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Energy - November, 2023

326 articles

• ​​​​​​​10th Circ. Won't Nix Entire $6M Biogas Plant Award
• FERC Says Utilities Can't Justify Grid Upgrade Reward Wishes
• Alaska, Willow Backers Fight 'Drastic' Bid To Halt Oil Project
• Del. Power Struggle For NY Lithium Battery Co. Heats Up
• PDVSA Says VR Capital Fraud Suit Must Be Nixed
• Holtec's $26M Tax Break Affirmed By New Jersey Panel
• European Enforcers Target Alleged Car Battery Cartel
• Unpacking Long-Awaited Clean Energy Tax Credit Guidance
• What Lawyers Must Know About Calif. State Bar's AI Guidance
• Industry Must Elevate Native American Women Attys' Stories
• Expanding EPA's Universal Waste Rule For Renewable Energy
• Vague Staffing Chart Sinks H-2B Bid For Tesla Refinery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Humana-Cigna, Shein IPO, Occidental
• Gas Station Owner Tells 11th Circ. Pollution Cleanup Covered
• Locke Lord Fights Deposition Of NYC Atty In Malpractice Case
• Nelson Mullins Atty Avoids Sanctions In Shell Case, For Now
• ClimateRock Axes SPAC Merger With UK Green Energy Firm
• Chilean Power Co. Hits Ch. 11 In New York With $409M In Debt
• Oil And Gas Majors Step Into M&A Spotlight Moving Into 2024
• Past Contract Work Dooms Fabricator's New H-2B Worker Bid
• Justice Thomas Eyes Public Rights Rule In SEC Courts Case
• Venezuela Urges High Court To Nix 3rd Circ.'s Debt Ruling
• Citgo Parent's Reissue Of Stock Certificate OK'd By Chancery
• Virginia Pipeline Challengers Seek Freeze From High Court
• New York Electric Utility Escapes Insurer's $3.7M Lab Fire Suit
• Appeals Board Says No H-2B Workers For Permanent Need
• Race Bias Rampant At Chicago Gas Utility, Workers Tell Court
• Gov't Contracts Of The Month: Boeing Jets, Robots, IT Deals
• Conn. Recalibrating On Calif. Emission Standards Proposals
• Elliott Reveals $1B Phillips 66 Stake, Seeks 2 Board Seats
• FirstEnergy Must Give Internal Investigation Info To Investors
• 'Vague' Billing Justifies 10% Cut In Atty Fees, Judge Says
• Texas Trader Accused Of Bribery Rejects Two-Step Plea Offer
• DLA Piper's Energy Sector Chair Jumps To Akin In DC
• Justices Cast Doubt On Future Of SEC's In-House Courts
• Oil Venture Fraudster Enters Last-Second Guilty Plea
• Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI
• Power Cos. Urge Claims Court To Revisit Offset Decision
• EV Charging Co. Blink Gets Investor Fraud Suit Trimmed
• Barretts Minerals Wants To Keep Its Ch. 11 Case In Texas
• Ex-ERCOT Execs Escape Suit Over 2011 Energy Projections
• Orbital OK'd For Ch. 11 Liquidation After Creditors Accept Plan
• GE Resolves $1.1B Angola Power Project Fight
• Mich. Justices Deny US Steel Hearing On Tax Refund Interest
• Recovery Firm's Ukraine Contract Beef Too Old, 1st Circ. Says
• Former Mich. Dam Owners Liable For $120M In 2020 Collapse
• Nossaman Atty Rejoins Lewis Brisbois As Enviro Co-Leader
• Calif. Resource Adequacy Update May Revalue Power Projects
• Australian Solar Energy Firm Raises Range For $45M US IPO
• Panel Sends Case Involving 'Ancient' Doctrine To La. Justices
• Law Firm Leaders Cautiously Optimistic Heading Into 2024
• The 2023 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• State Dept. Urged To Improve Embassy Power Plant Planning
• Rail Group Wants Calif. Locomotive Regulations Derailed
• Settlements Bar New Wrongful Death Suits, Colo. Panel Rules
• Amicus Groups Tell High Court To End Chevron Deference
• Judge Chides Oil Plaintiffs For 'Procedural Gymnastics'
• Del. Vice Chancellor Calls Ex-AG Barr 'Doubly Wrong' On ESG
• Barretts Minerals Pressured To Move Ch. 11 Case To Montana
• Colombia Oil Co. Wants To Challenge McDermott Restructure
• Shell, BP Can't Nab Fed. Venue In Climate Row, 9th Circ. Says
• Robinhood User Says Platform Withheld Info From Investors
• Forecasting The Impact Of High Court Debit Card Rule Case
• ESG Around The World: Mexico
• Veteran Project Finance Partner Joins Kilpatrick From Stroock
• Locke Lord Brings On Corporate Atty From Sidley In Houston
• Hogan Lovells Grows D.C. Corporate Team With Energy Atty
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Beard Energy Transition SPAC Axes Tie-Up With Solar Biz
• 9th Circ. Axes Montana Mining Company's Appeal
• Dems' Victory Lap: Michigan's Biggest Legislation Of 2023
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5th Circ. Gives Refineries A Shot At Fuel Program Exemption
• Heritage Power Wants To Toss PBGC And Texas Claims
• Importers Still In The Dark On Forced Labor Law Compliance
• Argentina Can Delay $16B YPF Suit Payment During Appeal
• 3rd Circ. To Rehear EPA Oil Refinery Permit Case
• IPO Market Still Kicking As End Of 2023 Draws Near
• With FERC Stalled On Pipeline Policy, Courts Could Show Way
• The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms
• Taking Action On Interagency Climate Financial Risk Guidance
• Would Ending Chevron Deference Really Make Waves?
