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Energy - June, 2022

338 articles

• We're Not All Textualists Now, Kagan Warns In Climate Dissent
• PDVSA Looks To Block ConocoPhillips' Asset Seizure Request
• Green Groups Say Bird Species Needs Habitat Protection
• Iron Trader Says Sanctioned Oligarch Behind $7.5M Award
• Court's Ruling Leaves Narrow Path For EPA's Climate Rules
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Space, Nuclear And Drug Deals
• Mass. Power Plant Approved For Ch. 11 Disclosure Docs
• EPA Urged To Reject Central Calif. Carbon Capture Projects
• DC Circ. Keeps GOP's Calif. Vehicle Authority Appeal Paused
• Iranian Oil Co. Can't Get $2.4B Award In Gas Deal Fight Nixed
• Reining In Overbroad M&A Noncompetes Amid FTC Scrutiny
• DC Circ. Pauses Landowners' Spire Eminent Domain Fight
• Judge Says Shell Should Face RI Climate Change Suit
• Holland & Knight Adds Attorney With LNG Background In DC
• Ethics Considerations For Attorneys Joining Nonprofit Boards
• NJ High Court Restores Union Carbide Asbestos Verdict
• High Court Pares Down EPA's Clean Air Act Power
• 5th Circ. Denies Texas Co.'s New Take In Manager Visa Suit
• Spanish Renewable Energy Biz Eyes $209M IPO In Soft Market
• Sears Lease Fight Hits High Court, Gulf Coast Plan Approved
• Chinese Co. Says $558M Award In Ecuador Oil Fight Is Valid
• Judge Certifies Class In Natural Gas Price-Fixing Suit
• Questions And Answers About The Uyghur Forced Labor Law
• Tribes Say BLM Didn't Consult Them Over Nev. Lithium Mine
• DOE Downplays Climate Impacts Of $39B Alaska LNG Project
• 16 States Ask 1st Circ. To Redo Rhode Island Climate Case
• Trust, But Verify: Building A Global Carbon Credit Market
• Faegre Drinker Takes On Veteran Enviro Attorney In NY
• Groups Say Western Oil & Gas Leasing Must Evaluate GHGs
• Investment Adviser ESG Lessons From BNY Mellon Case
• 1st Circ. Sends Union's Pension Dispute To Arbitration
• No Escrow Payout For Exec After Trade Secret Conviction
• Enviros Urge Full Speed Ahead For Minn. Mine Challenge
• China Accused Of Influence Campaign Targeting Mining Cos.
• Water Rights Holders File $68M Ch. 11 Suit Against Alto Maipo
• Enviro Groups Say Texas Refuses To Follow Air Permit Rules
• 4 Firms Steer Canadian Miner's $169M Dual-Listed IPO
• Texas Infrastructure Act And Renewables Projects: 1 Year In
• DC Judge Lets Utah Into Energy Lease Challenge
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Approval Of $468M Gas Pipeline
• EPA Can't Justify Lax Airline Greenhouse Gas Rule, Court Told
• Russian Vodka Brands Again Caught Up In $50B Award Fight
• Clean Energy Co. Intersect Gets $750M Boost From 3 Firms
• EV Charging Biz Electrify America Lands $2.45B Valuation
• Energy Cos. Can't Duck Fees For $1.2B Project, 5th Circ. Told
• Mass. Gas Plant Pays $44M To End FERC Payment Probe
• Troutman Pepper Pipeline Attys Join Bracewell In DC
• Cabot Worker Says Merger Should've Triggered Stock Award
• Earthstone Pays $627M For New Mexico Oil And Gas Assets
• Biofuel Group Fights Blending Pass For Refiners At DC Circ.
• Gold Price-Fixing Deal Could Imperil Other Claims, Court Told
• Biden Issues Tariff Hike On Certain Russian Goods
• La. Enviro Agency Can't Join Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• PacifiCorp Can't Keep Fire Claims In Federal Court
• NY Wind Project Inks Whale Protection Deal With Advocates
• Bankrupt Texas Power Plant Gets $144M Asset Sale Approved
• DOT Standards For EV Chargers Address Key Public Concerns
• 9th Circ. Keeps Calif. Climate Change Cases In State Courts
• 2nd Circuit Backs $100M Loan Default Ruling In UBS Suit
• Justices Turn Away 2nd Circ. Mongolia Mining Case
• Gibson Dunn, K&L Gates Lead $470M Utility Contractor Merger
• Toshiba Defends $500M Hydro Plant Work In Bid To Duck Suit
• Steptoe & Johnson Adds Oil And Gas Attorney In Woodlands
• Russia's War Is Complicating US M&A In The UK And Europe 
• Mining Project On Sacred Apache Land Lawful, 9th Circ. Says
• Duke Energy $59M Contract Dispute Slimmed, Heads To Trial
• Bank Groups Worry ESG Proposals Are 'Anything But Neutral'
• Pa. Coal Co. Settles Sierra Club's Water Warming Lawsuit
• NJ Panel Sends $75M LNG Dock Contract Tiff To Arbitration
• Attys Seek $66M Fee In $160M Capacitor Maker Antitrust Deal
• Modernized Energy Charter Treaty Would Nix Intra-EU Claims
• DOI Aims To Ease Offshore Wind-Fishing Industry Tensions
• Gov't Gets 30 More Days To Review China Tariff Comments
• 2 Firms Guide ESG-Focused Blank-Check Firm's $200M IPO
• DC Circ. Allows Groups To Defend EPA Turbine Standards
• 5th Circ.'s Nixing Of SEC Judges May Mean Trouble For FERC
• Texas Justices Clarify Eminent Domain Counterclaim Rules
• Now's The Time To Address Archaic Law School Curricula
• AIG Settles Fight With Colonial Pipeline Over $67M Gas Leak
• Vinson & Elkins Names 3 Int'l Dispute Resolution Heads
• Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
• House Panel Advances Data Privacy Bill, With Changes Ahead
• Tribunal's Decision On Intra-EU Pacts Could Start Trend
• Trecora Investor Sues In Del. To Probe $247M Balmoral Merger
• $1.7M Air Cargo Dispute Must Be Arbitrated, Court Rules
• White House, East Coast States Work To Boost Offshore Wind
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tianqi, Toshiba, Kohl's
• Gibson Dunn, Foley Rep $500M Investment In Solar Power Biz
• 11th Circ. Says Tampa Electric Didn't Violate OSHA Guidelines
• Ga. Mine Sues Army Corps For Yanking Water Findings
• State Natural Resource Damages Suits: What Cos. Must Know
• Latham Adds International Arbitration Expert From WilmerHale
• Biden Admin. Restores Flexibility To ESA Habitat Definition
• $17M Atty Award For Royalty Deal Gets Long-Awaited OK
• Houston Judge Scolded For Delayed Rulings Yet Again
• Lessons From Lawyer Fee-Sharing Agreements Gone Wrong
• EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Regs As Court Ruling Looms
• Maxus Must Prove YPF Caused Harm In $14B Ch. 11 Suit
• Texas Judge Tells Exec In Trade Secret Case To Stop Working
• SEC's Regulatory Priorities Draw Rebuke From Peirce
• Proposed Gas Tax Break Could Foil Infrastructure Upgrades
• Insurer Owed LA Port Operator Defense From City, Judge Says
• Japanese Steel Co. Sues Over Security Tariff Treatment
• Oil Cos. Want 1st Circ. To Rehear Rhode Island Climate Case
• LeClairRyan Bankruptcy Highlights Pass-Through Tax Issue
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Bid For Halliburton Docs In German Arbitration
• Construction Co. Sanctioned Over Lost Docs In Mine Spill Suit
• Circuits' Remand Of State Climate Suits May Mean Big Liability
• Bankruptcy Judge Skeptical Of Honeywell's Beef Over Forms
• DOI Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit Coal Mine Emissions Ruling
• Texas Nuke Waste Storage Foes Have No Case, DC Circ. Told
• Boeing Says Feds Want To Break Rocket Site Cleanup Deal
• Imerys, Cyprus Don't Need To Share Docs With Insurers
• Brookfield Raises $15B For Inaugural Energy Transition Fund
• Spain Gets Win On Intra-EU Objection In $78M Solar Claim
• Donziger's Contempt Conviction Upheld By Split 2nd Circ.
