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Energy - January, 2023

327 articles

• Ex-DC Solar Exec Sentenced To 6½ Years For Ponzi Scheme
• Baker Donelson Off The Hook In BP Oil Litigation Fund Row
• Fisheries Ask Court To Reject Defense Of Mass. Wind Project
• Ex-JPMorgan Trader Says 'Spoofing' Verdict Shouldn't Stick
• Clay Mine Threatens Tribe's Land And Health, Suit Says
• GM, Lithium Americas Ink $650M Mine Development Deal
• Riding Circuit: February's Notable Oral Arguments
• Venezuela Escapes Drilling Co. Asset Seizure Suit
• Ga. Justice Pens Concern Over Gov. Deference Precedent
• Ill. Renovations Co. To Pay $400K To Settle Lead Violations
• EPA Issues Final Veto On Pebble Mine
• Oil Cos. Want $7.6M LA Contamination Settlement Approved
• Mapping The Transport Sector's Road To Zero Emissions
• Enviro. Group Hits Green Energy Co. With Clean Water Suit
• DC Circ. Won't Pause Climate Suit Remand
• Former Magellan CEO Must Hand Over Docs In Antitrust Suit
• Israeli Citizen Wants SEC Securities Fraud Suit Tossed
• ArcLight Invests $150M In Battery Storage Company
• US Wetlands Harmed By Fla.'s Use Of Old Rule, Group Warns
• Spain Fights NextEra Bid To Block Dutch Suit In DC Court
• NextEra Says Justices Should Pass On Grid Project Law Fight
• Texas Judge Won't Wrap Up Winter Storm Natural Gas Suit
• Pipeline Inspection Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $159M Debt
• Ex-Unaoil Exec Gets 1 Year In Global Corruption Case
• EPA Tells 10th Circ. That Wyoming Haze Moves Were Proper
• $509M In Natural Gas Lost On Tribal, Federal Land, Study Says
• Texas Firm Gets Arbitration In Fight Over Corporate Deal Work
• Justices Urged To Keep Calif. Climate Suit Remands In Place
• Top Texas Court To Review Investor Liability In TPC Explosion
• Musk's Tesla Tweet Was Thought To Be 'A Hack,' Jury Told
• Texas Justices Snub Fight Over Cut To $73M Apache Verdict
• Navajo Say Bid To Drop CERCLA Costs From Trial Too Late
• Texas High Court Sidesteps Cities' Flood Taking Suits
• Southern Co. Unit Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Contract Case
• Full 8th Circ. Won't Reconsider Carbon Metric Challenge
• Texas Appeals Court Rejects Equipment Rental Co.'s Tax Case
• Deal Reached To End $31.6M Texas Trucking Crash Appeal
• 4th Circ. Wary Of Suit Over OSHA 'Incentives' After Deadly Fire
• Pipeline Cos. Urge DC Circ. To Nix Mass. Project Fight
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider Macquarie Investor Suit Revival
• GOP States Sue DOL Over Socially Conscious Investing Rule
• 5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
• Couple Gets 2 Years in Prison In Fla. 'Unicorn' App Fraud Case
• Homebuilder Can't Ax Insurer's Pollution Coverage Suit
• Michigan Top Court To Hear Challenge Of Ballot Initiative Laws
• Calif. And NY Climate Change Plans: A Comparison
• Nixon Peabody Gets OK For Deal With DC Solar Investors
• Latham, Baker Botts Steer Oil And Gas Producer's $100M IPO
• $6.2M Oil Cleanup Fight Must Be Arbitrated, UK Insurer Says
• Feds Make Minn. Wilderness Off Limits To Mineral Extraction
• Trade Court Tosses Canadian Lumber Co.'s Duty Suit
• Mass. Cop, Brother Hit With New Charges In Kickback Case
• Contracts, Financing Are Key To 2023 Clean Hydrogen Growth
• Oil Cos. Want Justices To Review Offshore Fracking Fight
• Messer Faces More Suits Over Fatal Leak At Ga. Poultry Plant
• Girardi Victims' $6.3M Suit Against NY Firm Tossed, For Now
• Ex-GC Can't Duck Trade Secrets Suit By Energy Co.
