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Energy - October, 2022

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• Transport Co. Can't Access 8M Gallons Of Fuel, Lawsuit Says
• PDVSA Says It's No Longer Venezuela's Alter Ego
• XP Wants 'Excessive' $40M Trade Secrets Verdict Slashed
• Italy Looks To Nix €190M Award Over Offshore Oil Project
• Utah's $100K Atty Fee Bid Excessive, Construction Co. Says
• PTAB Wipes Out Fracking Patent Involved In WDTX IP Fights
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned To Put Law Into Practice
• Green Groups, PacifiCorp Blast EPA Haze Moves At 10th Circ.
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Feds Fight To Affirm Ex-Platinum Exec's Fraud Conviction
• Fed. Circ. In October: Patent Venue's Remote Work Questions
• House Dems Seek Probe Of Pebble Mine 'Bait And Switch'
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In $14B Emerson Climate Biz
• Chevron Case Special Master Slams Atty's 'Deceitful' Conduct
• Energy Cos. Must Keep Options Open Amid Treaty Turmoil
• Colo. Resort Sues Forest Service For Access To Water Rights
• Twitter, Del. Both Big Winners In Musk's $44B Buyout Fold
• Commerce Chided For Upholding 'Strict' Deadline Amid COVID
• Texas Chemical Co. Sued After Leak Injured Drivers
• Exxon Discriminated Based On DACA Status, 4th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Fight Against Calif. Tribal Wind Farm
• Chevron Says Oil Snub Cost It $15M
• Don't Miss It: Morgan Lewis, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Solar Co. Moves Toward Resolution On Faulty Chinese Panels
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Twitter Pulled From NYSE After Musk Closes $44B Buyout
• Musk Reportedly Closes $44B Twitter Deal After 6-Month Saga
• Biogas Plant's Late Depo Bid Nixed In $100M Colo. Dispute
• DOI, BLM Sued Over Reupping Trump-Era Oil And Gas Leases
• 5th Circ. Upholds Liberty Mutual's Win Over Oil Spill Coverage
• Tracking The Nascent Anti-ESG Movement
• When's The Anniversary? Texas Justices Wonder In Oil Fight
• CPUC Proposes $155M Fine For PG&E Over Deadly Zogg Fire
• Feds Say Oil, Gas Piping Imports Harm US Businesses
• Locke Lord Aims To Sink NJ Malpractice Suit Over Oil Project
• Twitter Wired For NYSE Exit Friday As Musk Buyout Looms
• Chemical Cos. Are Drawn Into Gov't Cybersecurity Efforts
• Biden Admin. Rolls Out $1B For Green School Buses
• Tesla Investor Sues In Del. Over Musk's Twitter Eruptions
• Del. Justices Probe Mont. Law In $20M Stillwater Bill Dispute
• Ex-Exec Says Disney Revoked Job Offer After Fla. LGBTQ Law
• DC Circ. Mulls Whether Ameren Owes $11.5M In Refunds
• Green Groups Struggle To Prove NEPA Rule Harm At 4th Circ.
• EPA Defeat Device Regs: An Awkward Fit For EVs
• PTAB Axes Solar Patent Claims In Rehearing Decision
• Fed. Circ. Case Shows Remote Work Can Affect Patent Venue
• What To Consider When Leaving BigLaw To Go Solo
• Regional Haze Plan Was Sufficient, Wyo. Tells 10th Circ.
