Energy Archive » December, 2023

Energy - December, 2023

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• SEC Fines Energy Co. $5M For Faking Inflated Revenue
• Chancery Seeks Court Review Of 'Problematic' Noncompetes
• Utah Tribe Asks Gorsuch For Stay In $300K Sanctions Ruling
• Treasury Pitches Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules, Asks Input
• Michigan Justices Won't Hear State's Dam Collapse Appeal
• The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023
• IRS Launches Prefiling Tool For Monetizing Energy Credits
• Hess To Pay Up To $187M Over Subsidiary's Asbestos Claims
• 6th Circ. Dings FERC's Ex-Chair For Action On Price-Cap Rule
• Oil Co. Asks Justices To Stay Wage Case Pending Cert. Bid
• Split Pa. Panel Sends Asbestos Corporate-Veil Fight To Jury
• Top Government Contracts Of 2023: A Year In Review
• Venezuela Oil Co. Can't Halt ConocoPhillips' $8.5B Award Bid
• Venable Trade Guru On US Steel-Nippon's Tough Road Ahead
• Alpine Summit Ch. 11 Plan Dates Moved Up After DIP Payment
• Considerations for In-House Counsel Before Testing For PFAS
• McDermott's Energy Project Finance Team Gains Milbank Atty
• Attorneys' Busiest Times Can Be Business Opportunities
• The Biggest Environmental Law Cases Of 2023
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Ropes & Gray
• Harbour Energy To Buy Asset Portfolio For $11.2B
• Exxon, Chevron Top 2023's 10 Largest M&A Deals
• Top Ohio Cases From 2023
• The Biggest Texas Supreme Court Rulings Of 2023
• Landfill Workers Say Co. Fired Them For Safety Complaints
• Biden Admin Tells 10th Circ. To Uphold Monument Rulings
• 'Fat Leonard' Returned To US In Biden Deal With Venezuela
• 9th Circ. Won't Block Willow Project In Alaska During Appeal
• Exxon Warned Against More Delays In Mass. AG's Climate Suit
• FERC Ignoring DC Circ.'s Power Market Ruling, Suit Says
• NY Judge Says She Correctly Cut Virgin Galactic Investor Suit
• In The World Of Legal Ethics, 10 Trends To Note From 2023
• EPA Kicks Off $600M Enviro Justice Local Grant Program
• Ryder And Others Sued Over Propane Truck Accident Death
• Analyzing 1 Year Of Comments On FTC's Green Guides
• La. Supreme Court Won't Take On Mine Coverage Suit
• High Court To Hear Arguments On EPA Smog Plan
• The Biggest Environmental Regulatory Actions Of 2023
• Ex-Speaker Seeks Bribery Trial Delay As Justices Weigh In
• EPA Says Enforcement Improving With Boosted Resources
• 14 States File Amicus In Puerto Rico Utility's Bond Fight
• DC Circ. Won't Keep Climate Fraud Suit In Federal Court
• Conn. Estate Defends Challenge To Exxon Benzene Jury Win
• Co. Asks Full 4th Circ. To Review DOL Judges' Appointments
• FERC Will Rethink Wall Street Utility Ownership Rules
• Senators Urge EPA To Rescind Clean Power Plan 2.0
• US Steel Faces Bipartisan Backlash Over $14.9B Nippon Deal
• Animal Rights Are About Saving Nature, And Our Own Future
• FERC Approved Unneeded La. LNG Pipeline, DC Circ. Told
• GE Presses 11th Circ. To Keep Turbine Suit In Arbitration
• Solar Cos. Call For Full Court's Review In Safeguard Case
• How Attorneys Can Be More Efficient This Holiday Season
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2023
• Hancock, SQM Team Up On $1.1B Azure Minerals Bid
• 'Pay-As-You-Trespass' Remedy Can't Stand, Tribe Argues
• Client Says Firm's $3M Liability Is Clear, No Trial Needed
• 'ComEd 4' Sentencing Delayed Amid Bid To Await Justices' Call
• Kentucky Urges 6th Circ. To Revive WOTUS Suit
• Latham-Led Gas Producer Enters US Market Via Direct Listing
• Alaska LNG Enviro Review Still Lacking, DC Circ. Told
• Oil Co. Defends Appeal In Fraud Suit Against Pittsburgh Firm
• Manchin Seeks Opinion On IRS Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Regs
• IEA Seeks Summary Judgment In Ares, Oaktree Merger Suit
• Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Still Murky After A Choppy 2023
• Cleary Guides OCI On Back-To-Back Deals Worth $7.2B
• Feds Defend Chevron Deference In Second High Court Case
• Judge Won't Budge On Dismissal Of Colo. Gas Royalty Fight
• Nikola Founder Gets 4 Years After Proclaiming Innocence
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• UK To Introduce Carbon Border Tax By 2027
• Children's Book Writing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Energy Co. Investors Get Final OK For $8.2M Deal In IPO Suit
• Chancery Mulls Toss Of Pipeline Co. Merger Side-Deal Suit
• 5th Circ. Backs Toss Of Investor Suit Against Oil Field Co.
