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Energy - January, 2020

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• Texas Justices Say Contract Is King In $535M Pipeline Fight
• DOE Loan Buyers Ink $29M Deal To End Bid-Rigging Claims
• Climate Suit Backers Say 9th Circ. Ruling Is Irrelevant
• Trimmed Suit Over Icahn Refinery Deal Proceeds In Chancery
• Cheniere, Parallax Drop Claims Days Ahead Of $400M Trial
• Pa. Investigators Look To Fine Energy Co. $9M For False Sales
• Fla. Court Nixes Doc Bid In Brazilian Power Co. Fight
• SunEdison Was Out Of Cash Before Stock Offering, Court Told
• Trade Agreements With EU Will Still Be Elusive Post-Brexit
• Emails Don't Bind Kinder Morgan Unit To Easement Deal
• Fight Over Head Atty Status In GE 401(k) Row Heats Up
• Key FERC Developments To Watch In 2020
• McDermott Moves To Nix Stock-Drop Suit Over CB&I Merger
• Enviros Tell EPA To Act On Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Rules
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• Foley Cuts Ties To Venezuelan Official After Boycott Threat
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• Texas Justices Say No Partnership, No $535M Pipeline Win
• Sunoco Wins $6M In Trial Over Butane Blending Patents
• Ex-Consol Prez Ready For Wage Trial After Firing Settlement
• Trump Admin Moves To Codify Relaxed Policy On Killing Birds
• Energen Unit Escapes Texas Oil Rig Injury Suit
• Long-Eared Bat Ruling A Boon For At-Risk Species
• 9th Circ. Ruling Puts Climate Suits In Fed Court, Chevron Says
• Transpo Funding Fix Still Elusive In House Dems' $760B Plan
• Fracking Co. Atty DQ'd, Ordered To Testify In Patent Suit
• Energy Software Co. Beats Fraud Suit Over Stock-Swap Deal
• Texas Explosion Suit Shifts To State Court For Possible MDL
• 5th Circ. Upholds Equinor Unit's $400K Fine Over Royalty Info
• CNX Wants Pa. Court To Block Contractor's Nearly $3.8M Bill
• Guatemala Looks To Pause $35M Tariff Award Spat
• Comparing The Presidential Candidates On Trade
• 6 Tesla Directors Settle SolarCity Merger Suit In Del. For $60M
• Trump Navigable Waters Rule Bound For Court Challenges
• Split FERC Says 3rd. Circ. Wrong On $1B Pipeline's Land Grab
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petroleo Brasileiro, Acek, SoftBank
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• 8 Strategies For Optimizing Opportunity Zone Investments
• Sullivan & Cromwell Wants $13M Double-Dealing Suit Axed
• PG&E Wins OK For Tubbs Fire Deal As Utility Eyes Ch. 11 Exit
• Deal Could Avert Lender Cash Fight In MDC Energy Ch. 11
• Toyota Sued Over Alleged Fuel Tank Defect In RAV4s
• Abraham Fruchter Seeks $12M In Fees For TerraForm Deal
• Ill. Miners Tell High Court WARN Act Needs Uniformity
• Expanded Tribal Solar Project Requires Additional Enviro Review
• Driller Southland Royalty Can Tap $10M In Ch. 11 Financing
• BP-Backed Refinery Pays $2.6M To Settle Pollution Allegations
• US Flubbed Protections For Northern Long-Eared Bats
• Jurisdiction Up First In PE Firm's $400M Morocco Claim
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Medical Marijuana Patient Sues Hospital Over Failed Drug Test
• States Enter Fight Against Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• BW Offshore Cuts Oil Unit Spinoff's Valuation To A Max $750M
• Ameren Wants 8th Circ. To Unwind $3.6B Emissions Order
• Terminal Operator Nabs $3M Jury Award Over LA Oil Spill
• Trump's NEPA Reform Is No 'Nixon In China' Moment
• House Dems Outline $760B Infrastructure Investment Targets
• Long Road Ahead For Trump's North American Trade Pact
• Och-Ziff Loses Bid For Details On Investors' Restitution Claim
• Walmart Keeps $800K BP Payout For 'Startup' Damage
• Okla. Jury Hands Down $20M Verdict In Fatal Oil Rig Blowout
• Crystallex Can't Force Citgo Parent To Answer Seizure Order
• Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec Ask 11th Circ. To Ax Convictions
• Gov't Says Nonprofit Members Tied To Cap-And-Trade Deal
• V&E, Orrick Guide $100M Solar Project JV
• US Importers Battle Trump's Tariff Hike On Turkish Steel
• Spanish Gas Co. Wants To Move Ahead With $2B Egypt Award
• Ex-Black Elk CEO Gets Deal Canceling 2nd Platinum Trial
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• FERC Botched Rate Incentive Cut, Grid Cos. Tell DC Circ.
