Co. Can't Seek Discovery Dispute Fees
• Shipping Co. Buys Mobile Power Plant Lessor In $750M Deal
• DC Firm Adds International Arbitration Pro As Counsel
• Okla.'s New Facility Audit Law Offers Limited Protections
• CIT Backs Steep Duty For Noncooperative Chinese Co.
• Texas Court Won't Revisit Fight Over Injection Well Permit
• RI Climate Suit Is No State Court Matter, 1st Circ. Told
• FERC Has A Role In PG&E Bankruptcy, 9th Circ. Told
• Murray Energy Lenders Sue To Undo Prepetition Refinancing
• EPA Says Regulation Of 'Forever Chemicals' Coming Soon
• Pa. Bills Would Require OK Of Gov.'s Carbon Tax Agreement
• Brazilian Oil Exec Charged With Corruption Pleads Not Guilty
• Removing Reopeners May Speed Up Superfund Settlements
• Pembina Gets Antitrust OK For $3.3B Kinder Morgan Unit Buy
• Enbridge Loses $45M Leaky Water Line Verdict On Appeal
• Donziger Pushes To End Home Confinement In Chevron Case
• Ex-Orrick Atty Tapped As SF Court's 1st Black Female Judge
• Biz Groups Want Tariff Reform Bill To Erase Metal Duties
• PG&E Says Private Ownership Saves It From Wildfire Liability
• Power Co. Can Press Pollution Cleanup Coverage Suit
• Pipeline Inspectors Seek Final Nod For $2.2M OT Deal
• Total E&P Wants 5th Circuit to Toss $21.6M Jury Verdict
• Grid Policy Shuts Out Offshore Wind Lines, FERC Told
• PDVSA Contractor Gets 18 Months In Prison For Bribery
• Energy Co. Exec Says Doc Bid Circumvents Brazilian Law
• 9th Circ. Leaves Door Open To Go After Chemical Safety Rule
• Texas Gas Driller Gets OK To Tap Into $41M Ch. 11 Loan
• Enviros Say Mont. Coal Mine Expansion Ignores Climate Risk
• California Pumps Brakes On New Fracking Permits
• Exxon, Suncor Tell 10th Circ. Climate Suit Is Federal Issue
• Novel Securities Let Some Drillers Unlock Investor Cash
• House Dems Unveil New Tax Credits In Green Energy Package
• Trump's Tariff Powers Take A Glancing Blow From Trade Court
• Trader Says Archer Daniels Can't Ditch Ethanol Pricing Suit
• The Force (Majeure) May Be With ND Oil And Gas Lessees
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Republican FERC Nominee, DOE Head Advance To Full Senate
• Two Sigma's PE Arm Clinches Debut Fund With $1.2B In Tow
• PG&E's Delays Over 'Mystery' Atty-Client Privilege Irk Judge
• Calif. To Stop Buying From Automakers Backing Trump
• Venezuela Oil Co., Trustee Reach Deal On $1.68B Bonds
• AmeriGas, Blue Rhino Get Prelim OK On $12.6M Antitrust Deal
• GAO Says EPA Must Improve Superfund Climate Resiliency
• Enviros Criticize FERC's Analysis Of Oregon LNG Project
• CIT Sends Solar Product Review Back To Commerce
• Alaska Oil Co. Creditor Group Wants To Go After Top Lender
• Texas Co. Defends Opposition To $5.3M Saudi Award
• France Pollution Verdict Increases Business Litigation Risk
• Shell Taps GCs For Downstream, Global Litigation
• 1st Circ. Won't Rehear $3B Utilities Price-Fixing Row
• NextEra Says Texas Grid Law Threatens Transmission Project
• Saudi Aramco Sets Price Range For Potential $25B IPO
• Recently Reversed: How J&J, Avis & LG Toppled Big Verdicts
• Calif., Allies Sue EPA Over Clean Air Act Waiver Rescission
• Ex-Keppel Atty Gets Probation In Petrobras Bribe Case
• MDC Energy Strikes Funding Deal As Ch. 11 Battle Brews
• Enviro Says Mont. Water Quality Exception Rightly Rejected
• What To Know Before Moving Your Supply Chain Out Of China
• Wireless Cos. Counter Utilities' Attack On 6 GHz Sharing
• Roan Shareholder Aims To Stop $1B Sale To Citizen Energy
• Battery Co. Fights Sanctions Bid In $100M Trade Secret Case
• Wildfire Responses Resonate Beyond California
• Donziger Still A Flight Risk, Judge-Appointed Prosecutor Says
• Justices' Maui Ruling Could Change Groundwater Permitting
• Noble Energy Streamlines Midstream Assets With $1.6B Deal
• Icahn Loses 'Novel' Chancery Doc Bid Amid Proxy Fight
• 8th Circ. Stands By Keeping Gas Royalties Out Of Tribal Court
• Gov't Tells Jury Ex-Nuke Exec's Role In Kickbacks Is Clear
• Energy Nominee Sticks To Perry's 'All Of The Above' Script
• 9th Circ. Strikes Key Part Of EPA Toxic Substances Rule
• Calif. Opens Investigation Into Utilities' Power Shutoffs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xerox, Thyssenkrupp, Thermo Scientific
• Con Ed Gets $400K Trip-And-Fall Award Tossed By NY Court
• Wash. Localities Sue To Stop $4.2B Vehicle Tax, Fee Cuts
• Gas Well Construction Effects Only 'Temporary,' Court Says
• Callon Slashes Carrizo Deal In Bid To Gain Investor Support
• Engaging With International Carcinogen Evaluations
• Fed. Circ. Revives TM Fraud Row Between Pipe Flange Rivals
• 4 Months After Kisor V. Wilkie, Auer Deference Survives
• PennEast Will Ask Justices To Undo 3rd Circ. Pipeline Ruling
• Philly Refinery Gets OK For Possible Ch. 11 Auction In Jan.
• SoCal Edison To Pay Cities, Counties $360M Over Wildfires
• 3rd Circ. Needn't Weigh Robocall Exemption Ax, Feds Say
• Navajo Nation Won't Back Tribal Energy Co.'s New Coal Mines
• Chancery Ignored Risks In ETE Deal, Del. Justices Told
• Ore. Power Line Foes Fight BLM, Forest Service Approvals
• SEC Urges 11th Circ. To Not Touch Its Win In $5M Fraud Row
• Texas Pushes Back Against DOJ In Grid Project Law Case
• Ukraine Says Tatneft Award Ruling Exposes Sovereign States
• Nabors Inks $1.2M Deal To End EEOC Race Harassment Case
• Fracking Co. Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Atty Privilege
• Key Takeaways From Ex-Alstom Exec's FCPA Conviction
• House Dems Skewer EPA Science Rule As Too Restrictive
• EdgeMarc Ch. 7 Conversion Imminent Without 11th-Hour Deal
• FERC Orders Advance Grid Operators' Energy Storage Plans
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• No Harm To Halliburton From Arbitrator's Past, Chubb Says
• Ex-Phillips 66 Scientist Cops To Stealing Trade Secret
• 5th Circ. Says $950K Death Payment Lets Insurer Off Hook
• 3 Firms Guide Deals For New Ironwood Midstream Co.