• The Events That Have Shaped M&A Through A Volatile 2023
• Ohio Firm Must Face Malpractice Suit Over Mineral Rights
• Oil Co. Seeks Stay Of Wage Suit For High Court Arb. Appeal
• Smart Window SPAC Investors Sue Cantor, Lutnick In Del.
• Twelve Below Announces $108M Across 2 New Funds
• Energy Bonus Credits' Labor Rules Set Bar Too High, IRS Told
• Mining Co. Says It Will Challenge IRS Plan To Tax Award
• Ford Scores PTAB Wins Over Engine Efficiency Patents
• A Telecom Attorney's Defense Of The Chevron Doctrine
• Dutch Top Court Denies Ecuador Challenge Of Chevron Award
• SEC Whistleblower Action Spotlights Risks For Private Cos.
• Enbridge Says Pipeline Fight Threatens Foreign Policy
• Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Judiciary
• Battery Manufacturer Going Public Via $490M SPAC Merger
• Fishing Cos. Tell Justices Chevron Deference 'Deeply Flawed'
• New Jersey Mayor Ran Side Biz From Public Office, AG Says
• St. Louis, Sierra Club Back EPA Rejection Of Mo. Ozone Plan
• No Universal Rule For Colo. Oil And Gas Leases, Justices Say
• Coal Ash Orders Weren't Rule Changes, EPA Tells DC Circ.
• Tesla Dodges 'Right-To-Repair' Monopoly Claims, For Now
• United Airlines Overhypes Sustainable Fuel Claims, Suit Says
• Customer Can't Sue PG&E Over Blackouts, Calif. Justices Say
• Judge Blasts Commerce's Focus On Chinese Loan Program
• Pennsylvania State Senator Wants Defamation Suit Spiked
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Kansas Refinery To Pay $23M Over Clean Air Act Violations
• Enbridge Unit Seeks Land Access For Texas Pipeline Project
• Houston Energy Cos. Drop $15M Winter Storm Uri Fee Fight
• Exxon Verdict Challenged In Conn. Benzene Products Case
• Ill. Panel Won't Revive Customers' Suits Over ComEd Bribery
• What NJ's Green Remediation Guidance Means For Cleanups
• W.Va. Coal Co. Still Not Compliant With CWA, Judge Says
• Antero Claims Ex-Employee Hid Assets To Dodge Judgment
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Ex-Winston & Strawn Energy Pro
• Insurer Says No Coverage For $1M Oilfield Fire Suit
• Rio Tinto Pays $28M To Settle SEC Fraud Suit
• NC Co. Owners Seek Exit in $5M Chemical Contamination Suit
• Ex-Oil Co. Exec, SEC Settle Revenue-Pumping Scheme Claims
• 6th Circ. To Decide Fate Of FirstEnergy Investor Class
• DC Circ. Backs FERC Over Grid Replacement Projects Order
• Green Group Wants Denver Oil Refinery Air Permit Axed
• Ex-FCA Exec Skirts Prison Time In Emissions Case
• Ga. Judge Considers Whether To Keep $5B Rivian Suit Alive
• Russia Can't Escape Suit To Enforce $50B In Arbitral Awards
• Mo. Solar Projects Need Clarity On Enterprise Zone Tax Relief
• AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier
• IRS Floats Rules To Broaden Green Energy Investment Credit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Feds Award $192M For Conservation, Water Projects
• FERC Chair To Congress: Gas Reliability Oversight Can't Wait
• NJ Enviro Orgs, NL Industries Vie To End Contamination Suit
• Singapore Power Cos. Look To Enforce $110M Peru Award
• Michigan High Court Hits Pause On Dam Collapse Litigation
• Green Groups Want Alaskan Oil Project Blocked During Appeal
• Contractor Owes $14M For Exxon Pipeline Work, Co. Says
• Hawaii Utility Investors Can't Have 3 Firms Lead Maui Fire Suit
• Pipeline Builder Wins $4.5M Verdict Against Marathon Unit
• Whistleblower Claim Cut From Worker's COVID Reprisal Suit
• EPA Updating Enviro Justice Rulemaking Guidance
• Private Detective Who Ran Hacking Biz Gets Over 6.5 Years
• DOE Floats Looser Enviro Reviews For Clean Energy Projects
• What To Expect After Colo. Nixes Special Standing Rules
• Power Plant Co. Misled Investors About Projects, Suit Claims
• Feds Urge 1st Circ. To Affirm OK Of Mass. Wind Energy Project
• US Sanctions More Ships For Violating Russian Oil Price Cap
• Troutman Pepper Adds New Enviro Partner In DC
• Ore. Counties Urge Justices To Upend Timber Ruling
• Oxy Unit Takes $392M Arbitrator Bias Suit To High Court
• Ex-Platinum Portfolio Manager Avoids Prison In Fraud Case
• Ariz. Solar Biz. Hit With $85K In Penalties For I-9 Violations
• Nikola Founder Denies 'Sinister Motive' Ahead Of Sentencing
• Army Had Reason To Nix $8M Afghanistan Deal, ASBCA Says
• States Join Miners In Asking 9th Circ. To Lift Coal Lease Ban
• 5th Circ. Won't Restore Gulf Lease Sale Whale Protections
• Exxon Says NYC's Climate Suit Belongs In Federal Court
• FERC Rammed Through Unneeded Gas Project, DC Circ. Told
• Chicago And US Steel Strike Deal In Chemical Spill Dispute
• Power Auction Revision Was Justified, FERC Tells 3rd Circ.
• Commerce Must Rethink German Subsidies For 3rd Time
• What Texas Business Court Could Mean For Oil, Gas Cases
• Bracewell Hires Latham Oil And Gas Pro In DC
• Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World
• Siemens Paying $2.3B As Part Of India Energy Restructuring
• States, Industry Renew WOTUS Suits After Rule Update
• Industry Criticizes Solar Safeguard Shortcomings At Hearing
• US Chamber, Truck Groups Slam Calif. Truck Emissions Rule
• 5th Circ. Nixes Air Permit For Texas LNG Terminal
• Steptoe & Johnson Adds Ex-Bowles Rice Energy Atty In W.Va.
• FERC, Landowners Duel Over Pipeline Suit's Future
• Ohio Justices Urged To Adopt Broad Utica Shale View
• Austin Public Utility Co. Didn't Pay Ex-Worker OT, Suit Says
• Apollo Launches 'Hydria' Amid $50B Energy Transition Push
• ESG Around The World: South Korea
• SolarWinds Ushers In New Era Of SEC Cyber Enforcement
• General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI
• Gibson Dunn Is The Latest Firm To Tout Saudi Arabia Launch
• Glencore-Led Group To Buy Teck's Coal Unit In $9B Deal
• Norfolk Southern Hit With $500M Suit Over Train Derailment
• Energy Biz To Buy German Gas Distributor For €160M
• Alston & Bird Hires Pallas Lawyer In Litigation Boost
• Oil Rail Project Rejection Should Stick, DC Circ. Told
• Pipeline Builder Says It's Owed $4 Million For Done Deal
• Justices Urged To Turn Away Venezuela's Debt Challenge
• Macquarie Warns Justices Of 'Crippling' Disclosure Litigation
• WH Aims To Boost Semiconductor Manufacturing In Indonesia
• Capstone Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation After Goldman Deal
• 9th Circ. Judge Doubts Jurisdiction In Montana Mine Case
• Trina Solar Looks To Pause Appeal Until High Court Decision
• Polsinelli Bolsters Public Policy Practice With 2 Hires
• Energy Regulators Urge Texas Justices To Restore Uri Pricing
• Endangered Whales Focus For 5th Circ. In Gulf Leasing Row
• Canadian Silica Maker, Singaporean AI Firm Ink SPAC Deals
• Kentucky Tax Talk: Clash Over Industrial Supplies Exemption
• Calif. Says Rail Lobby Can't Block Locomotive Emissions Rule
• Creditors Say Puerto Rico Gov't Stopped Paying Utility Debt
• Tribes' Claims Seeking To Block Lithium Mine Axed, For Now
• Feds Insist They Can Approve Temp Nuke Waste Storage Sites
• Attys Seek $2.1M Award In Pebble Mine Buildout Suit
• NJ Panel Says Turbine Maker's Row With Attys Belongs In Pa.
• Geothermal Spat Should Stay As One Suit, Co-Founder Says
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Safety Testing Group UL Looks To Make Mark On IPO Market
• Huntsman Atty Peter Jordan Joins Mayer Brown In Houston
• Corps' Fish Farm Permit Dead In Water, Groups Tell Judge
• Wiley Rein Adds Policy Adviser From Energizer
• 3 Firms Steer Mach Natural's $815M Anadarko Basin Play
• AustralianSuper Denies Brookfield Offer On $12.4B Origin Buy
• Biden Admin Wins Reversal On Solar Safeguard Expansion
• Maritime Shipper Capital Product To Pay $3.1B For LNG Fleet
• Orrick-Led TotalEnergies Buys 3 Texas Gas Plants For $635M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Green Groups Lose Bid To Stop ConocoPhillips' Willow Project
• Paul Clement's Big Idea: Overrule Chevron, Ease Polarization
• Feds, Backers Fight Alaska's High Court Effort To Revive Mine
• White House Finalizes Agency Cost-Benefit Analysis Guidance
• Moldovan-Owned Oil Co. Files Ch. 15 To Save Kazakh Suit
• Chinese Luxury EV Brand Zeekr Revs Up US IPO
• DC Circ. Wary Of Mining Cos.' Appeal In Retiree Health Fight
• FedArb Grows In LatAm With Mexican International Arbitrator
• ERISA Case Against Shell Should Go To Trial, Judge Says
• Biden GHG Cost Estimates Face Uncertain Fate In Court
• Groups Call On DC Circ. To Ax EPA Chemical Reporting Rule
• Fla. High Court OKs Energy Co. To Bill Customers For Repairs
• A Look At Successful Bid Protests In FY 2023
• Exxon Climate Suit Could Fix A Circuit Split, Justices Told
• Del. Dispatch: Refining M&A Terms After Twitter Investor Suit
• South African Miner Sibanye To Buy Reldan At $211M Value
• Senate Votes To Block Relaxed EV 'Buy America' Rules
• Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information
• Aircraft Part Maker TransDigm To Buy CPI Unit For $1.4B
• Morgan & Morgan Filed Most Federal Tort Suits Since 2020
• Ex-Siemens Exec. Cops To Stealing GE And Mitsubishi Secrets
• Fifth Third Says State AGs Probing Solar Financing Unit
• NC Justices Question Landlord's Bid To Ditch Explosion Suit
• Faraday Future's $7.5M Shareholder Deal Gets Initial OK
• Energy Trader Says CFTC Calls Legitimate Trading 'Spoofing'
• Court Nixes Mining Cos.' Takings Case Over Border Wall
• Judge Severs Feds' Counterclaim In Pipeline Trespassing Row
• 7th Circ. Asks Solar Co. If Blocked Grid Made Work Impossible
• Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD
• Pa. Quarry Tells Panel It Doesn't Want 'Reset' On Permit
• State Energy Election Recap: Public Power Loses, Gas Wins
• Enviro Orgs. Want In On Calif. Train Emissions Fight
• Biden Climate Push Expands With Contractor GHG Focus
• Labor Judges' Appointments Constitutional, 4th Circ. Rules
• Texas Judge Restores Oil And Gas Co.'s $10.5M Arbitral Award
• DC Circ. Asks If Feds Amply Weighed NYC Pipeline's Impact
• End Of UAW Strike Spotlights Supply Chain, EVs' Future
• Chinese Solar Co. Says Subsidy Duties Reached In Error
• Commissioner Says SEC Should Consider New Climate Rules
• Missouri Aims To Duck Industry Challenge To 'Anti-ESG' Regs
• Ga. Power Co. Wants $250M For Shoddy Biofuel Plant Work
• Offshore Wind Must Get Creative Amid Macroeconomic Storm
• Disbarred Atty Gets Nearly 3 Years In LA Municipal Scandal
• BP And Shell Lose Bid To Stay Louisiana Coastal Erosion Trial
• Winston & Strawn Faces $175M Suit For 'Sloppy' Energy Work
• Watchdog Pans Handling Of Nuclear Leak Investigation
• Now-Retired Prince Lobel Atty Botched Wage Case, Suit Says
• Solar Farm Cos. Eye More Cuts To Ga. Erosion Damage Award
• The 2023 Law360 Prestige Leaders
• How Law Firms Build And Protect Stellar Reputations
• Key Shifts In EU, UK Emissions Credits: Challenges For Cos.
• Australia Can't Get Arbitrator DQ'd In $27B Mining Case
• Utah Enviro Group Challenges Trump-Era DOI Oil Leases
• ESG Practices Take Hits, But Aren't Going Anywhere
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Feds Can't Let Calif. Drive Truck Electrification, DC Circ. Told
• WDTX Declines To Mess With Litigation Funding Disclosure
• How Shareholder Activists Are Targeting Insurers
• Damages Capped At $1M Over Power Loss Hit To Gift Cards
• Takeaways From Iran Missile Procurement Advisory
• B. Riley-Linked Battery SPAC Urges Class Suit Toss In Del.
• Solar Developer Takes Vineyard Wind 1 Challenge To 1st Circ.
• SolarEdge Faces Securities Class Action For Poor Disclosure
• Sidley Hires Former Allen & Overy LLP Energy Partner In NY
• New CFTC Enforcement Policy May Finally Deter Recidivists
• SPAC Investors Say EV Co. Merger Risks Weren't Disclosed
• Mich. House Passes Clean Energy Plan Bills
• Utah Tribe Seeks 10th Circ. Stay In Sanctions Mandate
• EPA Justifies Renewable Fuel Standards At DC Circ.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• US Steel Bid To Halt Air Pollution Plan Baseless, Justices Told
• Enviro Group Seeks To Force Shell Answers In Climate Suit
• Maine Heads To Polls For Electric Utility Takeover Referendum
• Senate Republicans Admonish FERC On Power Plant Rule
• Biofuel Co. Ryze Files Ch. 11 Plan To Distribute Sale Proceeds
• House Bill Could Help Resolve 'Waters Of US' Questions
• UK Clears $7.9B Deal For Nuclear Power Biz Westinghouse
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell Lipton, Latham
• 8 Tips On Mining Disclosures For Foreign Issuers
• Oakland Broke Deal With Shipping Port Over Coal, Judge Says
• Power Cos. Say Broker Held Green Energy Credits Hostage
• Tellurian Raises 'Substantial Doubt' On Ability To Stay Afloat
• Renewable Energy Co. Must Arbitrate Faulty Panel Suit
• Biofuel Cos. Say EPA Was Right To Nix Refiner Exemptions
• Louisiana Parish Urges Alito To Approve Coastal Damage Trial
• Enviros' Challenge Of 4,000 Drilling Permits Gets Axed
• Russia Slammed With $267M Award For Seizing Energy Co.
• Ex-Platinum Portfolio Manager Asks Court For No Prison Time
• Biden Admin Yanks Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sale
• Canadian Energy Biz Buys Power Generator Co. For $478.5M
• NextEra, Koch Energy Settle $8M Natural Gas Fee Row
• SEC's 'Rapid-Fire' Rulemaking Draws Ire At House Hearing
• Ga. Utility Says Diving Co. Shirking Indemnity For Diver's Death
• Calif. Climate Disclosure Laws: Next Steps For Companies
• VW, Porsche Slam Objections To $80M Emissions Deal
• Milbank Adds Paul Hastings Energy Attorney In DC
• Simpson Thacher Adds V&E Partner To NY Energy Team
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC And Waystar IPOs, Carlyle, Alo Yoga
• Interior Dept. Deputy To Co-Lead WilmerHale Energy Practice
• Banks, Metals Cos. Keep Win In Aluminum Price-Fixing Case
• Seven Creditors Move Closer To Participating In Citgo Sale
• Pa. Energy Co. Charged In 2018 Halloween House Explosion
• New US Sanctions Order Hits Myanmar's Oil Income
• XTO Inks $16M Deal With Feds On Underpaid Gas Royalties
• Chevron, Other Oil Cos. Can't Beat Honolulu Climate Case
• DOD, Schneider Finalize $406M Tokyo Air Force Contract
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Environmental Pro In Grand Rapids
• Lawmakers Push FTC To Examine Exxon, Chevron Megadeals
• Pa. Court Strikes Cap-And-Trade Program As An Improper Tax
• Solar Lending Platform Sunlight Gets 'Unusual' DIP Approved
• California's Offshore Turbine Plans Face Stiff Headwinds
• Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence
• IRS Opens Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Portal For Car Dealers