• 7th Circ. Begrudgingly Denies Tribal Effort To Revive Mine Suit
• 6 CFPB Areas To Watch In 2020
• Hurricane Can't Guard Utility From Outage Suit, Court Told
• FERC Says 6th Circ. Got Ch. 11 Power Deal Ruling Wrong
• Potential Victims Come Forward In SFO's Corruption Probe
• TC Energy Renews Bid To Dump Tribes' Keystone XL Suit
• Shell Accused Of Mismanaging Retirement Plan
• FTC Can't Pause $625M Hydrogen Peroxide Deal
• 10th Circ. Tosses Small-Refinery Renewable Fuel Exemptions
• Driller Southland Royalty Hits Ch. 11 With $540M In Debt
• Texas Court Says Bystander Not Liable In Vehicle Crash Suit
• €53M Spain Solar Award Fight Paused During Swedish Appeal
• Eagleridge Can't Blame Pipeline Builder In Explosion Suit
• Warburg Pincus Pledges Up To $300M For Clean Energy Co.
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• Southcross' Ch. 11 Gas-Gathering Plan Wins Approval
• Trump's NEPA Reform Is Crucial For Energy Development
• Oops! DOJ Enviro Head Fesses Up After License Lapse
• Trump Widens Steel, Aluminum Security Tariffs
• 3 Takeaways From The New, Narrower Clean Water Act Rule
• Winston Nabs Locke Lord's Capital Markets Group Leaders
• Insurer Wants Award On $44M Gas Pollution Settlements Axed
• Trump Admin. Sanctions Petroleum Brokers Over Iran Deals
• Churn Of Commissioners May Hobble FERC's Work
• Engineering Firm Denies Duty To Workers In Fatal Gas Leak
• NY State, Mohawk Tribe Ink Enviro Deal For River Site
• DC Solar Owners Cop To $1B Ponzi Scheme
• What Patents' Status As Franchises Means For NPEs
• PG&E's Bankruptcy Plan Should Not Be Approved
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• ConocoPhillips Gets Heirs' $11.7M Mineral Win Undone
• Flawed Petrobras Settlement Bypasses Many Shareholders
• Shell's Public Tax Report Signals Broader Transparency Trend
• Thin Texas Nexus Kills $2.5B Wind Farm Contractor's Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Justices Eyeing More Challenges To Agency Deference
• Sheppard Mullin Nabs Wind, Solar Energy Whiz In LA
• ITC Kicks Off Probe Of Chinese Lawn Mower Engines
• Pa. Fracking Trespass Ruling No Clear Win For Drillers
• States Tells Justices $7B Pipeline Can't Cross Trail
• Philly Refinery Creditors Urged To Oppose $240M Ch. 11 Deal
• Enviro Claims FERC Approved Unneeded $286M Pipeline
• Baker Botts Adds Oil & Gas Partner From Thompson & Knight
• Pa. Driller Wants To Duck Arbitration In Partnership Dispute
• Shipper Faces New Trial Over Damaged Pipe Delivery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Univision, Eurazeo, Tegna
• Texas Court Changes Course To OK Permian Lease Fight Win
• Why Justices Declined Review Of Scientist's Defamation Case
• EPA Narrows Federal Oversight Of Water Pollution
• FERC Commissioner McNamee Won't Seek New Term
• Newsom Urges Court To Reject PG&E's Bankruptcy Plan
