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Energy - February, 2020

331 articles

• Battery Co. Facing Possible Sanctions In $100M IP Fight
• Energy Trader Awarded $408K In Software Secrets Trial
• Singapore Court Won't Nix $129M Award Over Power Plant
• New Board Justifies $1.9M Fraud Deal, 7th Circ. Rules
• Oil Trading Co. Gets Tax-Free Zone Break, Texas Justices Rule
• Lone Star Laterals: New Trial Boutiques In Dallas, Houston
• Del. Judge Splits Insurance Priority In Refinery Ch. 11 Fight
• Lake Erie Protection Policy Found To Exceed City's Authority
• FERC Says Facts, Law On Its Side In $42M Manipulation Case
• EQT's $18M Suit Accuses Supplier Of Sending Faulty Valves
• Citing Client 'Falsity,' Atty Exits Fraud Suit Over Worker Camp
• Chilean Copper Producer Approved For Major Mine Expansion
• BLM Will Have To Pay $125M Over Voided Oil And Gas Leases
• Texas Justices Say Email Not Contract In $230M Energy Deal
• Latham, Baker Botts Steer Shell Midstream Deals Worth $3.8B
• Texas Justices Side With AEP In Utility Easement Fight
• Allen & Overy Elects Energy Pro As New Managing Partner
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Skadden, Kirkland
• FERC Price Order Leaves Renewable Developers Gobsmacked
• Dechert Atty Seeks To Pause Spying Claims Against ENRC
• Chevron Cites 5th Circ. Ruling In Climate Suit Venue Fight
• Legal Industry Should Pursue AI Prediction Progress
• Fed. Circ. Keeps Trump's Nat'l Security Steel Tariffs Intact
• PG&E Hit With Record $2.1B Calif. Fine Over Wildfires
• Energy Trader's Software Not A Trade Secret, Texas Jury Told
• Ex-Phillips 66 Scientist Gets 2 Years For $1B IP Theft
• Ex-Alstom Exec's Acquittal May Escalate Future FCPA Battles
• Senators Release Bipartisan Energy Innovation Bill
• Mining Co. Ducks Investor Suit Over Waste Rock Disclosures
• DOE Chief Plugs Energy Storage In Pared-Down Budget Plan
• Atty Pans Sullivan & Cromwell Bid To Nix Double-Dealing Suit
• SEC Sues Power Co. Over Claims About Nuke Plant Plans
• FTC Warns Coal Venture Would Raise Consumers' Utility Bills
• King & Spalding Brings On 2 Trial Attys From Orrick
• Latham, Richards Layton Build $1.8B Merger For Gas Cos.
• Coronavirus Prompts 2 Trade Contract Considerations In US
• DOI Finishes Enviro Review To Lift Coal Leasing Block
• EPA Chief, Dems Clash Over Proposed Budget Cuts
• Nonprofit Can't Exit DOJ's Cap-And-Trade Suit Against Calif.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Big Hit Entertainment, Dyal Capital, Shell
• AIG Unit Can't Ax Coverage Of $3M Oil Rig Injury Deal
• Texas Beats Constitutional Challenge To Grid Project Law
• Tucker Arensberg Must Turn Over Texts, Bills In Deal Dispute
• Cos. Should Prepare For Stricter Carbon Market Rules
• Tips To Reduce Added Tariffs On Chinese Merchandise
• Appeals Court Halts Heathrow Expansion Over Climate Risk
• FEMA Wants Billions From PG&E For Ignoring Wildfire Risks
• Chevron Wins $1.1M For Imposter's TM Infringement
• Tribes, Feds Spar Over Presidential Permit For Keystone XL
• NY Bar Ref Says Chevron Foe's Disbarment 'Too Extreme'
• Calif. County's Oil Rules Scrapped After Enviro Challenge
• FirstEnergy Tells 6th Circ. Ch. 11 Power Deal Ruling Is Sound
