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Project Finance - July, 2014

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• Steel Contractor For WTC Project Charged With Wire Fraud
• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• Fla. Senator Wants Probe Into All Aboard Florida Lease
• Activists Appeal To Block $477M Sacramento Kings Arena
• Pro-Enviro Pipeline Decision Won't Doom Pa. Sunoco Project
• DOE Gives Thumbs Up To Oregon LNG Export Project
• Panasonic Inks Deal For Tesla's Planned $5B Battery Plant
• Blackstone Funnels Up To $800M Into Asian Energy Venture
• Senate Reluctantly Passes $10.9B Highway Funding Bill
• Oneok Will Spend $785M To Beef Up Bakken Infrastructure
• FERC Preliminarily OKs Relicensing 3 Hydropower Projects
• Apache Exits 2 LNG Projects Amid Activist Pressure
• PPL Unit Eyes $6B Mid-Atlantic Transmission Project
• FERC Greenlights Freeport LNG Export Project In Texas
• Chesapeake To Buy Back $1.2B In Stock, Swap Wyo. Assets
• $3B QR Energy Price Tag Undervalues Co., Suit Says
• Standard Chartered Ups Africa Power Investment To $5B
• NYU Langone Gets $1.1B In Sandy Recovery Aid From FEMA
• Ten Appointed To Oversee $2B Detroit Bridge Project
• McConnell Says EPA's Coal Emissions Plan Is A Job Killer
• Hess Plans To Spin Off Assets In Oil-Rich Bakken Region
• Enterprise Seeks New Trial After $500M Pipeline Judgment
• JinkoSolar Nets $225M PE Injection For Downstream Solar Biz
• Newmont To Invest Up To $1B In New Suriname Gold Mine
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• Senate Passes Bill Funding Highway Trust Through December
• Texas Eastern Can't Stop Emerald Coal's Extraction Plans
• ConocoPhillips Hits Back At Alaska In $786M FERC Dispute
• EPA Carbon Plan Will Speed Shift From Coal: FERC Members
• Mining Industry, GOP Rep. Blast EPA Clean Power Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pepe Jeans, Leighton, Sprint
• Climate Action Delay May Cost $150B A Year: White House
• Waste Management Seals $2B Sale Of Renewables Unit
• Securing Summary Judgment In Section 1603 Suits Got Harder
• Alaska Says Ratepayers Shouldn't Cover $786M Pipeline Costs
• NJ High Court To Hear Solar Contractor's $50M Lien Effort
• Locke Lord Adds Former Dentons Energy Partner In Dallas
• Feds Won't Join Princeton Rail Station Relocation Case
• Exxaro Puts Up $472M For Total's S. African Coal Assets
• East Bay To Spend $1.5B On Sewer Repairs After CWA Order
• Duke Energy Unit To Buy NC Power Assets For $1.2B
• Australia Approves Adani's $16B Carmichael Coal Project
• EPA Head Says Public Comment Crucial To Carbon Plan
• Amtrak's Metrics-Making Power Hangs In The Balance
• EPA Drops GHG Permits Covered By High Court Ruling
• Residents' Bid To Block New Sacramento Kings Arena Nixed
• Deals Rumor Mill: CNN, Zillow, IBM
• Securities Attys Press SEC On Muni Disclosure Effort
• Troutman Sanders Powers Up With New Energy Tax Partner
• Pulling Up Stakes: Kaye Scholer, Withers Bergman, Dentons
• Statoil, ExxonMobil, Repsol Get Colombian Offshore License
• DOI's Royalties Ruling Against ConocoPhillips Unit Upheld
• Ranchers, Tribe Lose Challenge To $1.2B Nev. Mine
• Colo. City's Fracking Ban Preempted By State Law, Judge Says
• Calif. Panel Slams Brakes On CEQA Suit Over Rail Plan
• Calif. City Fracking Ban Faces Industry Challenge
• RE Rumor Mill: Ben Shaoul, Flipkart, New York Wheel
• Ferrostaal, Ventiveste Invest $296M In Portugal Wind Farms
• SunEdison Buys Colorado's Largest Solar Power Plant
• NJ Gets $200M For First-Ever Bank For Energy Stability
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Trilantic In Energy Partnership Deal
• $1B Boston Convention Center Bill Awaits Governor's Nod
• Aussie Antitrust Watchdog Won't Fight AGL Merger Loss
• Judge Allows Early Discovery In $226M Energy Tax Credit Row
• White House Launches $10B Rural Infrastructure Fund
• UK Budgets $340M For Renewable Energy Auction
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gardere's Quan Vu
• Opportunities In Russia's Renewable Energy Program
• ETP Expected To Win More Than $500M In Pipeline Case
• Ill. Court OKs Rate Hike To Fund $2B FutureGen Coal Plant
• Port Authority Eyes New Bus Terminal
• FHA Official Charged With Stealing DOT Grant Money
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Fox, Fullscreen
• Enviros Set To Push NY Watchdog For Probe Into Bridge Loan
• NY Hands Out $3M For Projects To Upgrade Electric Grid
• Xcel Unit Can Intervene In Enviro Groups' Suit Against EPA
• Investor Sues NJ Wave-Power Co. Over Tanked Aussie Project
• Alberta OKs TransCanada's $745M Northern Courier Project
• Power Plant Rule Turns States Into 'Hostages,' EPA Head Told
• Pa. DEP Must Reform Oil And Gas Program, Auditor Says
• Calif. Lawmakers Urge White House To Block Offshore Drilling
• Domestic Silicon Maker Sues Brazilian Rival For Fraud
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• Wind River Reservation May Shape Tribal CAA Jurisdiction
• Sony Open Organizer Takes New Approach In Stadium Suit
• Chevron Puts Revised Refinery Plan Before Richmond Council
• Kodiak Shareholders Sue To Block $3.8B Whiting Takeover
• Tappan Zee Loan Fight Could Delve Into Uncharted Waters
• Biz Groups Say EPA Climate Rule Will Raise Electricity Rates
• Mo. Appeals Court Reopens Ameren Coal Ash Landfill Case
• EIB Lends Tauron $96M For Polish Renewable Energy Projects
• Perkins Coie Snags Infrastructure, Energy Pro From DLA Piper
• When You Are Responsible For Your Book Of Business
• Holland & Knight Infrastructure Wiz Rejoins Nossaman In DC
• 5 Takeaways From Latest US Sanctions Against Russian Cos.
• Alaska LNG Developers File Export Application To DOE
• DOT Head Slams Congress Over 'Band-Aid' Highway Fund Fix
• Nuke Industry On Notice As NY Seeks Changes At Indian Point
• Calif. Oil Regulator To Scrutinize Injection Well Rules
• Norton Rose Fulbright Nabs 3 Ex-Cadwalader Regulatory Pros
• 23 States Tell High Court EPA's Mercury Regs Too Costly
• Italian Engineering Co. To Build $1.6B Ind. Fertilizer Plant
• An Inventive Way To Remove Pure State Court Claims
• NRG, JX Nippon Launch $1B Carbon Capture Project In Texas
• ETP, Enterprise Duel Over Final Word In $1B Pipeline Case
• GOP Sens. Seek To Repeal Wage Law For Public Works
• Act 13 Court Losses Send Pa. Drillers Back To Square One
• FirstEnergy Can't Ax FERC Costs Ruling In DC Circ.
• Hong Kong's MTR Wins $2.4B Deal To Run London Crossrail
• EDF Inks $2.8B Supply Deal For Cheniere LNG Project
• DOI Plans Auction Of NJ Offshore Wind Leases
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sullivan & Worcester, Orrick, Kirkland
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• EPA Moves To Block Large-Scale Mining Near Alaska Fishery
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Locke Lord's Bill Swanstrom
• Corbett Pauses $95M Plans For Gas Drilling on Pa. Land
• Texas High Court Provides Certainty Over O&G Operations
• Ralls Ruling Could Open Door To Other CFIUS Challenges
• New Russia Sanctions Signal Beginning Of US Clampdown
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds Former Pemex Atty In Houston
• Obama Gets Ball Rolling On Infrastructure Investing Program
• Mild Financial Fallout From Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Act
• Canada Delays Review Of Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion
• Denmark's Dong Sells Half Of German Wind Project For $811M
• Colo. Legislature Fails To Tackle Oil & Gas Well Rules
• RES Americas Secures $508M In Loans For 2 Wind Projects
• $256M Tappan Zee Loan Approved Amid Ongoing Criticism
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jenner & Block's Tom Stromberg
• First MCDC Settlement Leaves Much To Be Desired
• Challenges Facing Fuel Switching In Latin America Remain
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• As Dust Settles In ETP Case, $319M Verdict Makes Its Mark
• IBM, Sematech Join $500M Nanotech Project With NY State
• Enviros Sue For EPA Action On Texas Coal Plants
• Chinese Solar Co. Lands $161M In Bank Financing
• BRICS To Launch Development Bank, Cash Reserve Pool
• Starwood Loans $452M For London, Amsterdam Properties
• Obama Unveils Local Climate-Change Aid Programs
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• Northeastern States Push To Keep Fracking Waste Out
• Texas City Rejects First-In-State Proposed Fracking Ban
• ADB Pours $600M Into Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan Power Projects
• Wind Developers Say EPA's GHG Rule Could Boost Demand
• DC Circ. Rebuke Could Shake Up CFIUS Review Process
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• Midstream Services Co. Puts Up $115M For Oil, Gas Assets
• House Passes Stopgap $10.9B Highway Funding Bill
• Energy Future Ends Bid For Optim Power Plant
• Landowners Barred From Suing Cuomo Over Fracking Delay
• Midyear Report: Power Cos. Provide Juice For Energy Deals
• Chinese Wind Co. Can Sue Obama Over Nixed Deal: DC Circ.
• 2 New Developments Will Ease The Way For UK Fracking
• Gas Industry, Enviros Say Data Can Help Stop Methane Leaks
• Amended Sabine-Forest Oil Merger Deal Raises Eyebrows
• Iowa Supreme Court Greenlights Solar Power Sales
• Weatherford Reaps $500M From Rosneft Rig Operations Sale
• Blue Circle, Annex Join For $200M Thai Wind Power Plan
• Enviros Rip Secrecy Cloaking $511M Tappan Zee Rebuild Loan
• Energy Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2014
• Noble Group, EIG Forge Energy JV To Snag $2B In Assets
• Barrick Forges Ma'aden JV For Saudi Arabian Copper Mine
• GIP Fund To Drop $850M On Freeport LNG Stake
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson Coburn's Fred Strasheim
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibbons' Frank Cannone
• DC Circ. Misses Opportunity To Clarify NEPA Guideposts
• Foley, Stikeman Rep Whiting Petroleum In $3.8B Kodiak Deal
• Ex-Im Bank Floats $65M For Uruguay Wind Farm
• Port Authority Bus Terminal To Get $90M Upgrade
• EPA Puts Off Fracking Disclosure Rule For More Comment
• Judge Clears CWA Permit For NYC Waste Transfer Project
• Wyoming Can Intervene In Mining Plan Expansion Suit
• Canada High Court Says Ontario Can OK Native-Land Logging
• Pulling Up Stakes: Troutman Sanders, Mayer Brown
• The Looming Highway Trust Fund Crisis
• House Passes $34B Energy Spending Bill, Despite Veto Threat
• NJ Senate Confirms Former AG To Lead Port Authority
• Houston Texans, Rodeo Submit $66M Plan To Raze Astrodome
• NJ Lawmakers Mount Challenge To Cap-And-Trade Repeal
• Canada's Enbridge In Talks With Alaska On Gas Pipeline
• Chesapeake Faces Criminal Trial Over Michigan Lease Sale
• Forest Oil, Sabine Oil & Gas Revise Deal Structure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbus, WH Group, KKR
• Turkey's Power Co. Gets $350M For Green Energy Project
• Ways and Means OKs Stopgap $10.9B Highway Funding Bill
• Providence Equity Is Latest PE Shop To Explore Africa
• 8th Circ. Tosses Suit Against Xcel Unit Over $400M Wind Farm
• Jtekt Pours $130M Into SC Auto Parts Manufacturing Plant
• EU OKs State Aid For Automakers, Sparking BMW Suit
• Europe Needs €150B In Grid Upgrades By 2030, Group Says
• Phillips 66 Ups Capital Budget To $3.9B To Fund Deals
• Ballard Spahr Nabs Nixon Peabody RE, Energy Tax Credit Pro
• NY High Court Cases May Impact Fracking Nationwide
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• NYC Bus Terminal Is 'Model Of Inefficiency,' NJ Pol Says
• NJ High Court Won't Shake Princeton's Rail Relocation Plans
• Cuomo Official Says $511M Tappan Zee Loan Is Legit
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs Enviro Report For SF Project
• Holtec Seeks $260M In NJ Tax Incentives For Camden Project
• Tampa Cruise Ship Upgrade Could Cost $2B, Fla. DOT Says
• White House Threatens Veto Of $34B Energy Spending Bill
• UGI Infrastructure Improvement Plan Wins Pa. PUC's Nod
• GOP Lawmaker Offers $10.9B Plan To Prop Up Highway Fund
• Enel Green Power Nabs $400M Funding For 2 US Wind Farms
• GE, E.ON Team Up To Build 211-MW Texas Wind Farm
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Chapman
• What Alands Vindkraft Means For EU's Energy Market
• PPL Challenges Exelon's Pa. Hyrdoelectric Certification
• HFF Arranges Financing for King Street's $112M Lab Projects
• ExxonMobil-Qatar JV Seeks FERC Permit To Build LNG Plant
• Barnes & Thornburg Grows Minn. Office With Bond Atty Hire
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• AfDB Backs Tunisian Natural Gas Project With $75M Loan
• Arbitration Over $1.6B Panama Canal Spat Begins This Month
• EIB, Bank Hapoalim Back Alstom's $820M Israeli Solar Plant
• Industry Groups Press Feds For Immediate Keystone Approval
• EU Awards €300M For UK Project To Trap And Store Carbon
• A Step Toward Alleviating Growing Discovery Problems
• Warren Resources Pays $353M For Citrus' Marcellus Assets
• Astrum Solar Gets $100M From Hudson Clean Energy
• Indiana To Sell $250M In Bonds To Pay For I-69 Expansion
• Banks Warm Up To EB-5 Projects, But Risks Remain
• Bankrupt USEC Gets Nod To Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
• Coal Co. Says Rival Used Secret Info To Snatch Land Rights
• Vantage Energy Aims To Raise $400M In IPO
• ADB To Fund $228M Of Clean Power Development In Pacific
• IFC To Inject Up To $100M In Mideast-N. Africa Renewables
• Volkswagen, FAW To Invest $2.7B In 2 Chinese Plants
• Vinson Reps Rice Energy In $336M Marcellus Land Buy
• Inside DOE's Proposal For Liquefied Natural Gas Exports
• Lawyers And Email: Ethical And Security Considerations
• Port Authority Reform Panel Eyes Asset, Leadership Changes
• Climate Fight Shows Vintage Chevron Ruling Still Packs Punch
• Prospecting Project Violated Enviro Law, Ore. Judge Says
• NY Ups Contract Cap To Foster Large-Scale Green Power
• US To Sell 80K Acres In Md. For Offshore Wind Development
• NY Appeals Court Greenlights Embattled Adirondack Resort
• NY Lawmaker Blasts Failure To Pass $5B Green Bond Bill
• Hyundai Chosen To Build $1.5B UAE Power-Water Facility
• DOE Unveils $4B Clean-Energy Loan Program
• NJ Dems Urge Obama To Block Atlantic Coast Oil Leasing
• Total, Dong Launch $582M North Sea Gas Project
• Pulling Up Stakes: MoFo, Haynes And Boone
• A Close Look At Puerto Rico's Bankruptcy-Like Legislation
• Royalty Ruling Boosts Energy Cos. In Permian Basin Fights
• Deals Rumor Mill: Samsung, Shutterfly, BMW
• North Dakota Aims To Reduce Gas Flaring To 5% By 2020
• Saudi Aramco To Pay $2B For Hanjin Stake In Korean Oil Co.
• Exxon Sinks $1B Into Belgian Refinery Upgrades
• Queensland Regulator OKs $1.66B Open-Cut Mine Project
• Dems Tie Inversion Reform To Highway Trust Fund
• Integrys Investor Sues To Halt $9.1B Wisconsin Energy Deal
• Fracking Fights Are Increasingly Becoming Local
• DC Circ. Says Enviros Lack Standing In FERC Pipeline Suit
• Pa. Drilling Reg. Change Advances As Part Of New Budget
• SunEdison Nabs $190M For Chilean Solar Plant Funding
• Boralex Nabs $194.5M In Financing For Quebec Wind Farms
• EIB Loans $205M To Santander Chile For Clean Energy
• BLM Drilling Approval Process Too Long, Watchdog Says
• Stone Energy Nets $200M In Sale Of Gulf Of Mexico Assets
• DOT To Ration State Highway Funds Amid Budget Woes
• DOE Makes 'Conditional' $150M Pledge To Cape Wind Farm
• Texas Supreme Court Continues To Rule In Favor Of Lessees
• Ma'aden Inks $5B Financing Deal For Phosphate Mine