• Sempra Wins Chancery Fight For Hunt Share Of Texas Utility
• DC Circ. Won't Reconsider EPA Pollution Policy Ruling
• Par Petroleum Wants Storage Cap Undone After Rival Closes
• Securities Law Firms Vie For Lead In Energy Transfer Suit
• Judge Confused By 11th Circ.'s Mandate In Biofuel Bankruptcy
• 5th Circ. Asked To Revisit OK Of Wind Investors' $63M Award
• MasTec Says Bribes Cost It $500M In Puerto Rico Work
• 11th Circ. Backs Citrus Grove In Pipeline Land Value Row
• Energy Cos. Tell 1st Circ. Climate Case Belongs In Fed. Court
• Keystone Pipeline Gets Crucial Federal Permit In Montana
• EQT Wants Out Of Stock-Drop Suit Over Rice Energy Merger
• More Navajo Landowners Can't Join NM Anti-Fracking Suit
• 4th Circ. Won't Revive Commodities Firm's Oil Deal Suit
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• Ex-Nuke Site Worker Adds $300K To $1.5M Retaliation Suit Win
• Energy Storage As A Transmission Asset In Regional Markets
• FERC Faces Heat Over State Clean Energy Subsidies Order
• Denial Of $1M Witness Costs Bucks High Court, 9th Circ. Told
• Bayou Steel Creditors Seek To Convert Case To Ch. 7
• Takeaways From Exxon's Winning OFAC Penalty Challenge
• Pa. Justices Preserve Rule Of Capture For Fracking
• Law Preserves FERC Role In PG&E Bankruptcy, 9th Circ. Told
• Oneok Overpromised On Gas Pipeline, Texas Builder Says
• Wilmington Trust Strikes $5M Deal To End ERISA Suit
• Migrants Fleeing Enviro Danger Can't Be Deported, UN Says
• Calif. Water Utility Sues Feds For $1.3M Water Treatment Cost
• Wyo., Mont. Urge Justices To Nix Wash. Coal Export Denial
• Key Trends In Energy Antitrust Enforcement And Litigation
• High Court Won't Take On SunEdison Stock-Drop Suit
• McDermott To File Ch. 11 With $2.7B Bid For Refining Biz
• Tribunal Orders Pacific Drilling To Pay Samsung Unit $320M
• Kids' Climate Suit Misses The Mark But Fallout Will Be Limited
• Delta Air, Siemens Sued Over In-Flight Assault On Officer
• Wyo. Justices Say Regulator Wrongly Denied Drilling Permit
• Chevron Owes $18B Arbitration Payout, Saudis Tell 9th Circ.
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sidley, Baker Botts, Hogan Lovells
• FTC Dings Hydrogen Peroxide Co.'s Canadian Divestiture Deal
• Pa. Law Excuses 3rd-Party Driller From Worker's Death Suit
• DC Circ. Says Arch Coal Can't Duck Benefit Payments
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Simpson, White
• Texas Justices Won't Review Frack Co.'s Atty Malpractice Suit
• Infrastructure Tax Deal Could Hinge On Mnuchin-Neal Talks
• Climate Law Brings Challenges For NYC Co-Ops And Condos
• Energy Co. To Ask 5th Circ. For Arbitration In Trade Secret Suit
• Energy Group Of The Year: V&E
• Calif. Jumps Into Fight With Feds Over Fracking Impact
• US Chamber Wants To 'Neuter' Judges, Sens. Tell 1st Circ.
• Ohio Tax Talk: Taking Advantage Of Sustainability Incentives
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• No Standing For Kids In Climate Case, 9th Circ. Says
• Exxon Says Mass. AG Timed Climate Suit With NY Trial
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Plant Worker's FLSA Suit
• 2 States Accuse EPA Of Inaction Over Upwind Pollution
• Spain Wants Suit Over €42M Renewable Energy Award Tossed
• Wash. Top Court Limits Scope Of State GHG Emissions Cap
• Mexico Must Share Quinn Emanuel Probe Info In $700M Case
• Sunoco Slapped With $2M Fine In Latest Pa. Pipeline Sanction
• Garland, EPA Atty Clash Over Impact Of Past Pollution Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Albertsons, Springer Nature, DuPont
• Justices Urged To Solve Copyright 'Puzzle' In Oil Data Fight
• Teco Says Guatemala Has No Intention Of Paying $35M Award
• Justices Told $7B Pipeline Can't Cross Appalachian Trail
• NY State Flexes Muscles With Energy Service Co. Restrictions
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• Harvard Students Threaten To Boycott Paul Weiss Over Exxon
• Energy Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• 5th Circ. Says BP Must Pay Walmart $15M For Oil Spill Losses
• Shell Can't Shake Refinery Workers' Standby Pay Suit
• Creditor Can Proceed With $118M Venezuelan Debt Case
• SEC Gets $50M In Default Judgments For Oil Ponzi Fraudsters
• How The US Plans To Enforce Its New Trade Deal With China
• 10th Circ. OKs Baker Hughes' Trial Win In Worker Death Suit
• 5th Circ. Says Mitigation Not 'Complete Defense' In IP Row
• Skepticism Greets Bid To Hold Lender Liable In India Damage
• Electric Co-Ops Ditch Plans For $2.8B Coal Plant In Kansas
• What's Changed And What's The Same In Final CFIUS Rules
• Energy Cos. Face China State Secrecy Law Risks
• Equinor Accused Of Sham Sales, Underpaid Royalties
• PG&E Asks Court To Reject Challenge To $24B Settlements
• Dentons Sees No Deal On Horizon In Guinea Fee Fight
• BW Offshore Targets First-Quarter IPO For Oil Subsidiary
• Enviros Say 'Cancer Alley' Plastics Plant Needed Closer Look
• Energy Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Mayors Tell 10th Circ. Climate Case Belongs In State Court
• Journalist Denies Leaking Confidential Info On ENRC Probe
• AK Steel Investor Sues To Block $1.1B Cleveland-Cliffs Deal
• US, China Ink 'Phase 1' Trade Deal After Years Of Turmoil
• Philly Refinery Backs Senior Lender In $1.25B Insurance Fight
• PTAB Grapples With Gasoline Definition In Sunoco IP Row
• International Paper, Occidental Face Suit Over La. Plume
• Green Groups Say Calif. Drilling Approvals Are Flawed
• Tucker Arensberg Says It Had No Reason To Save Atty's Texts
• BlackRock Joins Finance Industry's Retreat From Coal
• White House NEPA Overhaul Likely To Face Legal Challenges
• Minn. Appeals Court Tosses Permits For Copper Mine
• Attys Avoid Sanctions For 'Overzealous' Brief In Platinum Suit
• Energy Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• Blackstone Units Pledge $850M To Altus Power For Growth
• Solar Panel Importer Can't Shake China Duties
• Energy Transfer Faces Another Suit In Mariner East Fallout
• 4 Hurdles Trump's Infrastructure Review Overhaul Will Face
• Blackjewel Coal Contends Ex-CEO Stripped Millions From Co.
