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Energy - December, 2019

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• Ex-Calif. Oil Boss Charged Over Alleged $15M Ponzi Scheme
• Hottest Legal Industry Guest Topics Of 2019
• Alta Mesa Can't Use Ch. 11 To Reject Oil Gathering Contract
• DC Circ. Upholds FERC's Grid Project Cost Orders
• Trump Admin. Won't Tighten Light Bulb Efficiency Standards
• Sullivan & Cromwell Accused Of Arbitration Double-Dealing
• Beyond Chevron: The Fight To Kill Agency Independence
• FleetCor Charged Millions In Hidden Fees, FTC Says
• Judge Sinks Challenges To Trump's '2-For-1' Reg Order
• PG&E Customer Files $2.5B Class Complaint Over Outages
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Skadden, Weil
• US, China Phase 1 Trade Deal Is Best Bet For Now
• Crystallex Tells Venezuela To Hurry Up In $1.4B Award Fight
• This Year's Robust M&A Activity Will Likely Continue In 2020
• Climate Concerns Driving Expanded Role For Enviro Attys
• Ch. 11 Appeal Is Nixed In Repsol-Maxus Cleanup Fight
• Dutch High Court Seals Climate Change Victory For Enviros
• Exxon's Victory In New York Climate Suit May Set A Precedent
• NY, Calif., Mass., Others Sue Over Clean Water Rule Repeal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5 Takeaways From Alstom Exec's FCPA Prosecution Tell-All
• Kavanaugh Comment May Spur Crop Of Nondelegation Cases
• Tribe, Enviros Challenge Wash. State $310M LNG Facility OK
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Submarines, Nuclear Cleanup
• Biggest Native American Rulings From The 2nd Half Of 2019
• Biggest Energy Decisions Of 2019
• Delaware Courts Tackle Unique Records Requests In Q4
• Biggest Texas Cases Of 2019
• Mayer Brown Expands Team With LNG Pro In Houston
• Underwriters Look To Escape SunEdison Investor Claims
• Gas Producer Arsenal Resources Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan
• Coming Soon: More Federal Action On Pipeline Cybersecurity
• Weil, Skadden Guide Ecolab Energy Deal Worth $7.4B
• Oil Cos. Would Pay For Pipeline Spills Under SD Proposal
• 5th Circ. Says Judge Botched Divvy Of $10M Atty Fee Award
• FERC Targets State Clean Energy Subsidies With Market Order
• GE Wants Remaining Claims Over Performance Issues Axed
• The Biggest Environmental Decisions Of 2019
• Calif. Privacy Law Compliance Strategy For In-House Counsel
• EPA's 2020 Fuel Regs Disappoint Biofuel Producers
• Japanese Power Cable Cos. Can't Ditch €54M In Cartel Fines
• Oil Co. Tells 5th Circ. It Wants $11M Added To $21.6M Win
• Simpson Thacher Steers Morgan Stanley Unit To $5.5B Fund
• Senate Approves Tax Extenders As Part Of Spending Bill
• 5 Trends That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2019
• 7th Circ. Says Instagram Names Can't Establish Cert.
• Spokane Tribe Wins Compensation For Dam Construction
• Halliburton Taps Baker Botts Litigation Head As New GC
• Emerge Energy's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd In Delaware
• Pa. Advances Emissions Limits For Oil And Gas Infrastructure
• Market Forces, Corporate Policies Drive Shift To Clean Energy
• Senate Poised To Pass Year-End Tax Deal
• SEC Proposes Letting More Investors In On Private Offerings
• Ex-Exxon Worker's Suit Over Drug Testing Tossed
• Without Expert, Drillers' OT Claims For Donning Gear Fizzle
• Enviros' Challenge Of NY Pipeline Permit Moot, 2nd Circ. Says
• Ex-Financial Adviser Gets 3.5 Years For Ecuador Oil Bribe Plot
• Mo. Appeals Court Affirms $2.35B Electric Line Permit
• Skadden, Weil Steer Sun Life's £300M InfraRed Deal
• 3 Firms Lead As WaterBridge Raises $345M For Acquisitions
• New Details Released In Cap-And-Invest Transportation Plan
• $13.5B PG&E Deal With Wildfire Victims Wins Bankruptcy OK
• Key Developments In 2019 Anti-Corruption Enforcement
• Frack Sand Container Co. Wants $49M Judgment Axed
• Judging A Book: Hinojosa Reviews 'Crimes And Punishments'
• Energy Co. Trustee Sees $27M Deal OK'd In Adversary Case
• Kentucky Tax Talk: A New Governor's New Tax Ideas
• Oxy's $55B Anadarko Megadeal Doesn't Mask Oil M&A Slump
• NY Greenlights Wind Farm Town Tried To Ban
• 'Locality Lawsuits' Threaten The Civil Justice System
• 5 Firms Steer Blackstone Infrastructure's $3.5B Tallgrass Buy
• Starion's $10M Deceptive Marketing Deal With Mass. Gets OK
• Shell Reports Paying $10B Tax In First-Ever Public Data
• House Lawmakers Approve Deal To Renew Expired Tax Breaks
• Ecuador Oil Co. Wants Payout From Feds' Bribery Case
• GE Won't Fight Massive Class Cert. Bid In Retirement Suit
• 11th Circ. Says District Court Got Marching Orders Wrong
• Judge Urges Better Communication In MDC Energy's Ch. 11
• EPA Watchdog Faults Agency's Harvey Air Response Rules
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds Energy Partner In London
• Apple, Google Rely On Child Labor Abroad, Suit Says
• 8th Circ. Refuses To Reduce Adviser's Wire Fraud Sentence
• Newsom Rejects PG&E's Bankruptcy Plan As 'Woefully Short'
• NRC Beats Tribe's Challenge To Uranium Mine Review
• How Smart Contracts Can Streamline Capital Projects
• Vinson & Elkins, Weil Steer WPX's $2.5B Energy Buy
• PG&E Wants Ghost Ship Fire Claims Kept On Hold
• Cybercriminals Phished For Gov't Procurement Credentials
• MTE Energy Lender Agent Is Denied Control Of Ch. 11
• Judge Hints At Rejecting FTC Bid To Block Chemical Deal
• South Korean Steel Sold In US For Cheap, Commerce Finds
• 9th Circ. Urged To Reverse EPA Ruling On Wetlands
• Texas Justices Will Mull 'Intention' In Trucker Death Case
• Watchdog Says BLM Silence Can Lead To Unpermitted Drilling
• Fuel Card Co. FleetCor Settles Stock-Drop Suit For $50M
• ConocoPhillips Accuses Ex-Worker Of $7.3M Fraud Scheme
• NY, NJ Offshore Wind Bids Buoy State-Level Renewables Push
• Project Finance Roads Led To Clean Energy In 2019
• US, China Strike Early-Phase Trade Deal To Avert Tariffs
• 4th Circ. Mulls Over Where Baltimore Climate Suit Belongs
• States To Accelerate Switch To Zero Emission Trucks, Buses
• Congress' Promises To Renew Tax Extenders Could Wear Thin
• Bankrupt Oil Biz Officers Ignored Warnings, Del. Judge Told
• Ex-Braskem Exec Granted $30M Bail In Bribery Case
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Enviros' Suit Over Navajo Coal Plant
• DC Circ. Told EPA's Biofuel Switch Costing Industry Millions
• Labaton Will Lead Midstream Co. Investors' Take-Private Suit
• Starion Settles With Mass. For $10M Over Telemarketing
• Germany Fines Steel Makers $718M For Price-Fixing
• Inventor Blames Seyfarth For Loss Of Patent Control
• Crystallex Bid To Enforce $1.4B Venezuela Award Put On Ice
• Charter Hall, REITs Drop $861M On Australia Properties
• 6th Circ. Limits FERC Power Deal Authority In Ch. 11
• PG&E Judge Weighs His 'Chutzpah' In $500M Interest Debate
• Bird Groups Sue To Halt Proposed Lake Erie Wind Farm
• Elliott-Backed Mining Finance Co. Pulls $243M Canadian IPO
• Developers Can't Dodge Claims In $29M Energy Contract Fight
• Wash. LNG Project Wins Approval Over Enviros' Protests
• FERC Guidance Aims To Foster Hydropower At Mines, Dams
• EPA Says It Can't Be Sued For Nixing Pebble Mine Restrictions
• Guaidó Looks To Nix ConocoPhillips' $8.5B Award
• Strategies To Maintain Privilege In Crisis Response Scenarios
• Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Plan Docs OK'd Without Dollar Amounts
• Credit Suisse Vows To Stop Funding New Coal-Fired Plants
• Och-Ziff Wants Details On Investors' Restitution Claim
• Exxon Win Casts Doubt On Climate Securities Fraud Suits
• Enviros Argue Energy Treaty Hurts EU Climate Efforts
• Minn. Says Oil Pipeline Poses Scant Risk To Lake Superior
• Emerge Energy Creditors Say Ch. 11 Plan Undervalues Co.
