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Project Finance - July, 2016

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• Baker & McKenzie Snags Energy Attys From Winston & Strawn
• SolarCity Fights Bid To Stay Monopoly Suit
• Enviros Urge FERC To Reconsider $683M Pipeline's Extension
• English Judge Won't Set Aside $151M LCIA Award
• FERC Gives Final Enviro OK To ETP $4.2B Pipeline Project
• Mass. High Court Nixes Class Cert. In Utility-Bills Case
• $10B Texas LNG Projects Gets FERC's Final Enviro OK
• Public-Private Projects Cleared For Takeoff At Airports
• PE Firm Starwood Pays $760M For 2 Power Generation Assets
• Wanted: New Contractor To Run Illinois' Troubled Lottery
• FRA Issues Final Safety Rule For Passenger Railroads
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• New STB Switching Regs Draw Fire Over Clarity Concerns
• Contractor On $42M Pa. Bridge Project Faces Fraud Charges
• Mass. Agency To Blame For Dredging Woes, Suit Says
• BLM Moves Drilling Permit Reviews Online
• Judge Freezes Accounts In Amusement Park Bond Scheme
• Glassmaker Opens 2nd Front In $490M Venezuela Award Row
• Sioux Tribe Fights $3.8B Pipeline Through Ancestral Lands
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling Dooms Clean Power Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Alliant To Sink $1B Into Iowa Wind Projects
• New Tax Rules Curtail Benefits Of Pass-Through Leases
• 4 Cases Shaping Renewable Energy Projects
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Enviros Sue To Stop Oil Exploration In Fla. Preserve
• Canada Enforces $1.4B Crystallex Award Against Venezuela
• FDIC Warns Banks Over Oil And Gas Lending Risks
• SEC Sues To Halt Fraudulent Amusement Park Bond Scheme
• SEC Snags $68M Judgment Over EB-5 Investor Scam
• Tribunal Overreached In $1.4B Mining Award, Venezuela Says
• STB Proposes New 'Switching' Regs To Force Rail Competition
• Venezuela Loses Another DQ Bid In ConocoPhillips Case
• ETP Unit Gets Final OK For $3.8B Dakota Access Pipeline
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To $455M Pa.-NY Pipeline Project
• Do I Need A 'Political Risk' Event Of Default?
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Enviros Attack New TransCanada Pipeline Project
• DC To Require 50% Renewable Energy By 2032
• FWS Finalizes Plan For Prioritizing ESA Status Reviews
• Opponents Of $1B Warriors Arena To Appeal Enviro Challenge
• FERC Grants 2-Year Extension For $683M Pa.-NY Pipeline
• Conoco Project In Alaska Oil Reserve Heads To Enviro Review
• 10th Circ. Backs Trans-Western In Utah Oil Lease Row
• FCC Commish Questions Mobile-Only Subsidy Plan
• ArcLight Sinks Another $150M Into Oil And Gas Driller
• Comanche Trail Pipeline Gets Border Construction Nod
• Prior Rulings Doom LNG Project Challenge, DC Circ. Told
• Feds Reject $110M Request To Untangle Chicago Train Traffic
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• Los Angeles County Sues To Force SoCalGas Well Upgrades
• Jones Day Adds 5 Ex-Hogan Lovells Attys To Push Asia Efforts
• EPA Tells 6th Circ. No More Docs Needed In Water Rule Row
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Wants $1.4B Arbitration Award Suit Nixed
• Congo First Lady's Depo No-Show Not Our Concern, Attys Say
• Fla. Enviro Groups Urge 11th Circ. To Revive Bridge Suit
• Gulf Oil, Gas Lease Sale Will Be First Streamed Online
• Commerce Department Launches New Trade Finance Panel
• NY's Block Of $683M Pipeline Means 2-Year Delay, FERC Told
• IRS Asks To Nix Expert Report In $92M Bad Debt Write-Off Row
• Spokeo Dooms Enviros' Calif. Fracking Suit, BLM Says
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• Taxation With Representation: MoFo, Davis Polk, Cooley
• DC Transit Union Fights For Worker Fired In Smoke Disaster
• Congo Foe In Pursuit Of $800M Award Can See Plane Docs
• New Offshore Shutdown Cost Regs Offer Cos. A Soft Landing
• FirstEnergy Shuts Ohio Coal Plants Amid Subsidy Controversy
• Interior Should Improve Gas Emissions Accounting, GAO Says
• FERC Must Make $5M Manipulation Case In Court, Judge Says
