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Project Finance - October, 2015

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• NJ Borough Sheds Bulk Of Redevelopment Contract Claims
• Enviros Say 10th Circ. Can't Hear Navajo Co. On Mine Permit
• Wind Energy Group Tells 7th Circ. Not To Hurt Contracts
• Christie Taps DOT Official To Replace Embattled Commish
• RWE, Others Team Up For $2.3 Billion UK Wind Farm
• Ind. Court Kicks $90M Project Dispute Back For Further Work
• EB-5 Trade Group Wants Voice In SEC's $136M Fraud Case
• Enviros Ask FERC For Comprehensive Study Of 4 Pipelines
• 3 Kinds Of Legal Battles Being Fueled By Low Oil Prices
• Enviros, Citizens Clash With Industry Over PennEast Pipeline
• DOT Awards $500M In Grants For Transportation Projects
• EPA Lawyers Fortified Obama Carbon Plan, Agency GC Says
• Texas Nabs $20M In Federal Grants For Rural Transit
• Rural Utility Lender Defends Sought FCC Insurance Exemption
• Pa. DEP Erred In Pipeline Approval, Enviros Tell 3rd Circ.
• MTA Board OKs Slimmed-Down $29B Capital Program
• Enviros Slam Time-Out Bid In Ill.-Ind. Toll Road Fight
• McConnell Blocks Dem. Bid To Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
• 5th Circ. Urged To Reject $123M Morrocan Oil Deal Ruling
• NC Snags $25M Grant For Charlotte Transit Hub
• LA Metro's Review Of Expansion Project Upheld On Appeal
• Brookfield Sells Stake In $8.6B NYC Project To Qatari Co.
• Wealth Management For Attorneys
• Federal Authority Over Gov't Contractors Heads Off-Shore
• 5 Ways Your Ego Is Killing Your Career
• Senate Passes Temporary Transportation Funding Patch
• Ariz. Utility Can't Escape Solar Co.'s Monopolization Suit
• Scandal-Ridden Port Authority Expects To Hire CEO Soon
• Shell Eats $2B In Pulling Plug On Alberta Oil Sands Project
• Danish Energy Co. To Build 660MW Wind Farm Off UK Coast
• Telecom Groups Laud Bills To Speed Up Broadband Projects
• DC Circ. Won't Split Texas Issues From Startup Reg Challenges
• DOT Freight Plan Rests On Congress' Highway Funding Deal
• Should Estoppel By Deed Apply To Pa. Oil And Gas Leases?
• Closer Look Needed On Cape Wind Project, Enviros Say
• Bipartisan House Group Defies Leaders To Back Ex-Im Bank
• GOP Faces Almost Certain Failure In Bid To Block CPP
• Pro Bono: The New Associate's Compass To Success
• K&L Gates Adds New Brisbane Partner To Australian Team
• Gas, Mineral MLPs Blast Proposed Tax Treatment Rules
• FHA Hid Enviro Concerns With $3B Highway, 7th Circ. Told
• EPA Urges FERC To Reroute $3B Fla. Gas Pipeline Project
• House Passes Surface Transportation Funding Patch
• Corporate Energy Sourcing: A New Engine For Renewables
• Was The Rush To File EB-5 Project Exemplars Worth It?
• DOI Illegally Permitted Montana Mine Expansion, Judge Rules
• House Coalition Forces Vote On Ex-Im Bank Reauthorization
• RI Releases 10-Year, $4.7B Transportation Plan
• 4th Circ. Won't Halt $838M Highway Project For Appeal
• Clinton Throws Support Behind Infrastructure Bank
• SEC Wins Receiver Appointment In $136M EB-5 Fraud Case
• DC Circ. Consolidates Clean Power Plan Challenges
• EPA Urges 6th Circ. To Hang Onto Challenge To Water Rule
• Tribe Says Court Can Review Feds' Pipeline Approval
• OHL Mexico Faces Corruption Probe Over Toll Roads
• Western Refining Eyes $2.5B Buyout Of Northern Tier
• House Buys Time On Highway Funding Bill With 3-Week Patch
• PHMSA 2.0: Liquid Pipeline Safety Rules Are In The Pipes
• Refresh Or Rebuild? Website Strategies For Big Law
• Duke Gasses Up With $4.9B Piedmont Acquistion
• An Introduction To The World Bank Sanctions Regime
• Can Localities Use Ballot Power To Ban Oil And Gas Drilling?