• 5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
• White & Case Adds 3 Top Litigators From Bracewell In Texas
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Juul, Elliott Management
• Wash. Irrigation Districts Sue Feds Over Power Charges
• Ex-Tesla CFO Tells Jury Paperwork On Deals 'Not Elon's Style'
• Ex-FBI Agent Denies Concealing Corrupt Foreign Dealings
• Contract Claims In LNG Project Spat Must Be Nixed, Co. Says
• CIT Slashes Indian Resin Tariffs Over Subsidy Fumble
• DOI Settles With Utah Green Group Over Oil Lease Suit
• Corps Accused Of Illegally Blocking Alaskan Gold Extraction
• Manchin Bill Calls For Pause Of EV Tax Credit
• ERISA Suit Against Schneider, Aon Gets Gutted
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenges To Texas Nuclear Waste Site
• Contractors Think DOE Award Process Unfair, GAO Reports
• EPA Moves To Stop Power Plants' Coal Ash Dumping
• Jury Awards Wash. Gas Plant $11M In Insurance Dispute
• Gasoline Buyers Say Toss Of Price Fix Suit Hurt Due Process
• Cos. Face Seattle River Superfund Sites Cleanup Suit
• Inflation Reduction Act's Methane Tax May Be Unenforceable
• NRC Says PG&E Must Submit New Diablo Canyon Application
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Energy Co. Worker's Retaliation Suit
• Power Plant Operator Heritage Hits Ch. 11 With $686M Debt
• Musk Tells Jury 'Funding Secured' Tweet 'Right Thing' To Do
• Colo. Panel Skeptical Local Quarry Regs Preempted By Feds
• Drivers Rip Fiat's Bid To Snuff Minivan Fire-Risk Recall MDL
• Fla. Judge Tosses BP Suits Alleging Injuries From Oil Cleanup
• Ariz. Chamber, Biz Interests Urge 9th Circ. To Greenlight Mine
• EPA Inks $1.35M Deal With Rail Co. Over CAA Violations
• Mineral Rights, But No Royalties For Cos. In Texas Land Fight
• FERC Urged To Dump Bid To Shift NE Grid Upgrade Costs
• EQT Says Ex-Worker's Help Should DQ Plaintiffs' Law Firms
• High Court Dispute Shows Need For CWA Clarity
• Reed Smith Opens Orange County Office, Firm's 5th In Calif.
• V&E, Baker Botts Lead More Than $1.6B Bolt-On Acquisition
• Steptoe & Johnson Adds Sidley Energy Partner In DC
• Musk Rips Saudi 'Backpedaling,' 'Ass-Covering' At Fraud Trial
• Ex-Ohio Speaker Sold Office For FirstEnergy Bailout, Jury Told
• Feds Urge Judge To Preserve Mine Plan Enviros Oppose
• Berry Corp. Hit With Another Suit Over Permit Permissions
• Texas Justices Urged To Review Salt Cave Rights Dispute
• Stoel Rives Adds 2 Ex-Perkins Coie Lawyers In Portland
• Feds Slam Nikola Founder's Bid For New Fraud Trial
• Justices Reject Ex-Deutsche Traders' Spoofing Appeal
• 2 Energy-Focused SPACs Withdraw IPOs Totaling $400M
• Oil Co.'s Claims Against BP In $8M Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion
• Orrick Adds Davis Wright Energy Co-Head In San Francisco
• Chevron, Exxon Press DC Circ. To Pause Climate Suit Remand
• For The Future Of ESG, Look To State Bill Trends
• Citgo Wants Special Master Kicked Off Auction Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ex-FBI Agent Charged With Aiding Indicted Russian Oligarch
• BP Must Face Pension Suit Without Class Carveout
• Apache Foe Ordered To Produce Bank, Asset Documents
• Spanish Solar Co.'s Suit Tossed In Panamanian Grid Debate
• 4 Firms Guide Israeli Renewable Energy Firm's IPO Filing
• Creditor Asks 3rd. Circ. For Seat At The Table In Citgo Auction
• Pa. Court Says Reporter Can't Uncover Pipeline Emails
• Trump's Interior Secretary Cleared Of Corruption Allegations
• Alaska Says BLM Can't Block Ground Work On State Lands
• DC Circ. Judge Slams DOE Boiler Efficiency Rule Clarification
• Enviros Challenge DOT Approval Of Texas Gulf Oil Terminal
• 7 Tips To Increase Your Law Firm's DEI Efforts In 2023
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Get Back To Home Base
• 5th Circ. Urged To Block DOT Sea Port Oil Terminal Approval
• Claims Court Says USDA Wrongly Nixed Energy Saving Deal
• Refineries Resist New Renewable Fuel Reporting Deadlines
• Halliburton Says Cos. Can't Evade Discovery In CERCLA Row
• ConocoPhillips Sued Over 401(k) Investments In Spinoff Co.
• Libyan Co. Says Okla. Co. Reneged On $5M Rig Agreement
• New FERC Chair Will Push For Pipeline Policy Consensus
• Exxon Tells Texas Justices Oil Co. Owes $71M Settlement Fee
• DC Circ. Mulls Proper Law In Exxon's $71M Seized Assets Suit
• New US Waters Definition May Rock The Boat
• Meet The Attorneys Helming Ohio Ex-Speaker's Bribery Trial
• Biden Admin. To Develop Environment Economy Statistics
• 5th Circ. Orders FERC To Explain Rate Complaint Delays
• Insurer Must Defend SoCal Edison In LA Wildfire Suits
• NAFTA Can't Save $15B Keystone XL Case, US Says
• Before Trial, Halliburton Wipes Out Rival's Patents At PTAB
• XP Says $40M Trade Secret Verdict 'Doesn't Make Any Sense'
• Oilfield Co. Says Auditor's 'Epic Failure' Allowed Fraud
• Green Groups Agree To Drop CWA Suit Following New Rule
• Texas, Groups Sue To Take Down New 'WOTUS' Definition
• Texas Jury Clears Hunting Titan In Patent Infringement Case
• Groups Tell Biden Not To Back Down To EU Trade Threats
• 2 Firms Steer As Shell Nabs EV Charging Co. Volta For $169M
• Oil Co. Transferred $73.9M During Class Action, Suit Says
• Hertz Ruling Could Help Debtors Avoid Make-Whole Premiums
• Reed Smith Amps Up Energy Team With Winston & Strawn Atty
• Biden Admin. Must Deliver New Offshore Plan, Oil Groups Say
• Rough Waters Continue In Defunct Euronav, Frontline Merger
• Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target
• EPA Says Greenlight Of Denver Air Plan Was Proper
• Ohio High Court To Review Freezing Of Ex-Regulator's Assets
• Challenge To EPA's Air Finding Is DOA, Enviros Tell DC Circ.
• ND Can't Be Kept Out Of Mo. Riverbed Row, DC Circ. Told
• Ex-SEC Officials, Law Professors Challenge New Proxy Rules
• Halkbank Prosecution Holds 'Cataclysmic' Risk, Justices Told
• Judge Won't Grant Partial Wins In Solar Farm Erosion Fight
• DOI Finalizes Interbureau Transfer Of Offshore Wind Duties
• 2nd Circ. Backs $2.4M Award To Chinese Generator Co.
• 5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership
• EPA Defends Reviving Calif. Vehicle Emissions Standards
• EQT Wants Landowners' Attys DQ'd In Unplugged Wells Suit
• Navigating Potential Changes In Carbon Reporting Standards
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Citgo Parent's $642M Tax Refund Bid Gets Dismissed
• No Further Review Of Carbon Metric Needed, 8th Circ. Told
• Coal Magnate To Face Claims Over $48M Award
• Okla. Taking Reservation Mining Dispute To 10th Circ.
• EPA Cumulative Impact Guidance Is Just A First Step
• Voyager Sells Digital Assets For $1B, FTX Finds $5B In Crypto
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• CIT Says Hyundai's Dual Failures Back High Penalty
• Gas Cos., Royalty Owners' $45M Settlement Nabs Initial OK
• Green Orgs Sue Over NY Power Plant's Sale To Crypto Co.
• FCC Cautioned On 6 GHz Interference With Utilities
• Industry Takeaways From IRS Guidance On EV Tax Credits
• 6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers
• FERC Says Mass. Pipeline Extension Approval Was Proper
• Del. High Court Sides With Insurers In $20M D&O Dispute
• Chancery Ruling Reiterates Its Skepticism Of De-SPAC Deals
• Senators Again Call For Wider National Security Steel Tariffs
• BIA Plans New Rules For Troubled Osage Oil Fields
• FCPA Enforcement Outlook: Sweeter Carrots, Sharper Sticks
• Ex-Kelley Drye Regulatory Partner Joins Fenwick In DC
• Ruby Pipeline Gets Del. Ch. 11 Plan, Tallgrass Sale OK
• Paul Hastings Adding Linklaters Infrastructure Pair In London
• Spain Opens New Front In Bid To Avoid €291M NextEra Award
• FERC Approves $950M NJ, Pa. Pipeline Upgrade Project
• DOI Proposes Updated Regs For Offshore Renewable Energy
• API, Louisiana Defend Challenge Of Tossed Gulf Oil Lease
• Pipeline Cos. Blast FERC Oil Pipeline Rate Policy Shift
• Enviros Challenge Bid To Keep Calif. Nuclear Plant Running
• High Inflation Sends DOL Monetary Penalties Up By 7.7%
• Chancery Sends Ex-SandRidge Execs' Fee Fight To Oklahoma
• Oil Co. Wants Occidental On The Hook For $559M Award
• Delaware Ruling Increases Scrutiny Of SPAC Economic Costs
• Fed. Circ. Rules Drilling Fluid Patent Isn't Indefinite
• White & Case To Keep Docs After Dropping Russian Oligarch
• Bain Capital Invests $400M In Biorefinery Co. EcoCeres
• Fuel Firm Gets OK For $9M Stalking Horse Bid In Ch. 11 Sale
• Canadian Metals Miner Drops Plans To Sell Assets
• Lucid Defeats Investor Suit Over $11B SPAC Merger, For Now
• GAO Backs Western Power Agency's Sole-Source Contract
• Texas Justices Told To Affirm Sanction In Pipeline Lease Fight
• Venezuela Can't Attend Meeting With Feds Over Citgo
• Kazakhstan Notches Win In $506M Feud With Energy Investors
• Tribe, Enviros Say 9th Circ. Can't Hear Coal-Leasing Appeal
• EPA Issues Legal Guidance On Cumulative Impacts
• 5th Circ. Backs Exxon's Win In Ex-Trainee's Race Bias Suit
• What Cos. Can Expect From FTC's Green Guides Updates
• Ga. Justices Won't Review Pipe Fitter's Asbestos Suit
• Interior Establishes Orphaned Wells Program Office
• Oil Co. Sues Los Angeles Over 'Rushed' Drilling Ban
• Ares Management Raises $5B Of Infrastructure Debt Capital
• Ga. County Drops 2 Claims In Shipping Cos. Oil Spill Suit
• Euronav Rejects Frontline's Bid To Back Out Of $4B Merger
• Google Energy Regulatory Counsel Rejoins Nelson Mullins
• 3rd Circ. Questions Law That Sent FERC Impasse To Court
• White House Touts Chip Collaboration At Regional Summit
• Landowners Tell Justices EPA Omitted New CWA Rule Info
• Haaland Aide To Lead Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management
• EPA Opens Door For $100M In Environmental Justice Grants
• Commerce Won't Lower Steel Duties Countering EU Tax Relief
• REIT Calls Foul On $7.8M Winter Storm Bill
• Gas Cos. Duck Price-Fixing Attributed To Trump
• What Energy Claims Against Spain Mean For Investor Rights
• Tribes, Religious Orgs. Ask 9th Circ. To Halt Ariz. Mine Project
• Del. Justices' Reversal Of Boardwalk Award May Apply Widely
• French Appeals Court Nixes $49M Award Against Moldova
• ExxonMobil Subcontractor's Insurer Off Hook In Job Fatality
• Coke Asks Judge To Discard '100% Recyclable' Bottle Suits
• Goldman Sachs Clinches $1.6B For Climate Fund
• 5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023
• Deepwater Drilling Servicer Hits Ch. 11 With $651M Of Debt
• Feds Say Platinum Partners Exec's Conviction Should Stand
• Wash. Gas Plant Tells Jury Insurer Should Cover Claim
• ERCOT Makes Case For Immunity To Texas Supreme Court
• Energy-Focused M&A Atty Rejoins V&E After 5 Years
• NY Issues 3 Siting Permits For Solar Energy Facilities
• Enviros Plan Suit To Protect Imperiled Flower From Cattle
• 9th Circ. Upholds Steel Mill's Win In Ex-Worker's FMLA Suit
• Feds Want 2 Years For Each Convicted Merrill Lynch Fraudster
• Energy Cos. Say Partner Side-Stepped Them In Payment Deal
• Calif. Court Axes PUC Inquiry Into Gas Co. Shareholder Info
• Gibson Dunn Expands Into Abu Dhabi Global Market
• High Court Denies Review Of $1M Award To Gulfstream
• Contractors Sue NC Paper Mill After Colleagues Killed In Fire
• Justices Pass On $1.1B Angolan Power Contracts Row
• 3 ESG Conversations To Follow This Year
• Mars' Dark Chocolate Contains Toxic Heavy Metals, Suit Says
• Engine Co. Sues Honeywell For Sharing Secrets With Rival
• Interior Dept. Ripped For Using Easily Hackable Passwords
• Ohio AG Subpoenaed To Testify At Ex-Speaker's Trial
• La. Workers Settle BP Oil Spill Claims Against Attys, Insurers
• 2nd Circ. Sends Pollution Claim Fight Back To NY Court
• Texas Court Affirms Insurer's Gas Station Coverage Win Again
• No Force Pooling For Energy Co., Texas High Court Told
• Biden Unveils New Greenhouse Gas Guidance For Agencies
• Legal Standing For Nature: The Road Not Taken
• 5th Circ. Remands Just Energy Ch. 15 Suit Over Power Prices
• US Chamber Urges High Court To Hear Climate Suit Remand
• 4 Firms Lead $3.8B Phillips 66 Midstream Stock Acquisition
• 4th Circ. Grants Natural Gas Co. Partial Win In Royalty Row
• Broken Equipment Kept Ship In Path Of Hurricane, Attys Say
• PTAB Trims 3 Fracking Patents Challenged By Halliburton
• EPA Proposes Lowering Soot Pollution Health Standard
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Mining Co. Says Justices Must Resolve Service Question
• Venezuela Debt Cases Face New Complication
• 5th Circ. Axes Challenge To South Texas LNG Project
• Republic Steel Must Pay $1.2M For Unpaid Contributions
• Ga. Environmental Group Settles Pellet Mill Permit Challenge
• 9th Circ. Appeal Highlights FCA Safeco Defense Controversy
• Chancery Court Greenlights SPAC Share Redemption Suit
• Delay In Offshore Carbon Storage Regs Creates Uncertainty
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Fanatics, Tokyo Gas
• 3 Middle-Market PE Firms Clinch Funds Totaling $1.58B
• UK Energy Biz Rejects Alternative To $340M Merger Deal
• SEC Lays Out Next Phase Of Rulemaking Agenda
• Spain Seeks Jurisdictional Redo After €53M Award Is Nixed
• Macquarie Asks Full 2nd Circ. To Rethink Investor Suit Revival
• Judge Recommends Class Cert. In $6.1B Energy Deal Fight
• Ex-Ohio House Speaker Can't Nix RICO Charge Ahead Of Trial
• Using Risk To Evaluate Industry-Specific ESG Issues In 2023
• New Mexico Gets $5M From Colo. Mine Contractors Over Spill
• Ex-Biofuel Execs Say US Sitting On Docs As They Seek Retrial
• EPA Wants Chevron Offshore Emissions Suit Tossed
• Proposed FERC Backstop Siting Rule May Speed Grid Plans
• Justices Urged To Pause Baltimore Climate Suit Remand Fight
• Preparing For Congressional Oversight Of Chinese Trade
• Enviro Group Sues FEMA For Info On Fossil Fuel Spending
• Biden Administration Beats Justices To Punch With CWA Rule
• 9th Circ. Affirms Embezzler Can't Direct Restitution Via ERISA
• SPAC Exec Admits Taking $5M For Meme Stock, Crypto Trades
• Texas Takes Grid Project Law Fight To High Court
• Kasowitz Sues Spinoff Firm Over Settlement Atty Fees
• V&E, Bracewell Guide $621M Sale Of Oil & Gas Pipeline Biz
• Colo. River Users Urge High Court To Reject Navajo Dispute
• Texas Investigates Atmos Energy Over Storm Outages
• 9th Circ. Questions Futility Exception In Tribal Dam Case
• Ace Global's 2nd Blank-Check Co. Cancels IPO
• Ill. Panel Upholds Fuel Tax On Contract Settlement Payments
• Riding Circuit: January's Notable Appellate Arguments
• 6 Ways To Avoid Compounding Errors When Practicing Law
• 4 Firms Lead Med Tech, Clean Energy SPAC Deals
• Texas High Court Won't Force Tax Breaks For Energy Cos.
• Texas Justices Clear Oil Co. In Suit Over Worker's Crash
• Targa Buys Blackstone's Interest In Pipeline For $1.05B
• IPOs Could Be Headed For A Rocky Road In 2023
• 10 Environmental And Energy Issues To Watch In 2023
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events of 2022
• State AGs May Double Down On Bipartisan Issues In 2023
• Energy Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2023
• 5 Major Wage And Hour Cases To Watch In 2023
• Trials To Watch In 2023
• 5 Inflation Reduction Act Questions For The Energy Industry
• What Will Keep Legal Talent Professionals Up At Night In 2023
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2023
• California Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2023
• Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2023
• Environmental Policy To Watch In 2023
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• Transportation Regulation & Legislation To Watch In 2023
• International Trade Cases To Watch In 2023
• Texas Legislation To Watch In Early 2023