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Energy - September, 2024

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• Siemens Will Pay $104M For Stealing GE, Mitsubishi Secrets
• DC Circ. NextEra Decision Leaves Door Open For Further Args
• Amazon's Soured Solar Deal Suit Misses Mark, PE Firm Says
• US Trustee Says Reed Smith Didn't Disclose Eletson Ties
• Arizona Legislature Says State Can't Slip Monument Suits
• Big Banks Get Brazilian Pollution Suit Booted From NY
• Apache Tribe Urges Supreme Court To Take Up Mining Case
• DOE Plutonium Pit Plan Found To Violate Environmental Law
• Kids Face 'Very Uphill' Climb To Save Reworked Climate Suit
• Missouri Drops Appeal Intended To Save ESG Regulations
• Fla. Judge Tosses NextEra Stock Drop Suit
• Marathon Unit Wants 8th Circ. To Nix Appeal In Pipeline Fight
• Morgan Stanley Investment Arm Nabs $750M For Climate Fund
• AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
• Chevron-Hess 2nd Oil Merger To Get FTC OK With CEO Ban
• Norfolk Derailment Victims' Attys Get $162M After $600M Deal
• Twitter Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over Musk's Backpedaling
• Elliot Unit To Pay $7.29B As Citgo Parent Co. Sale Looms
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Revive Suit Targeting Zero Emission Reg
• GAO Says DOE Could Save Billions On Hanford Waste Plan
• Energy Cases To Watch In This US Supreme Court Term
• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Transformer Co.'s Union Vote Objections
• Puerto Rico Utility Creditors Seek OK For Bond Claims Suit
• Life Sciences Firms Energize IPO Market As Recovery Builds
• GM, LG Get Go-Ahead On $150M EV Battery Settlement
• EPA Will Review Wood Stove Emissions Rules To Settle Lawsuit
• $36M Oil Cleanup Row Isn't A Case For Fed. Court, Judge Says
• Colo. Law Voids Cos.' Coverage Agreement, Judge Rules
• Arctic Seal Habitat Nixed By Alaska Federal Judge
• Houston Firm Gets Time In Zeta MDL To Fend Off DQ Bid
• FERC Can't Defend Backtrack On Grid Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Ill. Justices Won't Hear Baker McKenzie's London Transfer Bid
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Skadden, Cleary
• EPA, Ohio Refinery Ink $169M Wastewater Cleanup Deal
• EU Says DC Circ. Must Reconsider $395M Spain Award Suits
• Spain Can't Escape $26M Award, DC Judge Rules
• Donziger Unveils Plan To Launch Impact Litigation Fund
• Oil Co. Can Escape Most Claims In Shell Fraud Suit
• $30M Deal Reached In 'Intoxicated' Oil Co. Truck Driver Suit
• Causation Claim Came Early, BP Spill Workers Tell 11th Circ.
• Tribunal Halts $52.8M German Tax Collection Against Oil Cos.
• Feds Split $71M Clean Energy Award Between 13 Tribes
• VivoPower Keeps HQ In UK To Qualify For $21B Gov't Program
• Steel Cos. Urge Feds To Probe Thai Pipes For Duty Evasion
• Qualcomm Eyes Massive Buyout Of Intel, Plus Other Rumors
• Conn. Jury Finds Oil Trader Guilty In Petrobras Bribery Scheme
• Texas Energy Co. Is Owed $8.1M Research Credit, Court Told
• Ohio Train Derailment Plaintiffs Win Final OK Of $600M Deal
• Gramercy Tells Del. Court Don't Capitulate To Citgo Bidders
• 10th Circ. To Hear Arguments In Utah Monument Row
• Transco Backers Urge DC Circ. To Revisit Pipeline Ruling
• Baker Botts, Latham Lead Natural Gas Producer's $270M IPO
• Power Plant Insurers Take GE Arbitration Fight To 11th Circ.
• Feds Say 'Wall Of Evidence' Supports Petrobras Bribery Case
• EPA Can't Justify Calif. Emissions Ruling, High Court Told
• US Steel Clears One Hurdle In $14B Nippon Steel Deal
• Akin Adds Energy-Sector Adviser From Greenberg Traurig
• Norfolk Southern Names New CLO After Ouster Of Execs
• Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Fuel Refiner Vertex Hits Ch. 11 With $422M Debt, Lender Deal
• Ukraine Oil Co. Says Russia Can't Buy Time In $5B Award Suit
• Appeals Court Finds LNG Project Claims Barred By Arbitration
• DC Circ. Open To Industry Challenge To TSCA Reporting Rule
• DC Circ. Mining Decision Unsupported By Law, Groups Say
• Ala. Can Enforce Own Interstate Clean Air Plan, 11th Circ. Told
• Trio Used Penny Stock Co. For Wide-Ranging Fraud, SEC Says
• Norfolk Southern Says Stock Drop Suit Based On 'Hindsight'
• EPA Finalizes HFC Leak And Recycling Rule
• King & Spalding, Skadden Rep $1.7B DE Shaw-Macquarie Deal
• Pillsbury Adds Locke Lord Energy Litigation Head In Houston
• Exxon Claims It Beat Weak Defense In $1.8B Tax Trial
• Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
• Chamber Says X Ruling Boosts Bid To Nix Calif. Climate Laws
• High Court Enviro Shadow Docket Could Diminish DC Circ.
• Feds, SunZia Urge 9th Circ. To Toss Power Line Challenge
• EPA Admits Mistakes In Approving New Chevron Chemicals
• Texas Fighting ESA Listing For Tiny Lizard In Permian Basin
• Battery Exec Can't Avoid Depo In $2B Plant Fight
• Ex-Holtec CIO Says She's Owed More Than $500K Bonus
• Calif. Sues Exxon For Plastic Pollution And Recycling Deception
• NY Extends Industrial Property Tax Break Application Deadline
• Reassessing Lease Provisions To Account For ESG Initiatives
• Natural Gas Co. Must Pay $6.8M To Ex-Trader In Bonus Fight
• FERC Penalty Adjudication Unconstitutional Under Jarkesy
• Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
• La. Wants EPA Civil Rights Regs Vacated After Court Win
• Conn. Reaches $5M Deal To Resolve Vision Solar Case
• EPA Defends Methane Rule At Supreme Court
• EV Battery Co. Hit With $207M Default Loss For Lack Of Attys
• Law Professors Say Boulder Climate Suit Clearly Preempted
• Utilities Group Wants In On 4th Circ. FERC Grid Policy Fight
• NY Utilities Tell DC Circ. More Risk Should Equal More Return
• 5th Circ. Says Tribunal Properly Slashed $10.6M Gas Award
• FERC Opens Enbridge Rate Probe Amid Overcharging Fears
• IPO Trio Looks To Raise $536M Combined As Autumn Begins
• US Chamber Warns Del. Justices On TC Energy Case Fallout
• House Passes GOP Push To Nix EPA Auto Emissions Regs
• Insurers Say Ky. House Damage Wasn't From Mine Collapse
• CFTC Issues Final Guidance On Carbon Credit Markets
• Mexico Will Challenge $37M Deepsea Mining Award
• Integrating ESG Into Risk Management Programs
• Chevron's Demise May Not Bring Deluge Courts Had Feared
• It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
• Womble Bond Hires New Head Of Int'l Disputes From Dechert
• Charges On Spain's Airport Stake Lifted Amid Arbitration Fight
• DOE Picks 25 Battery Projects For $3B Of Awards
• Avoid Getting Burned By Agencies' Solar Financing Spotlight
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Steel Biz Investors Sue Atty Over 'Father-Son'-Like Conflict
• Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Suit Over Renewable Energy Co. Buyout
• Texas Judge Seeks More Info In $150M Ukrnafta Award Feud
• Florida Banker Denies Laundering Money For Father
• Gold Mine Operator Agrees To Pay $3M In Water Pollution Row
• EPA Urges DC Circ. Not To Block Coal Ash Rule Implementation
• Calif. Port's Approval Of Hydrogen Project Challenged
• FERC Must Heed DC Circ. 'Shift' On Gas Reviews, Chair Says
• Judge Blocks Manhattan Project Waste From Mich. Landfill
• Quinn Emanuel Challenges Oro Negro Execs' Discovery Bid
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Baker Botts Accident Response Duo
• Tax Or Fee, Utility Rates Beyond Review, Ga. Justices Hear
• 3 Firms Lead Vistra's $3B Buy Of Leftover Stake In Nuclear Biz
• 'Greenhushing': Why Some Cos. Are Keeping Quiet On ESG
• Waste Mgmt. Sued For $3.8M Over Renewable Energy Credits
• Split 5th Circ. Upholds Oxy's $38M Win Over Wells Fargo Bank
• FBI Dismantles Chinese Botnet, Urges Victims To Seek Aid
• EPA Retaliated Against Three Scientists, Watchdog Says
• Wash. Court Won't Ax Testimony In Tribes' River Pollution Suit
• Loper Bright Undercuts SEC Climate Rule, Fracking Cos. Say
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Gas Price-Fixing Suit Over Trump Pact
• Feds Oppose Bid To Block EPA Mercury Rule At High Court
• Cleanup Worker Wants Full 5th Circ. To Review BP Spill Suit
• Sea Mining Co. Awarded $37M In Mexico Phosphate Fight
• NJ Steel Co. Says OSHA Review Agency Is Unconstitutional
• Mexican Parts Maker Rehires Worker To End USMCA Probe
• NC Panel Won't Undo Energy Rates In Solar Incentives Row
• No Rehearing For 10th Circ. Methane Rule Challenge
• Mich. Town Wants Stay During Appeal Over $2B Battery Plant
• Toshiba Loses Bid To Sanction Mich. Energy Cos. Over Depo
• Del. Justices Grapple With Noncompete Litigation Limits
• Calif. Atty Can't Escape Billing Scandal's Hacking Claim
• Real Estate Atty Pleads Guilty To Ga. COVID Funds Fraud
• Treasury Floats Tax Credit Regs For EV Charging Property
• Avangrid Unit Defends Counterclaim In Cleanup Battle
• Latham Adds A&O Shearman Energy Group Co-Lead In DC
• Citgo Settles Retirees' Suit Over Outdated Mortality Data
• Worker Drops Suit Alleging Retaliation For Discussing Wages
• EV Maker Lucid Illegally Fired Union Backers, Judge Finds
• VivoPower Plots $1.13B Merger After Unit's SPAC Deal Closes
• GC Base Salaries At Big Companies On The Rise
• Competitiveness Outranks Climate In New EU Commission
• US Utility AES Sells 30% Stake In Ohio Unit For $546M
• Tribes Sue Over Oregon Offshore Wind Farm Leases
• Ex-Skadden Atty Joins Board Of Oil Property Co. LandBridge
• Conn. AG Balks At Avangrid's $2.55B Take-Private Deal
• PSEG's GC To Retire As Utility Co. Lines Up Her Successor
• Ex-GT Attorney Joins Jones Day's Real Estate Ranks
• EEOC Sues Utility Services Co. Over Remote Work Refusal
• Icahn Enterprises Beats Investor Suit Over Dividend Program
• Four Fla. Residents Charged In Insider Trading Scheme
• Why A Tactic In The Youth Climate Change Battle Is Risky
• Missouri Injunction A Setback For State Anti-ESG Rules
• Biden Methane Rule Is Gov't Overstep, ND Judge Rules
• Natural Gas Co. BKV To Raise Up To $315M In IPO
• Seladore Opens Milan Office Led By BonelliErede Hire
• The 2024 Regional Powerhouses
• Exxon Owes $816M For Man's Cancer After Judge Ups Verdict
• Investors Greenlight Carbon Credit Co.'s $213M SPAC Merger
• EU Actors Lobby Hard For Top Jobs in New Commission
• Nuclear Waste Storage Questions Justices May Soon Address
• SEC Inks $100M Deal With FirstEnergy, Sues Ex-CEO
• 9th Circ. Ruling Guts Religious Protections, Apaches Say
• Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks
• DC Circ. Gives EPA Chance To Review Good Neighbor Plan
• Australia's Roc Oil Bids $186M For Swedish Rival Tethys
• Energy Biz Wants To Claw Back £3.8M From Waste Plant Deal
• HSF-Led National Grid To Sell Supply Unit To Gov't For £630M
• Hungarian Amendment To Environment Law Shouldn't Fly
• After Chevron: Conservation Rule Already Faces Challenges
• Treasury Sanctions Network Funding Hezbollah Via Fuel Deals
• A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
• Kids Ask Supreme Court To Revive Long-Running Climate Suit
• Nippon's Push To Save US Steel Buy And Other Deal Rumors
• House OKs Tightening Restrictions On Tax Credit For EVs
• Linklaters Hires Shell's Qatar Legal Chief For Energy Practice
• Energy Biz Bowleven Edges Closer To Quitting LSE Listing
• Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
• Big Oil Climate Ruling Sets Dangerous Liability Precedent
• Gov't Spent $236B In Fraud And Improper Payments In 2023
• Split 6th Circ. Backs SEC Win In Proxy Adviser Rule Change
• Politics Impacting US Steel-Nippon Review, Biz Groups Warn
• How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
• San Diego Utility Hit With Suit Over Wood Waste Runoff
• Proskauer Lands Fried Frank's Arbitration Head In London
• Phelps Dunbar Recruits 6 Litigators In Raleigh
• UK Sanctions 10 Ships In Russia's 'Shadow Fleet'
• Battery Co.'s CLO To Exit As It Eyes US-Based Replacement
• Anglo American Sells $400M Of Shares In Platinum Subsidiary
• Oil Biz Sues Ex-Chief Exec For Allegedly Embezzling €144M
• Aussie Metal Exploration Biz Raises £250M To Fund M&A
• 1st Lyondell Leak Bellwether Settles On Eve Of Trial
• Buyer Says Waste Facility Co. Owes $450M Over Trashed Plan
• King & Spalding Expands In Texas With V&E, Skadden Attys
• TPG, Rosatom Seek To Bar Jailed Oligarch's $14B Fraud Claim
• 2024's Top Rulings In Native American Law
• Slaughter and May-Led AngloGold Bids £1.9B For Centamin
• Meet The Lawyers Tapped To Defend In Glencore Bribery Case
• Britain's Renold Buys Canadian Conveyor Biz For $31.4M
• Symbion Claims 'Serious Defects' In Power Plant Arbitration
• Fulcrum BioEnergy Files For Ch. 11 In Delaware
• Ariz. Gov. Can Join Monument Suit, Tribes and Enviros Sit Out
• Brookfield Pledges Over $1B To Ultra-Low Carbon E-Fuels Co.
• Vorys-Led Infrastructure Biz Buys Steel Maker For $30M
• Biofuel Group Wants Renewable Fuel Redo At DC Circ.
• 'Structuring Issue' Snarls TC Energy's CA$1B Pipeline Deal
• Glencore's Billionaire Ex-Head Of Oil In Court Over Bribery
• DC Judge Won't Halt Colo. Trail Over Radiation Concerns
• Judge Won't End Mich. Dam Flooding Suit Before Discovery
• EPA Power Plant GHG Rule Is Unworkable, DC Circ. Told
• Chinese Reinsurers Can't Exit Reimbursement Suit Yet
• Russia Says DC Circ. Ruling Erodes $5B Award To Yukos
• Sentencing Of Ex-Ecuador Official Delayed By Late Gov't Filing
• Investment Firm Can't Fell Timber Co.'s Carbon Offset Suit
• 5th Circ. Lets BP Keep Deepwater Horizon Cleanup Suit Win
• Red States, Industry Look To Sink EPA Vehicle Emissions Rule
• FERC Botched Tenn. Pipeline Approval, Enviro Orgs Tell DC Circ.
• Ohio Train Derailment Plaintiffs Seek Final OK Of $600M Deal
• Zeta MDL Judge Limits Talk Of Arnold & Itkin Billing 'Scheme'
• How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Federal Law Preempts Standby Shift Claims, Oil Co. Says
• EU Should Loosen Merger Rules To Compete, Report Says
• EPA Enforcement Alert Issued For Illegal HFC Imports
• Texas Biz Court Will Be A Brave New World For Energy Cos.
• Ex-CEO Of Defunct Solar Co. Seeks Sanctions In Fraud Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Solar Cos.' National Grid Tax Suit
• Ex-Conn. Utility Execs Can't Shake Convictions At 2nd Circ.
• EPA Updates Public Engagement Plan For 1st Time In 20 Years
• DC Circ. Could Revive Energy Co.'s $1.1B Angola Suit
• SEC Fraud Suit Against Battery Co. Survives Dismissal Bid
• ITC Judge Partially Clears Voltage Of Infringing Solar Patent
• ESA Ruling May Jeopardize Gulf Of Mexico Drilling Operations
• Cleveland-Cliffs Faces Trial Over Mining Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• US Steel Cos., Workers Seek New Tariffs On Foreign Steel
• Enviro Groups Challenge FERC Approval Of La. LNG Terminal
• Colo. Counties Sue State Over $25M Mining Tax Fund Transfer
• What's Next For Federal Preemption In Financial Services
• Judge Barnard Says It's 'About Time' For Texas Biz Court
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Nixon Peabody Adds Public Finance, Energy Pro From BCLP
• Renewable Energy Biz Goes Public Via $386M SPAC Merger
• As Biden Looks To Block US Steel Deal, Rival Co. Weighs In
• China Complains To WTO About Canada EV Surtaxes
• EU Gears Up For New Commission With A Plea: More Women
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Bennett, Orrick
• SEC Accuses Esmark Of Lying About US Steel Bid
• SQRL Store Chain Landlords Want Out Of Ch. 11 Stay
• DOE Says Bonneville Power Lacks Proper Contract Oversight
• Clubman Talc Settles Prominent Developer's Asbestos Claims
• Judge Sharp No Stranger To Complex Cases Biz Court To See
• Army Didn't Breach Afghan Fuel Deal Amid Taliban Seizure
• Holland & Knight Appoints Former Perkins Coie Tax Partner
• Talks In Geothermal Fight Go On Amid Request For Monument
• Iron Co. Escapes Fired Worker's Bipolar Leave Bias Suit
• Biden To Block US Steel-Nippon, And More Deal Rumors
• Biden Admin Issues Plans To Address PFAS Use, Exposure
• 7th Circ. Doubts JPMorgan Traders' Spoofing Appeal
• Placid Oil Tells 5th Circ. It's Clear Of Contamination Claims
• Green Groups Fight Red State AGs' Attack On Civil Rights Regs
• Hydropower Co. Asks Judge To Stem River Cleanup Suit
• 5th Circ. Rejects Overtime For Highly Paid Oil Rig Workers
• Ariz. Tribe Doubled Down In Lithium Project Row, Court Told
• EPA Asks To End Texas, Okla. Air Plan Fight Due To Lost Docs
• EPA Issues Carbon Sequestration Well Permits In Texas
• 'Flimsy Attack' In $102M Award Suit Falls Flat, Court Hears
• 4 Firms Build First Majestic's $970M Buy Of Silver Mining Biz
• Squire Patton Hires Disputes Pro From Eversheds Sutherland
• Biden Administration Approves 10th Offshore Wind Project
• Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
• Ex-Siemens Exec Concedes Trade Secret Caper Merits Prison
• Singapore Phosphate Co. Drops China Claim Over Panda Park
• Marathon Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Refinery Explosion
• EPA Strengthens Trump-Era 'Once In, Always In' Rule
• Agencies Should Reward Corporate Cyber Victim Cooperation
• Brazilian Oil Bribery Case Jury Warned Of 'Liar' Witness
• EPA Coke Ovens Rule Challenged By Green Groups, Industry
• US Steel, Nippon Defend Deal After VP Harris Voices Concern
• Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
• Army Corps Gets 150K Comments Against Enbridge Pipeline
• Energy Leaseholders' RICO, Antitrust Suit Tossed After 9 Years
• 5th Circ. Panel Pushes Plaintiff Groups In Oil Terminal Row
• Fed. Circ. Has Questions About Data On Solar Duty Review
• Feds Ask Sixth Circ. To Uphold Highway GHG Rule
• Utah Tribe Seeks Quick Win In Farm Water Diversion Fight
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive BP Spill Malpractice Settlement
• Trustee, Trader Culled From Jury In $1M Brazilian Bribery Trial
• EPA Should Have Rethought Smog Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Harris Follows Biden In Opposing $15B US Steel-Nippon Deal
• Bracewell Energy Ace Joins Willkie In New York
• DC Circ. Rejects EPA's 'New' Boiler Emission Limits
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
• Home Solar Panel Co. Lumio Hits Ch. 11 To Sell Assets