• Cypress Environmental Gets OK For Debt-Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• Ga. Nuclear Plant's Spiking Costs Spark Court Fight
• ND Can't Intervene In Remaining Riverbed Ownership Claims
• Fond Du Lac Tribe Says PolyMet Can't End Mine Suit
• Revlon Case Opens, And LATAM Lands Its Ch. 11 Plan
• DC Circ. Nixes Challenge To FERC Pipeline Powers
• Justices Pass On Suit Over $18B Award Against Chevron
• Oil Cos. Urge 3rd Circ. To Keep Climate Change Suit Federal
• 8 Steps To Creating A Legal Ops Technology Road Map
• 2 Years Since Liu, Disgorgement Case Law Is Favoring SEC
• Importers, USTR Wrestle Over Deadline In China Tariff Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Justices Won't Take On German Car Antitrust MDL
• Glencore Unit Pleads Guilty To 7 Bribery Charges In UK
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Will BigLaw Regret Its Hiring Spree As The Economy Softens?
• Mass. Jury Says GE Infringed Siemens Wind Turbine Patent
• Jury Awards Engineering Firm $20M In Gas Plant Cost Dispute
• Ch. 11 Cheat Sheet: LaForta-Gestao E Investimentos
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC In California Water Permit Spat
• Colonial Pipeline Co. Escapes Cybersecurity Suit
• GOP Tells EPA Crypto Mining Can Be Good For Environment
• New Mexico Tells 10th Circ. It Can Fight Texas Nuke Storage
• Miner Hopes To Strike IPO Gold With $174M Dual Listing
• Tribes Ask High Court To Keep Clean Water Act Protections
• DC Circ. Dumps Power Plants From NE Fuel Storage Plan
• An Early Step Toward Regulation Of Carbon Offset Market
• 5th Circ. Denies Atty's Request For More Fees In Settled Suit
• Red States Press 5th Circ. To Block Carbon Metric Rule
• Texas Justices To Review Total E&P's $41M Dispute
• Gulf Oil Rig Co. Gets Quick Loan To Stay Afloat In Ch. 11
• Coal Co. Faces $1.2M Fine For Not Vacating Mine During Fire
• Awaiting Critical Bankruptcy Decision For Surety Industry
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Chevron Deference Still Feels Heat After High Court Reprieve
• IP Forecast: Cooley To Fight DQ Bid In Tech Patent Row
• En Banc 11th Circ. Asked To Ditch 'Old' Arbitration Precedent
• Mich., Wis. Biz Group Backs Bad River Tribe In Line 5 Suit
• FERC Unveils Plan To Get Clean Energy On The Grid Faster
• Kazakhstan Gets $5.2B Freezing Order Lifted In Netherlands
• Ford Accused Of Dumping Toxins, Hiding Scope Of Pollution
• New Mexico, Navajo Net $63M In Colo. Mine Spill Settlements
• PTAB Now Has Power To Overturn Fed. Circ., Atlanta Gas Says
• Landowners Lose Well Pollution Suit For Refusing To Testify
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit $1.1B Power Plant Fight
• The Importance Of Data And Data Analysis In Litigation
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC, L3Harris, Baidu
• 8th Circ. Weighs If Red States Can Fight Carbon Cost Metric
• Scientists Say EPA Can Use Chemical Regs To Rein In GHG
• Salvage Co. Ends Cross-Claim Against Golden Ray Shipowner
• Tokio Marine Unit Notches $4M Win On Construction Bond
• Tanker Operator Owes Gov't $44.6M For Deadly 2017 Collision
• 5th Circ. Says COVID Doesn't Exempt Cos. From WARN Notice
• Enviro Groups Say Drilling Permits Hurt Endangered Species
• 'Whiff' Of Corruption Too Little To Trigger Banks' Fraud Duty
• 5th Circ. Revives $27M Oil Royalties Suit Over Bank's Mistake
• Spain Loses Bid To Annul $62M Renewable Energy Award
• EU Hydrogen Plans: Infrastructure And Regulatory Challenges
• Court Stands By Feds' Review Of Alaskan Mining Road
• Energy Co.'s $15M Arbitration Win Against Kyrgyzstan OK'd
• Insurer Must Defend Oil Co. In Earthquake Suit: Okla. Justices
• Oil Co. Founder Held Liable In Stock Fraud Class Action
• FTC Says Arko To Trim Noncompetes In $94M Gas Outlet Buy
• Oklahoma Seeks Early Win In Coal Mining Fight With Feds
• SEC Fines PE Firm $1M Over Undisclosed Expenses To Fund
• Power Cos. Push DC Circ. To Nix FERC Market Cap Rule
• Texas Court Orders New Trial In $2.2M Offshore Injury Dispute
• CIT Won't Hike Duties On Hydraulic Pump Components
• Small Biz Debt Limit Raised, Crypto Exec Can't Ditch Case
• V&E-Led Billionaire Lobs $4.3B Bid At Continental Resources
• Clean Energy Cos. Back Calif.'s Power Over Vehicle Emissions
• How Cos. Can Track Infrastructure Act Projects — And Funds
• CIT Endorses Feds' Revamped Take On Korean Power Costs
• After Blocking Of Drilling Lease Ban, Biden Admin. Seeks Win
• DC Circ. Says FERC Properly Claimed LNG Facility Authority
• US Producer Lauds Commerce Duties On Omani Nails
• Mo. Utility Nabs $42M Deal For Storm Gas Shortages
• Steps Companies Can Take To Mitigate Privilege Labeling Risk
• Shell Says Gulf Oil Lease Wipeout Undermines US Interests
• Feds Ask DC Circuit To Revive Obama-Era Logging Rules
• Maxus Says Few Facts Are In Question In $14B Ch. 11 Suit
• Senate Dems Look To Electrify DOD's Nontactical Vehicle Fleet
• Ex-Engine Maker Execs Settle SEC's Fraud Claims
• Orrick Bulks Up Energy Team With Finance Pro From Kirkland
• FirstEnergy, Investors Say $180M Deal Resolves Bribe Suit
• Chinese Coal Co. Asks US Recognition For $190M Debt Swap
• ERCOT Wants Immunity Status From Texas High Court
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• EPA Tells High Court Wetlands Project Needed Water Permit
• W.Va. Enviro Dept. Says Opposing Attys Are Suing Own Client
• 2 Firms Seek $1.8M For Pipeline Suit Settlement In Chancery
• Justices Won't Review FERC Order In Entergy Utilities Fight
• Sierra Club Sues To Block Utah Coal Mine Expansion
• A Look At Finality In Substantially Consummated Ch. 11 Plans
• DOT Floats EV Charging Rule As Regulatory Gaps Linger
• Sanctions Bid Against DOI In Lithium Mine Case Gets Tossed
• Chamber Of Commerce Backs Sigma In $24M Duty Suit Appeal
• North Dakota Judge Tosses MHA Nation's Drilling Suit
• NextEra Units Say Court Must OK €291M Award Against Spain
• US Steel's 'Ambitious' Bid To Dismiss ERISA Suit Denied
• Despite Carbon Cost Win, Biden Climate Plans Still At Risk
• What Litigation Funding Disclosure In Delaware May Look Like
• TCEQ Doesn't Have To Restart Injection Well Permit Review
• DC Circ. Backs FERC OK Of Hydro Project Safety Upgrade
• Tribe Seeks Early Win In Texas Oil Terminal Challenge
• Texas Courts Have 'Vast' Power To Deny Interlocutory Appeals
• Westlake Chemical Units Agree To $111M Air Pollution Deal
• CIT Rejects Premature Bid For Steel Tariff Refunds
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• India Loses Challenge To $111M Award Over Energy Contracts
• PG&E Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter Over 2020 Calif. Fire
• Deadline Questions Hang Over PDVSA In $38M Debt Case
• Calif. Judge Faults Parts Of Kern County Oil Permitting Rules
• Citing NY State Climate Law, Judge Denies Power Plant Permit
• FERC Urges 5th Circ. To Let Stand Bankruptcy Contract Order
• Steel Plate Maker Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Biden Enviro Justice Goals Driving Big Enforcement Changes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ant Group, SpaceX, Goldman
• Green Groups Cite Climate In Challenge To Biofuel Refineries
• How Bankruptcy Courts Address Goods, Services In 503(b)(9)
• Willkie Guides Fund's $650M Hydrogen Platform Investment
• Pa. Board Sanctions Atty For Delays In Well Pollution Suit
• AECOM Can't Bring Generator Parent Into $76M Arbitration
• Rising Star: Shearman's Samuel Ogunlaja
• Oil Co. Says $8.5M Award Against Saudi Co. Can Be OK'd
• Essar Director Loses Bid To Toss Claim Over $1.5B Award
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Trump-Era National Security Steel Tariffs
• 5th Circ. Is Told Louisiana Enviro Regulator Belongs In Suit
• FCC Agrees To Tackle Offshore Communication Needs
• Mine Contractor Can't Skirt Property Value Suit Over Spill
• Ecuador On The Hook For $10.7M In Oil Drilling Case
• French Court Upholds $1.7B Award For Canadian Miner
• Judge Won't Revive BP Spill Fraud Claims Against Attys
• Making The Hydrogen Revolution A Reality
• Activists Sue EPA To Ensure Clean Air Act Compliance
• Exxon, Suncor Ask Justices To Review Climate Suit Remand
• Rising Star: Latham's Lauren Anderson
• Akin Gump Adds Renewable Projects Pro From Norton Rose
• Carmakers Tell DC Circ. They Back Calif. GHG Standards
• GE Says $28M Turbine Damage Dispute Must Be Arbitrated
• Canadian Solar, Solaria Settle Patent Fight In Calif., ITC
• Chilean Power Co. Asks US Court To Enforce $11M Award
• FirstEnergy Investors Seek Class Status For Fraud Claims
• Biden Stakes Out More Assertive Path For Solar Development
• Gibson Dunn-Led Energy Investor Buys $122M In Assets
• Scope Of Russia's New Blocking Sanctions Is Unclear
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Climate Solutions Partner In Boston
• Senators Propose Long-Awaited Crypto Regulatory Overhaul
• Insurer Seeks Escape From $37M Natural Gas Plant Suit
• Chevron, Others To Fund $41.6M Cleanup Of Del. Landfill
• Mining Co. Says Insurer Must Cover Harvey Damage Suits
• Louisiana, API Urge DC Circ. To Revive Offshore Lease Sale
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Jhett Nelson
• Icahn's CVR Deal Exploited Unaware Investors, Chancery Told
• Judge Approves $5.1M Atty Fee In JPMorgan Spoofing Case
• SEC's ESG Fund Plan Called 'Very Weird,' Too Prescriptive
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Montana Tribes Drop Keystone Pipeline Challenge
• Taking A Long-Term View On Russia's Patent Landscape
• Power Co. Says Factory Mutual Owes $16 Million
• Key Legal And Regulatory Trends In Oil And Gas Transactions
• Pa. Enviro Consultants Can't Join Case Over Mariner Pipeline
• Nuke Protester's Religious Rights Not Violated, 11th Circ. Says
• Feds, Developer Say Lithium Mine Challenge Falls Flat
• Energy Transfer Faces Investor Suit Over Proposed FERC Fine
• Feds Assert New Power To Move Species Based On Climate
• How In-House Legal Leaders Can Drive Corporate Growth
• Rising Star: Jones Walker's Sarah Dicharry
• 9th Circ. Rounds Out Calif. Offshore Fracking Opponents' Win
• Biden Carves Out 2-Year Exemption From Solar Tariff Probe
• Justices Won't Consider Who Can Join Big Wage Suits
• NY Lawmakers Approve Pair Of Crypto Bills On Final Day
• Judge OKs Aluminum Antitrust Deal With JPMorgan, Goldman
• CFTC Commish Warns Of 'Mission Creep' In Climate Query
• The Biggest Changes In EPA's New Water Rule
• 7th Circ. Probes Errors In Biofuel Fraudster Forfeiture Rulings
• FERC Urged To Nix 'Unjust' Pipeline Capacity Bidding Practice
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Scientist's Income Tax Challenge
• How Cumulative Assessments In Enviro Justice Are Adapting
• EU Says €291M Arbitration Award Violates European Law
• Texas Justices To Review Apache's $190M Lease Fight
• Attorneys Should Tread Carefully On Job Counteroffers
• 11th Circ. Revives Southern Co. Ex-Worker's Age Bias Suit
• FTC Lets $435M Fuel Terminal Deal Proceed, With Conditions
• Policy, Not Lawsuits, Is The Best Way To Fight Climate Change
• Rising Star: Hogan Lovells' Zachary Launer
• Norton Rose Brings On Ex-MoFo Renewable Energy Pro In LA
• Irish Environment Minister Refuses To Rule Out Windfall Tax
• Tenaris Inks $78M FCPA Deal Decade After Prior SEC Pact
• Jury Hits SoCal Edison With $460M Worker Retaliation Verdict
• Fiat To Pay $300M In Criminal Emissions Test Fraud Case
• Calif. Supreme Court Will Guide 9th Circ. On PG&E Liability
• TPC Can Roll Debt Into Group DIP
• DC Circ. Won't Vacate Boiler Efficiency Regulations
• EPA Wants More Water Permit Power For States, Tribes
• Russia To Represent Itself In Canadian Yukos Case
• SEC Climate Plan Chills Free Speech, Law Professor Says
• Kirkland, Skadden Rep North Hudson's $402M Energy Co. Buy
• Biden Unveils Suite Of New Sanctions To Squeeze Russia
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Time To Get Serious About Data
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink Tossing Grid Security Upgrades Fight
• Texas Power Plant Gets Lender Cash Use Approved In Ch. 11
• Littler Caused Default But Won't Talk Damages, Ex-Client Says
• NY Firm Phillips Lytle Expands With 6 New Attys
• Earthjustice Taps Nonprofit Atty To Run New Houston Office
• Pipefitters Resolve Retaliation Suit As Pa. Wage Claims Await
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Goldman, FTX, Saudi Aramco
• Mine Contractors' Liability Defense In Spill Suit May Proceed
• LA Fights Uphill To Nix DWP Customer's Double-Dealing Claim
• Sidley Not Conflicted, NJ Diocese Ch. 11 Moves Forward
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Navajo Farmers' Gold King Mine Suit
• $79M Deal In Columbia Pipeline Merger Suit Gets Chancery OK
• Del. Chancery Pauses Nikola Corp. Class Action
• Mongolia Urges Justices To Turn Away 2nd Circ. Mining Case
• DOJ's Cautious Return To Supplemental Enviro Projects
• Foley Adds Business Litigation Partner In Denver
• EPA Opposes Effort To Restart Water Rule Challenge
• Ch. 11 Cheat Sheet: TPC Group Inc.
• Solar Developer Says Zurich Defaulted On $31M Bond
• RPC Lands Arbitration Lawyer In London To Head Team
• Embattled TPC Group Hits Ch. 11 With Deal To Cut $1.3B Debt