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Project Finance - August, 2016

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• Ex-Fed. Prosecutor Named GC Of NY, NJ Port Authority
• Transco Sues To Use Eminent Domain In Ga. Pipeline Project
• Jury's $73M Land Deal Award Stays Axed, Calif. Panel Says
• Pakistan Dodges $573M Arbitration Over Gas Import Terminal
• EPA, DOI Urged Army Corps Not To OK Pipeline, Docs Show
• Iowa Judge Won't Curb Dakota Pipeline Protests, For Now
• Kinder Morgan Unit Fined $198K For Pipeline Safety Lapses
• State Of Texas Legal Market: More M&A Work Than You Think
• NY Clean Energy Order: Unfair To Small Hydro Facilities?
• Reconciling The Practice With The Business Of Law
• Carlton Energy's $31M Win Kept Intact In Methane Dispute
• Chadbourne Says Nigeria Arbitral Case Offers No Parallel
• Protests Stall Montreal Talks On $12B Energy East Pipeline
• International Finance To Invest $15M In Philippine PE Fund
• BLM Tweaks Auction Regs Ahead Of Landmark Internet Sale
• Dominion Jumping Gun On Va. Nuke Plant, Watchdog Told
• FERC OKs $210M Dominion Gas Expansion Project
• Grid Integration Plan Is Solid, FERC Tells DC Circ.
• DC Circ. Says FERC Botched Alaska Pipeline Rate Rejection
• REBUTTAL: Establishing Standards And Norms In Mediation
• DC Circ. Won't Link Mercury Rule Challenges
• Colo. Anti-Fracking Measures Won't Make November Ballot
• Calif. Tribe Tells DC Circ. Utility Can't Delay Dam Dispute
• Mine Cos. Must Face Suit Over Gold King Disaster, NM Says
• Harm Is Clear In Gas Well Suit, Enviros Tell 8th Circ.
• NJ Gas Co. Urges Approval Of PennEast Pipeline Project
• Afghan Power Plant Subcontractor Sues Boss For $8M Award
• Iowa Utilities Board Approves $3.6B Wind Project
• Considering The Difference: Treaty Rights And NEPA Review
• Amtrak Inks $2B Deal For New High-Speed Trains From Alstom
• Calif. '1 Action Rule': A Cautionary Tale For Energy Lenders
• State Of Texas Legal Market: Litigation Trends
• DC Circ. Set Immunity Standard Too Low, Venezuela Says
• India To Let Banks Issue Masala Bonds To Foreign Investors
• Tribes, Greens Ask Obama To Block Dakota Access Pipeline
• A Cheat Sheet To The Sioux Fight To Stop The Dakota Pipeline
• Defining Attorney-Client Relationships In The Electronic Age
• State Of Texas Legal Market: It Isn't Just About Oil
• Oil Magnate Kicks Off Arbitration Over Pricey Rig
• Pa. Fracking Hopeful Says Court Should Weigh Well Block
• Obama Expands Hawaii Marine Reserve Into World's Largest
• 3 Key Challenges When Closing A Nuclear Plant
• NJ Agency OKs $1B Bonds For Delayed Meadowlands Project
• Green Groups Challenge Feds' Oil And Gas Leases Approval
• Challengers Say 7th Circ. Decision Irrelevant To CPP Fight
• Steel Co. Loses $8.6M WTC Appeal Against Port Authority
• Port Authority Says NY Case Doesn't Impact AAA Toll Dispute
• India's Top Court Lets US Coal Co. Arbitrate $18M Energy Row
• 4 Reasons Law Firm Business Development Initiatives Fail
• TC Pipelines Says Chancery Right To Ax $446M MLP Deal Suit
• Feds Update Hazardous Materials Commerce Regs
• SunEdison Seeks OK To Award Up To $5M In Exec Bonuses
• Maryland, FTA Want To Alter Enviro Order For DC Rail Line
• Sioux Tribe Says 'Cultural Survival' At Stake In Pipeline Row
• Tesla CEO Helps Finance SolarCity $124M Bond Offering
• DOT Slams Enviro Suit Over Pipeline Spill Response Plans
• La. Loses Army Corps Cost-Sharing Challenge At 5th Circ.
• Calif. Assembly Passes GHG Emissions Reduction Bill
• Sundevil Gets OK For Sale Of Ariz. Power Blocks
• Sioux Tribe Slams Pipeline Co., Army Corps In Injunction Bid
• Amtrak Slams Mass. Suit Over Cost-Sharing Deal Breach
• Fish And Wildlife Fumbled ESA On 417 Species, Enviros Say
• PJM Seeks DC Circ. Shutdown Of FERC Floor Price Dispute
• Venezuela Needs To Post Bond In Mining Suit, Court Told
• Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Sink $607M Gas Pipeline Project
• Offshore Driller, Hyundai Reach Accord Over Nixed Contract
• Suction Mining Ban Not Preempted, Says Calif. High Court
• Venezuela Must Pay $1.2B To Canadian Miner, Tribunal Says
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Activists' Bid To Join Fracking Fight
• From BigLaw To Your Own Firm: 4 Tips For Legal Startups
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds Nix Of $400M Water Plant Deal
• Newfield Violated Sherman Act In $310M Buy, Oil Cos. Say
• Metro Slams Union's Worker Rehire Bid After Smoke Incident
• Iowa Farmers Lose Bid To Stay $3.8B Dakota Access Project
• Okla.'s EPA Rule Challenge Belongs In 6th Circ., Gov't Says
• GM Pumping More Than $90M Into Indiana Plant
• Feds, Arizona Prevail Against Freeway Challenge
• Miner Says Fraud Law Can Make Venezuela Pay $1.4B Award
• Truckers, Energy Groups Rip FHWA's Greenhouse Gas Regs
• Energy Finance Attys Are Shifting Focus In Tough Times
• Ala. DOT Fights To Toss Suit Over $450M Highway Project
• Nigeria Oil Dispute With Chevron Sent To Arbitration
• 4 Communications Fundamentals For High-Stakes Litigation
• Competitive Carriers Lobby FCC On Mobile-Only Subsidies
• Dakota Access Fights Tribe's Bid To Stall $3.8B Pipeline
• Ex-DOI Bigs Push To Revive Fracking Rule At 10th Circ.
• Calif. Pols Unveil $7.4B Transpo Package, Gas Tax Hikes
• Texas Wind Farms Owe EFH Unit $9M For Undelivered Power
• 5 States With Gas Royalty Fights Worth Watching
• Risk Management Tips For Attys Serving As Local Counsel
• LAX Settles Enviro Suit Over $5B Project, Axes Runway Move
• Enviros' Species Concerns Fail To Stall Calif. Solar Project
• Enviros Look To Sue Feds Over Pacific Offshore Fracking
• Enviros Sue Army Corps Over Florida Dredging Project
• 9th Circ. Won't Budge On Wind Farm Right-Of-Way Ruling
• FERC Gives Up On 'Stale' Maine LNG Project
• Law Profs Urge 10th Circ. To Lift BLM Frack Rule Nix
• What To Know About New White House GHG Guidance
• Conservatives Mobilize To Quash Ex-Im Rescue Attempts
• Pause Sought In EPA Haze Plan Fight Amid Settlement Talks
• $3M Earmarked For Renewable Energy On Tribal Lands
• Enviros Sue Over $3B Pipeline Approval In 11th Circ.
• EPA Says Recent Rulings Back Clean Power Plan's Legality
• Ill. Voters Could Save Money For Roads Via Ballot Measure
• Enviros, Industry Groups Clash Over New EPA Ozone Rules
• Fla. Counties' Rail Bond Suit Against DOT Stays On Track
• Two Oil Cos. Quit Guinea Offshore Project To Settle Claims
• Enviros Fight Air Permit For $1.3B Dominion Va. Gas Plant
• Beware The 'Standard' Mediation Confidentiality Agreement
• Pipeline Co. Backs FERC OK Of $607M Expansion Project
• Mass. Top Court Nixes Ratepayer Subsidies For Pipelines
• DOI Wrongly Denied Remote Alaskan Road, 9th Circ. Told
• Fuel Tax Law Creates Big Leak In Aviation Trust Fund
• UK Approves DONG Energy's $7.8B Offshore Wind Project
• Pipeline Co. Wins Restraining Order Against ND Protesters
• 11th Circ. Lets 6th Circ. Navigate Water Rule Challenge
• DOT Clarifies Regs For Abandoned Oil, Gas Pipelines
• States, Enviros Move To Support EPA's New Methane Rules
• Chinese Solar Co. Wants Rehearing Of Arbitration Notice
• 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Law Libraries
• Tribe Chairman, Protesters Sued For Stalling $3.7B Pipeline
• Wind Energy Co. Seeks To Duck Canada's Costs In $367M Row
• Oregon's Rejection Of Coal Terminal Permit Upheld
• Wis. DOT Asks 7th Circ. To Reinstate $140M Highway Project
• Gas Driller Royalty Row Handed To Pa. State Court
• BLM Had Authority To Craft Fracking Rule, 10th Circ. Told
• Courts Could Steer Fate Of Texas Water Reuse Projects
• Settlement Possible In Port Authority Lease Discount Dispute
• Seneca Frack Waste Deal Fails To Protect Town, Court Told
• Ex-DC Councilmember Given Escape Hatch In Bid-Rigging Suit
• LA's $2.5B Subway Plan Hits Bump Over Faulty Enviro Review
• Greenberg Traurig Adds EPA Vet To Firm
• Calif., Other States Back EPA's New Ozone Standards
• Law Students Should Explore BigLaw Pro Bono Options
• Fla. Court Revives Fraud Claims In $80M Nigerian Hotel Suit
• SunEdison Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Equity Committee Bid
• Interior Dept. Floats Offshore Wind Leasing Plan In NC
• Vietnamese Wind Tower Tariffs Don't Get By Fed. Circ.
• NJ Atty Denies Blame In Malpractice Suit By Energy Co.
• Trump, Clinton Tout Infrastructure Spending, With Few Details
• Rail Shippers Petition DOT To Block Rival Tank Car Standards
• Judge OKs Bid-Rigging Suit Over $310M Drilling Asset Sale
• Illinois Seeks Private Partner For $425M Highway Project
• Houston Co. Wants $400M In Williams Energy Contract Clash
• Partners Group Leads €500M German Wind Farm Investment
• 5th Circ. Won't Block $2.7M Fine For Exxon Pipeline Leak
• BP Says FERC $20M Manipulation Fine Doesn't Hold Up
• NY Cannot Divert Truck Tolls To Maintain Canals, Judge Says
• New Coal Plant Wastewater Rules Already In Trouble: Report
• Ill. Appeals Court Reverses Certification Of $1.8B Power Line
• Challenges To STB On-Time Rule Gain Steam In DC Circ.
• BLM Skipped Oil And Gas Auctions, Industry Group Says
• Aussie Antitrust Regulator OKs 2 Melbourne Port Proposals
• Fla. Power Traders Get Full Civil Case Over FERC Penalty
• Biofuels Co. Demands Indonesia Arbitrate Dispute At ICSID
• Panama Canal Authority Mostly Defeats Builders' $106M Claim
• Iowa Farmers Seek To Stop $3.8B Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
• The Evolution Of EPA's Source Determination Rule
• Ore. Wind Farm Foes Can't Ask For Nix, DOI Tells 9th Circ.
• NJ, Pa. Homeowners Object To PennEast Gas Pipeline Process
• FERC Can't Make Duke Eat Polar Vortex Losses, DC Circ. Told
• Texas Judge Appoints New Arbitrator In Saudi Bribery Row
• Jury Convicts CEO Accused Of WTC Contract Fraud
• FERC Defends Approval Of $607M Gas Pipeline Expansion
• Rig Accident Malpractice Case Not Ripe, Says Texas Court
• SolarCity Securities Suit Tossed For Final Time
• 5th Circ. Tosses FERC Orders In Regional Planning Appeal
• NJ Agency OKs $1B Bond Plans For Meadowlands Project
• IRS Is Asked For Info On Carbon Credits For Oil Extraction
• Feud Over Witness Caps CEO's $100M WTC Fraud Trial
• EPA Enforcement Will Stay Tough Post-Obama, Giles Says
• Fuel Fraud Law Drained Up To $2B From Airport Fund: GAO
• DC Circ. Lets Dominion, Industry Group Into Gas Export Case
• Writing Arbitration Clauses To Get The Arbitration You Want
• Exelon Buys Entergy's FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant For $110M
• EPA Incinerator Ruling Undercuts CPP, DC Circ. Told
• Union Pacific Hauls Train On-Time Rule To 8th Circ.
