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Energy - February, 2022

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• Flint Water Engineers Were 'Puzzle Pieces' Of Crisis, Jury Told
• Congolese Mining Co. Chases Assets In $16.7M Award Fight
• Calif. Judge Sends PacifiCorp Wildfire Suit To State Court
• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Energy Giants Cut Ties With Russian Ventures Over Ukraine
• Puerto Rico Utility Creditors Say They Should Be In Plan Talks
• ERCOT Immunity Ruling Not Last Word On Grid Suits
• Texas Crane Co. Settles Coverage Dispute With Allianz
• Texas Leads 15-State Fight On Biden Vehicle Emissions Regs
• Lithium Mine Says Tribe Missed Its Shot To Join Project Fight
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Infrastructure Grants Can Aid Mine-Waste Rare Earth Projects
• 2 More SPACs Pull IPOs Totaling $400M As Withdrawals Mount
• 3rd Circ. Preview: March Roars With Ch. 11, Poaching Spats
• Superfund Group Wants Saul Ewing DQ'd From Cleanup Row
• Texas Justices Asked To Toss $5.6M Well Rupture Suit Verdict
• Justices Appear Skeptical Of EPA Air Power Fight — For Now
• JPMorgan Defends Paying Out In 'Corrupt' $1.1B Oil Deal
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• Enviros, Tribe Push For Win Over Coal Mining Moratorium
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• Trade Attys React To Historic Expansion Of Russia Sanctions
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• Spain Says Energy Investor Award Violates EU Law
• DOI Reaps $4.4B In NY, NJ Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• Meet The Attys Arguing Power Plant Emissions At High Court
• Coal Ash Liabilities Set Off Search For Historical Insurance
• High Court To Zero In On EPA Authority In Clean Air Act Fight
• Chemical Co. To Settle With Investors Over La. Plant Costs
• Jones Day Hires International Arbitration Pro From Dentons
• Latham, Loeb & Loeb Steer Tech SPAC's Upsized $275M IPO
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• 4 Ways Ukraine Invasion Could Affect Global Energy Markets
• EPA Contractor Can't Shift Blame For Mine Spill, NM Says
• Russia Sanctions Bring Compliance Headaches For US Banks
• Mining Co., Workers Feud Over High Court 401(k) Ruling
• Saudi Heirs Take $18B Chevron Feud To Supreme Court
• Biden Seeks To Boost Domestic Production In New Plan
• Fed. Circ. Revives $100M Osage Oil And Gas Royalty Suit
• Steps For Universities As DOJ Shifts Foreign Influence Policy
• Capricorn Energy Gets $1.1B Tax Refund From India
• Union Says Can Maker Flouts Arbitrator's Back Pay Order
• Lucid Motors Faces Shareholder Suit Over $11B SPAC Merger
• US Sanctions Russian Banks, Tech Exports After Invasion
• UK Probing Maersk Drilling's Noble Merger
• Gibson Dunn, Skadden Shape Fund's $8.1B Bet On Energy Co.
• 10th Circ. Axes Fight Over EPA Replacing Expired Fuel Credits
• Proskauer, Baker Botts Shape Enviro SPAC's $200M IPO
• ERCOT Can't Claim Immunity In Power Developer Fight
• Energy Cos. Can't Dodge Climate Claims In Hawaii State Court
• FWS To Analyze Nevada Geothermal Project Threat To Toads
• Biden Turns Up Heat On Russia With Pipeline Sanctions
• Texas Court Considers Pipeline Eminent Domain Rule Dispute
• Calif. Group Asks 9th Circ. To Upend Tribal Wind Farm Order
• Romania Says UNESCO Designation Won't Affect Gold Mine
• Asarco Wins Toss Of Retiree Health Benefits Class Action
• Carbon Cost Injunction Signals Hurdles For Biden Plans
• AIG Unit Must Cover Pollution Cleanup Costs, Metal Co. Says
• Plastics Producer To Pay $3.35M To Settle Emissions Claims
• US Botched Chinese Locker Anti-Dumping Duties, CIT Hears
• Pillsbury Scoops Veteran Energy Litigator From McKool Smith
• Biden Admin. Will Reconsider Trump-Era OK Of Mining Road
• Feds Say Ex-Ohio House Speaker Can't Ditch Corruption Case
• Chevron Beats Claims Over Contaminated Louisiana Land
• Latham-Led Tech SPAC Upsizes IPO Target To $275M
• Citgo Must Face Early Retirees' ERISA Suit
• Vale Challenges Real Estate Co.'s Fee Payment In NY Case
• 9th Circ. Says Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Is OK To Reopen
• Koch's $400M Dispute With Venezuela Heads To Delaware
• US Sanctions Russia's Banks, Hampers Financing Options
• White House Plans To Boost US Critical Mineral Production
• Brazos Calls ERCOT Billing Unreasonable In Ch. 11 Trial
• Groups Say FERC's Utility Accounting Rules Need Changes
• Steel Tariff Lobbying By Group Not Collusive, Judge Rules
• Mexico Threatened With $667M Claim Over Fuel Terminal
• DOI Seeks To End Decades-Long Solenex Lease Dispute
• Bennett Jones Steers Waste-To-Energy Co.'s $270M Funding
• Volkswagen Moves Closer To Floating Porsche IPO
• US Asks Louisiana Judge To Stay GHG Social Cost Order
• Justices Stay Out Of Dakota Access Pipeline Permit Fight
• Justices Reject Ex-Balch Atty, Coal Exec's Bribery Appeal
• Power Plant Pollution Report Comes As EPA Case Looms
• Nitrogen Accident Prompts DOE Probe Of Honeywell Safety
• EPA Climate Case At The Supreme Court: How We Got Here
• Solar Panel Fraudster Gets 6.5 Years, Must Repay $9.7M
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Gas Distributor Says Sibling Duo Stole Customers, Secrets
• White House Publishes Draft Climate Justice Screening Tool
• DOT Funding Guidance Highlights EV Charging Opportunities
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• Deloitte Accused Of Helping Southern Co. Deceive Investors
• Husch Blackwell Adds Enviro Lawyer To Phoenix Office
• Union Sues Die Cast Manufacturer Over Absent Health Plans
• Texas Court Won't Salvage Exxon's Calif. 'Conspiracy' Probe
• Feds Argue For Broad Power To Amend Security Tariffs
• Ex-ComEd CEO, Lobbyists Must Face Corruption Charges
• Split FERC Makes Room For Climate In New Pipeline Policy
• Lawyers In Zinc Price-Fixing Row Secure $3M In Fees
• Insurer Tells 9th Circ. It Wants In On Chevron Suit
• Gov't Oil Demands Justify Climate Suit Removal, 9th Circ. Told
• Developers Close €200M Green Hydrogen Investment
• Biden Admin. Asks 8th Circ. To Uphold Carbon Cost Metric
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• Fee Requests Start Coming In After Vale Drops Bribery Suit
• Apache Fights Investor Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• Texas Power Co. Sues For Coverage Of Winter Storm Uri Suits
• Healthy Living SPAC Takes 2nd Deal Deadline Extension
• Hogan Lovells Nabs 2 Attys From Linklaters For M&A Group
• Hedge Fund Hits Ch. 7 In Del. Lugging $26M In FERC Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Splunk, Allied Universal, Worldline
• US Banks Seek Flexibility In OCC Climate Risk Proposal
• Ex-DOI Boss Zinke Lied About Ties To Mont. Project, IG Says
• 11th Circ. Backs Siemens' $13M Jury Win In Contract Row
• EPA Must Rethink Auto Limits After Court Loss, Group Says
• GHG Metric Ruling Won't Thwart FERC Pipeline Review Shift
• Kirkland-Led Crescent Energy Buys Energy Assets For $815M
• NTIA Is Drawing Up Affordability Guidelines For Broadband
• Calif. Says Oakland Pollution Impacts Black, Latino Health
• Judge Won't Reopen Alto Maipo Ch. 11 Claims Challenge
• Insurer Doesn't Have To Front Phillips 66 Funds, Court Told
• Norton Rose Adds Ex-Gray Reed Energy Pro In Houston
• Allen & Overy Adds Another Former Akin Gump Leader
• Oil Co. Says Starr Must Cover Contaminated Oil Shipment
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• Southwest, Icahn Told To Confer On Takeover Doc Impasse
• USMCA Panel Backs Canada In US Solar Panel Tariff Dispute
• White House Extends Zero-Carbon Plan To Manufacturing
• Biden Climate Efforts Won't Be Stopped With GHG Cost Loss
• Sauk-Suiattle Says Seattle 'Bullying' Tribal Court In Dam Row
• Alabama Landfill Fight Tests EPA's Enviro Justice Promises
• Biden's Carbon Capture Directive Emphasizes Enviro Justice
• Unitholders Allege Mariner East Pipelines Co. Flouted Safety
• DC Circ. Rejects Ukraine's Efforts To Stay $172M Award Order
• FERC Defends PURPA Eligibility Redo For Solar Projects
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• Shearman & Sterling Adds Arbitration Pro From Jones Day
• Glencore Earmarks $1.5B To End US, UK, Brazilian Probes
• Metallurgist Gets 30 Mos. For Faking US Subs' Steel Strength
• Oil Group Wants Speedy Appeal In Offshore Lease Ban Row
• Kazakhstan's Suit Over $506M Award Survives Dismissal Bid
• Alberta Co. Says Biden Canceled Keystone XL To Boost Image
• Bankruptcy Court Won't Wait For YPF Third Circuit Appeal
• Canadian Watchdog Can Temporarily Halt Mergers, Court Says
• Winnemucca Tribe Wants In On Fight Over Nev. Lithium Mine
• Alto Maipo Lenders Object To Extra Ch. 11 Challenge Time
• Federal Probe Signals Scrutiny Of Crypto's Enviro Impacts
• Ex-Coal Exec Moves To Stop Partners From Pushing Him Out
• Energy Co.'s $287.6M Dominican Republic Claim Denied Again
• Groups Sue Over Utah Rail Project's Climate Impacts
• EPA Stands By Its Cross-State Air Emissions Rule Redo
• Alcoa Retirees Want Class Status In Lifetime Benefits Suit
• 5th Circ. Says Landowner Can Dodge Share Of Driller's Costs
• NAFTA Panelist Slams Amici Exclusion In Mexico Mining Row
• How Texas Energy Work Has Changed 1 Year After Uri
• FirstEnergy Agrees To Reforms To Settle Shareholder Suits
• Sens. Want Action On Electrical Steel National Security Threat
• What Happened In Flint: Trial To Pull Back Curtain On Crisis
• Jury Finds Oil Co.'s Patents Valid But Not Infringed
• 9 Firms Rep For $500M Haul In Blank Check IPOs
• What Commerce's Anti-Dumping Rules Mean For Importers
• Texas Justices Side With TCEQ In Wastewater Permit Row
• Seizure Order In 1MDB Case Must Be Nixed, 9th Circ. Hears
• Solar Panel Importer Assails Time Bounds In Duty Revocation
• A Look At Chinese Courts' New Approach To IP Damages
• SunPower Commercial Solar Biz Acquired For $250M
• Biden Admin.'s Carbon Social Cost Metric Barred By Judge
• Texas Justices Clarify Gas Utility Liability In Explosion Case
• Philly Residents Denied Class Cert. In Waste Incinerator Suit
• Tribe Says Its Legislators Can't Be Deposed In Pipeline Suit
• IP Forecast: 9th Circ. To Hear Copyright Row With Shyamalan
• 10th Circ. Ruling Bolsters Climate Suit Remand, Conn. Says
• CIT Judge To Grill Commerce, Solar Cos. On Export Credits
• Feds Pledge $5B For National EV Charging Network
• 13 Youths Say Va. Flouting Public Trust Precept In Climate Suit
• How US Trade Obligations Apply To Biden's Infrastructure Law
• NY, NJ Lease Auctions Highlight US Push For Offshore Wind
• 5 Coming Trends To Watch For In Intra-EU Investment Claims
• Ukraine Wants Justices To Mull Inconvenient Forum Defense
• Court Tosses Insurers' $28M Suit Against GE For No Notice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Saur, Zendesk
• Coal Co. Can't Escape Black Lung Benefits To Ex-Miner
• FTC, DOJ Want To Argue Against Rail Immunity At DC Circ.
• DOE Says Gas Bans Aren't Preempted By Energy Efficiency
• Biden EPA's First Year In Non-Rulemaking Policy Actions
• Groups Urge Biden Admin. To Halt New Gulf Oil Exploration
• Court Pauses Del. Climate Suit Remand While Big Oil Appeals
• Feds Hit ND Pipeline Co. With Trespass, Damages Claim
• No Nuke Waste Storage In Permian Basin, Texas Tells 5th Circ.
• NY Fund To Sell $238M Of Securities In 21 Shale Gas Cos.
• Clean Energy Backers Fight Power Market Plan At DC Circ.
• Feds Don't Have To Pay For Oil Spill Cleanup, 11th Circ. Says
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Va. Senate Rejects Trump EPA Chief For Cabinet Position
• Biden Water Jurisdiction Proposal Draws Controversy
• Sens. Give Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Bill Another Shot
• Tribe, Feds Say Criminal Charges Shouldn't Halt Pollution Suit
• Ill. AG Says Dynegy Should Repay $428M For Overcharges
• Fight To Enforce $22M Nigeria Award Goes To High Court
• 10th Circ. Again Says Climate Suit Belongs In Colo. Court
• House Told Big Oil 'Greenwashing' With Climate Pledges
• Shell Blames Entrust For Texas Winter Storm Power Cutoff
• Seattle Hits Sauk-Suiattle With Another Suit In Salmon Dispute
• Koch Targets Canada Over Nixed Cap And Trade Program
• Oil, Gas Co. Launches With $180M Investment
• BP Says Workers Can't Double Dip In Pension Plan Litigation
• EPA Taps Oregon Law Prof As Environmental Justice Adviser
• Worker Says Farm Address Not Vital In Misclassification Suit
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• Barclay Damon Adds Veteran Energy Atty In NY
• Haynes And Boone Hires Norton Rose Litigator In Houston
• Puerto Rico's Senate Ordered To End Utility Contract Suit
• Welding Co. Wants To Trim Workers' Wrongful-Firing Claim
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Hess' $218M Schlumberger Valve Suit
• DC Circ. Eyes Standing In Fight Over FERC's Tariff Order
• 9th Circ. Lifts Stay On Nevada Geothermal Plant Construction
• Calif. AG Asked To Investigate Water Official's Ties To Boeing
• Shell Subsidiary Can't Get Quick Win Over Oil Platform Fall
• Stockholders Seek Del. Summary Ruling On Musk Pay Award
• Robbins Geller Named Lead In Piedmont Lithium Investor Suit
• US Urges Court Not To Block Use Of Carbon Cost Metric
• Venezuelan Oil Co. Loses Bid To Stay $246M In Judgments
• Texas Justices Briefed In $31.6M Trucking Crash Appeal
• CB&I, Investors Reach $44M Settlement Of Nuke Biz Claims
• Biden's DOI Returns Riverbed Ownership To ND Tribes
• Hogan Lovells Lands Ex-Reed Smith PE Partner For NY Team
• Md. Lawmakers, Boaters Fight FERC License For Hydro Dam
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• Kirkland Hires 2 Debt Finance Partners From Norton Rose
• Tesla Faces SEC Probe Over Musk Twitter Settlement
• Flint Residents' Attys Awarded $39.6M As Part Of Water Deal
• SoCalGas Fined $9.8M For Ratepayer-Funded Lobbying
• Solar Safeguard Tariff Extension Won't Dim Project Work
• Cadwalader's Corporate Group Nabs Investment Firm Ex-GC
• Venezuela Oil Co. Creditor Fights Stay Of $246M In Judgments
• PDVSA Says It's Not Venezuela's Alter Ego In $118M Debt Case
• Texas Justices Side With BlueStone In Pipeline Royalty Row
• Orrick Adds 2 Energy Partners To LA, Seattle Offices
• Tribe, Enviros Say Biden Coal Policy Problematic
• Southwest Gas Hits Back At Icahn's Bid For Documents
• Tribes Ask 9th Circ. To Halt Nevada Lithium Mine Construction
• Insurer Can't Back Out Of Defending Citgo In Shooting Suit
• Akin Gump Boosts Tax Practice With Energy Specialist
• Canada's Innergex Pays $691M For Chilean Clean Power Giant
• New Docs Warrant Arbitration In Oil Rig Accident, Court Told
• EPA Aims For Certainty With Rule Supporting Mercury Regs
• TerraForm Ex-Stockholders Sue Brookfield Over 'Unfair' Deal
• NiSource Says It Didn't Ignore Risks Before 2018 Accident
• IP Forecast: 11th Circ. To Eye Biz's $20M Trade Secrets Loss
• DOD, GSA Seek Input On Achieving Carbon-Free Power Goal
• 4th Circ. Again Scraps FWS Permit For $6B Pipeline
• Wastewater Plant Seeks Reversal In Oil Spill Cleanup Case
• 5th Circ. Judge Questions FERC Input In Gas Bankruptcies
• Commodities Trader Defends $4.5M Oil Refund To 5th Circ.
• Berkeley Defends Natural Gas Ban To 9th Circuit
• Kavanaugh Recusal Issue Further Tangles Knotty EPA Case
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink $112M Award Ruling Against Ukraine
• 4th Circ. Affirms Ex-Coal Mining Co. VP's 3-Year Tax Sentence
• COVID-19 No Excuse Not To Verify Steel Duty Data, CIT Says
• Feds Sue Hawaii Health Dept. Over Fuel Storage Order
• FERC Says It Properly Claimed Authority Over LNG Facility
• Ex-Ohio House Speaker Seeks Dismissal Of Corruption Case
• Feds Want Solar Co.'s Mass. Offshore Wind Suit To Blow Over
• Pa. Hits Pipeline Co. With Criminal Charges Over Explosion
• Georgia Public Utility Can't Ax Pollution Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• Judge Rejects Ukraine Effort To Stall $172M Award Discovery
• Dallas Asks Panel To Toss $33M Takings Verdict In Drilling Suit
• Simpson-Led Stonepeak Grabs $14B For Infrastructure Fund
• DOI Says It Can Vacate Marathon Unit's Pipeline Right Of Way
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Spencer Fane Adds 2 Attorneys To Energy Team In Austin
• Aviation Ready To Rise In 2022, But Expect Some Turbulence
• Cozen O'Connor Expands Into Boston With Construction Pro
• Germany Can't Dodge Arbitration In Wind Energy Case Yet
• Canada Escapes Claim Over Plan To Phase Out Coal
• Trade Judges Dubious Of President's Lead On China Tariffs
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Service Args In $12.7M Award Suit
• EPA Contractors Can't Dodge Mine Spill Suit, Judge Says
• Judge Botched Benefits Arbitration Case, Union Tells 1st Circ.
• SEC, CFTC, States Claim Metals Co. Defrauded Retirees
• Oil Venture Investor Claims Money Was Funneled To Pot Farm
• Southern Copper's $24.5M Settlement Approved
• Texas Supreme Court Mulls Interlocutory Appeals Rules
• Oil & Gas Workers Win Class Cert. In Commuter Wage Suit
• EPA Methane Proposal Prompts Tug-Of-War Over Details
• Ex-SandRidge Execs Say Co. Must Reimburse For Fraud Deals
• Bankruptcy Blocking: What Wind Power Cos. Must Know
• Enviros Say FERC Can't Save Review Of $45B LNG Project
• Montana Coal Mine Fined $1M For Safety, Dumping Violations
• Duke Energy Can't Pull Plug On Challenge To 401(k) Plan Fees
• Clark Hill Enters Phoenix By Combining With 18-Atty Firm
• Husky Oil's $1M Refinery Explosion Settlement Gets Final OK
• Lawmakers Urge Biden To Cut DOD Loopholes In Climate Plan
• Michelman & Robinson Opens Houston Office