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Energy - September, 2022

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• The 5 Biggest Cases This Supreme Court Term
• Landowners Seek Cert Again In Unpaid Gas Storage Suit
• Venezuela Creditors Get Green Light To Pursue Seizure Orders
• SEC Sues Calif. Atty Over Role In $910M Solar Ponzi Scheme
• 10th Circ. Returns $464M Dam Project Fight To District Court
• Ill. Judge Halts Town Ordinance Forcing Gas Station Closure
• Fed. Circ. Lets IP Row Stay In Texas, Citing Remote Workers
• Energy Cos. Pin Duty On W.Va. In Unplugged Wells Suit
• How Crypto Miners Can Support A Cleaner Energy System
• Law360's The Term: A New Normal For The Supreme Court?
• SPAC Cancels Merger Plans With Chinese Automaker Chijet
• EPA Releases Superfund Environmental Justice Guidance
• Biz Groups Fear 'Penny Stock' Rule Could Upset Debt Markets
• Southern Co. Ends Fight With Ga. Nuclear Plant Partner
• No Signs Of Supreme Court's Conservatives Slowing Down
• How Well Do You Know Supreme Court History?
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 3 Things To Watch At High Court Wetlands Oral Arguments
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Takes Bench, Makes History
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Practicality Over Perfection
• NY Follows Calif. With Regs To End Gas Car Sales By 2035
• Md. Climate Change Suits Can Stay In State Court
• Chevron-Ecuador Feud Still Alive In The Netherlands
• Judge Rules SEC's Suspension Of 2020 Proxy Rules Unlawful
• PG&E Trust Inks $117M Deal For Calif. Wildfire Victims
• Shipping Group Calls Puerto Rico Jones Act Waiver Unlawful
• Trina Says TotalEnergies Must Arbitrate $100M Suit
• US To Tell Justices Daily Paid Workers Deserve Overtime
• North Dakota Can Intervene In Riverbed Row, DC Circ.Told
• Fed. Court Not Right For Texas Power Price Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Illinois Town Rule Singles Out 24-Hour Gas Stations, Suit Says
• TPC Group Resolves Objections To $450M Rights Offerings
• 5 Considerations When Seeking Federal EV Funding
• Russian Oligarch Deripaska Charged With Evading Sanctions
• What New Bar Exam Means For Law Students And Schools
• Feds' New Eagle Rule Aims To Help Wind Projects, Save Birds
• Brookfield Investing Up To $2B In US Renewable Energy Cos.
• New Fortress Energy Tax Director Joins MoFo In NY
• Womble Bond Adds Patent Pro From Conley Rose In Houston
• Enbridge Buys Texas Renewable Energy Biz In $270M Deal
• TransGlobe Postpones Shareholder Vote For $307M Merger
• Venezuela Loses DQ Bid In $8.75B ConocoPhillips Fight
• Texas Barge Co. Can't Escape Newsletter Copyright Suit
• Ch. 11 Cheat Sheet: Phoenix Services Topco LLC
• VW Nabs Year's Largest IPO So Far With $9B Porsche Offering
• 10th Circ. Affirms Black Lung Benefits For Energy West Miner
• Ex-Ohio Utility Board Chair Wins Bid To Unfreeze Assets
• HP Can't Shift Blame In $23M Generator Explosion Injury Suit
• Enviro Group Tells DC Circ. EPA Standards Worsen Pollution
• Fastener Co. Fights Feds Over Steel Security Tariff Bonds
• Apple's New Messaging Features Will Complicate E-Discovery
• Civil Suit Trends Cos. Can Expect From State AG Enforcement
