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Energy - December, 2021

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• EPA Walks Back Trump OK For Okla. To Regulate Tribal Lands
• As Hacks Hit A Nerve, Admin. Pushed Reporting Of Breaches
• Taylor Energy To Pay $43M To Feds For Oil Spill Cleanup
• FERC Says PG&E Can't Recoup $6M For Revised Grid Projects
• Judge Decries McGirt 'Havoc' But Finds For Feds On Mining
• Russia Creating Fake Gas Scarcity In EU, Ukraine Oil Co. Says
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• Chesapeake Utilities To Promote 6 To Leadership Roles
• Entrust Energy's Ch. 11 Back On Track After ERCOT Deal
• Solenex Fights To Get Decades-Old Montana Lease Reinstated
• Canada Reaches Accord With S&P Global On IHS Markit Deal
• NIMBYism Is Endangering America's Clean Energy Future
• Biggest Corporate, Institutional, Gov't Injury Payouts Of 2021
• Top Transportation Rulings Of 2021
• Biden Admin. Gives Green Light To Major Calif. Solar Projects
• In Rare Move, Albright Stays 5 Cases For PTAB Reviews
• St. Croix Refinery's Reopened Ch. 11 Sale OK'd In Texas
• Ukraine Urges DC Circ. To Keep $112M Discovery Appeal Alive
• Vitol, Trader Can't Shake FERC Market Manipulation Case
• Wash. Tribe, Green Groups Want LNG Plant Permits Tossed
• Feds Defend Duty Calculations For Bosnian Silicon Metal
• EU Finalizes State Aid Guidelines Focused On Climate Change
• Minn. Agency Stands By Air Permit Issued To Metals Mine
• Italy Still Can't Escape Claim Over Offshore Oil Project
• FTC Demands Divestment Before Blessing Gas Station Deal
• Republicans Urge Justices Against EPA Power Sector Shift
• Ohio Utility Gets Investor Suit Over $60M Bribery Plot Tossed
• JPMorgan, Traders Finally Get OK On $60M Spoofing Deal
• Centrist Dems Want Security-Based Levies Peeled Back
• Biggest Environmental Policy Actions Of 2021
• Aker BP Buys Lundin's Norwegian Unit To Create $20.4B Biz
• Electric Truck Co. Nikola To Pay $125M To End SEC Probe
• ERCOT Objection Delays Energy Co.'s Ch. 11 Confirmation
• WTO Dispute Roundup: US Stands Down In Olive Duty Fight
• Losing Bidder Says Limetree Reopened Sale On False Premise
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC Over Nonprofit's FOIA Suit
• EPA To Finalize Stricter Auto Emissions Standards
• 10th Circ. Urged To Revive BLM Fracking Permit Challenge
• Enviros Fight Mine Operator's Sanctions Bid In Pollution Row
• Lesotho Wants German Co.'s €50M Enforcement Suit Tossed
• Slawson Drilling Suit Should Be Kept Alive, Tribe Says
• JPMorgan, Wind Farm Debate Definitions In $17M Storm Bill
• Ex-Yukos Investors Want $50B Russia Award Case To Proceed
• WTO Wary Of Omicron As Merchandise Trade Drops
• Update Deep-Sea Law To Spur US Mining Projects
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Mass. Gas Facility Approval Row
• Feds Urge Justices To Rebuff Dakota Access Pipeline Petition
• McGlinchey Picks Up Houston Litigator From Zabel Freeman
• Schumer Vows Vote On BBB Act After Manchin Defection
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• CIT Questions Adjustment Denial For Mexican Pipe Imports
• DC Circ. Zaps FERC's OK Of Calif. Grid Operator's Pay Plan
• Citgo Blasts Suit Alleging Workers Were Shorted On Benefits
• Class Certified In Suit Against FPL Over Irma Power Outages
• US Pipemakers Target Oman, UAE In Duty Evasion Probe
• States Urge DC Circ To Affirm Their CWA Certificate Power
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• Tribes Say Pipeline Ruling Doesn't Warrant High Court Review
• Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2021
• States, Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Leave Trump Water Rule Intact
• Default Electric Service Short-Circuits Market Competition
• 2 SPACs Raise Combined $300M In IPOs Steered By 4 Firms
• The Biggest Texas Rulings Of 2021
• IPO Stampede Powered Record Capital Markets Activity In '21
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FERC's Grid Connection Cost Rules Leave DC Judge Skeptical
• FERC Floats $40M Pipeline Penalty Against Energy Transfer
• New Pipeline Rule Protects Great Lakes, Coastal Waters
• Amplify Hit With Criminal Charges In Wake Of Pipeline Spill
• Gov't Defends Malaysian Data In Chinese Carbon Tariff Review
• Mass. Panel Tosses Suit Over Enbridge Pipeline Extension
• US Stance On Sovereign Immunity Question Not Clear Yet
• 5th Circ. Told To Rethink Refusal To Enforce $18B Oil Award
• PDVSA Says It Didn't Get A Fair Shake In $40M Debt Fight
• DOI Report Is Bad For Both Climate And Oil, Gas Interests
• Developer Lands $44M Award To Boost Calif. Wind Farm
• Wis. Class Asks For Final OK Of $1M Plant Explosion Deal
• Former Philly Refinery Owner Gets Win In Row With Insurers
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Bimbo Bakeries Sued In Wash. Over Toxic Metal Discharge
• Illumina Investor Eyes Bail Amid Insider Trading Appeal
• Bondholders Say Don't Delay $118M Venezuelan Debt Case
• Biden Admin. Says Billions On Tap To Remove Lead Pipes
• Fisheries Launch Challenge To Mass. Offshore Wind Approval
• US Broadened Reach Of Targeted Sanctions In 2021
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, Colgate Energy, MoneyGram
• DOJ Enviro Crimes Section Leader Says Enforcement Coming
• New York City Will Ban Natural Gas In New Buildings
• FERC Powers Challenge Belongs In Court, DC Circ. Told
• Capacitor Makers To Pay $160M To End Price-Fixing Trial
• Brazos Gets Ch. 11 Plan Deadline Extended Through March
• Ill. Jury Awards Man's Estate $3.5M For Mesothelioma Death
• Sens. Ask High Court To Curb White House Tariff Authority
• FERC Wants 3rd Circ. To Delay Price Rule Impasse Fight
• 6th Circ. Upholds Travelers Win Over Bid For $5M In Losses
• Oilfield Services Co. Sued Over Worker's COVID-19 Death
• English Judge Affirms $43M Award To Gazprombank Unit
• Companies Must Prepare For Biden's Anti-Corruption Push
• DOE Throws Out Trump-Era Showerhead Efficiency Rule
• Taylor English Seeks $2.8M In Fees From Ex-Client
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• Petrofac Exec Must Pay Up Over Middle East Bribery Scheme
• Texas Panel Dismisses ERCOT From Winter Storm Price Suit
• Total Says Kinder Morgan Owes $9M For Wrongful Death
• Colorado, Mining Co. Reach $1.6M Settlement In Acid Blowout
• Real Estate Rumors: Boich, Entrada Partners, Konover South
• U.S. Sanctions Barred Payments On $118M Debt, PDVSA Says
• Ameren Will Close Coal Plant After Air Quality Permit Ruling
• Odebrecht Bribe Laundering Probe Nets Another Plea
• Pa. Court DQs Firm Over Conflict In Utility Pole Crash Suit
• Commerce Scrubs Door Parts From Duties After CIT Rebuke
• Russia Again Looks To Pause $50B Yukos Awards Fight
• Feds Seek Injunction In Okla. Coal Mining Battle
• 4th Circ. Ruling Offers Guidance On Scope Of WARN Act
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• Nippon Chemi-Con Strikes Deal Ahead Of Price-Fix Closings
• FERC Insists Climate Review Of $45B LNG Project Was Sound
• Residents Fight For Remand Of Coal Ash Pollution Suit
• Despite DOL Proposed Rule, ESG Investing Faces Barriers
• Key Commodities Trends To Watch In 2022
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• High Court Asked To Weigh Robocall Ruling, Recusal Denial
• Trade Court Smacks Down Duties On S. Korean Wind Towers
• 12 AGs Back DOL's Proposed ESG Retirement Investing Rule
• Tatneft Wants Ukraine's Appeal Over $112M Award Nixed
