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Energy - December, 2020

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2020
• Convicted Fraudster Asks Justices To Undo $15M Restitution
• Bid To Nix $400M Award Saves Venezuela From Default In DC
• How 2020 Changed The Way Companies Go Public
• 7th Circ. Revives Coverage Battle Over Faulty Valve Suit
• SEC Urges Blank-Check Companies To Bolster Disclosures
• 10th Circ. Biofuel Ruling Endangers Refiners, Justices Told
• EPA Finalizes Plan To Maintain Current Ozone Standards
• DOE's China Order May Have Ripple Effects For Bulk Power
• The Biggest Oil And Gas Bankruptcy Trends Of 2020
• Cairn Wins $1.2B Arbitration With India Over Retroactive Tax
• Biz Groups Tell 2nd Circ. To Enforce $2.7B Nigeria Award
• Pulling Up Stakes: Baker Botts, Gibson Dunn, Latham
• A Law Firm's Guide To Producing A Podcast
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Trump Assails $900B COVID-19 Relief Bill In Twitter Video
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Alaska Drilling Project Approval Suit
• 3 Firms Steer Blackstone's $873M Bid For Roadside Store Biz
• Northrop Agrees To Pay $104M For Long Island Site Cleanup
• What To Expect From Florida's New Water Permitting Powers
• Sierra Club Urges 10th Circ. To Save Obama-Era Methane Rule
• Tainted Data Spoils Duty Calculation For Chinese Carbon
• Scheef & Stone To Pay $3M For Role In $80M Fraud Scheme
• Aussie Mining Co. Urges Enforcement Of $6B Pakistani Award
• What Gov't Contracting Might Look Like Under Biden
• Biden Needs Congress' Help On Green Transportation Plans
• BLM Tells 9th Circ. Fracking Rule Decision Must Stand
• Ohio Ratepayers Spared From Paying Into $1B Nuclear Bailout
• Steel Fabricator Pays Up To End EEOC Sex Bias Suit
• Northeast States, DC Join Cap-And-Invest Transportation Plan
• 5 Important E-Discovery Trends And Developments In 2020
• 2020 Bankruptcy Trends And Sectors To Watch In 2021
• Miner Seeks $8.8B In Congo Iron Ore Project Permit Fight
• Congress Backs $900B COVID-19 Relief, Gov't Spending Bill
• New Virus Relief Bill Extends Clean Energy Tax Break Timeline
• 16 New Blank-Check Co. IPO Filings Bolster 2021 Pipeline
• Energy Savings Contractor Settles With Gov't For $11M
• American Midstream Wants $6.1M Judgment Undone In Texas
• $2B Venezuelan Bond Enforcement Must Proceed, Judge Told
• Spanish Pipe Co. Hit With $20M Suit Over False Advertising
• Ex-US Rep. Tries To Scuttle Venezuela Oil Co.'s $15M Suit
• EPA Must Face Challenge To Water Permit Limitations
• Spain Says €34M Award Over Energy Subsidies Unenforceable
• House Wish List Hints At Financial Services Priorities
• CIT Reiterates How Commerce Can Calculate Thai Steel Duties
• EPA Groundwater Guidance Fails To Answer Key Questions
• The Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2020
• Could 2021 Be The Year Illinois Makes Ethics Reforms?
• Osage Nation Wants Wind Farm Cos.' Damage Defenses Nixed
• Trump Admin. Cuts Arctic Lands Planned For Oil Auction
• Lawmakers, White House Strike $900B Deal For Virus Relief
• Judges On Race: The Path To A More Diverse Bench
• CDPQ Injects $1B In Sidley-Repped Renewables Biz Invenergy
• LA Residents Say City Hid Dangerous Gas Leak For Years
• FERC Upholds $20M Fine Against BP For Market Manipulation
• Texas Justices Side With Endeavor In Lease Termination Row
• Fire Sprinkler Co. Wants Tardy Worker's Firing Reinstated
• Judge Says Virus To Blame For Losses, Not TD Ameritrade
• Trump Admin. Faltered On Oil And Gas Leasing, 9th Circ. Told
• Gasoline Price-Fixing Suit Can't Rope In Diesel Allegations
• A Review Of 2020's Key US Sanctions Developments
• FWS Guidance On Incidental Bird Killings May Be Short-Lived
• Hinshaw Nabs 2 McGlinchey Attys To Form Houston Office
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• BSG Mining Billionaire Can't Trim $1.85B Fraud Lawsuit
• Biggest Environmental Rules Of 2020
• Biggest Texas Cases Of 2020
• Donziger Says His Confinement Unprecedented In U.S. History
• Mining Co. Aims To Duck Claims For 2015 Gold King Spill
• Biden Taps NM Rep. As 1st Native American Interior Secretary
• Northern Dynasty To Fight Rejection Of Pebble Mine Permit
• Sunoco Gets Mariner East Reroute Order Paused In Pa.
• FERC Won't Force Calif. Grid Changes Following Blackouts
• Meet The North Carolina Regulator Tapped To Lead EPA
• Czech Steel Pipe Imports Dumped In The US, Commerce Says
• HK Regulators Push For Stronger Climate Disclosures By 2025
• New Mexico Oil Drilling Workers Say Company Didn't Pay OT
• 'No Evidence' For Transformer Duties, Co. Tells Fed. Circ.
• Blackstone's Investment Values Software Co. Over $2B
• 2nd Circ. Won't Review Aluminum Buyers' Cert. Denial
• NY Must Uproot Old Laws To Make Real Climate Progress
• Oxy Owes $2M Royalties For NM Gas Leases, Judge Rules
• Kayne Anderson Lands New Trial In $25M Newsletter IP Suit
• Insurers Fight Referral Of $1B Oil Spill Liability Suit To ECJ
• Clean Energy Projects Dodge Pandemic's Wrath In 2020
• Donziger Sued By Lawyer Who Withdrew From Criminal Case
• Exxon Says Mass. AG's Climate Standard Impossible To Meet
• Weil Says Hagens Berman Faked Witness Claims In Stock Suit
• Lawmakers, Industry Groups Clash Over Trump Water Rule
• $19.5M Deal To End TechnipFMC Investor Suit Gets Initial OK
• Groups Seek Block On Arctic Refuge Oil, Gas Leasing
• Baltimore Urges Justices Not To Expand Climate Suit Appeal
• Biden's Energy Picks Put Climate Front And Center
• CenterPoint Says Ex-Worker's Kickback Scam Cost It $1M
• Texas Judges Weigh Kinder Morgan Pipeline Oversight Suit
• Judge Unlikely To Nix Korean Oil Co.'s Calif. Gas Price-Fix Suit
• Sable Permian's Ch. 11 Plan Heading For Creditor Vote
• Murray Energy Must Provide Outsourcing Contracts To Union
• Green Groups Ask 9th Circ. Not To Restore XL Pipeline Permit
• Split SEC Approves Leaner Payment Disclosure Rules
• Rosen Law Firm To Lead Consolidated Nikola Investor Suits
• How Climate, Finance And Trade Will Intersect In 2021
• New Trends In DOJ's Approach To Domestic Corruption
• Treasury Blacklists Chinese, UAE Cos. For Iranian Exports
• Client Won't Face Sanctions After Firing Atty Mid-Deposition
• COVID-19 Has Broad Impact On Lost-Profit Determinations
• Energy Co. Wants Arbitration In Tribal Entity Fee Dispute
• Texas Gas Driller Gets OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation
• Tips For Identifying A Culturally Competent Mediator
• Top International Tax Cases Of 2020
• Renewables Will Feature In 2021 Energy Int'l Arbitration
• Top UK Court Clears The Way For Heathrow Expansion
• Kazakhstan, Oil Cos. Reach $1.9B Settlement In Profit Row
• Kirkland, V&E Guide Tie-Up Valuing TC Pipelines At $1.68B
• Trust Says Pacific Drilling Trying To Duck Arbitral Award
• Cryptocurrency Miner Wants Out Of Tribal Power Co.'s Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit $32M Superfund Gold Mine Case
• Groups Fight Oil Well, Pipeline On Calif. Monument Land
• A Look At Spoliation Risk In The 11th Circ., By The Numbers
• Energy Transfer Gets Workers' OT Claims Sent To Arbitration
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2020: Part 2
• Del. Justices Affirm Chemours-DuPont Arbitration Ruling
• White House Must Release Records On Enviro Reg Overhaul
• Oil Giant Denied Appeal Over $340M Fund Tied To 1MBD
• GE Can't Get Hands On Baker McKenzie Docs In Turbine Suit
• Korean Co. Joins Garmin's Bid To Keep ITC, PTAB Separate
• NC Justices Partly Reverse Duke Energy's $780M Rates Fight
• Baker Botts Scores IP Partner From Sidley Austin In Calif.
• Kyrgyzstan Must Pay Over $15M Award, Court Hears
• Conservation Groups Sue To Block Utah Oil Lease
• Kinder Morgan Settles Tainted Drinking Water Case
• Benesch Boosts Its Energy Practice With Ex-Calfee Attys
• DC Circ. Urged Not To Pause Methane Monitoring Rollback
• FERC Can't Justify $300M Plant Payments, DC Circ. Told
• PDVSA Unit Says Bondholders Must Wait To Collect $1.9B
• Preparing For Criminal Enviro Enforcement Under Biden
• Disputes Over Nuke System Oversight Caused Delays
• Chile Chemical Co. To Pay $62.5M In Bribery Coverup Suit
• Gov't Tells DC Circ. To Toss Wind Farm Lease Suit
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2020: Part 1
• Justices Turn Away Anti-US Bias Suit Against ConocoPhillips
• Covia, Creditors Compromise On Ch. 11 Plan
• Shell Unit's Failed Atty DQ Bid Faulted For Lack Of Research
• Schlumberger Can't Trim Rig Workers' $100M Sex Bias Case
• DOD Not Measuring Effects Of $67M Climate Change Grants
• $14B Kinder Morgan Tax Dispute Heading To Texas High Court
• SEC's Peirce Blasts Regs That 'Undercut' Personal Liberty
• Retirees Sue Alcoa To Halt Health Care Cuts
• Shell, Others On Hook For $50M In WWII Fuel Cleanup
• Biden May Have Difficulty Shifting Course On Iran Sanctions
• Trump Admin. Says Justices Should Take $1B PennEast Case
• Ohio High Court Ruling Muddles Mineral Abandonment Law
• Va. Pastor's Wife Pleads Guilty In $2M Investment Scam
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• ​​​​​​​Importers Urge Fed. Circ. To Rein In Trump's Tariff Power
• How Energy Attys Can Do More To Ward Off Corruption
• Texas Oil Regulator Can't Enforce COVID-19 Enviro Rules
• 4th Circ. Leery Of Giving 'Pass' To Male Same-Sex Harassment
• Energy Data Firm SAExploration's Ch. 11 Plan Approved
• Commerce Floats Broader Exclusions From Security Tariffs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Robinhood, ChemChina, Omnicell
• Enbridge Easement Revocation Spurs Fresh Pipeline Review
• EPA Asks Justices Not To Review 10th Circ. Biofuel Ruling
• In-Person Sales Bans For Competitive Energy Cos. Are Unfair
• Zurich Sanctioned Again In Fluor Pollution Coverage Suit
• Valaris Valuation Leads To Ch. 11 Equity Committee Denial
• BLM Land Leases Didn't Lead To Oil Drilling, GAO Report Says
• Vale Says Steinmetz On The Hook For $2.1B Award
• Cooley, Fenwick-Led Tech Cos. Rake In $769M Via IPOs
• Union Pacific Promotes Former Pipeline Co. CLO To Top Atty
• NY Fund's Climate Move Unlikely To Sway ERISA Plans
• Energy Transfer Unit Fights Pipeline Shutdown After Blast
• Energy Industry Group Wants Offshore Reg Suit Dumped
• Sunoco Can't Get New Trial In $155M Okla. Royalty Dispute
• SEC Fines GE $200M To Wrap Accounting Investigation
• 2 Decisions Reveal New Tool For TCPA Defense Litigators
• COVID-19 Spurs Associates To Think Bigger — Like Partners
• EPA Finalizes New Clean Air Act Cost-Benefit Rule
• Mining Proposal Raises Questions About Permitting Council
• This Year's Top 8th Circ. Bankruptcy Decisions
• Exxon Asks Justices To Stop Colo. Climate Suit Remand
• Ex-Banker Loses Challenge To Assets Order In Energy Dispute
• FTS Pays $9.9M To Settle Shareholder's Claim It Lied In IPO
• Feds Can Enforce Tax Liens Against Texas Oilman
• 9th Circ. 'Willful' Ruling Could Extend Beyond FMLA Context
• DC Circ. Judge Rips Labor Dept. In Mining Safety Fight
• Fed. Claims Judge Nixes Osage Members' Oil, Gas Fund Suit
• CFTC OKs Electronic Trading Rules, Revises Bankruptcy Code
• EPA's Groundwater Guidance Leaves Permitting Murkiness
• Brownstein Hyatt Adds Ski Exec To Natural Resources Group
• Level Solar's $30M Ch. 11 Suit Says Salesforce Axed Account
• Eni Says Court Shouldn't Vacate Subpoenas In Nigeria Row
• 9th Circ. Cites Impact On Polar Bears In Nixing Drilling Project
• Calif. Wage Law Applies Offshore, Appeals Court Says
• Enterprise Unit Can't Ditch $4M Loss To Oil & Gas Trader
• EPA Gets Heat From All At DC Circ. Over Biofuel Exemptions
• EPA Can't Justify Methane Regs Rollback, DC Circ. Hears
• Early Biden Actions Signal Support For Environmental Justice
• Aussie Pension Fund Lobs $3.9B Bid For NZ Energy Biz
• GCs Are Uniquely Qualified To Lead Diversity Initiatives
• BSG Mining Billionaire Wants $1.85B UK Fraud Row Trimmed
• Oil Co. Loses Bid To Appeal $86M Puerto Rican Bank Ruling
• Milbank, BakerHostetler Build $744M US Steel-Big River Deal
• Green Groups Fight Feds' Attempts To Resurrect Keystone XL
• Justices Urged To Clarify Patent Review Standard
• EPA Says Stricter Particulate Matter Controls Not Needed
• Ex-FERC Commissioner McNamee Rejoins McGuireWoods
• FERC Ignored Market Manipulation Claims, DC Circ. Told
• CIT OKs Levies Over Turkish Co.'s Tardy Filings To Commerce
• Chancery Asked To Determine Silver Mining Firm's Brass
• Extraction Oil Can Proceed With Nix Of Pipeline Deal In Ch. 11
• Milbank, Ropes & Gray, Rep $1B Seacor Take-Private Deal
• Alaska Pebble Mine Proponent Accused Of Stock Fraud
• 1st Circ. May Let EPA Consider Exxon Permit In Climate Case
• 3 Ways Defendants Can Nip Civil RICO Claims In The Bud
• Mining Co. Fights $115M Pension Plan Withdrawal Penalty
• Duracell, Energizer Settle False Advertising Battle
• Judge Consolidates Suits Against Firms Over BP Settlement
• Contractor Can't Trim $3M LA Oil Spill Verdict, Judge Says
• What The Biden Administration Can Expect From State AGs
• Superior Energy Hits Ch. 11 With $1.3B Debt-Swap Plan
• Essar Blunts Bid To Freeze Assets In $1.5B Award Fight
• Judges On Race: Reducing Implicit Bias In Courtrooms
• White Stallion Coal Co. Gets Interim Loan Pending Ch. 11 Sale
• NY, Mass. Emission Deal Clears Way For Power Plant's Ch. 11
• Nigeria Denied Early Win In $10B Award Enforcement Suit
• Feds Sue SoCal Edison Over $100M In Calif. Wildfire Costs
• Minn. Commission Declines Tribes' Bid To Stay Pipeline Work
• Ohio Justices Revive Suit Over Steel Group's $43M Jury Loss
• Seadrill Says Fee Dispute With Parent Sparked Ch. 11
• First Nations Want Energy Export Project Permit Withheld
• PTAB Grants Review Petition Despite Sept. 2021 Trial In Texas
• Do Midstream Agreements Create Real Property Interests?
• $50B Yukos Arbitration Award Against Russia Stands For Now
• US Seeks To Sink Challenge To Clean Water Act Rule
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Wilson
• Where Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Stand: Part 2
• 3 Firms Power SPAC Deal Creating $1.35B Energy Storage Co.
• Miner Tied To W.Va. Gov. To Pay $300K For Selenium Pollution
• Energy Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Tax Partner To New York Office
• Venezuela To Pay $48M To ConocoPhillips After Award Fight
• Feds Urge 2nd Circ. To Reinstate Platinum Convictions
• British Gas Gets 'Pyrrhic' Win In Shell, Esso Gas Supply Fight
• Judge Vacates Pro-Kinder Morgan DOI Pipeline Decision
• DOJ Can't Block Sierra Club's 'Side Deal' In Coal Plant Suit
• DHS, IBM Warn Of Phishing Bids Targeting Vaccine Delivery
• Del. Court Confirms $1B Nev. Solar Plant's Ch. 11 Plan
• Fed. Circ. Asks Commerce To Redo Duties On French Steel
• Angola Says 'New' Proof Can't Save $1.1B Energy Row
• UK Arbitrator Disclosure Ruling Falls Flat, Some Experts Say
• McKinsey Drops Westmoreland Fees In US Trustee Deal
• Spain Says €77M Award Fight Must Be Paused
• Texas Justices Told New Well Damages Timing Test Is Needed
• Marathon Oil General Counsel Resigns From Post
• Morgan Lewis Expands Enviro Team With Texas Partner
• Baker Botts Adds Ex-TCEQ Deputy Director In Austin
• UK Watchdog To Study Electric Vehicle Charging Sector
• Texas High Court Scrutinizes $83M Electric Rate Hike
• US Pushes Ahead With Arctic Refuge Drilling Lease Sale
• Where Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Stand: Part 1
• Minn. Agency Erred In Approving Pipeline, Tribes Say
• Energy Group Of The Year: Latham
• Navigating Atty Relationship Conflicts That May Imperil Cases
• SCANA Inks $137.5M Deal To Exit SEC's Nuke Plant Fraud Suit
• Engineering Co. WSP Grows Consulting Biz With $1.1B Deal
• FERC Wipes Out New England Grid Auction Rules
• Energy Trader Vitol To Pay $163M For FCPA Misdeeds
• Lighthouse Resources Hits Ch. 11 In Tough Market For Coal
• Coal Producer White Stallion Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For Sale
• 3 Blank-Check Companies Tap Public Markets For $700M Total
• EQT Must Face Investor Suit Over $6.7B Merger, Judge Says
• Pakistan Says Enforcing $6B Award Would Batter Its Economy
• Vivint Solar Can't Force Arbitration Of Fraud Claims Yet
• DuPont Rips Chemours' 'Strange' Bid To Void Chancery Ruling
• Norton Rose Nabs Skilled Deals Partner For Houston Office
• Energy Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• How COVID-19 May Change Universities' Use Of P3s
• Indonesian Biodiesel Tariffs Get Green Light From CIT Judge
• Nigerians Lose Appeal To Extend Cutoff For Shell Spill Claim
• Ex-ComEd Executives Plead Not Guilty To Bribery Charges
• How Mediators Can Help Parties Overcome Emotional Barriers
• Ore. Sens. Unveil Bill Aimed At Wildfire Resilient Power Grid
• $250M Gold Mine Claim Against Colombia Will Proceed
• US Sanctions May Play Part In $40M Venezuelan Bond Case
• Metal Cos. Say Insurer Failed To Cover Them In Loan Suit
• Auto Industry Says It Will Work With Biden To Curb Emissions
• White House Says Enviro Review Rules Suit Brought Too Early
• Ex-HSBC Forex Exec Seeks To Skirt Prison In Light Of Virus
• Claims Court Tosses $190M Nuclear Cleanup Deal Challenge
• Texas Justices Focus On Past Litigation In Oil Royalty Fight
• Angola Energy Co. Fights To Keep Gov't Contract Row In US
• Allstate Insurance Sues Ga. Power, Belkin Over House Fire
• Zohar Approved For $45M Sale Of Pittsburgh Copper Co.
• EPA Says 'Forever Chemicals' Can Be Considered In Permits
• Wind Tower Coalition Trade Case Clears Early Hurdle
• $12.6M Award Against Venezuela Mining Co. Confirmed
• Pace Of Bankruptcy-Claims Trading Is Picking Up
• Butane Fuel Mix Qualifies For $33M Tax Credit, 7th Circ. Told
• Energy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Shale Energy Co. Gavilan Gets OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan
• Nigerians Fight To Revive Claims Over Shell Oil Spill
• Gas Shipper Can't Stop Pipeline From Blending In Butane
• Judging A Book: Wardlaw Reviews 'Hamilton And The Law'
• Seadrill Subsidiaries Hit Ch. 11 In Texas With $3B Of Debt