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Project Finance - June, 2016

237 articles

• Canada's 1st Nations Get Enbridge Pipeline OKs Tossed
• Ill. Adopts Stopgap Budget, One Year Into Impasse
• Minn. Owes Fees In State Energy Battle, 8th Circ. Told
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Tighter Leash On FERC's Pipeline Process
• Power Supplier To Pay $6.75M In Pa. Price Spike Settlement
• DOI Unveils Final Rule On Mineral Lease Royalty Valuation
• NY Should Unify Standards For Atty Fees Against State Agency
• MarkWest Shorted Co. $26M For Pa. Gas Plant Work, Suit Says
• DOT, Md. Must Redo Purple Line Enviro Review, Court Told
• Christie Urges Senate To OK Higher Gas Tax, Lower Sales Tax
• Judge Nixes PG&E Bid To Ax Evidence In Pipeline Blast Trial
• $27M Settles Evolution-Denbury Oil Contract Dispute
• DC Circ. Drops LNG Export Fight On DOE's Doorstep
• City Drops 7th Circ. Petition Over Lucas Museum
• Clean Energy Incentive Program Creates More CPP Confusion
• Appeals Court Saves Private Partnerships In California
• Royal Caribbean, Miami-Dade To Use P3 For New Terminal
• ConocoPhillips Rips Venezuela Over $10M Award In 2nd Circ.
• Hanergy Demands $9.6M Owed Under Solar Project Deal
• SunEdison Shareholder Fights MoFo's 'Ivy League' Rates
• How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation
• Enviros Tell 9th Circ. Mine Rights Decision Can Be Reviewed
• Chevron Oil Lease Row Should Be Arbitrated, Court Told
• How To Become The Firm Every GC Wants To Hire
• Orlando MLS Team Closes On City Land At Stadium Site
• The 24 Firms GCs Love The Most
• Continental Resources Says Royalty Fight Not Time-Barred
• High Court To Hear Venezuela Oil Nationalization Dispute
• FERC Nabs DC Circ. Backing On LNG Project Approval
• Enviros To Appeal Fracking Rule Defeat At 10th Circ.
• Kinder Morgan Selling Stake In $500M Pipeline To Riverstone
• World Bank Provides New Insights Into Its Sanctions System
• New Pipeline Safety Law Needs A Push From Industry
• The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court
• The Top Supreme Court Dissents Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• A Divided Court Finds New Ways To Be Unanimous
• 8 Wasn't Enough For Lawyers Seeking High Court Clarity
• TransCanada Files $15B Arbitration Claim Over Keystone XL
• EPA Bans Fracking Wastewater From Public Facilities
• The Cloud And Ethical Considerations For Lawyers
• FERC Approved Unfair Grid Integration Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Chesapeake Lease Row
• EPA Fights Industry Bid To Link Mercury Rule Challenges
• Enviros Reinforce Bid To Halt $50M Calif. Highway Project
• DC Circ. Suspends New Plant Carbon Rule Briefing Schedule
• New Asian Infrastructure Bank OKs $509M In 1st Loans
• EPA Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Doom Coal Permit Nix
• Frustrated George Lucas Won't Build Museum In Windy City
• Gov't Appeals Fracking Rule Defeat To 10th Circ.
• 2 Charged With Fraud Over Conn. Soccer Stadium Deal
• DOT Slams NM Businesses' Bid To Block Rapid Transit Plan
• GM Plans $290 Million Investment in Corvette Plant
• Preparing For The Imminent Rise Of Citizen Science
• How Lawyers Can Harness The Power Of Social Media
• Vikings Beat Wells Fargo In Battle Over Signs Near Stadium
• Sunoco Can't Appeal Order OK'ing Eminent Domain Challenge
• Pa. Gov. Signs Bill Allowing Fracking Rules To Move Ahead
• LA Metro OKs Tax Ballot Measure To Fund $120B Transit Plan
• Xcel Energy Plans $400M Texas-To-N.M. Transmission Line
• Army Corps Fights Bid To Reopen PortMiami Dredging Suit
• FTA Says NEPA Violations Don't Justify Halting $5B Project
• Enviros Say DC Circ. Can Hear NY Nuke Plant Case
• High Court OT Ruling Dooms EPA Coal Permit Nix, Miner Says
• Aussie Solar Cos. Again Say $1.3M Award Must Be Nixed
• From The Partner's Desk: Tips For Recent Law Grads
• Transportation Regulation To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Real Estate Pro For Boston Office
• Feds Blast Judge's Decision To Sink BLM Fracking Rule
• Detroit-Canada Bridge Row Buckles As Last Claim Gets Axed
• Minn. Vows Fight Of 8th Circ.'s Declawing Of Emissions Law
• Pipeline Regulator Reauthorized As Obama Inks Safety Bill
• FERC Won't Halt Dominion's $159M NY Pipeline Upgrade
• Seadrill Didn't Lie About Russian Sanctions, Judge Says
• Panama Canal Expansion Could Increase Freight Claims
• 'Taking My Talents To South Beach': Law Firm Version
• Germany To Ban Fracking Indefinitely
• States, Oil Groups Sink BLM Fracking Rule
• FERC Urged To Block New FirstEnergy Subsidy Plan
• NRC Says DC Circ. Can't Hear Bid To Shut Off Nuke Plant
• Brexit Threatens To Disrupt Cross-Border Energy Deals
• Oregon, Enviros, Tribe Oppose Feds' Salmon Plan Schedule
• Ariz. Utility Says SolarCity's Antitrust Suit Cannot Stand
• Union Pacific Wants Land-Use Questions Sent To 9th Circ.
• PG&E Agrees To Shut Down Last Calif. Nuclear Power Plant
• EPA Great Lakes Plan Greatly Contrasts Chesapeake Bay
• FWS Proposes, Again, To Issue 30-Year Eagle Act Permits
• Rams Win Pause To Fight Remand Of Suit Over LA Move
• Firms Must Plant Roots In These Cities To Compete Globally
• 4 Firms Lead The Pack In Global Expansion
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2016
• Chicago Official Accuses Group Of Extortion In Museum Fight
• SEC Says Miami Can't Escape $38M Bond Rating Fraud Suit
• Gas Pipeline Co. Can't Escape Mass. Property Suit
• Vancouver Fights $5.4B Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan Approval
• Feds, Enviros Urge 10th Circ. To Unblock BLM Fracking Rule
• High Court Refuses To Review $123M Moroccan Oil Ruling
• Marathon Oil Pays $888M For PE-Backed Okla. Producer
• Tax Issues In Selling Versus Leasing Oil And Gas Interests
• Power Trader Hit With $2.8M FERC Penalty For Market Rigging
• Structuring Ideas For Cash Investors In Solar Projects
• Rams Fans Say Suit Over LA Move Shouldn't Be Held Up
• Sierra Club Asks DC Appeals Court To Block Gas Export
• New Pipeline Safety Bill Turns Up Heat On PHMSA
• Nat'l Oilwell Varco Can't Halt Bribery Arbitration In Texas
• Ala. DOT Aims To Nix Enviro Suit Over $450M Highway Project
• Ocean Carriers Urged To Help With Container Weight Rule
• Foreign Cos. Can Escape ERG Suit, Texas High Court Says
• 7th Circ. Won't Revisit FERC Project-Rights Ruling
• NY Energy Initiative May Offer Nationwide Framework
• Bulgaria Owes Russian Co. $617M For Scrapped Power Plants
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Block Indian Point Reactivation
• Mine Rights Decision Not Subject To Review, 9th Circ. Told
• FERC Floats Rule To Guard Critical Energy Grid Info
• $4B Maritime Trade Plan Aims To Boost Great Lakes Region
• CPP Stay Doesn't Stop EPA's Clean Energy Incentive Program
• FERC Finalizes Electricity Pricing Fixes For Power Markets
• $70M Arbitral Loser Just 'Blustering,' Wind Investors Say
• NMFS Faces Formidable Challenge In Columbia River Analysis
• Nigeria Tells DC Circ. There's 'No Doubt' Award Is Fraud
• DOI Needs Closer Eye On Tribal Oil, Gas Agreements: GAO
• 8th Circ. Nixes Minn. Emissions Law But Can't Clear The Air
• Texas Court Says BP Opinion Doesn't Apply In Pipeline Blast
• Maryland Purple Line Project Scores $875M Loan From Feds
• Chicago Taxis Urge 7th Circ. To Stop Uber, Lyft Laws
• NM Biz Groups Fight To Curb Route 66 Rapid Transit Plan
• University of Houston, Hofheinz Family Settle Naming Suit
• 8th Circ. Kills Minn. Law Blocking New Coal Plants' Power
• FERC Berkshire Hathaway Order May Jolt Electricity Market
• With Ex-Im Hobbled, GE Forges Ahead With French Financing
• Feds' Gaffe Doesn't Draw Sanctions In PG&E Explosion Case
• Continental Resources Royalty Fight Time-Barred, DOI Says
• Transportation Legislation To Watch: Midyear Report
• Sharing Is Saving: Towercos Take Off In Telecom Market
• A Cheat Sheet To Chevron's Epic Feud With Ecuador
• American Midstream Says Ajax Breached $44M Gas Agreement
• TransCanada, Sempra JV To Build $2.1B Pipeline In Mexico
• Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill Heads To Obama
• 6 Factors Every Law Firm's Gender Diversity Initiative Needs
• US, Mexico Back Canada In $370M NAFTA Wind Farm Row
• DC Circ. Urged To Split Challenges To EPA's Mercury Rule
• Grassley Pushes For Information On B Visas On Tesla Project
• Wis. Firm Wins OK To Subpoena Accountants In $17M Tax Row
• TPG Unit Sinks $400M Into Texas JV With Hunt Oil
• Abengoa Says Bidders Will Pay $360M For US Ethanol Plants
• House Panel Hits Kerry With 2nd Subpoena For Keystone Docs
• EU Investigating German State Aid To Plastics Co. Rehau
• A New Management Model For Calif. Groundwater Regulations
• Tata Power Inks $1.4B Deal For Renewable Energy Co.
• Supreme Court Nixes States' Challenge To EPA Mercury Rule
• 3 Water Rights Clashes Raining Down On Texas
• Troutman Steers Southern's $8.5B Bond To Fund AGL Deal
• NC Justices Say State Must Pay In Road Project Takings Fight
• Great Lakes Gas Tells 8th Circ. $32M Award Must Be Upheld
• BP's Norway Arm Combines With Det Norske In $1.3B Deal
• Pa. AG Won't Appeal Time-Barred Charges Against Mayor
• P3s On The Rise In Calif. Despite Upfront Challenges
• Antero Resources Pays $450M For 55K Acres On W.Va. Shale
• In-House Teams Are Voting With Their Feet — And Then Some
• Beverly Hills Says Tentative Ruling Justifies Moving Subway
• Aussie Co. Can't Escape $1.3M Arbitration Award, Court Told
• Calif.-Vegas Rail Developer Nixes Deal With Chinese Partner
• Kinder Morgan Units To Pay $500K Over Fla. Pipeline Spill
• Mediation Ran Aground In PortMiami Dredge Row, Enviros Say
• Moody's, S&P Tank Ill. Bond Rating After Year With No Budget
• Alaska, Anadarko Fight Revised Trans-Alaska Pipeline Rates
• Getma Can't Enforce $44M Guinea Port Arbitral Win
• 4th Circ. Rejects Enviros' Challenge To $838M Highway Project
• Coal Projects Founder On Shoals Of Tribal Fishing Rights
• BOEM Says 9th Circ. Decision Backs Its Cape Wind Argument
• 9th Circ. Stays Firm On FWS Polar Bear Habitat Designation
• House OKs Reform-Laden Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill
• States Maintain 11th Circ. Water Rule Challenge Isn't Moot
• Power Cos. Sue FERC Over Power Market Rule Change
• House OKs Bill To Delay Ozone Standards
• SEC Makes Ethiopian Utility Repay $6.5M In Illicit Bonds
• Enviros To Weigh In On $94M Claim Over Costa Rican Mine
• Crestview Provides $150M For Launch Of Oil Field Developer
• Enviros Denied Quick Win In Fight Over Consol Coal Permit
• Exelon Will Seek License To Run Pa. Nuclear Plant Until 2050s
• 7 Tips For Writing An Effective Amicus Brief
• JPMorgan Power Price-Rigging Suit Is Valid, 9th Circ. Told
• The 25 Law Firms GCs Recommend To Their Friends
• FERC Pipeline Powers Cause Actionable Harm, Enviros Say
• US Backs SolarCity In 9th Circ. Antitrust Row
• Pa. House Committee OKs Bill Killing Conventional Well Regs
• A Good Breeze Is Blowing For Offshore US Wind Development
• No Proof Ex-Chesapeake CEO's Death Was Suicide, Police Say
• Rams Want Suit Over LA Move Halted To Appeal Its Remand
• SunEdison Gets Final OK To Tap $300M Ch. 11 Loan
• 9th Circ. Backs San Diego Wind Farm's Right Of Way
• Shell Gas Cracker Could Fuel Work For Western Pa. Attys
• Iowa Greenlights $3.8B Pipeline For Constuction
• EPA Asks Judge To Sink NC's Ozone Region Suit
• ICSID Axes Panama Dam Row As Arbitral Gamesmanship
• Shell To Bring Ethane Cracker Plant To Western Pa.
• DOI To Pay $65M In Gas Pipeline Contract Dispute Settlement
• FERC Urged To Rethink Approval Of Pipeline Under Rio Grande
• Enviro, Tribal Groups Say It's Time They Enter Drilling Row
• SunEdison Shareholders Want Say In Co.'s Ch 11
• BLM Fracking Rule Foes Gain More Support At 10th Circ.
• Bracewell Brings Back Energy Finance Pro From Locke Lord
• Miss. County Says Contractor's State Project Ruined Roads
• 9 EU Nations Throw Weight Behind Offshore Wind Efforts
• Trader Says FERC Wrongly Denied Info In Manipulation Case
• High Court Won't Take Up Native Groups' Solar Plant Fight
• OFAC Eases Burma Sanctions, But Risks Remain
• Ecuador Stuck With $96M Chevron Award, High Court Says
• In Congress: Looking To Ramp Up Review Of Legislation
• Utility's Claims Trimmed In Liberty Mutual Contract Fight
• Canada Owes Millions For Canceled Wind Farm, Firm Says
• Taxation With Representation: Squire, Bracewell, Orrick
• DC Circ. Upholds NRC's Spent Nuke Fuel Storage Rule
• Exelon To Close Ill. Nuclear Power Plants After Bill Stalls
• Vetoed Keystone Bill Wasn't Congress's Will, Gov't Says
• Alternative Funding Sources For Mining Projects
• Texas Oil Units Ask 5th Circ. To Weigh Saudi Arbitration Row
• DOI Floats NY Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• Peabody Energy Sues Over Failed $358M Mine Sale
• PG&E Faces $24.3M Fine For Record-Keeping Problems
• EPA, Texas Clash On 5th Circ. Jurisdiction In Haze Plan Suit
• A Brief History Of Law Firm Cyberattacks
• Energy Co. Ends NJ Suit Over Failed Solar Project Funding
• FERC Greenlights Kinder Morgan's $2B LNG Project
• EPA Drilling Waste Regs Under Fire: 5 Things To Know
• SEC, Miami Both Push To Win $38M Bond Rating Fraud Suit
• Enviros Blast BLM Drilling Plan For Ohio National Forest
• Ex-BLM Head Helped Move Friend's Land Deal, Watchdog Says
• $4B LaGuardia Airport Project Nails Funding, Lease
• ICSID Tosses US Firm's $100M Claim Against Dominican Rep.
• Lawsuit Over Fracking Law Challenge Dismissed
• Fla. Power Trader Tries To Zap $16M In FERC Fines
• Pipeline Group Blasts FERC Pipeline Powers Challenge
• Feds Tell 11th Circ. Water Rule Fight Belongs In 6th Circ.
• Calif. Regulators Float Methane Rule For Oil, Gas Sector
• Ex-Enron Unit Blasts Fraud Claim, Defends Award In DC Circ.