• 5 Sticking Points In The Highway Funding Bill
• 6th Circ. Upholds Ky. Power Plant's Coal-To-Gas Switch
• Proposed $120M Pro Soccer Stadium In Minn. Gets Green Light
• Port Authority Approves $56M Ship-To-Rail Project In NJ
• FERC Gives Preliminary OK To Kinder Morgan Unit Pipeline
• Man Charged With Selling Shoddy Parts For Highway Bridges
• States, Industry Groups Launch Clean Power Plan Legal Fight
• LA Metro Beats CEQA Challenge Over Subway Extension
• 4 Big Sticking Points Of The Clean Power Plan
• Port Authority Announces $125M Makeover For JFK
• Miss. High Court Revives Highway Illegal Taking Suit
• House Committee Clears 6-Year, $325B Transportation Bill
• Mich. House Passes Multibillion-Dollar Road Plan
• Miami Beach OKs $615M Convention Center Renovation
• House Votes To Speed Federal Mining Permit Process
• Axing EPA Mercury Rule Would Harm Public, DC Circ. Told
• Moxie Sees Resistance To Emissions Plan For $800M Pa. Plant
• Time Warner, Utility Shrink Payout For Crop Fire In Appeal
• Sports Venue Says Suing Over Permit Delay Was Only Option
• Md. Unveils $135M Plan To Redesign Baltimore Transit
• DC Circ. Tells Coast Guard To OK Detroit Bridge Expansion
• Terra Firma Inks $855M Take-Private Deal For UK Energy Co.
• Naming Rights: Tax-Exempt Bonds Vs. Tax-Exempt Orgs
• Wash. Appeals Court Won't Block Fuel Terminal Expansions
• Solar Energy Co. Inks 20-Year Power Purchase Deal In Calif.
• House Bill Aims To End Tax Deductions For Oil Spill Penalties
• $28B UK Nuclear Plant Gets French, Chinese Utility Backers
• Ga. Ports Authority To Spend $152M On Terminal Upgrades
• El Paso Moves Ahead With $180M Arena Project
• EPA Rules' Cost-Benefit Analyses Are Skewed, Sens. Told
• Va. Regulators Nix Dominion's Plans For Solar Plant
• How Will NJ Pay For Offshore Wind?
• 4 Reasons To Use Electronic Deposition Exhibits
• Texas Energy Regulator Opposes Interior's Stream Rule
• Coalition Turns To 9th Circ. In Highway Row With Army Corps
• Broward County Open To $86M Assist To Florida Panthers
• IFC Considers Loan To Back $1.4B Ghana Port Project
• Apex Oil Dodges Chevron's $30M Pipeline Leak Suit
• Canada Vote Turns Up Heat On Energy Sector
• DOT Watchdog To Audit FAA Terminal Modernization Effort
• Google To Take Over Vestas Stake In Kenya Wind Project
• FERC Gives OK To $159M Dominion Pipeline Upgrade In NY
• FERC Must Vet $5B Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Mass. AG Says
• Shell's Arctic Defeat Doesn't Moot Walrus Take Challenge
• 4 Obstacles In Push To Revitalize The Los Angeles River
• BP, Kinder Morgan Join Forces In $350M Terminal Deal
• The 4 Most Active State Transportation Regulators
• Miami Sets Example For P3 Considerations In Port Projects
• EB-5 And Transportation Projects Are A Perfect Fit
• Algonquin, RES Americas Team Up On $303M Wind Project
• High Court Seeks To End Power System Turf Wars
• Fla. Approves $34M Cost Recovery For FPL Nuclear Project
• Dem Govs Sound Alarm On Need For Lasting Highway Bill
• Calif. Transit Agency Sued Over NBCUniversal Ramp Project
• Wis., Fed DOT Fight Enviros' Bid To Pause Road Project
• Canadian Oil Sands Urges Investors To Reject $3B Suncor Bid
• Venezuela Takes Oil Nationalization Dispute To High Court
• Chamber Wants Flexibility In Green Goods Accord
• Coast Guard Ripped At DC Circ. For Delayed Bridge Expansion
• High Court Will Decide State Power Plant Subsidies Row
• OPINION: The Bitter Pill Of Competition Within Large Law
• Ill. Officials Reach Deal On Rail Upgrades In State's Capital