• Puerto Rico Hurricane Recovery Amplifies Jones Act Scrutiny
• BNSF Gets Indemnity In Alcoa Injury Case
• Indigenous Communities Acquire $822M Stake In 7 Pipelines
• Littler Lands Trade Secrets, E-Discovery Talent In 2 Offices
• DC Circ. Questions Data For EPA Air Pollution Rule Revamp
• Del. Judge Balks At Phoenix Services $150M DIP Roll-Up
• EPA's New Enviro Justice Office Brings Change, Tensions
• Energy Cos. Want Wage Arbitration Moved To Puerto Rico
• Russia Can't Escape $5B Award Fight, Yukos Unit Says
• Law Firm Inclusion Efforts Often Overlook Business Staff
• Ala. Plant's Capped Ash Pit Could Still Pollute, Enviros Say
• Ex-Platinum Exec Seeks Acquittal For Bond Fraud Conviction
• Feds Finalize Duties On 4 Countries' Oil, Gas Piping Goods
• EPA Guidance Signals Greater Enviro Justice Focus In Permits
• Steel Mill Contractor Hits Ch. 11 In Del. With $587M Debt
• Chamber Seeks Early Win Over SEC In Proxy Rules Dispute
• Zimbabwe Can't Escape $50M Mining Fight, D.C. Court Hears
• Oil Terminal Owner Prevails In Fight With Chinese Energy Unit
• National Security Tariffs Wrongly Imposed, Texas Co. Says
• Insurer Can't Escape Bad-Faith Claims, Ga. Gas Cos. Say
• Pipeline Co. Says Feds Can't Countersue For Trespassing
• Puerto Rico Fiscal Board Says PREPA Talks Ideas Won't Work
• Minn. Chamber, US Steel Seek To Join Tribes' EPA Suit
• Mining Co. Faces Another Blow To Rare Earth Project
• Fla. Utility Calls For Sharing Of Public Safety Spectrum
• SEC Rules Amplify Proxy Contest Threats For Cos.
• Oil Lease Sale Backers Paint 'Distorted Picture,' DC Circ. Told
• PG&E Faces Federal Criminal Probe Into Mosquito Fire
• Oglala Sioux Tribe Seeks DC Circ. Redo In Mine Permit Row
• Judge Nixes Sanction Bid For Jones Day Atty In Paraquat MDL
• 3 Recent Cases Highlight Public Nuisance Climate Suits' Flaws
• What's At Stake In Court Split Over Foreign Bribery Charges
• An Associate's Guide To Rebounding After A Layoff
• Reduced Emissions Goal Of $1B SPAC, Energy Biz Merger
• Ex-NJ Gov. James Florio, Enviro Law Trailblazer, Dies
• 3 Questions As Feds Flesh Out New Breach Reporting Rules
• Treasure Hunter Seeks Redo Of IP Suit Coverage Dispute
• 9th Circ. Revives Fight Allowing Water For Trout Migration
• US Steel Beats Chicago's Pollution Suit, For Now
• Keystone XL Pipeline Claim Against US Set To Proceed
• AML Regulation Of Lawyers Is Imminent And Controversial
• 9th Circ. Ruling Backs Tossing Of Wind Farm Suit, Feds Say
• HONX Creditors Accuse Debtor Of Filing Ch. 11 In Bad Faith
• FERC Proposal Conflicts With 'Major Questions' Doctrine
• 2nd Circ. Doubts Exxon Bid To Shift Climate Suit To Fed. Court
• Boy Scouts Appeals Roll In, Alex Jones Ch. 11 Attys Nixed
• 5 Firms To Drive Electric Battery Maker's Potential $1.5B IPO
• Jones Day Atty Faces Sanctions Bid In Paraquat MDL
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Pipe Co. Gets Worker Stock Buyback Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Attys Secure $80M Fee Award In Calif. Oil Spill Settlement
• NYC Comptroller Presses BlackRock On Climate Pledge
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Talos' $1.1B EnVen Energy Buy
• IP Forecast: Tyga's 'Wavy Baby' Shoe Row Goes To 2nd Circ.
• Green Groups Blast FERC Power Market Plan Approvals
• Gas Co. Indicates It'll Drop Suit After Shell Pays Arbitral Award
• Nikola Investor Tells Jury Social Media Drove Buying Spree
• FERC Officials Are Lukewarm Over Grid Cybersecurity Perks
• Mediators Urge Deadline For Puerto Rico Utility Reorg Plan
• EPA GC Tells Attorneys To Expect Climate Action
• Construction Co. Can't Escape Gold King Mine MDL
• Biden Order's New Lens Puts Foreign Transactions In Focus
• 9th Circ. Revives Trump-Era Endangered Species Rollbacks
• TPC Must Let All Creditors Reject Releases In Ch. 11 Vote
• Ex-Alstom Exec's 2nd FCPA Acquittal Limits Agency Theories
• Deals Rumor Mill: FTX, Instacart, Truth Social
• Energy Dept. Will Conduct Efficiency Reviews To Settle Suit
• Enviros Blast W.Va. Coal Co. Compliance Plan
• Manchin Unveils Permitting Reform To Reluctant Congress
• Senate Passes Global Treaty To Cut Hydrofluorocarbons' Use
• How COVID Has Changed Project Development And Finance
• How SEC's Climate Proposal Could Affect Litigation Risk
• McGuireWoods Adds Veteran King & Spalding Litigator In DC
• Key Adaptations For Law Firms Amid Quiet Quitting Movement
• Sugar Co. Says Fla. Is Proper Venue For Cuban Port Case
• Germany Nationalizes Gas Giant With €8B Cash Infusion
• Wash. Mine Accused Of Over 4,000 Clean Water Act Violations
• FERC Says Law Backs Its Defense Of Power Market Rule
• ArcelorMittal Keeps $1.4B Award Fight With Essar In NY
• How EU Plan Would Cut Red Tape To Boost Green Hydrogen
• Group Asks Justices To End 'Musical Chairs' In Pipeline Case
• Creating A Hybrid Work Policy? Be Intentional And Inclusive
• Enviros Sue EPA For Lack of Action On Colo. Air Quality Plan
• Nikola CEO Tells Jury Founder's Boasts Put Workers On Edge
• Holland & Knight Adds Policy Adviser From Dept. Of Energy
• Pillsbury Adds Eversheds Sutherland Energy Duo
• Bracewell Gains Oil And Gas Partner In Houston
• Teck Metals Can't Escape Wash. Tribe's River Pollution Suit
• Oilfield Investors Say Mexico Owes $200M For Axed Contracts
• Newsom's Climate Bill Blitz Heralds Calif. 'Aggressive' Action
• Faraday Investors Sue For Board Change In Two Del. Suits
• Judge Told Nev. Power Plant Threatens Endangered Toad
• Mediation Fails In Hess Corp.'s Asbestos Unit Ch. 11 Case
• Bondholders Seek Receivership For Puerto Rico Utility
• DC Circ. Asked To Revisit 'Catch-22' Toss Of FERC Challenge
• Gas Tanker Investors Sue Operator For Sinking Fleet Fortunes
• Colo. Panel Says $26M Award Wrongly Cut In Pipeline Row
• Va. Judge Dismisses Youths' Climate Change Lawsuit
• Smoking Ban Row Belongs In Tribal Court, 8th Circ. Hears
• Interior Says Inflation Reduction Act Moots Oil Lease Fight
• Utilities Say Device Testing Needed In 6 GHz Band
• No Inflation Act Boost For EPA Power Over Greenhouse Gases
• Exxon Wants Benzene Coverage Fight Back In Texas Court
• NJ Reprimands Ex-GC Over Paying Phony Legal Fees
• Steel Firm Says Trucking Cos. Can't Prove It Owes $1.5M
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Porsche IPO Could Raise $9.4B, With Offering Set For Sept. 29
• A Law Firm's Guide To Humane Layoffs As Recession Looms
• Climate Suit Over Shell Fuel Facility Can Proceed, Judge Says
• DOJ Wants SEC's Fraud Suit Against Ex-SEC Attorney Paused
• US Gov't Sues Barge Insurer For $6.2M Oil Cleanup
• Jones Walker Welcomes New Maritime Litigation Partner