• Iran's State Oil Co. Loses Latest Challenge To $2.4B Award
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink BG Group, Shell Waterway Fees Ruling
• Holland & Knight Gains Ex-Gray Reed M&A Partner In Houston
• 2 Firms Guide Lithium Miner's $838M SPAC Merger
• Ohio High Court Won't Accept Jurisdiction In Coverage Fight
• Hanford Workers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Vax Mandate Fight
• Texas High Court Presses Energy Co. On Drilling Delay
• Court Limits Calif.'s Ability To Chase Costs At Battery Plant
• Equipment Lessors Object To Phoenix DIP Liens
• Feds Defend Trespass Claim Against Marathon Petroleum Unit
• EU Criteria Will Help Aviation Finance Sustainability Push
• Solar Investor Says It Can Enforce $28M Award Against Spain
• Supplier In TPC Explosion Case Objects To Ch. 11 Plan
• Fuel Groups Say Calif. Can't Tackle Climate With Vehicle Regs
• Ex-Utility Board Chair Fights Attempt To Refreeze Assets
• House Oversight GOP Seek Explanation For Aluminum Tariffs
• Energy Drillers Tell 3rd Circ. Gearing Up Doesn't Deserve Pay
• Activists, EPA At Odds Over Environmental Justice Decision
• How Int'l Claims Can Be Lost — Or Won — In Translation
• Feds Want Jones Walker DQ'd In $1.2B Venezuelan Fraud Case
• Carbon Cost Loss Won't Stop Red States' Climate Policy Fight
• New Bankruptcy Rulings May Give Solvent Debtors Leverage
• Calif. Courts Will Decide Oil Co. Climate Nuisance Claims
• Judge Tosses Bid To Resume Transmission Line Construction
• CIT Upholds Duties To Counter EU's Enviro Tax Breaks
• Feds Went Too Far With Pipeline Valve Rules, DC Circ. Told
• Die Cutting Machine Maker Says Ex-Employees Pilfered Files
• Lithium Corp. Inks Agreement With Tribe On Mining Project
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Seeks Early Victory In Proxy Advisory Rule Challenge
• Capturing Insurance Coverage For Climate Change Suits
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned Education Never Ends
• Musk's Options Vanish As $44B Twitter Deal Deadline Looms
• ACLU Asks Justices To Affirm The Right To Boycott Israel
• Berry Corp. Hit With Derivative Suit Over Oil Permit Problems
• National Grid Faces Proposed Class Actions Over Tax Charges
• Navient Collections Halted, Mallinckrodt Faces $1.6B Suit
• France Joins Netherlands In Leaving Energy Charter Treaty
• 3 Firms Steer $989M Quality Gold SPAC Deal
• 5th Circ. Says FERC Must Redo $20M Enforcement Penalty
• 5th Circ. Ch. 11 Ruling Could Be Good And Bad For Creditors
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 8th Circ. Rejects Red States' Challenge To Carbon Cost Metric
• Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin
• EPA Floats Rule To Further Reduce Hydrofluorocarbons' Use
• FERC Increases Scrutiny Of Utility-Investor Ties
• Iran's State Oil Co. A No-Show In $2.4B Enforcement Suit
• Mont. Laws Restricting Plant Closures Ruled Unconstitutional
• Ohio AG Wants Ex-Utility Board Chair's Assets Refrozen
• Moldova Must Turn Over Info In $42M Award Fight, Co. Says
• Getting Ready For Inflation Reduction Act's Methane Charges
• Red States Tell DC Circ. Calif.'s Clean Air Act Waiver Must Fall
• Pa. Metal Cos. Duck Ex-Worker's Sexual Harassment Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Westpac, Credit Suisse, Nationals
• Microchip Maker Partially Dodges Purdue's IP Claims
• New-Parent Attorneys Need Automatic Litigation Stays
• World's 1st Green Steel Plant Secures An Additional $68.5M
• GE Wants New Siemens IP Trial, Calling Verdict 'Inconsistent'
• Colo. Panel Seems Poised To Remand Atty Fee Issue
• Sinopec Unit Says It Already Paid $20.7M Award
• Red State AGs Target Big Banks' Climate Goals
• Oil And Gas Price Jumps Aren't Swaying Leery Lenders
• Germany, France Seek Strong Reply To Inflation Reduction Act
• Insurers Drop Environmental Coverage Fight With Gulf Oil
• EU To Forge Ahead With Energy Charter Treaty Modernization
• 9th Circ. Won't Let Insurer Step Into $18M Chevron Suit
• Feds Say Russians Shipped US-Sanctioned Weapon Parts, Oil
• Associate Skills That Impress Firms In A Cooling Job Market
• The Next 50 Years Of The Clean Water Act
• Texas Tax Talk: Previewing 2023 Legislative Priorities
• Colo. Gas Co. Says $4M Arb. Award Cut Was Unlawful
• HK Seeks To Relax Revenue Requirements For Startup IPOs
• Ex-Michael Best FERC Expert Jumps To Eversheds Sutherland
• 2 Exxon Attys Join Hunton In Dallas And Houston
• Canada Says $2.5B Claim Over Seismic Data Must Be Axed
• Oil Developers Claim Exxon Mobil Shouldn't Be Paid $57.5M
• La. Enviro Dept. Belongs In Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Finds
• 5th Circ. Keeps La. Pollution Suit In State Court
• 10th Circ. Tells EPA To Rethink Suncor's Exemption Bid
• Zurich Drops Contractor From $3.7M NY Lab Fire Suit
• JPMorgan Chase Can't Duck Trader's Retaliation Suit
• Calif.'s Carbon Cuts Could Be Wiped Out By Wildfires
• Darling Ingredients Acquires Collagen Co. Gelnex For $1.2B
• DOI To Auction Wind Leases Off California Coast
• Ore. Jury Awards $10M For Injuries Suffered In Gas Explosion
• Chemical Compliance Challenges For US Battery Makers
• SEC Anti-Fraud Settlement Is A Warning For Fund Advisers
• NJ Joins Climate Change Tort Parade Against Oil Cos.
• NY Pols Ask DOJ To Weigh In On Climate Suits' Jurisdiction
• Amplify Strikes $50M Deal Over Southern Calif. Oil Spill
• Gas Co. Escapes Asian Ex-Researcher's Bias Suit
• Ex-Navitas Midstream Exec Rejoins Locke Lord In Houston
• Feds Avoid Spoliation Claims In Colo. Mine Spill Litigation
• Nikola Founder's Fraud Conviction A Cautionary Tale
• SPAC Investors Sue In Del. Over 'Unfair' Electric Vehicle Deal
• Enel Unit Says $200M Allianz Dispute Must Be Arbitrated
• Solar Farm, Neighbors Seek Rulings In Erosion Dispute
• Wis. Judge Says Pipeline Shutdown Plans Admissible
• Solar Panel Importers Seek Safeguard Tariff Refunds
• 3 Firms Steer BP's $4.1B Archaea Energy Takeover
• Duke Energy, Rival Settle Contract Row After Attorneys Quit
• Navigating The OT Debates In High Court Rig Worker Case
• Key Considerations For Seeking Relief From Double Taxation
• Clean Air Act Ruling Highlights Standing In Citizen Suits
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Hydrogen Supplier Ends SPAC Merger With Benessere Capital
• Groups Ask DC Circ. To Revive Fight Over EPA's Air Finding
• Gerber Gets Baby Food Heavy Metals Suit Tossed
• 5th Circ. Says Solvent Debtor Owes Pre-Ch. 11 Interest Rate
• Billionaire Takes Over Continental Resources In $4.3B Deal
• US Wants Colo. Mine Suits Paused To Finalize Settlement
• Energy Cos. Again Take Fight With Baltimore To High Court
• 5th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Oil Rig Worker's Stroke Suit
• US Firms Boost Trade With Taiwan Through 5G, Energy Deals
• Think Tank Backs Justices' Review Of FERC Pipeline Powers
• Exxon Says Cuban Co. Can't Escape Expropriation Suit
• Utah Tribe Tells 10th Circ. $330K Sanctions Bill Is Unwarranted
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Exxon Wants En Banc Review Of $14M Air Pollution Fine
• Ga. Judge Axes GE's Bid To Sanction Electronics Co.
• Alex Jones' Billion-Dollar Penance, Puerto Rico Prunes Debt
• Nikola Founder Convicted Of $1B Wall St. Fraud
• High Court Could Resolve Thorny Atty-Client Privilege Issue
• Munich Re's Oil Exit Boosts ESG Efforts, Insurance Pros Say
• Energy Trade Group Wants To Join Oil & Gas Leasing Suit
• Arnold & Porter Litigator Heads To Wilkinson Stekloff
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Vaalco, TransGlobe Close Merger, Disclose $30M Buyback
• 2nd Circ. Taps NY Court In $1.9B Venezuelan Bond Dispute
• Twitter Wanted Musk To Give Up Gov't Probe Docs Before Stay
• Gov't Must Revisit Korean Electric Subsidies In Steel Dispute
• 3rd Circ. Says Welding Co.'s Contract Doesn't Bar Barrel Sales
• Fiat Unit To Pay $5.6M To End Calif. Emissions Test Probe
• Workers Sue Bankrupt NC Solar Co. Over Sudden Layoffs
• Shell, Contractor To Pay Pa. $670K Over Pipeline Violations
• Landowners Denied Rehearing In Tribal Water Rights Case
• Climate Disclosures Could Slow IPO Plans, SEC Panel Told
• Industry Groups Say DOE Hasn't Justified New Boiler Rule
• EPA Proposes Strengthening 'Fugitive Emissions' Regulations
• Oil Cos. Want $39M More From Feds For WWII Fuel Cleanup
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Exxon Mobil, Brad Pitt
• After Climate Rulings, Insurers May Go On Coverage Offense
• 2 Tax Decisions Hold Key Transfer Pricing Takeaways
• Gov't Calls Nikola Founder A Con Man As Fraud Trial Closes
• UK To Accept Antitrust Fixes In €15B Veolia-Suez Deal
• Biden Designates Colo.'s Camp Hale As A National Monument
• JPMorgan Traders Say Witnesses Couldn't Justify Conviction
• Supreme Court Justices Dig Into What Defines A Salary
• Judge Approves Timeline For Selling Shares In Citgo Parent
• FirstEnergy Disputes Investor's Challenge To $180M Deal
• Democrats Press Texas Grid Operator On Crypto Energy Use
• ArcelorMittal Settles $1.4B Steel Firm Arbitration Award Fight
• Minn.'s New Common Interest Doctrine: A Primer
• Refining Info Governance As E-Discovery Gets More Complex
• Pa. Trading Firm Pays $4M To End FERC Manipulation Case
• Zimbabwe Mining Corp. Asks Court To Toss $50M Mining Fight
• Greens Ask EPA To End Ohio Control Of Fracking Waste Wells
• US Coal Policy Suit Closed After Obama-Era Ban Reinstated
• Chancery Keeps Shareholder Suit On Musk Twitter Deal Alive
• Youths Say High Court Abortion Ruling Supports Climate Case
• Covington, Cravath Lead Buyers On $8B Westinghouse Deal
• DC Circ. Mulls Waiver Authority In Md. Dam Licensing Fight
• Amazon To Invest Nearly $1B To Boost European EV Fleet
• Ohio Class Seeks Approval Of $49M FirstEnergy Settlement
• Enviro Orgs. Say EPA Never Decided On Texas Emissions Plan
• Permitting Reform: Electric Transmission Implications
• GSA, DOE Seek Low-Carbon Building Technology
• Sen. Vows Saudi Arms Sale Block Over OPEC Production Cut
• 2nd Circ. Cool To Power Co. In Union Arbitration Row
• Justices Ponder Broader Impacts Of Case Beyond Pork
• Pa. Court Checks Utilities' Power In Historic Districts
• Musk Says Twitter Whistleblower Told To Burn, Delete Records
• D&O Insurer Challenges Amid Market, Economic Turbulence
• Risk Mitigation In Face Of Rising Legal Malpractice Claims
• 21 Orrick Attys Leave Firm In Italy For New Venture
• UK Trading Firm Says It Can't Be Blamed For Oil Crash
• 9th Circ. Signals Tribe's Dam Protest Belongs In Fed. Courts
• Colo. Judge Approves $3.9M Liberty Oilfield IPO Settlement
• OSHA Orders Exxon To Rehire, Pay Whistleblowers $800K
• Army Corps Escapes Chippewa's Enbridge Pipeline Challenge
• Feds Ask DC Circ. To Revive Obama-Era Logging Rules
• BakerHostetler Accused Of Fraud, Jones Asks For New Hire
• Residents Can't Prove Hurricane Harvey Flood Damage Cause