• Texas Enviro Agency Slammed Over English-Only Meetings
• MDC Energy Hearing Paused For Talks On Ch. 11 Funding
• 2 DOE Contractors Won't Add Whistleblower Clause, OIG Says
• CIT Asks Commerce To Reexplain Duty On Chinese Solar Cells
• Merger Would Open Peroxide Market To Collusion, FTC Warns
• Saudi Aramco Discloses Climate, Terrorism Risks In IPO Filing
• NY Gov. Says Pipeline Project May Cost Gas Co.'s Licenses
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• Justices Seek Balance In Clean Water Act Case Arguments
• How Pipeline Cos. Should Respond To EPA Pigging Alert
• In A Trade War, Everyone Loses
• Arsenal Resources Fast-Tracks Mid-Dec. Ch. 11 Confirmation
• Deepwater Horizon Arbitration Battle Lands At Top UK Court
• DC Circ. Lets EPA Waivers For Small Refiners Stand
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Fusion GPS Target Says Judge Should 'Resign From Bench'
• Venezuela Won't Prevail In Bid To Nix 2020 Bonds, Court Told
• Ga. City Says It Stopped Bundling Utilities, Wants Out Of Suit
• Arch Coal Colo. Mine Expansion Blocked By Federal Judge
• Curtis Adds Ex-Freshfields Atty As Int'l Arb Partner In Dubai
• Hess' Faulty Valve Suit Against Schlumberger Gets Trimmed
• Belgian Court To Weigh Fraud In $506M Kazakh Award Fight
• EU High Court Pares Fine For One Firm In Recycling Cartel
• Frost Brown Lands Former Federal Contractors' GC
• EPA Watchdog Slams GC For Obstructing Info Requests
• EPA Defends Decision Not To Question Utah Coal Plant Permit
• Digitalizing The Mining And Metals Global Supply Chain
• Judge Refuses Recusal, Scolds Atty In Deepwater MDL
• Trump Arctic, Atlantic Drilling Order Is Valid, 9th Circ. Told
• Racetrack Not Liable In $1B DC Solar Ponzi Suit, Says Owner
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Skadden, Pillsbury
• Ex-Alstom Exec Found Guilty On 11 Counts In Bribery Trial
• Arsenal Resources Plans Quick Ch. 11 Reorganization
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Chemical Cos. Fight FTC's Injunction Bid In Merger Challenge
• Nuclear Exec Left Paper Trail Of Bribery Scheme, Feds Say
• $506M Award Suit Ruling Rested On 'Instinct': Kazakhstan
• PTAB Panel To Probe Rules For Rejecting Patent Amendments
• City Says It Wants A Role In Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Sale
• Total Says Texas Co. Must Arbitrate Trade Secrets Suit
• PG&E Says Wildfires, Blackouts Are Fiscal Risks
• Sens. Back DOE's Caution On 6 GHz Spectrum Sharing
• Centrus Wants Out Of Ohio Radioactive Site Class Action
• Justices Urged To Tackle SunEdison Case After IBM Ruling
• LED Maker Should Face Claims Over Bulb Life, Judge Says
• Can Business Conduct Establish A Partnership In Texas?
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walgreens, Xerox, New York Knicks
• Gas Co.'s Noncompete Is Too Broad, NC Court Says
• Bayou Steel's Ch. 11 Bonuses Draw US Trustee Opposition
• Justices Pressed To Heal Circuit Split Over State CWA Powers
• NY Drops Half Its Exxon Fraud Case At Climate Trial's Close
• Ex-Alstom Exec's Fate Hinges On 'Agency' In Bribery Trial
• DC Circ. Asks If EPA Can Save Court Some Headaches
• Former Exec In Kickback Scheme Pressed On Inconsistencies
• EPA Watchdog Slams Official Over Lack Of Cooperation
• Texas Justices Told To Interpret Royalty Conveyance Broadly
• HK Court Won't Force Arbitration Over $30M Petroleum Deal
• 5th Circ. Says Oil Co. Owner Must Disgorge $15.5M To SEC
• Exxon Slams NY AG's 'Circular' Analysis In Climate Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Invenergy, Offer Ramim, Madison Realty
• EPA Can't Delay Landfill Emissions Regs, Court Rules
• Fed. Circ. Restores Fight Over Calif. Hydropower Payment
• QL Capital, Devon Energy Form Delaware Basin Partnership
• Kagan Spars With Roberts Over Septic Tanks, Agatha Christie
• EPA Proposal Would Limit Function Of Permit Appeals Board
• Enviro Group Says Pa. Forest Plan Violates State Constitution
• FuelCell Snags $200M In Financing From Orion Energy
• Where A Litigator's Advice Can Improve Agreement Drafting
• Southcross Ch. 11 Plan Docs OK'd With Contract Changes
• Pipeline Projects Face New Questions On Landowner Rights
• Justices Grappling With Groundwater Liability In Sewage Case
• 6 Questions For Midwestern Grid Regulator John Bear
• Former Obama EPA Chief Gina McCarthy To Head NRDC
• Ill. Court OKs Toss Of Suit Over Home Gas Pipe Explosion
• $31M Verdict Against Spanish Pipe Co. Cut To $6.7M
• Last-Ditch Effort Delays EdgeMarc Ch. 7 Conversion Bid
• Nuke Exec Helped Steer Russian Kickback Scheme, Jury Told
• Justices Keep The Laughs Coming In Port Safety Case
• Turkish Bank's Bid To Dodge Arraignment Vexes Judge
• Teco Energy Secures $35M Final Judgment Against Guatemala
• Arbitration Not Required Over Bill In $106M Texas Energy Deal
• Laid Off Workers Can't Get Bayou Steel's Ch. 11 Moved To La.