• Minnesota Takes Emissions Law Fight To US Supreme Court
• Group Wants Rural Broadband Cash Pegged To Urban Speeds
• Ameren Settles CAA Claims With $2M Deal For Enviro Projects
• DOT Oil Train Rule Proposes Costly Requirements
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To $1.6B PennEast Pipeline Project
• Calif. High Court OKs Takings Process, Allows Jury Damages
• San Diego Asks Calif. High Court To Set Arena Vote Threshold
• Delta Launches $1.9B Terminal Move, Upgrade At LAX
• MarkWest Says $26M Gas Plant Fight Should Be In State Court
• Exxon Boosts Asia-Pacific Holdings With $2.5B InterOil Buy
• Vattenfall OKs $349M For Wind Farm Off Scottish Coast
• Greens Challenge EPA Industrial-Boiler Carbon Monoxide Regs
• Lead Counsel Row In Chesapeake Antitrust Suits Continues
• FERC Scales Back Electricity Market Surveillance Proposal
• DC Judge Skeptical Army Corps Dam Row Needs To Be Moved
• SunEdison Gets Nod On $80M Sale Of Solar Energy Project
• Arch's DC Circ. Loss Shows Need To Document Project Costs
• DOT Oil Train Rule Sparks Security, Compliance Concerns
• Celgene Paying Up To $2.6B In Jounce Cancer Collaboration
• FRA OKs Passenger Rail Blueprint For New England
• Report Blasts Utilities For Tax-Dodging While Fighting CPP
• Enviros' Arctic Oil Lease Challenge Tossed As Moot
• Landowners Press Union Pacific On Docs In Land Rights Fight
• Groups Aim to Back Challenge To NY's Veto Of $683M Pipeline
• SunEdison Mulling Sale Of TerraForm Global
• EU Unveils 2030 Nation-By-Nation Greenhouse Gas Goals
• DOT Launches New Transpo Infrastructure Financing Bureau
• Judge Allows Litigious $18M Fiber Optic Row To Proceed
• DLA Piper Opens Puerto Rico Office With 4 Finance Partners
• PG&E Can't Strike Emails, Docs In Pipeline Blast Trial
• Calif. Carbon Plan Puts Rainforest Credits Down, Not Out
• North Dakota Asks DC Circ. To Set Aside EPA Methane Rule
• DOI's Arctic Drilling Rule May Squeeze Native Companies
• Warriors' $1B New Arena Survives Calif. Court Challenge
• Texas High-Speed Rail Line Doesn't Need STB Approval
• FWS Yanks Lesser Prairie Chicken From Threatened List
• PSEG Unit Blasts Hanergy's Bid For $9.6M On Solar Project
• DC Circ. Backs EPA's Revocation Of Coal Permit
• 8th Circ. Vacates Remand Of Class Action Over Rams Move
• Pipeline Owners Blast FERC Disapproval Of $786M Project
• Full DC Circ. Urged To Weigh Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• No Federal Dispute In Gas Driller Royalty Row, Pa. Says
• $27B NYC Subway Plan Boasts New Cars, Upgraded Stations
• Coal Plant Operator Says It Belongs In Enviros' Mine Suit
• Emails Hover Over Ex-NJ DOT Chief In Airline Bribery Case
• New Financial Regs Will Disrupt Offshore Oil And Gas
• Obama Signs FAA Reauthorization Bill
• DOE Greenlights Cameron LNG Gas Export Expansion
• NextEra Kills $4.3B Hawaii Utility Merger After Rejection
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Travelers, Water Co. Escape Liability In Slope Collapse Row
• EPA's Texas Haze Plan Stayed By 5th Circ.
• Industry, Green Groups Slam EPA's Defense Of Coal Ash Rule
• NJ Atty Faces Malpractice Judgment After Idaho No-Show
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Kirkland, Simpson
• Chevron Seeks Tribunal, Not State Court, For Nigeria Oil Row
• DC Circ. Nixes Enviros' Challenge To Cove Point LNG Project
• 5th Circ. Flipped, But Won't Flop, In BP Asset Sale Case
• Who's Who In The United Airlines Favor-Trading Saga
• Pa. Appeals Court Won't Ax Sunoco Pipeline Condemnation
• Hudson Tunnel Project On Federal Funding Fast Track
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Extension Poised For Legal Fight
• Energy Cos. Spar Over Arbitrator Choice In Bribery Row
• LNG Rulings Don't Sink Cove Point Challenge, Enviros Say
• Calif. High Court Leaves GHG Reduction Goals Up In The Air
• FAA Bill Leaves Air Traffic Control Reform In The Lurch
• Former NJ Attorney General Cops To United Airlines Bribery
• Craddick Must Arbitrate Sales Fight With Drilling Supplier
• Devon Completes Asset Sell-Off With $1.1B Pipeline Sale
• PJM Protocols: Ignoring Reliability And Cost Benefits?