• EQT Seeks To Force FLSA Overtime Suit Into Arbitration
• Judge Throws Out Ex-Alstom Exec's Bribery Convictions
• DOJ, FTC Asked To Weigh In On Rail Price-Fixing Case
• SC Utility Must Face Suit Over Failed Nuclear Reactor Project
• Former Consol Exec Wants Gender Bias Settlement Enforced
• BP Dumps 3 Oil Trade Groups Amid Climate Change Makeover
• Solutions To 4 Common Law Firm Diversity Challenges
• Int'l Construction Projects Require Cultural Considerations
• Community Shared Solar: Promising Option For Calif. Builders
• Investors Await Details On Carbon Tax Credit Before Acting
• Columbia Gas Parent Agrees To $53M Fine After Deadly Blasts
• Law Firm Leaders: Porter Hedges' Robert Reedy
• FTC Sues To Block Arch, Peabody Coal Venture
• Judge Approves New Cash Collateral In Alta Mesa Ch. 11
• Electrical Cos. Seek $3M For Puerto Rico Hurricane Repairs
• Oil Co. Salesman Must Give SEC $5M For Role In Scam
• Coronavirus Fears Cast Cloud Over Dealmaking
• Chevron, Sariel Await Jury's Decision In $3M Trademark Case
• Hedge Fund Sues Pattern Energy Over $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Gov't On A 'Fishing Expedition' In Oil Spill Case, Co. Says
• Venezuela Takes 3rd Circ.'s Crystallex Decision To High Court
• Energy Dept. Faces New Bulb Efficiency Fight In 2nd Circ.
• Key Clarifications In IRS Carbon Capture Tax Credit Guidance
• Nissan Contamination Cut $6M Property Sale In Half, Suit Says
• Trader Admits Shifting Energy Credits To His Own Company
• When Coronavirus May Trigger SEC Disclosure Requirements
• ITC Scraps Duties On Steel Imports From 3 Countries
• Discrimination Cases Are Too Complex For AI Fee Prediction
• TerraForm Gets OK For $49M SunEdison-Related Settlement
• Fluor Seeks Win Over Zurich In Lead Pollution Coverage Suit
• Texas Pipeline Ruling Offers Confidence On Partnership Law
• Chancery Told Troubled Solar Project Entity Should Survive
• Australian Court OKs $250M In Awards Against Spain
• Justices Question Appalachian Trail Blockage Of $8B Pipeline
• Teck Cites Climate In Move To Scrap Alberta Oil Sands Project
• Oil Co. Can't Enforce $449M Award Against Ecuador Yet
• Williams Cos. Dumps Natural Gas Pipeline After Permit Fight
• Rail Co. Tells 7th Circ. Land Seller Liable For Superfund Cost
• Enviros Urge Ariz. Sen. To Join Bill To Ban Uranium Mining
• Texas Pipeline Builder Wants End To 'Mirror-Image' Okla. Suit
• Justices Won't Review Dakota Access Land Grab Ruling
• Courts May Clash With Litigants Over Document Review Tech
• Investor, Pattern Energy Trade Barbs Over $6.1B Deal
• Dude, Where's My Infrastructure Funding?
• Akin Gump, Latham Steer CenterPoint's $400M Gas Biz Sale
• Ex-Unaoil Exec Testifies He Was Fighting Corruption
• PennEast Urges High Court To Undo 3rd Circ. Pipeline Ruling
• Trump Can't Reverse Ocean Drilling Ban, Profs Tell 9th Circ.
• Russia Can't Escape Ukraine Claims Over Crimea Annexation
• Enviros Ask NC To Nix $7B Pipeline Before High Court Review
• NY Gov.'s Bill Aims To Jumpstart Green Energy Project Siting
• White House Faces 2 New Suits Over Steel Tariffs
• Tesoro Refining Can't Beat Calif. Wage Class Action
• Hopelessly Insolvent Bayou Steel Converted To Ch. 7 In Del.