• EPA Can't Direct US Power Sector Shift, Justices Told
• Mining Co. Drops Challenge After India Nixes Retro Tax
• Capacitor Antitrust Plaintiffs Nix Defense Damages Estimate
• $2.2M Mesothelioma Verdict Against Exxon Is Affirmed
• Energy Investors Bring €26.5M Award Against Spain To DC
• Alaska Fights Dismissal Bid For Land Use Suit
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• FERC Won't Disturb Approval Of SE Power Market Plan
• Energy Group Joins Suit Over Feds' Oil And Gas Lease Sale
• Fla. Firm Seeks Early Win In Missing Escrow Funds Case
• High Court Vacates Chevron's Motor Oil Patent Suit Win
• Climate Change Dominated Energy Court Rulings Of 2021
• High Court Turns Away Gannett, Phillips ERISA Battles
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• Ex-Giuliani Ally Wants Campaign Finance Convictions Tossed
• DOJ Levies Rare Commodities-Based Insider Trading Charges
• Biden Admin. Asks Court To Remand Trump-Era ESA Rules
• LA School District Seeks Sanctions In Metal Projectiles Case
• Feds Say Dumping Of High-Ethanol Fuel Rule Should Stand
• EU Fines Abengoa €20M Over Ethanol Cartel
• Hess To Pay $1.4M To End RI's Groundwater Pollution Claims
• Del. Justices Pull Energy Co. From 'Procedural Black Hole'
• Glaser Weil Snags New Real Estate Partner In Los Angeles
• $427M Damages Bid In Capacitor Trial 'Nonsensical,' Jury Told
• PDVSA Must Pay $166M To Dresser-Rand, Court Says
• Texas Utility Regulator Fines Power Cos. $7.5M Over Winter Plans
• EPA Backs Trump Pollution Rule Rollback At Utah Coal Plants
• Conflict Causes Judge Switch In Southern Copper Suit In Del.
• Donziger Sent Home 1½ Months Into Contempt Sentence
• Porter Hedges Adds IP Litigator As Partner In Houston
• Bradley Arant Adds Ex-Gibson Dunn Atty To Litigation Team
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To Let It Handle Biofuel Reg Concerns
• US Reinstates Security Duties On Certain Steel Items
• White & Case Adds Energy Expert As Partner In DC
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• Nippon Chemi-Con's Ex-CEO Takes The Fifth In Price-Fix Trial
• Tribes Tell 9th Circ. Biz Groups Can't Appeal CWA Ruling
• Biden Aims For Zero-Carbon Federal Government By 2050
• Judge Awards $734K In Interest In Moldova Energy Dispute
• Trade Court Vacates Duties On Certain Chinese Solar Cells
• Commerce Finalizes Thai Steel Duties In Anti-Dumping Review
• ConocoPhillips To Sell Indonesian Assets For $1.4 Billion
• CIT Raps Commerce For Steep Duties On Australian Steel
• US Shouldn't Abandon Phase 1 Agreement With China
• Coal Cos. Hit With $2.6M Fine For Violating Prior CWA Deal
• Key Considerations For Accessing Infrastructure Act Funding
• Red State AGs Ask 8th Circ. To Revive Carbon Cost Challenge
• Texas Tax Talk: Exemption Win Signals Taxpayer Opportunity
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• Real Estate Rumors: Respark, CenterPoint, Union Investment
• Judge Won't Freeze Order That Axed Trump-Era Water Rule
• Economic Pressures Drove Capacitor Price-Fixing, Jury Told
• EPA Cuts Biofuel Levels, Denies Refiner Exemption Bids
• DC Circ. Backs FERC Orders In Entergy Utilities Spat
• Trade Court Rules CBP Overstepped On Solar Cell Duties
• Quinn Emanuel, Others Get $9.4M Atty Fee In Securities Suit
• SSE Rejects Call For Separation Of Renewables Unit
• Pipeline Co. Hit With $15M Penalty For 5-Month-Long ND Spill
• 4 Firms Guide Weather Security Platform's $1.2B SPAC Merger
• Venezuela's $1.4B Fight Ripe For Appeal, 3rd Circ. Told
• HSBC Dodges Suit Over China-Backed Mexican Iron Ore Deal
• Pa. Justices Question If State Mandated 'Smart' Power Meters
• Armada Hoffler Pays $246M For Most Of Baltimore Property
• Pipeline Services Co. Hits Ch. 11 After Production Problems
• Ex-LA Water Chief Cuts Plea Deal In Corruption Scandal
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• Limetree Reopens Ch. 11 Auction With New $30M Refinery Bid
• Del. Jury Awards Sunoco $12.2M In Gas Patent Case
• Feds Will Soon Claw Back Refunds In Security Tariff Row
• Justices Won't Review Challenge To Nuke Plant Shuttering
• Texas Justices Asked To Review Oil And Gas Lease Feud
• Sunoco Will Pay $4M For Pa. Lake Pollution
• Philly Refinery's Insurers Ask Del. Court To Shrink Trial Claims
• Biden Admin. Seeks To Undo Trump-Era Pipeline Approval
• SEC Inks Deal With Salesman Involved In $7M Investor Fraud
• US Steel Barred From Rival's Suit Seeking Steel Tariff Refunds
• EU, US Carbon Import Tax Proposals: What Cos. Must Know
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• $6B Gas Pipeline Deadline Extension Proper, DC Circ. Told
• SEC Seeks Docs In Probe Of $11.75B Lucid Motors SPAC Deal
• 5th Circ. Won't Enforce $18B Saudi Oil Award
• Chinese Oil Co. Subsidiary Gets $558M From Occidental Deal
• Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Loses Challenge To Seattle Dam, For Now
• Matsuo Agrees To Midtrial Capacitor Antitrust Payout Of $5M
• Hunton Nabs Ex-Shearman Derivatives Attorney
• Lloyd's, NYC Jeweler Seek $2M For Damaged Ruby Ring
• EPA Promises $44B For Water Projects To States, Tribes
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of City's Gas Price Antitrust Suit
• Energy M&A Roared Back To Life In 2021
• Fla. Judge OKs $188M Award Against Venezuelan Mining Co.
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Retaliation Suit Against Rice Energy
• Oil & Gas Co. Hit With OT Suit By 'Day Rate Workers'
• Texas Panel Wipes Out Drilling Co.'s $1.6M Jury Win
• 3rd Circ. Preview: BLM Masks, $1.4B Award Fight End 2021
• Spire Pipeline Urges High Court To Undo Permit Revocation
• Trade Leaders See Proof Of Concept In WTO Services Pact
• US Steel Accuses Zurich Of Bad Faith In Injured Trucker Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Latham
• How To Fix Discrimination Issues In SE Power Market Plan
• FERC Can't Claim Authority Over LNG Facility, DC Circ. Told
• Alaska Enviro Groups Seek Early Win In Mining Road Fight
• Trade Court Upholds Turkish Steel Exporter's Subsidy Rate
• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Reversing FERC Power Storage Order
• DOE Awards Verizon $34.6M To Modernize Comms Services
• Green Group Petitions GSA To Issue Climate Rulemaking
• Texas Sees Boost In Oil And Gas Tax Revenue
• Ex-Panama President's Son Cops To Laundering Bribes
• Koch Companies Want In On Delaware Citgo Auction
• 6th Circ. Affirms No Intervention In Flint Water Deal
• Investors May Reconsider Arbitration Seats After ECJ Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lundin Energy, Vifor Pharma, Lone Star
• $750K Penalty, Permanent Emission Limits For LG&E In Deal
• Squire Patton Hires Africa Disputes Pro From Curtis
• Regulator Is Letting PG&E Squeeze Grid, SF Tells DC Circ.
• Insurer Can't Try Pollution Coverage Suit In NY, Solar Co. Says
• Canada Raises Competition Issues In Closed GFL $724M Deal
• Reps. Float Bill To Foster Indigenous Economic Development
• Imerys, Cyprus Get Go-Ahead For Mediation In Ch. 11 Cases
• Kirby To Pay $15M To Settle Oil Spill Pollution Claims
• NY Inks Deals For Clean Energy Transmission Projects
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Ameren Corp. Air Quality Permit Case
• Jordan Cove Developers Pull Plug On $10B Project
• Climate Change Lawsuits Are Not 'The New Tobacco'
• Limetree Bay Names Winning Bidder In Ch. 11 Refinery Sale
• Latham, Skadden Lead SPAC Deal For $1.3B Energy Co. Voltus