• NY Can't Veto FERC's $683M Pipeline OK, 2nd Circ. Told
• ConocoPhillips Award Violates US Policy, 2nd Circ. Hears
• PHMSA Floats New High-Hazard Flammable Train Rule
• Mining Co. Says Venezuela's $2.8B Transfer Was Fraudulent
• 10th Circ. Nixes BLM Fracking Rule Stay Amid Appeal
• Total Says FERC $225M Manipulation Penalty Is Unfounded
• Sunoco Settles EPA Suit Over Texas, Okla. Oil Spills
• States Urge 10th Circ. To Revive Clean Water Rule Challenge
• An Unprecedented Expansion Of Calif. Water Board Authority
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade May Get 10-Year Extension
• Pa. Senate OKs Bill Trimming New Fracking Regulations
• Sempra, Pemex Tweak JV Buyout Offer After Antitrust Trouble
• Caltrans, Tribes Told To Work Out Doc Issues In Project Suit
• FAA Cuts Number Of Airports In Safety Plan Proposal
• Union Pacific Urges Immediate Appeal Of Land Rights Ruling
• GOP-Backed Bill Aims To Ground Commercial Flights To Cuba
• Enviros Blast DOI's Bid To Slip Offshore Drilling Suit
• Too Much Atty 'Conferring' In ND's Fee Bid, Minn. Says
• Ariz. Utility Wants Pause Of SolarCity Antitrust Suit
• Enviros Seek Gov't Docs In 6th Circ. Battle Over Water Rule
• Enviros Press Obama To Halt Federal Fossil Fuel Leasing
• Enviros Press 10th Circ. To Lift BLM Fracking Rule Stay
• DC Circ. Offers Clarity On GHG Emissions In NEPA Studies
• Dentons Struggles To Dodge Discovery In $10.2M Guinea Row
• States, Industry Say Block On BLM Fracking Rule Should Stay
• NJ Man Cops To Defrauding Defunct Water Agency
• Bid To Raise New Claim In Detroit-Canada Bridge Row Denied
• PG&E Wants To Strike Emails, Docs In Pipeline Blast Trial
• Kinder Morgan Sells $1.47B Stake In Pipeline To Southern Co.
• Uncertainty Ahead For FERC Income Tax Allowance Policy
• FERC Flubbed New Electricity Rules, Enviros Tell DC Circ.
• Calif. Water Works Call Federal Resource Plan Flawed
• Va. Power Co. Dodges $7.3M Tax Bill For Use Of Natural Gas
• AVIC Cos. Fight 'Stacked Deck' From $70M Arbitration Award
• Sunoco Pipeline Faces $1.5M Fine For Texas Safety Violations
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• 4 Takeaways From DOI's New Arctic Offshore Drilling Rule
• SoCal Edison Says Axing Nuke Plant Deal May Hurt Ratepayers
• Vikings Seek $655K In Attys' Fees In Wells Fargo Sign Battle
• $97M Oil Securities Claims Tossed A Third Time
• Chevron Wants $1.6B Nigerian Oil Lease Fraud Suit Tossed
• DOI Stiffens Arctic Drilling Environmental Standards
• $2.6B Cape Wind Project To Sail On Despite DC Circ. Setback
• Appaloosa-TerraForm Discovery Halted For Dismissal Fight
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Judge Affirms Alpha's $12M Ch. 11 Executive Incentive Plan
• PwC Australia Dodges Suit Over Energy Co. Stock Offering
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Scrap EPA's Highway Guidance
• Va. Drivers Challenge Road Tolls That Pay For Metro
• Contractor Wants Info From Congo's 1st Lady In Award Row
• TransCanada Pushes To Invalidate Obama's Keystone Denial
• Tribunal Overstepped In $1.4B Mining Row, Venezuela Says
• Legislators Reach Deal On Short-Term FAA Extension
• Okla. Urges 10th Circ. To Hear EPA Water Rule Challenge
• NJ Woman Admits Flouting Minority Biz Contracting Rules
• AVIC Entity Says It Can't Be Roped Into $70M Award Row
• PG&E Looks To Ax Evidence, Subpoena In Pipeline Blast Trial
• 9th Circ. CWA Case Poses Risks For Coal Ash Litigation
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Fla. Judge Reopens PortMiami Dredging Suit
• DOT Issues Proposed Regs For Hazardous Materials Transport
• States Say EPA Flubbed New-Plant Carbon Plan Review
• S. Sudan Must Pay $40M In Power Contract Row, Tribunal Says
• Illinois Can Use Eminent Domain For I-90 Project, Panel Says
• Kinder Morgan Says Railroad Can't Appeal Land Rights Ruling
• New Power Sources Key To NY Green Energy Goals: PSC Chair
• DC Circ. Says More Study Needed For Cape Wind Project
• Parallel Proceeding Problems: The Case For Party Autonomy
• Hogan Lovells Nabs Dechert International Arbitration Atty
• Proposed Energy Grid Info Regs May Not Offer Expected Security
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• 5 Public-Private Transportation Projects To Watch
• GOP Sens. Float Plan To Share Offshore Oil Money With States
• Utility Seeks To Block Records In Pipeline Blast Trial
• Pattern Energy Pays $269M For NM Wind Farm
• DC Circ. Nixes FERC Tax Allowance For Pipeline Partnership
• Alpha Inks $7.5M Deal To Resolve Enviro Ch. 11 Objections
• BLM Fracking Decision Is Narrow, But With A Vast Impact
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes