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Project Finance - November, 2016

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• Calif. Appeals Court Rejects Bid To Block $1B Warriors Arena
• States Fight EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Revamp
• USTelecom Wants Rural Subsidies Fully Funded
• DOT Pick Bolsters Trump's Infrastructure Commitment
• OPEC Production Cut Primes Pump For More Energy Deals
• Power Co. Says Tribe Trying To Impermissibly Widen CAA Suit
• The Ethical Risks Of A Multijurisdictional Practice
• European Commission Floats Climate Policy Overhaul
• Conservative Groups Look To Keep Ex-Im Bank Hobbled
• Sempra Unit Seeks FERC Approval For Texas LNG Project
• Enviro Has Bad Timing In Illinois Parkway Suit, Feds Say
• Canadian Gov't OKs $5.4B Trans Mountain Pipeline Project
• Pipeline Protesters Accuse ND Police Of Excessive Force
• Calif. Agency Calls Tribe's Bid To Sink CAA Deal 'Misplaced'
• Singapore Judge Won't Let UK Counsel Rep Chinese Co.
• ND Gov. Says Pipeline Protesters Must Move For Winter
• How Law Firms Are Using Analytics To Reduce Write-Offs
• Fla. Utility Regulator OKs $811M Rate Hike Deal
• OPINION: Time To Recognize Standing Rock's Significance
• Wyo., Mont. Want BLM Flaring Rule Halted Amid Suit
• Duke Energy's Cape Fear Plant Gets Public Input Extension
• EPA Seeks Texas Haze Plan Revamp As Settlement Talks Fail
• Pipeline Co. Loses Bid To Limit Native Landowners' Damages
• Fla. Counties' Rail Bonds Challenges Moot, DOT Says
• Pa. Judge Questions Sunoco's Utility Status In Pipeline Suit
• EU Greenlights $32.8B Czech Clean Energy Subsidy Program
• Pipeline Co. Looks To Nix Standing Rock's DC Circ. Appeal
• Weil Guides Centennial Resources In $855M Silverback Deal
• Schlumberger Signs Iran Oil Deal Amid Sanction Uncertainty
• GCs Say This Firm Is The Most Arrogant
• The Missing American Jury
• Texas Bros. Accused Of $23M Oil Well Investment Fraud
• Industry Trade Groups Join Feds In Oil And Gas Lease Row
• Wis. Can't Appeal Enviro Redo For $140M Highway, DOT Says
• FERC Sticks By $683M Gas Pipeline Extension
• Transportation Policy In The Trump Era: Part 3
• FERC Won't Reverse $3.5B LNG Project Approval
• Tribe Denies It's Disrupting CAA Suit Over Biomass Plant
• Transit Officials Can Mull Redo Of Purple Line Enviro Review
• Transportation Policy In The Trump Era: Part 2
• 9th Circ. Denies Injunction Bid In Ariz. Highway Suit
• Sundevil Gets Conditional OK For Ch. 11 Plan, Plant Sale
• Agency Tells Court Not To Speed Up Dakota Pipeline Case
• Pipeline Co. Can't Duck $3.5B Project Fight, DC Circ. Told
• Feds Seek To End Enviros' Suit Over Montana Silver Mine
• King & Spalding Adds Finance Partner From Alston & Bird
• Conn. Clean Energy Program Is Sound, 2nd Circ. Told
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Avoiding Law Firm BYOD Risks: Tips For Securing Devices
• Trump Vows In Video To End TPP, Loosen Energy Regs
• 6th Circ. Tosses Fracking Permit FCA Suit
• Enviros Say Peabody's Ch. 11 Can't Stop Coal Lease Appeal
• Dakota Access Says Army Corps Must Cough Up Docs
• Molycorp Settles With Investors Over Mine For $1.25M
• GOP Iowa Lawmakers Press Trump To Nix Waters Of US Rule
• Transportation Policy In The Trump Era: Part 1
• EPA Chief McCarthy Defends Climate, Pollution Priorities
• Canada Moves To Phase Out Coal-Fired Power By 2030
• DOI Can't Regulate Drilling Flares, States Say
• Sunoco Logistics, ETP Ready $20B MLP Consolidation
• Australia's Boral To Expand US Presence With $1.8B Buy
• Mercury Rule Foes Say EPA's Cost Analysis Doesn't Add Up
• 4 Ways Lawyers Can Improve Their Marketing
• What To Expect In The Remaining Days Of The 114th Congress
• Utility Immune To SolarCity Monopoly Suit, 9th Circ. Told
• NY Utilities Can't Take Credit For Customers' Green Energy
• Greenpeace Urges Banks To Drop 'Toxic' Dakota Pipeline
• Okla. Is Quake Country Thanks To Frack Permits, Tribe Says
• EPA Gives Flint To-Do List Before Switching Water Again
• Oil & Gas Cos. Hit With Okla. Fracking Earthquake Suit
• Port Authority Scores Win In AAA Toll Hike Dispute
• Oil Industry, ND Spurned From EPA Waste Regs Suit
• What Financial Institutions Think Of Int'l Arbitration
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sullivan & Worcester's Aidan Browne
• CRA Gives Trump Potent, But Risky, Tool To Nix Climate Regs
• DC Circ. Won't Halt Work On $3.5B Gas Pipeline