• Native Communities At Heart Of New US Arctic Strategy
• 5th Circ. Won't Let BP Retirees Intervene In ERISA Suit
• Justices' Clean Water Act Queries Hint At Search For Balance
• SEC Reopens Climate Disclosure, ESG Rules For Comment
• DOL Must Revisit H-2B Request Nixed By Irrelevant Records
• EPA Steps Closer Toward Aviation Lead Emissions Regs
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• DOL Says Ukraine War Didn't Spike Biz's Gas Worker Needs
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Look For Common Ground
• Water Co. Not Covered For Worker's Burn Suit, Insurer Says
• EIG Unit To Pay $2.2B For Tokyo Gas' Australia Project Stakes
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Latest Sanctions Narrow Path To Legal Dealings In Russia
• CFTC Says Delaware Silver Trader Ripped Off Customers
• ND Says DAPL Protest Testimony Goes Beyond Army Corps
• EPA Releases Climate Plans For Air, Water, Other Offices
• An Animal Cruelty Case Could Create Chaos For Clean Energy
• WTO Deputy Rues Lack Of 'Shared Vision' For Dispute Reform
• Suit Blames Pa. Gas Co. Worker For Oxygen Fire Injuries
• Slow EPA Approvals Impair State Carbon Storage Plans
• Del. Chancellor Agrees To Musk's Request To Stay Twitter Trial
• DC Circ. Reviews Challenge To Airline Greenhouse Gas Rule
• Bankrupt Mining Co.'s Receiver Can't Keep Mining W.Va. Site
• Legal Roadblocks May Have Made Musk Blink On Twitter Deal
• Shipping Cos. Want Ga. County's Oil Spill Suit Tossed
• 11th Circ. Precedent Up For Debate In Guatemala Award Fight
• Limiting The Scope Of Representation Is Critical For Lawyers
• 'Add-Back' Lease Ruling Must Be Undone, Texas Justices Told
• EPA Eases Regulatory Path For Electric Vehicle Chemicals
• Chippewa Tribe Slams Enbridge Over Bid To Exclude Experts
• 2 Firms Seek OK Of $1.8M Fee In Pipeline Suit Deal Redo
• Twitter Trial Still Alive In Chancery Despite Musk's About-Face
• FERC Should Hear Gasoline Blending Dispute, 3rd Circ. Rules
• Collapsed Energy Suppliers Battle In Court To Divide Assets
• Marathon Oil Will Pay $35M To End Oklahoma Royalties Suit
• Skadden Energy Group Chief Jumps To Jenner & Block In DC
• Colo. Panel Tries To Untangle Emissions Rule Deadlines
• Ala. Steel Mill Workers Awarded $13M In Wage Suit
• War Continues To Complicate Ukrainian Refinery Award Feud
• Chevron, Exxon, Others Escape Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Case
• Exxon Escapes Permian Basin Investor Class Action, For Now
• Nucor Assails Price Data In Latest Korean Electricity Tiff
• Steel Importers Ask Fed. Circ. To Rehear Duty Refund Suit
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Aquaron Acquisition SPAC In $50M IPO
• ITC Finds Synthetic-Diamond Driller Patents Unenforceable
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $12.7M Award In Mining Suit, Vacates Fees
• V&E Loses Ace Tax Atty To Kirkland In Houston
• Chipmaker Plans $100B Facility Investment In New York
• Davis Wright Tremaine Adds Ex-FERC, Stinson Atty
• Justices Won't Hear Contract Row Involving Ex-Tribal Worker
• Canadian Gas Processor Seeks US Restructuring Recognition
• US Tells 9th Circ. It Has Rights To $380M Award Held In UK
• Dechert's Thierfelder Sees M&A Opportunities Amid Turmoil
• Comet Nabs Injunction After $40M Trade Secrets Jury Verdict
• Attys Shouldn't Assume Judicial Critique Is Protected Speech
• AIG Hit By $2M Property Damage Suit For Texas Winter Storm
• EPA's Permitting FAQ Goes Beyond The Letter Of The Law
• 3 Companies Unveil Plans To Go Public Via SPAC Mergers
• High Court Struggles With Unclear Clean Water Act Limits
• McKool Smith Hires Litigation Veteran For Dallas Office
• High Court Wants DOJ Input Over Climate Suit Remand