• FERC Pipeline Appeal Delays Defy Due Process, DC Circ. Told
• Liquefied Natural Gas: A Power Solution For Isolated Markets
• Venezuela Says Crystallex Can't Rush High Court Challenge
• High Court Won't Hear Ukraine's Petition In $112M Award Fight
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• Record-Breaking Saudi Aramco IPO Raises Another $3.8B
• Energy Transfer Claims Ex-Supply Manager Stole Client
• Justices Won't Review Property Fight Over Gas Storage
• Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
• Brookfield Renewable Makes $3.9B Play For TerraForm Power
• Dutch Insurer Aegon To Cut Investment In Coal Industry
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Iranian Cyber Threat Raises Stakes For Corporate Security
• NY AG Won't Appeal Exxon's Win In Landmark Climate Trial
• FERC On Legal Limb With State Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• 1st Circ. Looks To Maine Courts In City's Oil Export Ban Fight
• Battery Firm Workers Sue After Co. Took Back Paychecks
• 5th Circ. Nixes Appeal Over Arbitration In $20M Shipping Fight
• Gov't Review OK'd For ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Exploration
• 5th Circ. Ultra Petroleum Ruling Poses Key Debtor Question
• Okla. City Sues Feds Over Tribal Water Pipeline Deal
• 5th Circ. Orders Redo On Rolls-Royce's Role In Copter Crash
• Deciphering Tribunals' Practice In Investor-State Arbitration
• Tribes, Enviros Look To Reverse Trump's Monument Cuts
• Policy Push Yields Mixed Results For Biofuels Sector
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Texas Justices Told 'Anti-Washout' Clause Preserves Rights
• Steelworkers Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• Trump Climate Change Review Rollback A Boon For Pipelines
• Exide's Bid To Avoid Higher Ch. 11 Trustee Fees Nixed In Del.
• Energy Supplier Dodges NJ Man's Telemarketing Claims In Ill.
• The EPA's Most Significant Actions Of 2019
• Young Sidley Vet Confirmed As Trump's 'Regulatory Czar'
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Voya Financial, Armis Security, Grubhub
• GE Retirees' Cert. Bid Hits Snag As Judge Seeks Atty Names
• Florida Exec Gets 4 Years For Bribing Venezuelan Oil Co.
• Investment Pro Faces New Fraud Charges Over $3.5M Offering
• Fla. High Court Rejects Energy Market Ballot Initiative
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• White House Would Cut Climate Change From Project Reviews
• Sierra Club Asks High Court To Ignore Feds' FOIA Loss Appeal
• Feds Say Trial Evidence Backs Hoskins' FCPA Conviction
• UK Co. Liable For $18M Tax On Boat Income, Tax Court Says
• Ala. Oil Spill Suit Deemed 'Unripe Avocado' Is Tossed
• 11th Circ. Pushed To Rethink Bad Faith Bankruptcy Ruling
• House Dems Tout Plans For Net-Zero GHG Emissions By 2050
• Navajo Co., Montana Agree To More Talks On Coal Mine
• Industry Wants In On Enviro Suit Over Oil And Gas Lease Plan
• Gebhardt & Smith Guides M&T Bank's $240M NYC Loan
• Calif. Wants 3rd Circ. To Review Immunity On Driller's Claims
• States, Enviros Bash Trump's Effort To End ESA Fight
• Baker Botts Snags Executive Pay Lawyer From Jones Day
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• Caltex Australia Draws More Suitors After Snubbing $6B Bid
• SCANA Investors Reach $192M Deal In Nuke Plant Suit
• DC Circ. Buries Mine Co.'s 'Ambitious' Bid To Beat $116 Fine
• 5th Circ. Enforces $63M Award Over Soured Wind Energy JV
• Contractor Denies Drilling Rig Manual Ties It To Accident Suit
• Pa. Enviro Board Slashes Fee Award In Pipeline Challenge
• Kirkland & Ellis Lures Exec Pay Specialist From Baker Botts
• Calif. Says DOJ's Aim Is Off In Cap-And-Trade Lawsuit
• Honeywell Beats Leaky Water Heater Valve Class Action
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• 4th Circ. Nixes Va. Permit For $7B Pipeline's Compressor
• Contractor Says McDermott Owes $21.6M For Marine Work
• Bankruptcy Ruling Deepens Split On Gas Gathering Pacts
• FERC Sues Vitol, Trader To Collect On Nearly $4M In Penalties
• Fed. Circ. Restores Border Authority Over Ambiguous Imports
• Okla. Energy Cos. Say Feds Can't Amend Wind Farm Suit
• Economic Headwinds Could Boost Distressed Asset Plays
• Premier Oil's $871M Pair Of Deals Draws Creditor's Ire
• 6 States Back Washington In 9th Circ. Coal Facility Row
• ExxonMobil Settles $30M Suit Alleging Railcar Co. Overbilled
• Ore. Miners Ask High Court To Clarify Clean Water Act Permits
• Pa. Drillers Dispute Expansion Of Joint Venture's Debts
• Pakistan Says $6B Mining Award Can't Be Enforced
• 2020 Will Be Bullish For Tribal Clean Energy Development
• EPA Takes Step To Reduce Truck NOx Emissions
• Rethinking Corporate Crisis And Litigation Communications
• Former NFL Standout Seeks To Recoup Tax Scheme Penalties
• $350M Deal Staves Off Trial In Solar Co. Stock-Drop Suit
• $720M Award Based On Bribery-Fueled Pact, 5th Circ. Hears
• Pa. Hammers Pipeline Co. With $30M Fine For 2018 Explosion
• Bryan Cave Doubles Paris Presence With 21-Atty Hire
• BP Spill Settlement Fraudster Can't Vacate 17-Year Sentence
• Pa. Appeals Court Backs Drillers In Gas Lease Validity Fight
• Fuel Startup Calls Total's IP Arbitration Pact A 'Fraud'
• The Meaninglessness Of 'Disinterested' Revisited
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• California Must Face Bankrupt Venoco Claim Over Oil Assets
• Lessons For MLP Conflict Transactions From 2 Del. Cases
• São Tomé Owes Malta $12.6M For Fuel Ship Seizure
• Blank Rome Adds Partner In Chicago As It Eyes Expansion
• States Back RI In Fight To Keep Climate Suit In State Court
• Pipeline Worker Seeks Class Cert. In Ill. Overtime Suit
• TCPA Class Actions Will Continue To Target Energy Industry
• Energy Firms To Pay £10.5M For Breaches After Power Cut
• DC Circ. Tells NLRB To Assess 'Conflict' In Labor, EEO Laws
• Murray Energy Lenders Ask For Change To $1.7B Baseline Bid
• Energy Services Co. Says Ex-Worker's IP Theft Cost It $15M
• Siemens Unit Urges Court To Keep $43M Award Suit In Texas
• Mass. Says Federal Court No Place For Exxon Climate Suit
• Power Co. Seeks Court's Help In Siemens Argentine Deal Fight
• How Utilities Are Driving Energy Storage Growth
• Wash. Urges 9th Circ. To Dump Coal Export Appeal
• RI Tells 1st Circ. Climate Suit Belongs In State Court
• 9th Circ. Law Backs PG&E In $500M Bond Fight, Judge Says
• Exxon Escapes $2M Russia Sanctions Penalty
• Anadarko Says Permits Block Wyo. Landowners' Antitrust Suit
• Duke Energy Cuts $1.5B From NC Coal Ash Cleanup Plan Cost
• Pa. Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2020
• 4 International Arbitration Cases To Watch In 2020
• California Cases To Watch In 2020
• European Tax Policy To Watch In 2020
• Environmental Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2020
• Consumer Protection Cases To Watch In 2020
• Texas Regulations To Watch In 2020
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2020
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2020
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2020
• Texas Cases To Watch In 2020
• Energy Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2020
• Battery Cos. Must Prepare For Recycling Regs In Canada
• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year