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Project Finance - April, 2016

223 articles

• $11M Award In Power Row Violates Public Policy, Court Told
• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Vt. High Court Rejects Town's Challenge To Solar Array
• EPA Says Texas-Okla. Haze Plan Fight Belongs In DC Circ.
• Dominion's $159M NY Pipeline Upgrade Gets FERC Approval
• US Energy, Utility M&A Activity Hits 10-Year High
• FERC Manipulation Theory Is Baseless, Energy Trader Says
• Public Trust Doctrine Suit Could Clear Procedural Hurdles
• K&L Gates Seeks Anti-SLAPP Fee Award From Investor Deal
• Counsel Row Resolved In $70M Wind Energy Award Suit
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over Nitrogen, Sulfur Emission Plans
• Oil Pipeline Spill Case In Wrong Court, Oil Groups Say
• Green Bonds Soar Despite Uncertain Legal Environment
• Mayors Urge Obama To Speed Up Methane Regulations
• DOT Shakes Up Metro's Board Amid Safety Fiascos
• PSEG's Pick For NJ Nuke Plant Site Gets Nod From Regulator
• Senate Dems Continue Filibuster On $37B Spending Bill
• Cargo Co. Says Tribunal Properly Issued €38.5M Award
• Using The New Federal Rules To Rein In Discovery
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• From The Book Of Jargon: Tree
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Plans Unveiled For $1B Detroit Soccer Stadium Development
• Texas Officials Want Austin Highway Projects Enviro Suit Axed
• Senate Dems Block $37B Spending Bill Over Iran Clause
• House Committee Passes Pipeline Safety Bill
• FERC Rulings Jeopardize Grid Project Goals, DC Circ. Told
• FERC Blocks Ohio Coal Plant Subsidy Deals
• AVIC Opposes Splitting Of Issues In $70M Wind Energy Row
• Partners Group Sinks $100M Into Solar Plant Developer
• Water Infrastructure Bill Would Give Flint Another Boost
• EPA Sends Clean Energy Incentive Proposal To White House
• Compromise In Congress Over Bipartisan Energy Reform
• K&L Gates Says Anti-SLAPP Win Justifies Full Fee Payback
• FWS Won't Designate Critical Habitat For Long-Eared Bat
• Feds, Arizona Ask Judge To Toss Highway Plan Challenge
• DOE Says SC Suit Over Nuke Waste Site In Wrong Court
• Gas Drilling Not Part Of $3.8B LNG Project Review, FERC Says
• 3 Takeaways From The Native American Finance Conference
• Senate OKs Wind Energy Amendment In Funding Bill Debate
• Chesapeake, Others Try To Shake Frack Quake Suit
• AVIC Stalling By Refusing To Split $70M Suit, Tang Says
• Canadian Energy Board OKs Enbridge's $6B Pipeline Fixes
• Treasury Officials Must Testify In $226M Energy Tax Credit Row
• Chilean Investors Sue Arbitrator After $5M Solar Defeat
• Murray Energy Fights EPA's MATS Cost Analysis At DC Circ.
• AVIC Says Soaring Wind, Tang Can't Split $70M Award Fight
• New President Appointed To Conoco, Venezuela Case Tribunal
• NJ Enviros Say State Flouted Pipeline Approval Process
• TransCanada Agrees To Enviro Review Of $12B Pipeline
• FERC Shuts Down Cost Fights Over NJ Power Line Projects
• Constitution Says NYDEC 'Playing Politics' With Pipeline Denial
• FRA Bridge Safety Oversight Insufficient, DOT Watchdog Says
• High Court Won't Hear NJ Power Plant Subsidy Appeals
• 11th Circ. Wants To Know If Water Rule Challenge Is Moot
• Chadbourne Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In $770M Award Row
• New EPA Ozone Limits Are Flawed, Challengers Tell DC Circ.