• Senate Dems Protest Trump's Drilling 'Giveaway' For Alaska
• DC Circ. Nixes Racketeering Suit In $506M Award Fight
• Buyers Sell Texas Justices On Broad Reading Of Royalty Sale
• Mongolia Hit With Arbitration Over Copper Mine Taxes
• Navajo Nation, NM County To Develop Railroad Project
• Texas Communities Challenge FERC Approval Of LNG Project
• Industry, Enviro Groups Blast EPA's 2019 Biofuel Mandates
• Climate Ruling May Help Future Plaintiffs Establish Causation
• AI Can't Accurately Predict Case Length And Cost — Yet
• ​​​​​​​Morgan Lewis, SoCalGas Sanctioned $525K In Gas Leak Case
• Secrets Theft Dulled Competitive Edge, Energy Trader Testifies
• Attys For INTL FCStone Units Nab $65K In Fees In Award Fight
• Atty Accused Of Shaking Butt At Adversary Replaced
• FERC Sows Confusion With Oregon LNG Project Non-Vote
• Nigeria Says $1B Award Over Oilfield Can't Be Enforced In NY
• Bankrupt Oil Biz Furie Gets Nod For Planned Ch. 11 Sale
• Wildfire Victims Blast FEMA And Calif. Claims Against PG&E
• Noble Drilling Can't Slip Injured Worker's $250K Jury Award
• White & Case Adds Ex-Vinson M&A Pair In Houston
• Coal Co., BNSF Want 9th Circ. To Restart Coal Export Case
• How Enviros Will Challenge Trump's NEPA Update
• SEC Says Oil Execs Can't Add New Defendant To Ponzi Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Speedway, ThyssenKrupp, Univision
• Trump Says Enviros Can't Bring Suit Over Monument Cuts
• Creditors Take Aim At Driller Southland Royalty's $70M DIP
• Barrack, Bernstein Will Lead Energy Transfer Stock-Drop Suit
• Energy Trader Says Ex-Employee Owes $2.6M In Secrets Trial
• Investor Settlements Saw Lull In '19 But Big Deals Are In Sight
• SD House Votes In Favor Of Revised 'Riot Boosting' Bill
• Oil Co. Officer Gets Nearly 6 Years In Venezuelan Bribery Case
• 3 Takeaways From $50B Yukos Oil Decision
• Pulling Up Stakes: Latham, Dechert, Fenwick & West
• Sherin And Lodgen Adds Partner To RE, Corporate Team
• DC Circ. Dubious About EPA's Science Adviser Policy
• Co-Ops' Suit Over Generator's $150M Enviro Cost Share Nixed
• Hess, Schlumberger Urged To Settle After $218M Valve Trial
• Morgan Lewis, Squire Patton Rep NextEra In $2.5B Equity Sale
• States Sue Again To Force EPA's Hand On Ozone Pollution
• Montana Says Keystone XL Suit Tramples On State's Say-So
• Miami Man Gets 20 Months For Laundering Ecuador Oil Bribes
• 5th Circ. Says Chevron Off Hook For Mesothelioma Deal
• Industry Groups Tell DC Circ. FERC Delay Practice Is OK
• A Good Year Ahead For Energy Infrastructure M&A
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Asbestos Claims In EFH Ch. 11 Dispute
• Spain Must Pay €42M Award, Energy Investor Says
• Ex-Alstom Execs Charged In Indonesian Bribery Probe
• SC Remains In Fight Against Offshore Seismic Testing
• Bakken Terminal Builder Settles Air Permit Suit For $2.4M
• Chevron Tells Jurors It Was Imitated By Oil Copycat
• Orrick Snags DLA Piper Trial, Oil Pro In Houston
• Contractor Status Of $1,000-A-Day Worker Dooms OT Claim
• ITC To Probe Economic Effect Of Renewable Energy In Mass.
• Pa. Shakes $1.2M Suit Over Grant Money For Fueling Stations
• Moldova Tells DC Circ. To Reject $58M Energy Award
• How Montana Fossil Ruling Could Affect Oil And Gas Cos.