• BLM Final Rule Streamlines Renewables On Public Lands
• Obama Offshore Drilling Plan Closes Off Atlantic, Arctic
• Beyond Bean Counting: How Legal Can Add True Value
• OPIC Put $85M Into 'Abandoned Empty Shells,' Watchdog Says
• Ill. Gas Co. To Spend $10.5M To Clean Up Superfund Site
• Feds Fight Navajo Co. Bid To Nix Suit Over Mine, Plant OK
• Enviros Says DTE-Spectra Gas Pipeline Will Create Monopoly
• Public Financing For Stadiums Is Staying In The Game
• Rail Execs Call For Halt On Regs Ahead Of Trump Transition
• 5 Questions About The Future Of US Environmental Regs
• OPINION: The US Supreme Court In 2017
• $683M Pipeline KO'd With 'Rope-A-Dope' Move, 2nd Circ. Told
• DOE Approves US-Canada Renewable Power Line
• Hanford Nuke Site Safeguards Good Until Trial, Judge Says
• US Unveils Ambitious Climate Goals At UN Forum
• Don't Pass Lame-Duck Rules, House GOP Warns Agencies
• Ala. DOT, FHWA Beat Enviro Suit Over $450M Highway Project
• W.Va. High Court Sides With Landowners In Pipeline Dispute
• DOI Cancels Oil And Gas Leases In Mont. Tribal Area
• A Primer On The Presidential Appointee Vetting Process
• Merging Law Firms: Think Before You Tie The Knot
• 4 Transportation Priorities To Watch For Under Trump
• Spectra Seeks To Stop Investor Suit Over $3B Deal
• BLM's Final Methane Flaring Rule Greeted With Industry Suit
• Landmark Climate Suit Likely To Be Tested On Appeal
• Greenberg Adds Former Houston Controller In Texas Bulk-Up
• NRDC Vows Stiff Opposition To Anti-Enviro Trump Policies
• Dakota Access Asks Judge To Force Corps' Hand On Pipeline
• LNG Ruling Dooms $683M Pipeline Challenge, FERC Says
• PennEast Pipeline Plan Still Falls Short, NJ Rate Agency Says
• Army Corps Says Miami Port Dredging Claims Are Moot
• On Tap For Pipelines: Emergency Orders, Larger Penalties
• Merging Law Firms: Why Deals Fail Or Underperform
• Ariz. Highway Foes Slam 'No Harm' Argument At 9th Circ.
• District Seeks To Halt LA Plans For Subway Under High School
• Climate Claims No Slam Dunk For Oil Co. Investors
• NY Wants Quick FCC Approval Of Rural Broadband Funds
• Army Corps Hits Pause On Dakota Pipeline For Tribal Talks
• Former FERC Commissioner Joins Wilkinson Barker Knauer
• DOI Didn't Have Power To Cancel Mont. Oil Lease, Judge Told
• Enviros Challenge Feds' Approval Of Offshore Fracking
• Venezuela Fights Demand It Post Security For $1.4B Award
• Merging Law Firms: Beware Conflicts Of Interest
• Commisimpex Says Chadbourne Parke Can't Quit Congo Case
• Man Vs. Machine: Or, Lawyers Vs. Legal Technology
• Forecasting International Risk Climate Under President Trump
• OPINION: The Verdict — A Rejection Of Politics As Usual
• Trump Election Offers Mixed Bag For Federal Contractors
• Environmental Enforcement Under Trump: 5 Open Questions
• Justices Urged To Rein In 9th Circuit's 'Lax' Habitat View
• Trump Presidency Won't Be A Red Light For Green Energy
• Energy Co. Claims Win In Areva-Siemens Nuclear Costs Row
• Obama Administration's Dakota Pipeline Decision Days Away
• Greenlighting Kids' Climate Suit, Ore. Judge Cites Ancient Law
• Merging Law Firms: Why Hogan Lovells Has Worked
• Army Corps Again Calls For Pause Of Dakota Access Work
• Arlington Voters OK New Texas Rangers Stadium Funding
• 3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Creditors' Appeal In Hanjin Suit
• Amtrak, MBTA In Settlement Talks In Cost-Sharing Deal Spat
• 5 Transportation Ballot Measures Voters Gave A Green Light
• Trump Win Could Moot Cases Over Obama Climate Regs
• Dakota Access Stays Firm On Plans To Tunnel Under Lake
• ETP Pipeline Construction Must Continue, 5th Circ. Hears
• Unitholders' Suit Over Oil Spill Doesn't Belong In Texas: Judge
• San Diego Voters Reject Chargers Stadium Funding Initiative
• Calif. Power Plant Co. Says Tribe Trying To Derail CAA Suit
• Foreign Affairs Outlook For Trump Presidency, 115th Congress
• Squire Patton Boggs Nabs Energy Team In UK
• Recovery Act Grant Ruling: An Uncertain Precedent
• Rural Telecom Group Wants FCC Subsidy Gaps Filled
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sutherland Asbill's Ram Sunkara
• Trump's Upset Win Puts Obama Legacy On Chopping Block
• After Trump's Triumph, What's Next?
• Trump Win Puts These 4 On High Court Shortlist
• Trump To Nix Climate Regs, Boost Fossil Fuel Development
• Trump Poised To Dismantle EPA Climate, Water Rules
• Trump Transpo Plan Is Lofty On Goals, