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Project Finance - May, 2016

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• Verrilli Urges High Court To Review Venezuela's Petition
• Saudi, Chinese Cos. To Partner On Petrochemical Facility
• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Small Cos. Need Access To Trade Finance, WTO Leader Says
• Barrick Investors Propose $140M Class Action Settlement
• Enviro Groups To Sue Army Corps Over $374M Port Dredging
• Chevron Says Faulty Construction Sunk Oil Rig Equipment
• Enviros Decry Public Costs Of $3.5B Gas Pipeline Project
• Kinder Morgan Unit Can Fight FERC Rate Ruling, DC Circ. Told
• Solenex Doesn't Want Enviro, Tribal Groups In Drilling Row
• European Court Advised To Uphold Rosneft Sanctions
• Wis. AG Clarifies State Regulation Of High-Capacity Wells
• Great Plains Energy To Buy Westar In $8.6B Utility Deal
• Metal Co. Wants Frivolous Appeal Damages In Air Permit Suit
• US Tribes Down But Not Out Of Canadian Pipeline Fight
• Seneca Says Fed. Law Preempts Pa. Town's Waste Well Rule
• Enviros Appeal To 9th Circ. In Aussie LNG Loan Suit
• 5 Tips For Energy Cos. Looking To Tap Into Mexico
• Sens. Say DOI Must Weigh Coal Leasing's Climate Risks
• DOE Yanks $40M Funding For Dominion Offshore Wind Project
• Feds Give Thumbs-Up To Pacific Offshore Fracking
• Sierra Club Asks Okla. High Court To Sink Coal Plant Revamp
• Start-Of-Construction Update Should Benefit Clean Energy
• Calif. Comes Up $600M Short From Cap-And-Trade Auction
• FWS Blasts ETP's Bird Conservation Plan For $4.2B Pipeline
• Senators Push House To Quickly Pass FAA Reauthorization
• To Un-Jam Transportation Infrastructure Tenn. Tries P3s
• PennEast Is Avoiding FERC Obligations, Enviros Say
• Whistleblower Says Calif. Town Hid Deficit To Attract NFL
• BLM Can't Regulate Our Land, Ute Tribe Tells 10th Circ.
• Enviros Want In On EPA Mercury Rule Cost Analysis Fight
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• House Battles Over LGBT Protections In Energy, Water Bill
• Abengoa Affiliate OK'd To Sell Stake In Texas Water Pipeline
• NY Board OKs $485M For Buffalo-Area Solar Plant
• Biz Group Shut Out From State's DOE Plutonium Waste Suit
• House Transpo Funding Bill Clears Murky Trucking Regs
• 3 States Ask 10th Circ. Not To Unblock BLM Fracking Rule
• Alberta Proposes Carbon Tax As Part Of Climate Push
• Murkowski Pans BLM Management Plan For Public Lands
• Chevron Accused Of Fraud In $1.6B Nigerian Lease Deal
• Maryland, Federal Officials Defend Purple Line Approval
• Oil And Gas Opportunities And Political Obstacles Ahead
• EPA New Plant Carbon Rule Foes Want To Hit Pause Button
• Salsano Group Drops $125M On Panama Land Tract
• House Keeps 'Waters Of US Rule' Defunding In Energy Bill
• Sabal Trail Gets Easement Win For $3B Natural Gas Pipeline
• States Slam EPA's Bid To Keep MATS Fight Out Of High Court
• $58B Transpo, Housing Funding Bill Advances In House
• Enviros Blast Fossil Fuel Portions Of Energy Reform Bill
• DC Metro Defends Plan To Fix Safety Failures
• ND Judge Rejects EPA Bid To Nix Water Rule Challenge
• FERC Urged To Rethink NJ Power Line Projects Ruling
• Vikings Slam Wells Fargo's Signs Near New Stadium
• Range Resources Dodges $9M Fracking Leak Fine — For Now
• Enviros Press NRC To Keep Entergy's NY Nuke Plant Shut
• Utilities Take FERC Project Plan Orders Fight To DC Circ.
• Not So Fast, Ohio: FERC Weighs In On Wholesale Energy
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• 3 Vital P3s In Pa.'s Push For Private-Sector Alliances
• Kinder Morgan Scraps $5B Pipeline FERC Approval Bid
• US Bank Must Face Fraud Claims, EB-5 Investors Say
• Gov. Christie Nixes Port Authority Overhaul Bill
• 7th Circ. Urged To Rethink FERC Project-Rights Ruling
• WV, Texas AGs Press EPA To Stop Clean Power Plan Work
• NY Reforms Electricity Regs In Clean Energy Push
• Canadian Regulator Endorses $5.4B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Florida Landowners Lose Bid To Kill Gas Pipeline Suit
• Feds Face Hard Choices In Final Energy Regulatory Push
• Ecuador Wants High Court Review Of Chevron's $96M Award
• FERC Backs Off On Plan Power Cos. Said Might Prompt Suits
• Gas Co. Asks 10th Circ. To Reconnect Pipeline Antitrust Suit
• New Far-Reaching Air Regulations For US Oil And Gas Wells
• Creditors To Probe SunEdison Under Ch. 11 Financing Deal
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Federal Gov't Should Stop Meddling In Stadium Financing
• Considerations For Power Generation Co. Restructuring
• Traffic, Rising Seas Loom Large At Miami Real Estate Summit
• 3rd Circ. Says Pa. Developer Lacks NEPA Standing
• Reflecting On The 20th Anniversary Of BMW V. Gore
• EU Doubles Down On State Aid Restrictions After Tax Probes
• NJ Mayor Creates Port Authority Oversight Team
• Clean Energy, Greenhouse Gas Rules Top Obama's Agenda
• Chadbourne, Congo Don't Owe Contractor For Appeal: DC Circ.
• UK Fund Pays $105M For Conn. Rest Area Operator
• Fla. High Court Says State Can't OK FPL's Drilling Investment
• Lung Groups Back Fight To Lower EPA Ozone Standard
• Senator Seeks To Expand Liability For Non-US Oil Spills
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• Sens. Float Bill To Make EPA Answer For Gold King Spill
• Enviros Blast Officials' Bid To Ax Austin Highway Projects Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Reconsider Ind. Highway Project Appeal
• Enviros Urge Prioritization Of Sage-Grouse In Habitat Row
• Rural Broadband Assoc. Wants FCC Funds Based On Quality
• Utah High Court Affirms USA Power's $115M Trade Secrets Win
• Shell Midstream Ups Pipeline Asset Stake In $700M Deal
• Could Community Microgrids Be More Than Just A Fad?
• Texas Court Pins Unocal Duties On Alaska Pipeline Partners
• 3 Takeaways From DC Circ.'s Surprise CPP Argument Pivot
• Gas Pipeline Suit Belongs With FERC, Fla. Courts: Landowners
• Native Groups Urge High Court To Hear Solar Plant Site Row
• 11th Circ. Water Rule Challenge Isn't Moot, States Say
• Syracuse University Unveils $255M Sports Facilities Project
• Ex-Harrisburg Mayor Dodges Over 300 Charges With Time Bar
• $3.5B LNG Project Needs 2nd Look From FERC, Enviros Say
• New York Gov. Joins Fight For FCC Rural Broadband Funds
• Constitution Takes Pipeline Permit Denial To The 2nd Circ.
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Mass. Top Court Says State GHG Rules Not Good Enough
• Full DC Circ. To Hear CPP Challenges In the Fall
• Tribe Can't Block Work On Wind Farm In Preservation Suit
• Construction Co. Settles Whistleblower FCA Suit For $2.25M
• Enviros Sue FWS To Expand Long-Eared Bat Protections
• Enviro Slams PHMSA Over Enbridge Pipeline Response Plan
• 9th Circ. Revives Santa Monica Airport Land Title Row
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Snell & Wilmer Finance Team In SoCal
• La., Ala. Look To DC Circ. In Drilling Revenue Rule Fight
• Oil Co. Says DOI Pipeline Ruling Led To 'Absurd' Demand
• 4 Things To Know About The WRDA Bill
• CFIUS OKs TransCanada's $13B Columbia Pipeline Buy
• Transco Gets Preliminary Enviro OK For $190M Pipeline Build
• Skanska Inks $70M Deal To Renovate U. Of Cincinnati Arena
• Xcel Energy Looks To Build $1B Colorado Wind Farm
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• GOP Grills EPA Head Over Clean Power Plan Work
• Ballard Spahr Tapped As Molycorp Mine's Ch. 11 Counsel
• Wash. Coal Terminal Defeat Puts Tribes In Driver's Seat
• DC Metro Revising Repair Plans After Federal Directives
• Enviros Slam Revised Power Subsidy Deals Stalled By FERC
• Applying EU Merger Control To Chinese State-Owned Entities
• Industry Groups Sue Gov't Over Sage-Grouse Land Plans
• EPA Methane Rule Points To Hard-Line Stance On Future Regs
• Chesapeake Lease Row Attys Shed Sanctions At 6th Circ.
• Arriva Rail Facing UK Competition Probe
• New Lucas Museum Suit There Will Be, Group Tells 7th Circ
• $3.8B Oil Pipeline Gets OK From All Dakota Landowners
• Mayer Brown Lures Ex-Orrick Africa Projects Expert In Paris
• Senate Passes $37.5B Energy And Water Development Bill
• How Climate Change Is Transforming ESA And NEPA Analyses
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• EPA Finalizes Methane Rule For New Oil, Gas Sources
• Critical Calif. Transpo Projects Still Underfunded, Report Says
• CPUC Takes Second Look At Nuclear Plant Shutdown Deal
• Senate Advances $37.5B Energy, Water Spending Bill
• Chancery Tosses Class Suit Over $446M MLP Pipeline Deal
• Orrick Builds Out Paris Office With Addition Of 6 Partners
• Enviros Say DOT, Md. Shirked NEPA With Purple Line OK
• PennEast Wants In On FERC Pipeline Powers Challenge
• FERC Stands Firm On PJM Power Plan For Crises
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• Peoples Gas To Pay $18.5M After Ill. AG Probe Into Pipe Costs
• Industry, States Back Critics Of Obama's Keystone Denial
• Suit Over Rams' Move To LA Will Play Out In St. Louis
• Texas Cities Can't Regulate Propane Industry, AG Says
• Peabody, CITIC To Sell Off Australian Coal Assets For $88M
• Tax Credit Eligibility Boost Puts Wind In Developers' Sails
• Vivint's Merger Breach Claims Draw It Into SunEdison Ch. 11
• DOJ Backs FERC In Enviros' Pipeline Powers Challenge
• Colo. High Court Ban On Fracking Bans Could Set Precedent
• Tribal Rights Block Coal Terminal Permit, Army Corps Says
• Feds Blast Tribal Claim To Holy Site At Solar Power Plant
• Wind Farm Blasts Feds' Denial Of $226M Energy Grants
• Conservatives Push For Slower Ozone Regulation
• NY Bankruptcy Judges Irked By Long-Winded First-Day Filings
• Senate Dems Reject $37.5B Energy Spending Bill For 3rd Time
• Rams Say Suit Over LA Move Belongs In Federal Court
• Enviros Seek Quick Win On $50M Calif. Highway Expansion
• Baker Botts Boosts Energy Biz With Ex-KWM Construction Pro
• DOI Panel Overturns Colorado Coal Mine Expansion Approval
• Kinder Morgan Unit Rate Ruling Was Sound, FERC Says
• Oil Firms Press 9th Circ. To Rethink Polar Bear Habitat
• Bolivian Testimony Too Late In $386M Mine Row, Tribunal Says
• New Florida Legislation Will Facilitate P3 Projects
• Feds Urge High Court To Deny Review Of EPA Mercury Rule
• Solar Co. Blasts Fox Allies' Bid To Stall Calif. Project
• NY County Exec, Others Sentenced In $300M Bid-Rigging Case
• FERC Approves Gas Pipeline Under Rio Grande
• DC Metro Plans Lengthy Shutdowns For Subway Repairs
• EPA Region 9 Spearheads Climate Fight, Outgoing Chief Says
• Texas LNG Developers Seek FERC Approval Of $20B Project
• Pa. Enviros Sue DEP Over Permit For Williams Pipeline
• Prevailing Wage: The Possible Fourth 'P' In P3s
• Ore. Strikes Down Feds' Columbia River Salmon Analysis
• Alaska Natives, Feds Settle On Fees In Drilling Permit Row
• EPA Won't Revise Tougher Carbon Rule For New Power Plants
• $1.4B Arbitration Windfall A Beacon For Private Funders
• K&L Gates Picks Up Ex-DLA Piper Energy Partner In Milan
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• Shell, Alon Escape Sanctions In Pipeline Easement Suit
• DC Circ. Nixes Venezuela's Bid To Halt Gold Reserve Judgment
• Energy Co. Says It Had Consent For Pipeline On Tribal Land
• Enviros Press Case Against DOT On Oil Spill Response Plans
• Power Cos. Tell DC Circ. FERC Wrongly Cut Contract Terms
• Chicago Mayor Pins Lucas Museum Hopes On 7th Circ.
• FCC Asked To Streamline Tower Construction On Tribal Lands
• Renewable Energy Tax Expert Joins Mayer Brown In NY
• Enviros Launch Suit Over Outdated EPA Drilling Waste Regs
• FERC Says Suit Challenging Pipeline Powers Has No Legs
• Gov't Seeks To Nix Suit Over EB-5 Program Gerrymandering
• Chicago's Lucas Museum In Jeopardy After Site Fight
• Ohio Regulators Asked To Revisit Power Subsidy Deals
• FAA Proposes Easing Funding Limits On Airport Rail Projects
• John Hancock Sinks $227M Into SolarCity Projects
• Ariz. Utility Tells 9th Circ. It's Immune In Antitrust Row
• Lawmakers Urge DOI To Take Arctic Drilling Off the Table
• Pipeline Watchdog To Make Oversight More 'Data Driven'
• BLM Fracking Rule Foes Say Court Should Ignore New Study
• Enviros Fight Drilling Leases In NM National Forest
• TransCanada Says Obama's Keystone Veto Flouted Congress
• 5 Ways Cuba Can Open Its Doors To US Business
• Wis. Can't Reinstate $140M Highway Expansion Approval
• Pa. House Committee Moves To Nix Oil And Gas Well Rules
• Miss. Metal Co. Asks 5th Circ. To Toss Air Permit Suit
• USCIS Pushes For Win In Class Action Over EB-5 Rule
• Chadbourne Can't Evade Sanctions In Award Row, Court Told
• Akin Gump Adds Renewable Energy Project Finance Partner
• Gov. Christie Vetoes Latest Offshore Wind Farm Bill
• Colo. Supreme Court Kills Cities' Fracking Restrictions
• Ala. Residents Ask To Hit Brakes On Interstate Repairs
• FERC OKs Pipeline To New Pa. Gas-Fired Power Plant
• No Recovery In Calif. For Views Blocked By Public Projects