• House Introduces 6-Year, $325B Transportation Bill
• DOI Dials Back Arctic Drilling Due To Low Industry Interest
• FHWA 'Buy American' Exemptions Raise Judge's Eyebrows
• Texas Grid Regulator Says Clean Power Plan Hurts Reliability
• Officials Call For Boost To Gulf Region's Transport System
• Chicago, Amtrak Team Up To Renovate Union Station
• Tribes Can't Override BLM Fracking Rule, DOI Says
• Austin Council OKs Plan To Add 600MW Of Solar By 2019
• GAO Sees Speed Bumps Facing DOT Connected-Car Program
• High Court Asked To Nix Colo. Clean Energy Law
• DOE Looks To Lift Freeze On Uranium Leasing Program
• Excess Insurer Says It's Not Yet On Hook In Water Main Break
• EB-5 Investors Recover Funds In $136M Green Card Fraud Suit
• Fight Over $2B LA Light-Rail Project Kicked To State Court
• Former Meadowlands Builder Says Lehman Unit Owes $1.3B
• Feds, Atlantic City Launch $32.5M Coastal Protection Project
• Ill Wind Blows For Offshore Projects After NJ Ruling
• Navajo Co. Tells 10th Circ. Report Moots Mining Challenge
• Repsol Looks To Shed $7B In Assets Amid Stale Oil Prices
• Neb. Announces Transportation Innovation Task Force
• Adani Group Gets OK For $7B Australian Mine, Rail Project
• Rhode Island Agrees To Water Drainage Penalty, Reforms
• Enviros' Fee Bid Untimely In Highway Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• CFIUS Looming Larger In Sensitive Property Deals
• Metadata 101 For Lawyers: A 2-Minute Primer
• Duke Energy Bolsters Fla. Solar Capacity With 5MW Project
• Untangling 'Waters Of The US' Web In 6th Circ.
• High Court Split Over Limits Of FERC Power Demand Authority
• East Coast Deepwater LNG Port Clears Federal Hurdle
• Amtrak To Lead Enviro Study For Hudson Tunnel Project
• Ala. Residents Sue To Stop $450M Birmingham Bridge Project
• Union Pacific Sued For Back Rent On 'Unauthorized' Pipeline
• Ind. Gov. Unveils $1B Highway Funding Proposal
• NJ High Court Won't Review Offshore Wind Farm Case
• Transportation Legislation And Regulation To Watch
• Army Corps Must Face Most ESA Claims In PortMiami Suit
• Port Authority Bashes AAA's Claims In Toll Hike Challenge
• Honeywell Patches Up $61M Army Subcontract Row
• Repsol To Restructure North Slope Operation In $800M Deal
• NC DOT Fights Enviros Attempt To Block $838M Bypass
• Investors May Find Lots To Like In Mexico's FIBRA E
• Congressman Wants To Ban Uranium Mining In Grand Canyon
• Feds Defend Arctic Ringed Seal's Threatened Classification
• MTA's $26B Capital Plan Spotlights P3s In Mass Public Transit
• Calif. Climate Bill Revamp Won't Prevent Petroleum Cuts
• Carbon Plan Will Force New Collaboration, State Leader Says
• Colo. Tribe, DOI Near Settlement Over Fracking Rules
• Paul Hastings, Gibson Dunn Steer Warriors Arena Land Deal
• Squire Patton Boggs Adds Infrastructure Finance Partner
• SEC Wins Freeze Of CEO's Assets In EB-5 Investor Fraud Suit
• It's Time To Invest In Vietnam Solar Projects
• Calpine Pays $500M For Gas Power Plant In New Hampshire
• Feds Told To Speed Review Of Drilling Plan For Tribal Site
• DOT Seeks More Time In Suit Over $1.2B Ill.-Ind. Toll Road
• 10 Ways To Become A 360-Degree Lawyer
• DC Circ. Stands By Revival Of Developer Collusion Suit
• Feds To Ease Highway Design Rules For Low-Speed Roads
• Calif. Law Requires Public Pensions To Divest Coal Stakes
• Grassley Says EB-5 Needs Reform Amid 'Gerrymandering'
• GOP Reps. Move To Break Ex-Im Bank Deadlock
• Fish And Wildlife Appeals Eagle Permit Ruling To 9th Circ.
• EPA Water Rule Blocked Nationwide By 6th Circ.
• Pa. Gas Tax Specter Still Looms Despite House Vote
• Bill Ties Broadband Conduits To Federal Highway Projects
• Milagro Oil & Gas Ch. 11 Plan Gets Green Light From Judge
• Air Travel Groups Want Customs Fees Out Of Highway Bill
• Hitachi Underscores Need For Robust FCPA Due Diligence
• Trump Takes $350M Wind Farm Fight To UK Supreme Court
• Yieldco Bubble Set To Pop For Clean Energy Cos.
• Enviros Take Peabody, Arch Coal Lease Fight To 10th Circ.
• Carlyle Power Pays Entergy $490M For R.I. Gas Plant
• Rice Energy, Gulfport Energy Plan $640M Utica Shale Gas JV
• Talen Energy Reaps $1.5B From Pa. Power Plant Sales
• Developer Can't Unfreeze Bank Accounts In $136M EB-5 Row
• 14 States Demand Info From EPA On Power Plant Rule Delay
• Arctic Drilling Will Hardly Impact Walrus, 9th Circ. Told
• $1B NJ Pipeline Proposal Shores Up Support From Unions
• Enviros Pushes DC Circ. To Hear Diablo Canyon Permit Suit
• Canadian Oil Sands Adopts Poison Pill To Combat Suncor Bid
• 5th Circ. Won't Wade Into $185M Petrobras Chain Defect Row
• National Car Rental Inks $158M Stadium Naming Rights Deal
• Fall Of Fracking Rule: When Agencies Don't Consult Tribes
• Allied Nevada Gold Wins Confirmation Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Sanchez, Targa Sink $240M Into Eagle Ford Gas Project
• EPA Pebble Mine Review Wasn't Fair, Report Suggests
• SkyPower Continues Solar Spree With $1B Panama Investment
• Shell CEO Says Nations Must Put Price On Carbon Emissions
• Williams Cos. Hit With Putative Class Action Over $38B Sale
• Cadwalader Adds Ex-Norton Rose Energy Partner
• Can Calif. Gov. Still Hit His Climate Change Goals?
• 5 Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers
• Murray Energy Sues DOI For Water Pollution Regulation Docs
• Challenge To Miami's SkyRise Tower Survives Dismissal Bid
• Water Rule Challenges Belong In District Court, 6th Circ. Told
• Enviros Want 2nd Chance To Fight Agencies Over Highway
• Supreme Court Won't Hear DC Airport Tax Fight
• Williams Unit Joins $400M Utica Shale Midstream JV
• Suncor Launches $3.3B Takeover Bid For Oil Sands Rival
• Canadian Solar Drops $204M On KKR Power Plants
• Looking At The EPA's Balance Of Interests In Ozone Rule
• 7 Firms Guide NTE Energy's $645M Natural Gas Plant Deal
• Sens. Float EB-5 Bills Following Short-Term Extension
• EPA Says DC Circ. Can Review Texas Issues In Rule Challenge
• USDOT To Streamline $20B Hudson River Tunnel Project
• Liberty Says Texas Law Applies In Sinkhole Suit
• Mo. Gets $1M From USDOT For Road, Bridge Flood Damage
• EB-5 Investors Plead To Intervene In $136M Visa Fraud Case
• Pa. Justices Have Chance To Push Gas Law Into 21st Century
• Pa. DEP Wants Gas Group's Permit Program Challenge Axed
• An Era Of Arctic Oil Exploration, Upended
• Dominion Seeks Green Light On $130M Va. Solar Projects
• Fla. High Court Affirms $700M In Clean Energy Bonds
• BLM Owes Tribes More Than Lip Service Over Fracking Rules
• New Ozone Rule Poses Additional Compliance Challenges
• Industry Has Edge Over Enviros To Fight EPA Ozone Rule
• SkyPower To Invest $4.3B In Bangladesh Solar Energy
• Landowners Denied Challenge To Sunoco Pa. Pipeline
• Judge Sides With Developers In Tribal Mineral Rights Row
• Senate Dems Filibuster $78B Military Construction, VA Bill
• 5th Circ. Allows $123M Moroccan Judgment Over Oil Deal
• EPA Tightens Ozone Emissions Standard
• Can Alphabet Soup Fix Puerto Rico's Debt Service Issues?