• Pakistan Settles $846M Dispute With Turkish Energy Co.
• Lenders Can Intervene To Seek $266M From Shipowners
• FERC Aims For A Better Tribal Consultation Process
• PG&E Switches To Opt-In Releases In Revised Ch. 11 Plan
• Ex-Tanker Engineer Dodges Prison For Oil Dump Cover-Up
• Texas Law Ties Contractor To Wrongful-Death Suit
• Citigroup Fraud Suit Belongs In US Court, 11th Circ. Told
• FERC Nominee Says He Steers Clear Of Agency Ethics Issues
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit 'Untenable' PennEast Decision
• Archer Daniels Wants Market Manipulation Suit Thrown Out
• Regulator Warns Insurers Over Climate Exposure
• 7 Questions For New England Grid Chief Gordon Van Welie
• FERC Nominee May Face Rough Ride At Confirmation Hearing
• Glassmaker Can Target Assets For $400M Venezuela Award
• Mining Co. Can't Sue Wells Fargo Unit Over Insurance Woes
• King & Spalding Adds Former Katten Enviro Pro In Chicago
• 6 Questions For Utility Commissioners' Leader Nick Wagner
• Wi-Fi Groups, Utilities Clash Over 6 GHz Spectrum Sharing
• 16 AGs Take Trump Lightbulb Standards Rollback To 2nd Circ.
• EPA Relaxes Coal-Fired Power Plant Waste Regulations
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Ozone Rule Designed For Quick Action
• Creditors Denounce Bid To Nix Venezuela Oil Co. Bonds
• What CBP's Jones Act Changes Mean For Offshore Industries
• Supreme Court Refuses To Review Trio Of Employer Wins
• Tesla Calls For Proof Of Coercion In $2.6B SolarCity Suit
• Lone Star Laterals: Hunton, McGuireWoods, Dykema
• NJ Enviro Agency Aims To Restore Hess Pollution Claims
• Hungary's MOL Nabs $1.6B of Chevron's Eurasian Assets
• Receiver Says Texas Firm Involved In $150M Securities Fraud
• Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins Steer $135M Energy Biz Deal
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• 3 Firms Shape Pattern Energy's $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Calif. Gov. Appoints Energy Czar, Blasts PG&E's 'Ineptitude'
• Appalachian Power Co. Beats EEOC's Sex Harassment Suit
• Exxon's PwC Auditor Confused By Climate Change Cost Lingo
• US Cracks Down On Iranian Construction Sector
• Mich. Challenge To Enbridge Pipeline Tunnel Rejected
• Brazil Energy Co. Can Seek Docs From Execs For Arbitration
• Battery Co., Rival Lob Dueling Sanction Bids In $100M IP Fight
• TC Energy Plans $1.2B Canadian Pipeline Expansion
• Enviros Seek Records On White House Climate Change Denial
• API Says Offshore Drilling Suit Belongs In La., Not Calif.
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Debevoise
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Bitmain, Alibaba
• Insurer Granted Partial Win Over $5M Fire Injury Coverage
• Kenya's New Energy Tribunal: Best Of Both Worlds?
• EdgeMarc Energy Says It Has Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• WTO Greenlights Chinese Duties On $3.5B Worth Of US Goods