• Pa. High Court Could Have Final Say On Oil, Gas Well Regs
• $4.34B Light Rail Network Outlined For Montreal
• JPMorgan Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive Price-Rigging Suit
• Aussie Solar Panel Co. Asks Judge To Toss $1.3M Award
• SunEdison Gets Nod To Begin Tapping $300M Ch. 11 Financing
• Promoting Renewable Energy After Hughes V. Talen Energy
• High Court Leaves NJ Power Plant Hopes Dimmed But Not Out
• High Court Unlikely To Wade Into 6th Circ. Water Row
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• 4 Clean Energy Takeaways From SunEdison's Collapse
• Insurance Spat Over $143M NY Transpo Project Gets Tossed
• Enviro Groups Sue Feds Over Navajo Coal Approvals
• Ex-Amtrak Exec Backs Out Of Top NJ Transit Job
• Kinder Morgan Shuts Off $5B Natural Gas Pipeline Project
• 6th Circ. Won't Rethink Venue For Water Rule Challenge
• Clean Energy Giant SunEdison Files For Ch. 11
• ETP Defends Damages In Blockbuster $535M Pipeline Win
• States Tell High Court MATS Rule Should Have Been Nixed
• House Transportation Committee Clears Pipeline Safety Bill
• Callon Petroleum Pays $220M For Texas Oil Assets
• Euro Shippers, Ports Seek Container-Weight Rule Guidelines
• Senate Easily Passes Sweeping Energy Policy Update
• EPA's Mercury Rule Cost Analysis Tees Up New Battles
• El Paso Asks Del. High Court To Nix $142M Class Award
• Enviro Group Says 7th Circ. Failed To Probe Fraud In $3B Row
• Energy Group Can't Pause Tribal Right-Of-Way Rule
• Fla. Appeals Court Axes $50M Miami Tennis Stadium Project
• Enviro Groups Say FERC's Pa. Pipeline Review Came Up Short
• Senate Revives Vast Energy Policy Update
• $535M Texas Case Not Done Reshaping Pipeline Contracts
• Investors Seek To Limit K&L Gates Anti-SLAPP Motion Fees
• High Court Power Subsidy Ruling Keeps States In The Dark
• FERC Shirked Review Of $3.8B LNG Project, DC Circ. Told
• DOT Watchdog To Eyeball FAA's NextGen Contracts
• FAA Reauthorization Bill Passes Senate With Flying Colors
• Abu Dhabi Planning $1B Warner Bros. Theme Park, Hotel
• How Oil Pipelines Can Mitigate Shipper Bankruptcy Risks
• Accessory Liability Still Can't Extend FCPA Jurisdiction
• High Court Backs Invalidation Of Md. Power Plant Subsidy
• Texas Pushes 5th Circ. To Delay EPA's Haze Plan
• Essar Urges 8th Circ. To Nix $32M Damages In Contract Row
• FAA Reauthorization Bill In Home Stretch With Senate
• USCIS Seeks Win In Chinese Investors' Suit Over Visa Denials
• DOT Floats Rule Tackling Highway Congestion
• Nossaman Nabs Seattle Enviro Partner From Marten Law
• EBRD Exec Urges Banks To Jumpstart Infrastructure Projects
• FERC Greenlights $3.5B LNG Export Project
• Citgo Pans Gold Miner's Del. Suit Over Asset Transfer
• Leucadia Walks Away From $6B Ore. LNG Project
• Range Resources Avoids Drilling Near The Rich, Enviros Say
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Feds OK'd Solar Plant In Crucial Fox Habitat, Enviros Say
• Venezuela Calls $1.38B Award To Canadian Miner 'Unfair'
• CPP Foes Take Down EPA's Defense Of 'Extraordinary' Rule
• White House Voices Concerns Over FAA Reauthorization Bill
• SunEdison Floats Bankruptcy Loan Proposal With Creditors
• Chadbourne Fights To Exit $770M Congo Award Row
• Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Harjaskaran Rai
• EPA Says Cost Analysis Supports Mercury Rule
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Texas Oil Units Oppose 2nd Arbitration With Saudi Co.
• Muni Fraud Arrests Kick Gov't Crackdown Into High Gear
• Bombardier Challenges $1.3B Chicago Transit Contract Award
• Don't Short Us On Rural Broadband Funds, NY Tells FCC
• Senate FAA Bill Moves Closer To Final Passage
• EPA Wants Pebble Mine To Prove Financial Harm
• Interior Dept. Releases Final Offshore Well Control Regs
• Rising Star: Allen & Overy's Sami Asad Mir
• Conflicts And Confusion With CPP's Compliance Deadlines
• Feds Arrest NY Officials In 1st Muni Bond Criminal Case
• From Judgment Day To Payday In International Disputes
• Fired Contractor Loses Bid To Oust Judge In Development Row
• Enviro Groups Back Obama Rejection Of Keystone Pipeline
• Groups Ask Mich. Gov. To Cancel Enbridge Pipeline Easement
• DC Metro Ripped For Slow Progress On Fixing Safety Lapses
• NM Oil Group Asks To Join Tribal Right-Of-Way Rule Fight
• US Bank, Miner Want EB-5 Investors' Suit Tossed Or Moved
• Solar Energy Keeps Shining In Massachusetts — For Now
• Rising Star: Wilson Sonsini's Michael Joyce
• Rice Energy Puts Up $200M For Alpha Gas Properties
• Clean Energy Tax Credits Cut From Senate FAA Bill
• DC Metro Taps NY Transit Official To Lead Safety Efforts
• Ex-Im Bank Cleared From Enviros' Aussie LNG Loan Suit
• Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Dan Feldman
• Ex-EPA Criminal Enforcement Head Jumps To Private Sector
• Pa. Legislative Committees Want Oil And Gas Well Rules Killed
• EPA Urges ND Court To Toss Water Rule Challenge
• White House Set To Review US Arctic Drilling Regulations
• Wind Energy Investors Say Counsel Spat Nearly Resolved
• PE Firms Piping $170M To Southcross After Quick Ch. 11 Trip
• North Dakota Tribes Want Voice In Right-Of-Way Rule Fight
• Eminent Domain Gets Court OK In Jersey Shore Dune Fight
• Mass. Bumps Net Metering Cap To Spur Solar Projects
• Rising Star: Nossaman's Brandon Davis
• EPA Says Water Rule Belongs In 6th Circ. Despite Old Filing
• FERC Pressed To Rethink Rejection Of $7.5B LNG Project
• Port Authority Wants Master Plan For NY, NJ Marine Port
• Conservationist Coal Company: No Longer An Oxymoron
• Keep Kids' Climate Suit Alive For Now, Magistrate Says
• Could Crossover Refunding Make A Comeback?
• Settlement In Miami SkyRise Suit Bars Use Of Public Funds
• 7th Circ.'s FERC Ruling Leaves Hurdles For Grid Upstarts
• Canadian Miner Asks Judge To OK $1.4B Venezuela Award
• 11th Circ. Upholds Military Project Fraudster's Conviction
• Port Authority Reform Bill Clears A Hurdle, But More Remain
• EPA, Enviros Fight 5th Circ. Bid For Haze Plan Delay
• Dispute-Management Best Practices In Construction Projects
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• Texas Immunity Ruling May Chill Economic Development Deals
• Senate OKs Airport Security Boosts In FAA Reauthorization
• FERC Greenlights Transco's NJ Pipeline Expansion
• Water Rule Foes Say EPA Cert. Petition Bolsters En Banc Bid
• White House To Review EPA Oil, Gas Infrastructure Proposal
• Driverless Cars Pave The Way For Real Estate Development
• Guinea Says Ex-Port Operator's $44M Award Was Rightly Nixed
• Oil Cos. Blasts Bad Faith Claim In Pipeline Easement Suit
• 'Waters Of The US' Still Murky After 6th Circ. Ruling
• 7th Circ. Nixes Challenges To FERC Project-Rights Rule
• 'Buy America' Exceptions Carved Out For Transit Projects
• Former Amtrak Exec Picked To Lead New Jersey Transit
• 4 Takeaways From The DOJ's Halliburton-Baker Hughes Fight
• US Ports To Get $155B Infrastructure Upgrades In 2016-20
• Feds Strike New Accord To Remove Klamath River Dams
• Md. Board Approves $5.6B DC Suburbs Light Rail Contract
• Ontario To Raise $1.3B In Hydro One Secondary Share Sale
• Energy Co. Pushes To Combine Tribal Pipeline Suits
• Senate Votes To Move Forward With FAA Reauthorization Bill
• BofA, Others Pledge $8B For Green Energy Projects
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• NM Businesses Tell City To Take A Hike On Route 66 Bus Plan
• DOI Greenlights Southern California Solar Project
• Senate Kicks Off Consideration Of FAA Reauthorization Bill
• DC Circ. Says Public-Private Project Isn't Bound By Wage Law
• FERC Shuts Down Columbia River Add-On Hydro Bid
• ICSID Hands Canadian Miner $1.38B In Row With Venezuela
• BLM Defends Wyo. Coal Lease Extensions At 10th Circ.
• Contractor Wants Congo Sanctioned In $770M Award Row
• Law360's Environmental Disaster Survival Guide: Aftermath
• FERC Says Total Can't Fight Manipulation Charge In Court
• Conoco ICSID Case Highlights The Expense Of Fairness
• Ruffled Nevada Seeks Quick Win In Sage-Grouse Habitat Spat
• Fla. Gov. Signs Far-Reaching Transportation Financing Bill
• Investors Seek Win On Key Claims In EB-5 Policy Row
• BLM Urges Court To Nix Tribe's Opposition To Fracking Rule
• Coal Terminal Review Paused For Tribe's Permit Fight
• Native Landowners Urge Judge To Order Pipeline Removal
• Law360's Environmental Disaster Survival Guide: The Crisis
• Enviro Group Protests Florida River-Dredging Project
• An Explanation For The Decline In Design-Bid-Build
• Obama Had Authority To Nix Keystone XL Pipeline, Gov't Says
• Aliso Canyon Leak Prompts DOT, DOE To Launch Task Force
• Ill. Appeals Court Says City Can't Stop ComEd Project
• EPA Urges 6th Circ. Not To Rehear Water Rule Decision
• DOI Wrongly Pumping Up Royalty Violations, Statoil Says
• Law360's Environmental Disaster Survival Guide: Preparation
• Better 'Prompt' Than Never: Calif. Subcontractor Payments
• 9th Circ. Backs EPA Ruling On Ariz. Haze Plan
• National Oilwell Units Say $881M ICC Fight Halts US Case
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• European Commission Easing Investment Rules On Insurers
• EPA Has Authority To Craft CPP, Lawmakers Tell DC Circ.
• Venezuela Knocks Gold Reserve's Push For Bond On Appeal