• Longtime Litigator Joins Chaffe McCall In New Orleans
• Italy Looks To Nix €10.6M Renewable Energy Award Fight
• Expert Tells Chancery ETE Gained Big On $11B Regency Deal
• Chemical Co. Scores $550K Bump To Factory Design Verdict
• Texas Panel Affirms Win For Enbridge In Pipe Maker's Suit
• US Strengthened And Expanded Economic Sanctions In 2019
• Venezuela Says OFAC License Needed For Share Seizure
• 9th Circ. Tells Exxon It Must Turn Over Info On Refinery Fire
• Sustainability-Focused PE Shop Nabs $165.5M For 1st Fund
• Exxon Defeats NY Fraud Claims In Landmark Climate Trial
• SunEdison Directors Dodge Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
• High Court Urged To Restore Permit For $7B Gas Pipeline
• Justices Won't Review ERISA Suit Against Ex-SunEdison Unit
• SandRidge Can't Shake Worker's Suit Over Electric Shock
• Justices Won't Take Up Ex-Guinea Official's Bribery Appeal
• SunEdison Sues US Trustee Over Bankruptcy Fee Hike
• How To Ward Off Nonclient Suits Over Lawyers' Speech
• Dow Plant In W.Va. Accused Of Emitting Cancer-Causing Gas
• Wind Towers From 3 Countries Tagged With Early Tariffs
• Brazil Mining Co. Says UK Ruling Supports $1.25B Award
• Energy Transfer Investor Says Pa. Coerced Into OKing Pipeline
• Justices Won't Review $43M Jury Verdict In Well-Plugging Suit
• EPA Insists Philly Refinery Must Follow 2018 Ch. 11 Deal
• IP Duo Returns To Bracewell In Austin From Pillsbury
• Wind Farm Asks 5th Circ. To Lift Utility's $60M Liability Cap
• 10-Year-Old Kickback Case Headed For 5th Circ. Showdown
• Tax Court Errors Justify Reinstating Eaton Penalties, IRS Says
• Product Liability Claims Can Be A Global Threat To Cos.
• DC Judge Wants Calif. Auto Emissions Suits Consolidated
• Court OKs US Steel's Tentative $8.5M Deal With Pa. Neighbors
• Justices Steer Clear Of DC Circ.'s Water Permitting Ruling
• PG&E Strikes $13.5B Deal With Wildfire Victims
• US Trustee Flags Philly Refinery's Ch. 11 Exec Bonus Plan
• House Panel OKs Bill To Fight Crime Against Native Women
• States, Enviros Say EPA Still Trying To Delay Emissions Regs
• Cyan Ruling Sends Oil Co. Stockholders' Suit To State Court
• What State Lawmakers Will Be Focused On In 2020
• Shipping Co. Can't Pause Suit Over Copycat Frac Sand Boxes
• Justices Weigh Property Rights Against Superfund Plans
• Gas Carrier Dynagas Seeks Toss Of Investor Distributions Suit
• NY Exxon Climate Fraud Trial Decision Due In Days
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Nigeria Challenges $9.6B Award Over Failed Gas Project
• Investors Sue Glencore For 'Billions' Over SFO Bribery Probe
• Turkish Bank Must Show Up To Challenge Iran Sanctions Case
• Liability Releases Thwart Emerge Energy's Ch. 11 Plan
• Importer Didn't Qualify For Tax Break, Texas Justices Told
• NY Appeals Court Revives Renewable Co.'s Insurance Claim
• Chemical Co. Says Tank Farm Must Pay For Texas Fire's Effect
• Texas Justices Unsure Court Should Enter AEP Utility Fight
• Watchdog Says EPA Dodged Required Analysis On Truck Rule
• Pension's $17.8M Renco Penalty Demand Paused For Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kering, Aston Martin, Thai Beverage
• CIT Blocks Gov't From Yanking Solar Duty Reprieve
• MDC Energy Mulling DIP Offers As Ch. 11 Battle Brews
• What Is A 'Reasonably Useful Form' For Production Of ESI?
• Guatemala To Challenge OK Of $35M Teco Tariff Award
• 4 Ways Tribal Nations Can Leverage Opportunity Zones
• DC Circ. Will Take 2nd Look At FERC Pipeline Appeal Delays
• MVP: Greenberg Traurig's William Garner
• Cloud Peak's Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed With Release Changes
• ExxonMobil Insurer Seeks Out Of $31M Arbitration Award
• Renewable Power Co. Hack Highlights Security Concerns
• Saudi Aramco Prices Record-Breaking $25.6B IPO
• SFO Launches Bribery Probe Into Mining Giant Glencore
• PG&E Judge Worries Victims May Wait 10 Years On Payouts
• Interior Nominee Hits Roadblock Over Offshore Drilling Stance
• Enviros Told DC Circ. Is Wrong Venue For Emissions Dispute
• Sellers Ask Texas Justices To End Fight In $230M Energy Deal
• Texas Court Told $43M JV Award Suit Belongs In Saudi Arabia
• Murray Energy Files $1.7B Baseline Offer Under Ch. 11 Plan
• Oil, Coal Product Cos. Excluded From Superfund Safety Net
• Earth & Water Lures Regulatory Pro From Retirement
• Innovative Collaborations Require Antitrust Flexibility
• Chinese Power Co. Is Latest To Delay London Stock Listing
• Roan Investor Seeks Docs On $1B Sale To Citizen Energy
• MVP: Gibson Dunn's Michael P. Darden
• Ind. County Tried To Kill $175M Wind Farm, Developer Says
• Donziger On Track For June Criminal Contempt Trial
• PG&E Claimants Say Insurer Releases Barred By 9th Circ.
• EU Investigating Dutch Tax Rulings Granted To Shell
• Importers Look To Strike Down Trump's Steel Tariffs
• 1st Circ. Wonders: Did EPA Think Through Expert 'Purge?'
• DOJ Atty Says FCPA Trial Prep Shifting Despite Alstom Win
• Feds Say Calif. Auto Emissions Policy Row Is In Wrong Court
• Petrobras Says Fraud Claims Over $821M Deal Not Barred
• Texas Gas Plant Settles With Sierra Club Over Emissions
• Enviro Groups Hit UNC With Clean Air Suit Over Coal Burning
• Texas Court Cuts Chevron Unit Loose From Oil Rig Injury Suit
• Enviro Coalition Pushes EPA To Reduce Petrochem Emissions
• Justices Wrestle With Montana Superfund Dispute
• GE Unit Says German Energy Storage Co. Can't Seek Docs
• Investors Want Kazakhstan Sanctioned In $506M Award Fight
• Labor Board Prohibits H-2B Workers For Texas Pipeline
• 1 Firm Led Pack In November Dominated By Blank Check IPOs
• Evolving Deference Principles May Affect Tax Matters
• Patent Decision Highlights Cross-Appeal Considerations
• MVP: Morgan Lewis' Kirstin E. Gibbs
• Feds Tell Justices $7B Atlantic Coast Pipeline Can Cross Trail
• What NY And Mass. Exxon Climate Suits Mean For Other Cos.
• Jones Day, Weil Steer Iron Ore Producer's $1.1B AK Steel Buy
• DOJ Shut Out Of Courtroom In Texas Grid Law Fight
• Caltex Spurns $5.8B Couche-Tard Bid But Keeps Talks Alive
• Senate Confirms Brouillette To Top Energy Dept. Post
• Three Crowns Welcomes Freshfields Int'l Arbitration Atty
• Judge Orders Kentucky Oil Fraudster to Pay $1.5M
• Navajo Landowners Say They Belong In NM Anti-Fracking Suit
• Swedish Appeals Court Upholds Naftogaz Award Win
• Wash. Judge Pauses $4.2B Cut In Vehicle Taxes, Fees
• Enviros Lose Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Listing Battle
• Texas Partnership Case Arguments Center On 5-Factor Test
• Hoskins Asks Judge To Toss Bribery, Laundering Convictions
• MVP: Pillsbury's Jay Silberg
• Calif. Aims To Preserve Authority In FERC-PG&E Ch. 11 Scrap
• Kisor May Be A New Dawn For Challenges To FDA Actions
• TPC Group Sued After Pair Of Explosions At Texas Plant
• Exxon Wants Mass. Climate Change Suit In Federal Court
• Trump Will Impose Metal Tariffs Against Argentina, Brazil