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Energy - August, 2021

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• 3 Legal Takeaways For Oil And Gas Sector Post-Hurricane Ida
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive SunCoke Energy Merger Class Claims
• Ida Spotlights Need For Better Industry Oversight, Groups Say
• Biden Dodges Carbon Cost Suit As Judge Finds It Premature
• Transport Cos. Brace For Post-Ida Supply Chain Woes
• Biden Floats Lowering Rent For Renewable Project Leases
• Biden Reverses Pause On New Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• DOD Cuts European Bases Off From Russian Energy
• BP Unit Warns Of Oil Patch Chaos After Pooled Lease Ruling
• Fed. Circ. Unwinds Indian Steel Co.'s Trade Court Win
• T-Mobile Built Fence On Other Co.'s Property, $1M Suit Says
• Louisiana Power Providers Reeling From Hurricane Ida
• 3rd Circ. Sets Strict Rule For Bankruptcy Bar Dates
• STL Pipeline Tells DC Circ. Stakes Too High To Bank On FERC
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
• CIT Gives Commerce Another Shot At Korean Steel Duties
• What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us
• How Firms Can Help Law Schools Leap Into The Future
• Vaccines, Tuition, Race: The Litigation On Law Schools' Radar
• 4 Ideas For Updating Law Schools Post-Pandemic
• Saudi Heirs Look To Revive $18B Award Fight With Chevron
• SoCal Edison Pays $350K Over Emissions Reporting
• Steinmetz Cites 5th Amendment To Avoid Deposition, For Now
• Maxus Energy Says No To $5.2M Fee For Insurance Consultant
• DC Circ. Backs FERC Redo Of Grid Project Payment Order
• Jordanian Co. Asks DC Judge To Keep Iraq On Hook For $53M
• Nikola Founder, Feds Clash Over Investor Fraud Forum
• Highland Capital Investor Seeks Pause Amid Ch. 11 Appeal
• EU Climate Plan Should Involve Taxing Pollution, Not Borders
• 3rd Circ. Keeps Renco On The Hook For $79M Pension Fee
• CIT Calls Commerce's Flange Duties Ruling 'Misleading'
• How 6th Circ. May Resolve District Court TCPA Exception Split
• 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Remand Of Colo. Royalty Fight
• Petrobras In Talks With Brazilian Oil Peer For $1B Asset Sale
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Mining Claims Against Mongolia
• W.Va. Royalty Law Doesn't Apply Retroactively, Judge Rules
• Bouchard Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan, Wells Fargo Deal
• Turkish Steel Co. Cries Foul Over Treatment Of Security Tariff
• 5th Circ. Told Bank's Blunder Cost Royalty Owners $27M
• EPA Illegally Destroying Water, Chemical Records, Group Says
• State AGs Insist Minn. Climate Suit Is State Matter
• 3 Blank-Check IPOs Tap Public Markets For $410M Combined
• Wind Farm Can't Revive Defenses To Tribe's Trespass Claim
• EPA, Army Corps Moves Herald New Enviro Permit Challenges
• Texas Panel Revives $3M Fraud Suit, Nixes Arbitration Order
• Bankrupt Kumtor Gold Wants Kyrgyzstan Fined $1M Per Day
• BP Unit Owes $4.3M For Its Share Of Aluminum Site Cleanup
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Exxon Union's Win In Contracting Row
• FERC's Departing Chatterjee Regrets Grid Policy Inaction
• Air India Says Arbitral Enforcement Suits Jump The Gun
• Sugar Co.'s $291M Cuban Port Suit Too Grainy, For Now
• EQT Says Conflict, Not Bias, Drove Black Ex-Exec's Firing
• Spencer Fane Brings On Tax Credit Financing Pro In Denver
• Biden Admin. Cracks Down On W.Va. Mine Reclamation
• Mass. Residents Challenge Offshore Wind Farm Approval
• Pa. Welders Seek Pay For Time Spent On Buses To Work Site
• Utilities Ask FCC To Cut Threat Of Pole-Attachment Refunds
• Feds Score Win Against Latest Mo. River Depletion Suit
• Let FERC Handle STL Pipeline From Now On, DC Circ. Told
• 'Ecocide' May Be New Tool For Fighting Environmental Crime
• DLA Piper, V&E Rep Apollo's $150M Energy Storage Deal
• Iñupiat Village's Arctic Drilling Suit Is Moot, 9th Circ. Says
• Okla. Asks To Block DOI Coal Regulation On Tribal Lands
• Haiti Takes Aim At $23M Award In Fuel Import Fight
• Avenatti Gains Edge As Feds Show Hand In Mistrial