• Judge Trims Calgon Carbon's Pa. Sewage Suit
• Kinder Morgan Broke Insurance Contract, Mixed Ruling Says
• Don't Miss It: Proskauer, Freshfields Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Ford Says NJ Pollution Suit Is Premature Amid Cleanup
• 9th Circ. Ruling Highlights Divide On Ch. 11 Interest Rates
• Pa. Federal Court Denies New Trial In Energy Trade Secret Suit
• DC Circ. Backs FERC In Colo. Electric Co-Op Fight
• Pa. GOP Can't Challenge Fracking Ban, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Tesla Stockholders' Appeal To Del. Supreme Court Delayed
• Porter Hedges Grows Energy Practice With 2 Partners
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Transformer Group Co-Founder Joins Pierce Atwood In DC
• TransGlobe Supports $307M Merger After 'Spurious Claims'
• SC Watchdog Can Dispute State's $75M Fee To 2 Law Firms
• Investor Attys Get $7.5M Fees From PwC, Deloitte Settlements
• Nigeria Wins Doc Bid For English Trial In $10B Award Fight
• Owens Corning Hits Energy Co. With TM Suit Over 'Pink' Name
• Claim Construction Lessons In PTAB Fluid Energy Decision
• La. Judge Wipes Out Air Permits For Petrochemical Project
• BP Pays $2.75M To End Oil Refinery Emissions Suit
• 5th Circ. Says Phillips 66 And Shell Unit Must Pay Harbor Dues
• Nikola Founder 'Makes Crap Up,' Worried Worker Said In Text
• Oil Co. Founder Can't Escape Securities Fraud Civil Verdict
• 3rd Circ. Unmoved By Nuns' Religious Challenge To Pipeline
• Biden Beefs Up Nat'l Security Evals For Foreign Investments
• TotalEnergies Sells Stake In Kurdistan Oil Field For $155M
• €190M Award Fans Flames Against Investor-State Arbitration
• Texas Aims To Take Charge Of Carbon Capture Projects
• Offshore Wind Developer Wants $333M For Scrapped Contract
• US Indicts 3 Iranians In Massive Hacking, Ransom Scheme
• Loews Defends Baker Botts' Boardwalk Pipeline Opinion
• 10th Circ. Upholds Unsigned Settlement In Pipeline Injury Row
• NCAI Slams 'Double Standard' For Religious Law In Mine Row
• New Exchange Seeks SEC's Nod To Serve 'Green' Investors
• Minn. Sheriff Illegally Blocked Pipeline Protesters, Judge Says
• Freight Shipping Anxiety Swells As Rail Labor Talks Continue
• DC Circ. Questions Challenge To $45B Alaskan LNG Project
• Hydrogen Sector Needs More Regulatory Certainty
• Judge Revokes Mojave Desert Water Pipeline Permit
• Tips For Experimental-Use Agreements To Avoid On-Sale Bar
• Feds Propose Maximum Protection For Tricolored Bats
• Pa. Court Considers Time Limit For Challenging Regulations
• Key Nikola Critic Earned $600K From Bet Against Truckmaker
• Insurer's Pollution Coverage Suit Partly Axed As Premature
• Learning From Trump And Bannon Discovery Strategies
• Town, Green Groups To Sue EPA Over UNC Coal Permit
• Oil Trader Says Feds Playing Hide The Ball In FCPA Case
• ConocoPhillips Workers Qualify For Overtime, Suit Says
• 'Sins Of Girardi' Shouldn't Taint PG&E Bankruptcy, Judge Says
• Brazos Gets Nod On Ch. 11 Plan Docs With ERCOT Deal
• Gov't OKs Land-Leasing Regs For Pueblo Of Laguna In NM
• Spanish Co. Can't Get Tribunal Prez DQ'd In Argentina Claim
• 3rd Circ. Agrees With Toss Of Saudi Oil Deal Dispute
• Cuba-Owned Co. Says It's Immune From Exxon Suit
• Locke Lord Hires Project Finance Pro From Dorsey & Whitney
• Gold Mine Ordered To Pay $500K For Polluting River In Colo.
• Interior Dept. Proposes Revamping Offshore Safety Regs
• Potential Speed Bumps In Road To Calif.'s 2035 EV Target
• Hunton Adds M&A Partner To Houston Office From DLA Piper
• TVA Escapes Utility Trade Group Spending Suit
• Del. Judge Gives Bankrupt TPC More Time For Creditor Talks
• Nikola Founder Tells Jury He Never Sought To Dupe Investors
• Spain Says Solar Investor Can't Enforce $28.5M Award
• DC Judge Tosses Challenge To EPA's FOIA Rule
• Vivint Solar Buyers Ink Deal In Predatory Sales Suit
• Decarbonizing Crypto Mining With Nuclear Power
• Treasury Offers Maritime Cos. Guidance On Russian Oil Cap
• DOI Told To Revive Solenex Oil Lease After 'Kafkaesque' Delay
• Ukrainian Oil Co. Targets Gazprom In Gas Transit Fee Fight
• MVP: V&E's Kaam Sahely
• GE Eyes Early 2023 Health Care Spinoff, Unveils New Board
• The Risks In Lateral Hiring, And How To Avoid Them
• Energy Orgs Say No Place For Green Groups In Oil Lease Row
• Steelmaker Faces ERISA Suit Over 401(k) Management
• How Inflation Reduction Act Will Lift Offshore Wind Projects
• High Court 'Shadow Docket' Still A Long Shot For Companies
• 3rd Circ. Won't DQ White & Case From Maxus Ch. 11 Case
• Amplify Pays $18M To End Criminal Cases Over Pipeline Spill
• BakerHostetler Adds Litigator From McKool Smith In Houston
• MVP: Latham's Justin T. Stolte
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• EU OKs $650M Daimler, BlackRock, NextEra Truck Project
• Judges Who Use Social Media Must Know Their Ethical Limits
• Caterpillar Resolves IRS Tax Dispute Without Penalties
• Peru Says Miami Gold Trader's $124M Claim Must Be Tossed
• Power Cos. Blast FERC Role In Power Market Rule Fight
• Line 5 Pipeline Can Stay Open For Now, Despite Tribe's Wins
• SEC To Open New Office Scrutinizing Crypto Filings
• Idaho Power Co. Will Pay Tribe $545K To End Clean Water Suit
• Baker Botts Snags Former Perkins Coie Managing Partner
• ABA Is Defending Profession's Values From Monied Influences
• White House Office Urges Study Of Crypto's Enviro Impact
• Fed Gov't Backs Former Helix Worker In High Court OT Fight
• CORRECTED: New Tax Credits For Renewables Should Offer Investors Relief
• Treasure Hunter's Bid For Coverage Of IP Suit Sunk
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aurora, Deutsche Bahn, Greek Airport
• Gorsuch Denies Sunoco's Bid To Stall $155M Judgment
• Utilities Spar With FERC Over PURPA Eligibility Interpretation
• King & Spalding Litigation Team Joins Hogan Lovells In SF
• MVP: Kirkland's Doug Bacon
• GE Banned From Selling Wind Turbines Infringing Siemens' IP
• Apache Group, Feds Clash Over 9th Circ. Redo In Mine Case
• AFL-CIO Backs Worker In High Court OT Row Against Helix
• Groups Say FERC Shouldn't Give More Time To Gas Projects
• Full DC Circ. Won't Rethink $115M Coal Pension Debt Ruling
• Yukos Capital Seeks Default Ruling For $5B Arbitral Award
• Inflation Reduction Act A Boon To Hydrogen, Carbon Capture
• Antitrust Road Map To Vertical Integration Of Latest Car Tech
• How In-House Counsel Can Better Manage Litigation Exposure
• Beware Broad Scope Of Gov't Contract PAC Contribution Ban
• Shell Fights Partial Win Bid In Mismanaged 401(k) ERISA Suit
• MVP: King & Spalding's Scott Greer
• K&L Gates Clean Energy Projects Atty Jumps To Baker Botts
• O'Melveny Grows Energy Bench In DC With DLA Piper Atty
• Sidley Real Estate Trio Leap To Sheppard Mullin In NY
• Spain's Repsol Sells 25% Stake In Oil & Gas Unit For $4.8B
• Argentina Challenges Peruvian Biodiesel Levies At WTO
• Three Firms Head Up $5.2B Gas Assets Purchase By EQT
• EPA Says It Got Texas, Colorado Ozone Designations Right
• Davis Polk, V&E Steer Deal To Form $4.8B Mineral Royalty Co.