• 2nd Circ. Questions Future Of Exxon Climate Speech Fight
• Lawyers Can Build Trust Through The Spoken Word
• Pattern Energy Shareholder Blasts $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Tenaris Wants Out Of Stock Suit Over Bribery Allegations
• Enviros Say Species Are At Risk Under New Water Rule
• US Sanctions Russian Energy Broker Over Venezuela Ties
• $50B Yukos Awards Against Russia Revived By Dutch Court
• Albion Wins Bid For Final $13M Slice Of Heritage Oil Buy
• Austin Asks Judge To Pause $2.15B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Trump Lacks Power To Lift Ocean Drilling Ban, 9th Circ. Told
• Tesla Prices $2B Stock Offering Amid Regulator Scrutiny
• New Ransomware Ring Aims To Publicly Shame Its Victims
• Drillers Feel Squeeze From Wary Bondholders In Debt Deals
• Chemical Co. Plans To Fight $700K Jury Tampering Sanction
• Law Student 'Labor Movement' Aims To Transform BigLaw
• Texas Justices Will Hear Injured Worker's $1.7M Dispute
• Tribunal Says Gas Co. Couldn't Block $440M Senegal Deal
• Gov't Must Rethink 61% Duty On Vietnamese Oil Pipes
• Baker Hughes Stock Suit Has 'No Basis In Fact,' GE Says
• Insurer Must Defend Co. In $1.5M Fracking Well Damage Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Reconsider Expert Fee Denial In Edison Case
• Bat Species Status Ruling Leaves Cos. Hanging
• Legal Prediction Is Demanding But Not Impossible
• Battery Co.'s Sanctions Bid In $100M IP Fight Is 'Absurd'
• Shearman Grows Texas Footprint With Dallas Debut
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Importer Escapes Trump's Expanded Metal Tariffs During Suit
• Latham Snags DLA Piper Project Finance Atty
• Arco Agrees To $150M Montana Superfund Site Cleanup Deal
• Philly Refinery Sues Insurers Over $1.25B Payout For Ch. 11
• Murray Energy Affiliate Hits Ch. 11 With $270M Of Debt
• Investors Can't Revive Suit Over $2.5B Exxon, InterOil Deal
• 3rd Circ. Denies Class Arbitration In Statoil Royalty Feud
• Shell Sued For Yanking $50M Crude Oil Transport Deal
• Trends In Recent FCPA And Cartel Cases Against Execs
• Offshore Service Rig Deal Sinks Amid International Pressure
• Objector Tells 7th Circ. To Upend $1.9M Engine Co. Fraud Deal
• EPA Renewable Fuel Shift May Increase Cost Of Compliance
• Hunton, Greenberg Traurig Alums Tapped For EPA, DOE Posts
• Citgo To Pay $19M To End Suit Over Tractor Fluid
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive La. Royalty Payment Suit Against Shell
• Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK After $25M Creditor Deal
• Energy Execs Pin Ponzi Scheme On Texas Driller In SEC Suit
• Minn. Tells State High Court It Properly Issued Mine Permits
• Pacific Drilling To Fight $320M Award Issued To Samsung Unit
• Importer Narrows Bid To Halt Trump's New Metal Tariffs
• SEC Looks To Give Companies More Leeway With Disclosures
• Black's Law Editor Can't Testify In Hess Valve Dispute
• Glencore Seeks To Dismiss Stock-Drop Suit Over FCPA Probe
• Bondholder Loses Round In $132M Venezuelan Debt Fight
• Mnuchin Defends Trump Budget, Not Releasing Tax Returns
• Electric Vehicle Credit Killed Energy Tax Pact, Grassley Says
• Massachusetts Top Court Triples Fired Worker's Jury Award
• BP Pledges To Become Net Zero By 2050
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Pipeline Payments To Pa. Landowners
• Ruling On FERC's Tolling Orders Could Slow Pipelines
• Coal Co. Looks To Exit Enviros' Suit Over Mine Expansion
• Texas Man Sentenced To 16 Months For Trade Secret Theft
• Anti-Male Bias Suit Against Baker Hughes Nixed By 5th Circ.
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds 4 Tax Attorneys In Atlanta
• BakerHostetler Atty Accused Of Shaking Butt At Adversary
• Trump's Alaska Trial Court Pick Worth $761K
• NYU Law Students Disrupt Paul Weiss Event Over Exxon Win
• 5 Men Accused Of Plotting To Sell Iranian Oil To Chinese Co.
• NM Solar Fees Fight Is In Wrong Court, Fed. Judge Says
• Trusting Morgan Lewis Attys 'A Mistake,' Gas Leak Judge Says
• Copper Mine Project Threatens Rare Jaguars, Judge Says
• Citgo Appoints Legal VP As Chief Compliance, Ethics Officer
• Illinois Urges Stricter EPA Standards For Cancer-Causing Gas
• PSEG Hit With NJ Suit Over Unwanted Telemarketing Calls
• Bankrupt Oil Services Co. Can't Shake $1M Debt At 3rd Circ.
• Calif. Seeks Early Win In DOJ's Cap-And-Trade Lawsuit
• Commerce Levels Duties On Steel Rods From China And India
• Blank Check IPOs Targeting Pot, Clean Energy Raise $390M
• Ohio Justices Uphold Tax On Pipeline Co.'s In-State Receipts
• FERC Issues For Natural Gas Cos. To Watch In 2020
• Malpractice Landscape Is Becoming Riskier For BigLaw
• 4th Circ. Says FERC $35M Enforcement Case Was Timely
• Enviro Beats Feds In Challenge To EPA Committee Policy
• Patagonia Files TM Suit Over Pro-Oil 'Petrogonia' Apparel
• EPA Says Chemical Makers Needn't Set Aside Superfund Cash
• Philly Refinery Owner Fires Back At Ch. 11 Plan Objections
• DC Circ. Wrestles With Kazakhstan's $506M Arbitration Fight
• Venezuela's Creditors Don't Want To Wait On $390M Bill
• Clean Energy Backers Defend FERC Storage Rule At DC Circ.
• Metal Importers Beware Of New Expanded Tariff Risks
• Judging A Book: Humetewa Reviews 'Guilty People'
• US Facing Mounting Legal Pressure Over Metal Tariffs
• Hagens Berman, Rosen To Lead Seismic Data Co. Fraud Suit
• White House Looks To Chop EPA Budget By 26%
• Trump Proposes Cutting Energy Tax Credits In 2021 Budget
• Pa. Fracking Decision Leaves Trespass Question Open
• DOE Will Float Extending LNG Export Approvals To 2050
• Mining Co. Inks $25M Deal To End Investors' Dam Failure Suit
• Ark. City's Suit Against Utility Over $3.3M Is Dismissed
• DOI Slates $171M For States, Tribes To Repurpose Mines
• Simpson Thacher Reps Meter Co. Calisen In £328M IPO
• Mining Investors' Nationality Up 1st In $250M Colombia Claim
• Investors Say Italy Can't Escape Suits Over Solar Awards
• Rail Giants Get New Batch Of Price-Fixing Suits Moved To DC
• Odebrecht Wants $1.2B From Peru For Nixed Pipeline Contract
• 8th Circ. Hands Pipeline Co. A Win In Benefit Fund Battle
• Calif. Low Carbon Fuel Standard Price Cap Is A Trade-Off
• DOJ Ends Antitrust Probe Into Carmakers' Fuel Economy Pact
• Philly Refinery Creditors Call For Ch. 11 Plan Rejection
• EdgeMarc Sale, Settlement Pave Way For Ch. 11 Plan
• Carbon Credits May Be The Next Big Thing For Tax Equity
• Yale Students Disrupt Paul Weiss Event Over Exxon
• Tribe Loses Bid To Force FERC Preservation Rule Changes
• Guam Utility Will Replace Plant, Pay $400K To End EPA Action
• Attys In Retaliation Suit Ask For $267K In Fees After Jury Win
• Sanford Heisler Fights To Take Helm In GE ERISA Battle
• Calif. Sets Stricter Oversight Of Two 'Forever Chemicals'
• City Of Austin Challenges $2B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Consol Says Inconsistent Witness Warrants Bias Trial Restart
• Exxon Mobil Unit Settles Oil Field Claim Against Canada
• Mayer Brown Hires Longtime Locke Lord Energy Partner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Atotech, Swissport, SoftBank
• Importers May Be Paying Duties Sooner After CBP Win
• Alaska Oil Co. Clashes With Ex-VP Over Lender Claims
• Pa. Fracker Not Stuck With Penalties On Disputed Well Fees
• Utility Asks 5th Circ. To Keep $60M Wind Farm Liability Cap
• Getting State Approvals For Energy Storage Siting
• Big Oil, Calif. Municipalities Butt Heads On Climate At 9th Circ.