• Former GOP EPA Leaders Endorse Clinton, Slam Trump
• NYC 'Labor Peace' Order May Clash With Federal Law
• Enviros Find Silver Lining In 3rd Circ. Pipeline Permit OK
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Nuclear Waste Storage Rule Finding
• CEO's Intent Shapes Up As Focus Of $100M WTC Fraud Trial
• Williams Unloads Canadian Natural Gas Liquids Biz For $1B
• Australia's AGL Launches $15M Virtual Power Plant
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Power Market Rule Change Was Legal
• DOJ Enviro Enforcement To Get More Tech-Savvy, Cruden Says
• Venezuela, Gold Reserve Reach Deal Over $770M Award
• SM Energy To Pay $980M For Rock Oil's Midland Basin Assets
• The Nation's Transportation Future Is Increasingly Local
• PJM Hits Pause Button On $275M NJ Power Line Project
• Witness Blames CEO Accused In $100M WTC Fraud Trial
• FWS Flubbed Bat Review For Wind Farm, DC Circ. Says
• EPA Risk Management Rule May Help Terrorists, AGs Say
• NY Green Bank Helps Bankroll $313M Vivint Solar Loan
• Amtrak's STB Preference Win Tees Up Legal Challenges
• Massive Gulf Separates Trump And Clinton On Energy Policy
• Warburg Pincus Leads $220M Investment In Solar Finance Firm
• 9 Tips For Becoming A Legal Pundit In The Media
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling May Cloud Clean Air Act Litigation
• FERC Signs Off On $472M Transco Pipeline Expansion
• Gold Mine Project In Idaho Wilderness Blocked For Now
• WTC Steel Hands Testify In CEO's $100M Contract Fraud Trial
• Enviros Can't Force Drilling Waste Regs Update, Court Told
• AGs Signed 'Secrecy Pact' On Climate Change, Group Says
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear Sierra Club's Enbridge Pipeline Suit
• Nevada Continues Attack On Sage-Grouse Habitat Plan
• Law Firm Employees Can Better Defend Against Cyberthreats
• Ariz. Utility Blasts SolarCity Fight Of Monopoly Suit Delay
• Ky. Mine Scammers Ordered To Stop Stonewalling On Assets
• A Look Inside The Recent Rise In LNG Disputes
• Calif. Right Of Entry Ruling Keeps Public Projects On Track
• DC Metro Concerns Merit Purple Line Re-Review, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Goes Against The Grain In Pemex Ruling
• New White House GHG Guidance Should Help Clear The Air
• Suit Claiming Kyrgyz Prez's Son Tried to Kill Briton Implodes
• BNSF, Los Angeles To Appeal California Rail Yard Block
• Gov't Witness' Credibility Hit At $100M WTC Fraud Trial
• 5th Circ. Haze Ruling Not Linked To CPP, EPA Tells DC Circ.
• Lawmakers Want Army Corps To Explain Coal Terminal Denial
• Calif. Floats Clean Power Plan Compliance Proposal
• Following The Cape Wind Project's Road Toward Approval
• Ex-NJ DOT Chief Appears In Court In Airline Bribery Case
• Parks Group Unhappy About Obama Library Site, Won't Sue
• Section 363 Is No Magic Bullet For Environmental Liability
• Enbridge, Marathon Pay $2B For Bakken Pipeline Stake
• DC Circ Challenge to EPA's New Methane Rules Gains Steam
• NY Nuke Plant Subsidies Will Likely Face Legal Battle
• UGI Cleared To Take Land From Owners For $178M Pa. Pipeline
• Consol Can't Strike Constitutional Claims In Pa. Permit Row
• $100M WTC Contract Fraud Trial Could Hinge On Tape Of CEO
• GOP Sen. Wants EPA To Scrap Clean Energy Incentive Plan
• Feds Duck Tribes' Challenge To Calif. Highway Project
• Crude Oil Processing Co. Says Pipeline Co. Owes It $3.1M
• White House Releases Final GHG Guidance For Agencies
• KBR Unit's $300M Award Stands Despite Mexico's Annulment
• FERC Eases Electricity Market Data Reporting Requirements
• DC Circ. Sets Up Uncertain Fate For The Clean Power Plan
• Fed. Circ. Rules Electric-Grid Monitoring IP Invalid Under Alice
• Wind Co. Says Bid To Blow Off Arbitral Evidence 'Absurd'
• 10th Circ. Freezes Work On Albuquerque's $120M Bus Plan
• Steel Contractor Wants To Take WTC Project Charges To Trial
• Calif. Agencies Unveil Zero-Emission Freight System Final Plan
• NY Approves 50% Clean Energy Goal For 2030
• FERC Flubbed Approval Of $971M Project, DC Circ. Told
• Water Rule Foes Say EPA, Corps Can't Hide Behind Privilege
• EPA Tells DC Circ. It Got New Ozone Rules Just Right
• BigLaw's (Crowded) Passage To India?
• A New Benchmark For Power System Performance Appraisal
• Tesla Reaches Deal To Buy SolarCity For $2.6B