• Fed. Circ. Agrees China Duty Refund Requests Were Untimely
• 5th Circ. Won't Let BP Slip Out Of Scuba Diving Co.'s Suit
• Replacement Steelworkers Say 3rd Circ. Should Allow Cert.
• DC Circ. Won't Budge From Calif. Hydropower Permit Ruling
• TPC Pauses Disclosure Hearing For Settlement Talks
• Locke Lord Accused Of Malpractice Over Oil Project Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Practical E-Discovery Lessons From The Alex Jones Case
• Judge Backs Postponement Of Wyoming Oil Lease Sales
• CPA In $93M Case Says Email Warrant Too Broad
• MVP: Gibson Dunn's Hillary H. Holmes
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms
• NY Grants $6.5M For Climate Change Insurance Innovation
• Reed Smith Hires Fangda Arbitration Lawyer From Hong Kong
• Treasury Preps Russian Oil Price Cap Guidance
• Religious Group Urges 9th Circ. To Rehear Ariz. Mine Case
• Split 8th Circ. Upholds Coal Plant Air Pollution Permit
• DuPont Retirees Seek OK For $7M ERISA Settlement
• McCarthy Departs Top WH Climate Job As Podesta Signs On
• 3rd Circ. Preview: J&J Unit, Pipeline Fights On Sept. Docket
• Climate Plaintiffs Can't Pin Harms On Specific Fossil Fuel Cos.
• The Ethical Risks For Lawyers Accepting Payments In Crypto
• Crypto Mining CEO Asks 11th Circ. To Lift SEC Asset Freeze
• Sears, Boy Scouts Each Move Closer To Ch. 11 Resolutions
• FERC Urged To Smash State Grid Construction Law Barriers
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Akin Gump Adds Project Finance, Energy Atty From Bracewell
• Harsh Market Limits IPO Prospects For Autumn Listings
• Exxon's $57.5M Win Reinstated For La. Enviro Settlement
• Magellan Gets Mixed Post-Trial Rulings In Sunoco IP Case
• Calif. Tackles Climate With Last-Minute Legislation Blitz
• Calif. Corporate Climate Reporting Bill Fails In State Assembly
• Oil Rig Worker Tells Justices Helix Calculated His Pay Daily
• 5 Firms Assist As Rio Tinto Inks $3.3B Turquoise Hill Buyout
• Envisioning Metaverse-Based Litigation In The Real World
• DOJ Moves To Seize Russian Energy Co.'s Boeing 737
• New Constitution In Chile Would Affect Infrastructure Projects
• Reinsurers Fight GE Arb. Bid In $28M Turbine Damage Dispute
• Mill Workers Want $13M After Littler Misdeeds Spark Default
• Ga. Governor Extends Gas Tax Suspension Again
• 6 Texas Cases To Watch This Fall