• Objections To Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Pile Up As Hearing Nears
• Girardi's Privilege Defense Is 'A Red Herring,' Clients Say
• Mining Co. Seeks To Toss EPA's Gold King Spill Suit
• McKinsey Denies Hiding Ch. 11 Conflicts As Texas Trial Begins
• CFTC's Plan To End Position Limits Saga Faces Big Test
• Imported Wind Towers Tagged With More Early Duties
• Del. Justices Ask Icahn To Justify Expanded Records Bid
• Texas Disposal Co. And Ovintiv Unit End $40M Secrets Suit
• Alphabet's Missteps Offer Crisis Management Case Study
• Missouri Says US Ignored Impacts Of River Diversion Project
• Breitling Auditor Must Face Some Claims Over $32.8M Fraud
• Chancery Puts $2.6B Tesla-SolarCity Deal Suit On Trial Track
• No New Law Needed For FERC Climate Work, Ex-Official Says
• Industry Groups Urge 8th Circ. To Nix $3.6B Emissions Order
• 5th Circ. Won't Review OK Of Wind Investors' $63M Award
• Range Resources Says Drilling Didn't Contaminate Pa. Water
• Importer Moves To Stop Trump's Metal Tariff Expansion
• PG&E Ch. 11 Plan Nears Vote After Noteholder Deal Approved
• Canada Court Of Appeal Rejects Trans Mountain Challenge
• Ovintiv Unit Reaches $31.5M Deal In Royalty Interest Case
• Commerce Must Again Rethink Chinese Steel Rod Duty
• Honeywell Says Citgo Must Help Pay For $500M Lake Cleanup
• MDC Energy Strikes Deal With Lenders Over Control Of Ch. 11
• Future Of Climate Torts At Stake In 9th Circ. Doubleheader
• How Emotional Intelligence Can Benefit Transactional Attys
• Justices Told Clean Water Act Permits Put Small Mines At Risk
• Pomerantz, Rosen To Lead Investors Against PG&E Execs
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Following A Serendipitous Path
• Calif. Lawmaker Says State Should Take Over Bankrupt PG&E
• First Solar, Staffing Co. Get $9.6M Deal With 13K Workers OK'd
• Ex-Chimera CEO, 1 More Get Prison In $48M Stock Scam
• Oil Cos.' Attys Win $210K In Fees In Venezuela Bribery Fight
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Energy Storage Rule Is Sound Policy
• Copper Co. Fights Pakistan Bid To End $6B Mining Award Spat
• Steelworkers Say They're In The Dark On Philly Refinery Sale
• Hess Tells Court Schlumberger's Faulty Valves Cost It $218M
• Wachtell Loses Contract Breach Claims Against Icahn, CVR
• NLRB Allows Phillips 66 Demotions After Bargaining Impasse
• Sanders, AOC Bill Proposes Nationwide Fracking Ban By 2025
• 7 Ethics Questions To Ask Before Marketing Your Law Firm
• 9th Circ. Sees Climate Problem But Rejects Plaintiffs' Solution
• AT&T Needn't Face $1M Pole Rent Claims, Magistrate Says
• Native, Green Groups Want Pebble Mine Restrictions Revived
• Latham, Debevoise Rep $850M CenterPoint/PowerTeam Deal
• ADPower Eyes $1.13B TAQA Takeover Through Asset Swap
• Ropes Guides ArcLight To $3.4B Energy Infrastructure Fund