• 8th Circ. Backs Barring Utility From Shedding Wind Contracts
• Crypto Biz Blockstream Raises $210M For Bitcoin Mining Tech
• House Approves $3.5T Budget Vehicle For Biden Relief Plan
• 9th Circ. Tosses FOIA Suit Seeking Nuclear Energy Plant Docs
• Steel Importers Want Full Fed. Circ. To Limit Tariff Power
• Federal Enviro Criminal Prosecutions Continue To Decline
• Justices Must Restore Trump-Era GHG Rule, Supporters Say
• ND Urges Court To Force Gov't To Restart Oil And Gas Leasing
• Natural Capital: A Paradigm Shift In Valuing The Environment
• Minn. Court Backs Regulators' OK Of $700M Natural Gas Plant
• Donziger Prosecution Didn't Flout DOJ Authority, Judge Says
• FERC OK'd For Direct 3rd Circ. Appeal In Del. Ch. 11 Dispute
• Climate Protesters Block Street Over HMRC's Ties To Barclays
• Chesapeake Gets OK For $6.3M Settlement, $2.9M In Atty Fees
• Mont. Mineral Biz Admits Fault In Worker Arsenic Exposure
• EPA Defeats Water Act Claim In Maryland River Pollution Row
• How The 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar Through COVID
• Fla. Court Slashes $120M Verdict For Man Paralyzed In Crash
• CIT Backs Indian Flange Cos. Reduced Tariffs Over Family Rift
• Texas City Ends Gas Terminal Design Change Fight
• Evaluating Challenges To SEC's ESG Disclosure Proposal
• Court Challenges, New Regs May Slow Infrastructure Plans
• Keystone Pipeline Had Safety Concerns, GAO Report Says
• Gibson Dunn Adds Atty To Head Litigation Group In Houston
• DC Circ. Expedites Rail Cos. Appeal In Price-Fixing MDL
• Arnold & Porter Adds Ex-Clifford Chance Finance Partner
• Gravel Income From Treaty Lands Taxable, Justices Told
• US Imposes New Nord Stream 2 Sanctions On Russian Cos.
• 8th Circ. Affirms Mo. Power Plant Upgrade Needed Air Permit
• Ex-US Rep. Rebuts Claim From Venezuelan Oil Co. Unit
• US Trustee Opposes Ch. 11 Fees For MTE Service Providers
• Moldova Says EU Ruling Warrants Stay Of $58M Award Suit
• Calif. City Franchise Fee Didn't Need Voters' OK, Panel Finds
• Remand Of Minn. Climate Fraud Suit Paused Amid Appeal
• Oil Refiner Sues EPA Over Renewable Fuel Exemption Petition
• Maui Seeks To Reopen Hawaii Water Pollution Suit
• Chevron, Exxon Want 5th Circ. Coastal Drilling Issue Reheard
• Energy Co. Seeks $52M For Failed Natural Gas Delivery
• ExxonMobil Beats Expats' Retirement Benefits Suit
• Crystallex Stockholders Battle In Del. For Ch. 15 Examiner
• EQT 'Cherry-Picked' Ruling To Dodge $40M Suit, 4th Circ. Told
• 5 Best Practices For Attys Helping To Craft ESG Policies
• Chevron Can Pursue Gov't Indemnity Under WWII Fuel Deals
• Clear Documentation Helps Avoid Power Project Disputes
• EPA Extends Permit Reviews Amid Water Rule Revision
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Latham
• Steelmaker's Tariff Abuse Suit To Stay In Pa. Federal Court
• $7M Deal To End Energy Bait-And-Switch Suits Gets Initial OK
• Minn. Tells 8th Circ. Climate Fraud Suit Belongs In State Court
• ArcelorMittal, Owed $1.4B, Targets Essar Over Alleged Fraud
• Minn. Says Enbridge Suits Don't Belong In Tribal Court
• Kinder Gets 2nd Chance To Fight Mineral Tax Appraisal
• Fed. Circ. Allows Arthrex Remand On 2nd Oil Patent Appeal
• US Says $380M Award In 1MDB Fraud Case Is Fair Game
• Coal Cos. Rapped For Missing Emails On Brazilian Iron Buy
• Revised Pension Suit Moots US Steel Dismissal Bid
• ConocoPhillips Alaska Drilling Permits Nixed Over GHG
• Battery Co. Must Pay Workers' Actual Uniform-Changing Time
• How BigLaw Firms Stack Up On Climate Change Work
• Arbitrating Transnational Environmental Disputes
• Why A Missed Email Could Cost You Your Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Tricor Group, SenseTime
• Siemens Wind Tower Co. Looks To Unwind US Duties
• Laborers Union Sues Die Cast Co. Over Lapsed Health Plans
• Ex-Westinghouse Exec Charged Over Failed Nuclear Projects
• Venoco Tells High Court To Scrap Calif. Takings Suit Challenge
• Enphase Beats Investor Suit Over Inflated Finances, For Now
• SEC-Approved Nasdaq Diversity Rule Challenged In 5th Circ.
• CenterPoint Asks Texas Justices To Reconsider PUC Purview
• Koch Nabs Confirmation Of $400M Award Against Venezuela
• 2nd Circ. Revives Upstate NY Superfund Cleanup Fight
• Contractor Settlements Highlight Small Biz Compliance Risks
• Steinmetz Could Face Sanctions In Guinea Mining Fight
• K&L Gates Taps Ex-Calif. Deputy Counsel For Power Practice
• $70M Innogy Wind Farm Suit Trimmed By NY Judge
• Biden EV Order Boosts Opportunities For Automakers
• Kan. Wind Farm Suit Belongs In Circuit Court, DC Judge Says
• Trade Court Knocks Challenge To Duties On Turkish Rebar
• Balch & Bingham Adds Second Partner In Austin
• Tribes Drop Fight Against $468M Pipeline At DC Circ.
• Feds Tell 2nd Circ. Alstom Exec's FCPA Acquittal Was Faulty
• Basic Energy Enters Ch. 11 To Sell Oil & Gas, Water Assets
• How The Texas Winter Storm Has Affected Power Contracts
• What TSA's New Cybersecurity Standards Mean For Pipelines
• Green Groups Slam Interior's Plan To Resume Oil, Gas Leases
• McDermott Adds 3 Energy Deal Pros In NY, Houston Offices
• 5th Circ. Says CEO Must Pay Wells Fargo, Trustmark $58.7M
• These Law Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Navy Contractor Accused Of Firing Engineer Over FMLA Time
• Woodside, BHP Merge Oil And Gas Units To Create $29B Biz
• NCAI Says Cop Violence Over DAPL Protests Threatens Tribes
• U.S. Wants To Pause Suits Over Endangered Species Changes
• India Asks US Court To Toss Cairn's $1.2B Arb. Award Suit
• Insurer Says Ruptured Pipeline Damages Not Covered
• Energy Groups Sue Interior Over Oil And Gas Leasing Pause
• Lithium Co. Says Tribes Joined Suit Opposing Mine Too Late
• NJ Pitches Rule Changes For Offshore Wind Tax Credits
• Arbitral Enforcement Takeaways From Kazakh Asset Ruling
• ITC Says Foreign Synthetic Rubber Undermines US Biz
• 17 Best Practices For Defending Against Ransomware Attacks
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Jones Day Adds Former HSF Germany Disputes Head
• Key Funding Opportunities In Senate Infrastructure Bill
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Latham
• SoCal Edison Won't Face Criminal Charges For Woolsey Fire
• Venezuela Says Crystallex Hasn't Proven Co. Is Its Alter Ego
• Tribe Says FERC Ignoring Dam Project's Cultural Site Impacts
• Saudi Heirs' Lawyer Faces Sanctions in $18B Award Fight
• Nasdaq Diversity Rule To Bring Change, Or Shame, To Cos.
• Trial Necessary In Colo. Gold Mine Pollution Suit, Judge Told
• EQT Says $53M Deal Bars W.Va. Leaseholders' Royalty Claims
• Ex-Oilfield Co. CEO Pleads Out In $100M Fake Revenue Case
• 5 Blank-Check Cos. Blitz Public Markets For $840M Combined
• Bass Berry Adds US Commerce Dept. Vet To DC Office
• G-CON Manufacturing Hires Schlumberger Atty To Be GC
• 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail To Secure Litigation Funding
• 2nd Circ. Arbitral Award Ruling Signals Restrictive Approach
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Renewable Projects Pro In San Diego
• TVA Can't Escape Contract Suit From Environmental Groups
• 6 Months Later, What To Know About The Texas Storm MDL
• Saudi Heirs Lose Bid To Enforce $17.9B Chevron Award
• Despite Giuliani's Assertion, Lawyers Cannot 'Throw A Fake'
• Dakota Access Protesters Say Excessive Force Suit Must Stay
• FERC Faces Protests Over Enbridge Pipeline Rate Hike
• The Complexity Of COVID-19 Price-Gouging Compliance
• FERC OKs Kinder Morgan Waiving $192M In Storm Penalties
• Donziger Doesn't Deny Guilt In New Trial Bid, Prosecutor Says
• Colo. County Says Utility's Suit Over $464M Dam Is A Rehash
• It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules
• Netherlands, Italy Top EU Gas Tax Rates, Study Finds
• Wachtell, Latham Lead $1.92B Sale Of PSEG's Fossil Fuel Biz
• Sanctioned Chemical Co. Settles Before Facing Damages Jury
• Steel Hub Says Shipping Companies Won't Release Cargo
• Limetree Bay Gets OK For $10M DIP Draw, September Auction
• Calif. Judge Tosses Challenge to Tribal Windfarm
• Del. Judge Keeps Refiner's Securities Coverage Dispute Alive
• 5th Circ. Upholds Insurer's Win In $1.7M Faulty Well Fight
• Pipeline Isn't 'Run Of The Mill' Domain Case, DC Circ. Told
• 5th Circ. Revives Petrobras Fraud Suit Against Samsung
• 9th Circ. Finds Keystone Permit Appeal Moot
• Beyond Maui: Groundwater Guidance Still Needed
• 9th Circ. Remands Order Limiting Ex-BLM Head's Authority
• EPA Scientists Say Collaboration Ban Hurting Chemical Regs
• Fed. Circ. Says PTAB Erred In Upholding Seismic Tech Patent
• EPA Settles With Shell For $29.5M Over WWII Fuel Cleanup
• DOE Proposes Reversing Trump-Era Lightbulb Rollbacks
• Saudi Families Knock Gibson Dunn For Fake Paper Allegation
• $95M Ch. 7 Suit Says Black Diamond Looted Bayou Steel
• CIT Backs Reduced Chinese Solar Cell Duties After 2nd Redo
• Data-Based Predictions On Case Timelines After Pandemic
• 4 Firms Guide $2.2B Deal For PE-Backed Vine Energy
• State Regulators Stand Behind FERC Tariff Order At DC Circ.
• Del. Justices Vacate Tonopah Solar Project Books Ruling
• Seadrill Days Drilling Contract Deal Moves Ch. 11 Forward
• GOP States Accuse Feds Of Flouting Oil, Gas Lease Order
• Honeywell Loses Ground In Furnace Ignition Patent Suit
• DOI Defends Reviews For Gulf Of Mexico Oil Lease Sales
• Texas Gas Projects Tell DC Circ. To Toss Design Change Fight
• Embracing ESG
• 5 Potential Speed Bumps For Clean Energy Investment
• Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Opens 3 New Texas Offices
• EPA Must Update Oil Spill Rule By 2023, Judge Says
• Senate Approves $1.2T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
• How SPACs Are Evolving, And What To Expect Next
• Judge Rebukes Limetree Bay DIP For Cutting $10M From Offer
• Green Financing Firm's Ads Duped Buyers, 9th Circ. Told
• $689M Solar Project's Environmental Plan Ready For Public
• Guaidó Can't Pause Appeal Of $1.2B Award Enforcement
• Software Co. Unit Nabs Default IP Win In Deleted Code Row
• 3 Potential Speed Bumps To Biden's 50% Electric Vehicle Goal
• 4th Circ. Told Baltimore Climate Claims Are Federal At Heart
• Alaska Oil Co. Furie Execs Hit With $100M Suit In Texas
• Retention Is Key To Meaningful Diversity At Law Firms
• Oil And Gas Groups Want Say In Trump Pipeline Permit Fight
• 4 Considerations In Light Of Cyber Incident Notification Bill
• US Dings Southeast Asian Oil Tubes For Avoiding Duties
• Pa. Panel Axes Challenge To Gas Drilling In State Forests
• Energy Cos. Can't Get $22M In Treasury Cash, Fed. Circ. Told
• STL Pipeline Asks DC Circuit To Reconsider Vacating Permit
• Judge Sanctions Feds Over Evidence In Gold King Spill Suit
• EPA Tells Justices GHG Rule Appeals Target Future Policy
• Justices' Pipeline Ruling Is A Close Call For Gas Industry
• DC Circ. Faults FERC's 'Breezy' Power Price Spike Review
• Kazakhstan Accused Of Harassment In $506M Award Fight
• Utah Work Site Owners Must Face 'Take Home' Asbestos Suit
• Texas Utility Wants Out Of Suit Over Spiking Prices
• Baker Botts Snaps Up Ex-Simpson Thacher Atty In Houston
• New Emissions Plan Mends Relations With Automakers, Calif.
• BP Escapes $80M Suit From Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• $54M Green Energy Ponzi Schemer Gets 18-Year Prison Term
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• IP Forecast: Apple Faces Texas Jury Again Over 4G Patents
• 5th Circ. Revives Oil Cos.' Bid To Move La. Suit To Fed. Court
• 15 States Urge 1st Circ. To Move Climate Suit To Fed. Court
• Russia Seeks To Maintain Stay Of $50B Award Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Unsure New Trial Needed In $5M Oil Drilling IP Fight
• US Says $1.2B Looted In 1MDB Scandal Has Been Returned
• FERC Told Refinery Project's Axing Should Doom Pipeline
• Bouchard Gets OK For $245M Oil Barge Fleet Sale
• Utility Cos. Notch Win In Idaho-Oregon Transmission Line Row
• Pulling Up Stakes: Pillsbury, Greenberg Traurig, McDermott
• 10 Steps To Building An ESG Board Committee: Part 2
• Biden Sets Goal Of 50% Electric Vehicles By 2030
• 2nd Circ. OKs Expedited Appeal In $1B Contract Forgery Suit
• Businessman Charged With $250M PDVSA Bribery Scheme
• NM Judge Axes Enviros' Suit Over BLM Fracking Permits
• PetroSaudi Unit Says US Still Can't Seize $380M Award
• Kyrgyzstan Says Sovereign Immunity Nulls Ch. 11 Ruling
• ComEd Tells Ill. Judge Customers Can't Sue Over Bribery
• Army Corps Of Engineers Sued Over Texas Oil Terminal Plans
• 10th Circ. Told It Was Wrong To Remand Colo. Royalty Fight
• Biofuel Co. Hit With Investor Suit Over Financial Reports
• Montana Utility Asks 9th Circ. To Pull Suit From Tribal Court
• 5th Circ. Denies Antitrust Immunity For Texas River Authority
• Media, Decarbonization SPACs Raise $350M In IPOs
• Chevron Claims Saudi Heirs Created Fake Article To Aid Case
• Trading Co. Says Citgo Misled It In $11M 'Stranded' Goods Suit
• Avoiding Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Remote Work
• Fed. Circ. Tells US To Stop Dodging WWII Era Cleanup Bill
• 10 Steps To Building An ESG Board Committee: Part 1
• DOE Plans To Revoke Trump Short-Cycle Appliance Rules
• Reed Smith Snags Chamber Lawyer For State AG Practice
• 3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill
• Spain Can't Get €101M Award Nixed In Solar Energy Fight
• 10th Circ. Says Ute Tribal Court Must Handle Contract Dispute
• Donziger's New Trial Bid Slams Special Prosecutor's Authority
• Kazakhstan Says DC Property Off Limits In $506M Award Fight
• Brandywine Says Energy Supplier Added Fees In Pandemic
• Oil Cos., Unions Urge Congress Toward Carbon Capture
• Judge Drops Moot Claims In ND Tribes' Mineral Rights Suit
• DC Circ. Orders FERC To Probe Enviro Impact Of Gas Projects
• BLM Will Examine Impacts Of Trump's Arctic Drilling Plan
• Wash. Commission Told Energy Tax Credit Should Expire
• CIT Sees Holes In Nail Importers' Security Tariff Win
• CMA Won't Review Baker Hughes, Akastor Offshore Drilling JV
• Ex-Owner Says He Is True Florida Man In Golf Course Scrap
• Judge Slams Atty For 'Shameful' Waste In Deepwater MDL
• ITC Paves Way For Pipe Duties On 3 Countries
• State Utility Regulators' Climate Mandates A Hopeful Trend
• Bankrupt Limetree Bay Set To Shut Down St. Croix Refinery
• Infrastructure Bill Targets Tribes With Roads, Enviro Spending
• Senate Infrastructure Bill Won't End Dems' Clean Energy Push
• Senate Group, 7 Countries Slam US-Germany Pipeline Deal
• Senate Infrastructure Bill Would End Worker Retention Credits
• $1.2T Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Braces For Hurdles
• Texas PUC Can't Quash Brazos Ch. 11 Document Demands
• Nine Point Ch. 11 Sale Upheld Over Caliber Appeal
• Ex-Liberian Officials Ask Justices To Review Libel Standard
• US Chamber Backs Energy Cos. In Climate Suit Fight
• 3 Firms Rep IHS Markit's $1.2B Divestment To News Corp.
• NE Energy Law Veteran Leaves Locke Lord For Day Pitney
• BLM Seeks Agency Remand In Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• 5th Circ. Revives Genesis' $4.5M Pipeline Damage Suit
• Trader Entitled To $4M Refund On Oil Export Tax, 5th Circ. Told
• Polsinelli Adds Real Estate Shareholder In Miami