• Generator Co. Wasn't Liable For Fire, Judge Says
• Judge Knocks Out Oil Field Patent During Claim Construction
• Texas Justices Won't Review Oil Co.'s Cleanup Cost Dispute
• Texas Justices Snub Energy Exec's Libel Fight With Beto
• Feds Defend Arctic Seal Habitat Against Alaska Challenge
• NJ Worker Says Gas Line Detection Co. Compels Off-Clock OT
• Biggest Energy-Related Court Decisions Of 2023
• Parsing 2023's Energy Markets Enforcement
• Skadden-Led Black & Decker Sells Tools Unit For $760M
• A Review Of 2023's Most Notable Securities Litigation
• Treasury Adds More Options For Clean Jet Fuel Tax Credit
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Freshfields, Debevoise
• Freeport LNG To Pay EPA Fine Over 2022 Gas Plant Explosion
• Corp. Accountability At Stake In Macquarie Suit, Justices Told
• Navy Beats Sanctions Bid Over Deleted Texts In Fuel Leak Suit
• Power Plants Owed Nothing To Uri Consumers, Panel Rules
• Delta Faces Headwinds Over 'Catch-22' Greenwashing Suit
• Ex-FBI Agent Gets Over 4 Years In Russian Sanctions Case
• Judge Says There's No Sign Of Bad Faith In Wind Farm Delay
• Convicted 'ComEd 4' Want Pause For Justices' Bribery Input
• Commodities Firm Pays $106M To Settle Brazil Bribery Claims
• Feds Can't Dodge ND's $38M Pipeline Protest Claims
• Citgo Retirees Want Class Status In Mortality Calculations Suit
• 5th Circ. Told Tesla Direct Sales Dispute Is A Political Issue
• NY, Power Groups Back FERC In Grid Upgrade Rewards Fight
• Treasury Floats Regs For Clean Energy Manufacturing Credit
• 'Brownfields' Definition Key To Energy Community Tax Credits
• ESG Investing Caught In Culture War Crosshairs In 2023
• Real Estate Rumors: Crescent, Berkadia, NNN REIT
• Deals Rumor Mill: Macy's, KKR, General Atlantic
• Sandbrook Capital Clinches $1.5B Climate Infrastructure Fund
• Lithium Mine Suit Ends After Tribes Skip Filing Amended Suit
• Inside CFTC's Latest Push To Regulate Carbon Markets
• Biofuel Co. Secures €3.4M Award In Dutch Biogas Plant Fight
• BP Reclaims £32M From Ex-CEO Who Misled Board
• Waste Tech Biz Denies Fraud In £131M Power Plant Suit
• BP Taps Ex-Skadden Atty For New GC As Long-Time Head Departs
• Charity Can't Revive FCA Claim Over Climate Risk Disclosure
• How Clients May Use AI To Monitor Attorneys
• Vale Denies Liability In BHP's £36B Dam Disaster Case
• Trina Says 9th Circ. Can Review Remand Order In $100M Suit
• Trade Court Backs 277% Duty For Indonesian Biodiesel Co.
• Feds Want 11 Years For Nikola Founder's Stock Fraud
• Russia Seeks To Toss Yukos Capital's $5B Arbitration Award
• Food Recycler Darling Wins In $29M M&A Tax Benefit Tiff
• Alaska Judge Joins Challenges Of Tongass Forest Protections
• 7 Enforcement Predictions For US Export Controls, Sanctions
• GAO Says Agencies Not Fully Complying With AI Rules
• NM Nuke Storage Site Backs Fed Authority At 5th Circ.
• Fishing Groups Seek 1st Circ.'s Take On Vineyard Wind Farm
• Battery Developer Says 'Vague' Statements Aren't Fraud
• Texas Says 5th Circ. Got Nuke Waste Storage Ruling Right
• Energy Sector Takeaways From Biden's AI Executive Order
• Insurer Says Oil Co. Not Covered For Contamination Suits
• Mich. AG Turns To Shakespeare To Block Enbridge Appeal
• Texas Justices Take Up Post-Uri Power Scarcity Pricing Order
• Feds, States, Tribe Back Consent Decree With Gas Cos.
• Biden Would Veto Rulemaking Bill Citing 'Unnecessary Delays'
• Lessons From This Year's Landmark Green Energy IP Clash
• New Texas Funds For Water And Power Projects: Key Points
• Judge Suggests Axing Case Over NC OSHA 'Incentive' Policy
• Pa. Energy Pro Returns Home To Steptoe & Johnson
• ESG Around The World: Singapore
• Kids Target EPA In New Constitutional Climate Suit
• Shell Slams Climate Group's Retooled Discovery Bid
• Baker Botts Adds Shearman Atty To Co-Lead Energy Groups
• The Pop Culture Docket: Judge D'Emic On Moby Grape
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Latham Reps Occidental On $12B CrownRock Oil Deal
• Justices Won't Review Duke Energy's NC Lake Easement
• Justices Won't Revive EPA Air Finding Fight
• Justices Won't Wade Into Fight Over Texas Grid Law
• Venezuela Says Immediate Appeal Needed In Citgo Cases
• Workers Want Win On Shell 401(k) Mismanagement Claim
• McKinsey Rival Wants Out Of Exec's Defamation Countersuit
• Bankrupt Barretts Can't Block Talc Suits Against Testing Co.
• Tristan Gets Ch. 15 Recognition In Bid To Collect Kazakh Debt
• Nikola Investors Fight Call For Del. SPAC Fraud Suit Toss
• Sierra Club Handed Loss In NH Coal Plant Permit Dispute
• Enviro Orgs. To Drop Suit Over Axed Lithium Exploration
• Ex-JPM Traders' Appeal Can't Stop Spoofing Suit, CFTC Says
• Pomerantz To Lead Maui Fire Suit Against Hawaii Utility
• SEC Defends Fraud Allegations Against Texas Oil CEO
• FTC Wants More Info On Chevron's $53B Hess Deal
• Steelmaker Says 401(k) Mismanagement Suit Not Ripe
• LyondellBasell, INEOS Cut $700M Deal For Ethylene Oxide Biz
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Performing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• No Shortage Of Action For Energy Deal-Makers In 2023
• Carrier Inks $5B Deal To Sell Security Biz To Honeywell
• Missouri's 'Games' Can't Save Anti-ESG Rules, SIFMA Says
• Crystal Clean To Pay $1.2M To Settle Feds', States' Waste Suit
• NM Court Reins In Order On Challenged Oil, Gas Co. Permits
• EV Co.'s SPAC Suit Gets Initial OK For $1.9M Settlement
• Mich., Feds Settle With Scrap Metal Recycler On CAA Claims
• Russians Charged With Hacking US, UK Intelligence Officials
• Claims Admin Axed From Pipe Cos.' $3M Cargo Coverage Row
• Judge Says Stay Of Bankrupt Union's Appeal Not Her Call
• Online Trader's Go-Public Plans Fail As SPAC Merger Fizzles
• 6th Circ. Judge Casts Skeptical Eye On Buy-Local Power Rule
• Pfizer Unit Agrees To Construct Floodplain At Superfund Site
• Green Tech And IP From Obama Through Biden: What's Next?
• Nantucket Org Urges 1st Circ. To Reject Wind Farm Defense
• EU Fines Ethanol Producer €47M For Benchmark Manipulation
• 2 Australian Petro Cos. In Talks To Merge To Form $52B Giant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Panera Bread, Neiman Marcus, Hahn & Co.
• PacifiCorp To Pay $300M Over 2020 Southwest Oregon Fires
• 10th Circ. Says BP America Can't Avoid $700K Royalty Payout
• Mich. Justices Go Down 'Rabbit Hole' In Rare Zoning Appeal
• SEC's Climate Proposal Leads Rules Lined Up For 2024 Votes
• 11th Circ. Told Mineral Co.'s Arbitral Award Favors Corruption
• Steel Co. Scores H-2B Extensions After COVID-Related Delays
• Climate Cases Belong In Federal Court, Oil Cos. Tell 4th Circ.
• Tech Players Square Off In $4M Fight Over Penthouse Elevator
• Feds Can't Justify Gas Pipeline Safety Rules, DC Circ. Hears
• Property Owner Considerations Around Electric Vehicle Bans
• What US-Canada Critical Minerals Collab Means For Cos.
• Exxon Settles Novel Suit Over Tank Farm Climate Risk
• Breaking Down High Court's New Code Of Conduct
• UK-Based Gold Miner Eyes US Listing Via $115M SPAC Merger
• States Seek To Void CWA's Expanded Permit Powers Rule
• Fox Rothschild Seeks To Drop Solar Co. Targeted By State AG
• Battery Co. Hid Revoked DOE Grant From Investors, Suit Says
• High Court's Chevron Review May Be A Crypto Game-Changer
• Wood Pellet Co. Leaders Face Investor Suit Over ESG Claims
• Groups Renew Fight To Block Willow Construction At 9th Circ.
• A Gov't Contractor's Guide To Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wages
• ​​​​​​​Chevron-Backed Renewable Oil JV Secures $16M DIP Loan
• Solar Tech Lender Gets OK For Quick Ch. 11 Exit
• Roberts Declines To Freeze Virginia Pipeline Construction
• Deal Reached To End Sunoco Butane IP Row Amid Appeal
• Chicagoans Seek OK Of $12.25M Deal Over Toxic Demolition
• Feds Say Bosnian Man Helped Russian Flee Sanctions Case
• Export-Import Bank Slammed As Major Fossil Fuel Financier
• Insurer Urges 2nd Circ. To Uphold No Defense Ruling
• IRA Monetization Energizes Clean Power Tax Credit Market
• Exxon Rips Estate's 'Wolf's Clothing' In Benzene Case
• Full DC Circ. Won't Rethink Axed Utah Oil Rail Project
• Atty Says Fake News Sanctions Deserve Due Process Hearing
• Legal Profession Gender Parity Requires Equal Parental Leave
• Illinois Firm Wants Jury Trial On All Counts Over Missing $3M
• FTC Seeks More Info On $60B Pioneer, Exxon Deal
• Business Takeaways From Biden's Global Labor Rights Memo
• ECJ Tosses Finding That Luxembourg Gave Engie Illegal Aid
• Justices Weigh Limits Of Possible Ruling Against SEC Courts
• Energy Investment Co. Sues Del. Investor Protection Agency
• ​​​​​​​FTC Sues 7-Eleven, Alleging Violation of 2018 Consent Order
• CFTC Offers Advice For Tackling Carbon Credit Fraud
• FirstEnergy Lands Stay In Investor Suit Over Bribery Scandal
• DOD Urged To Explain Reports Russian Oil Seeping Into US
• EPA's Ozone Plan Analysis Was Unfair, Texas Tells 5th Circ.
• Alon Tells 9th Circ. Sanctions Needed In Gas Price-Fixing Win
• Feds Say 5th Circ. Must Pause NM Nuke Storage Site Fight
• Colo. Justices Uphold State's $25M Appellate Bond Cap
• Rivian Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Against EV Maker
• Chevron-Backed Joint Venture Hits Ch. 11 With $29.7M In Debt
• Geothermal Co. Says Co-Founder's Dismissal Bid Hypocritical
• ConocoPhillips Cleared To Work On Arctic Project This Winter
• Mont. Asks State High Court To Block Youth Climate Ruling
• 4th Circ. Preview: Oil Giants, Rockefeller Headline December
• Watchdog Warns Of Poor Supercomputer Facilities Oversight
• Superfund Site Reopenings Carry Insured Risk, Opportunity
• EPA Coal Ash Moves Are New Rules, DC Circ. Told
• 5 Firms Build Chinese Battery Biz's $450M SPAC Merger
• Sidley Adds Ex-Allen & Overy Los Angeles Managing Partner
• US Energy Developer Completes $1.2B Capital Raise
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ex-Ohio Utilities Chairman Indicted In Bribery Scandal
• Hogan Lovells Tax Ace Returns To Winston & Strawn In LA
• WTO Climate Tools Carry Warning For EU Approach On Steel
• EPA Finalizes Stricter Methane Rules For Oil And Gas Sector
• Justices Call O'Connor 'American Hero,' 'Perfect Trailblazer'
• Former Clerks Say Justice O'Connor Still Worth Emulating
• Judge Wants More Info Before Picking Barretts Mineral Venue
• House Committee Pitches Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill
• 3rd Circ. Lets Rule Stand In Case Where FERC Deadlocked
• US Sanctions 3 More Tankers For Dodging G7 Oil Price Cap
• Why NYC Building Owners Shouldn't Ignore Emissions Rule
• Mich. Commission OKs Enbridge's Line 5 Pipeline Tunnel
• Magema Denied New Trial In Patent Spat With Phillips 66
• New Regs Will Strengthen Voluntary Carbon Offset Market
• 4 Decisions For Which Justice O'Connor Will Be Remembered
• Justice O'Connor Shattered Barriers, Built Bridges
• Feds Unveil 'Foreign Entity' Guidance For EV Tax Credit
• Sandra Day O'Connor, First Woman On Supreme Court, Dies
• Writing Thriller Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer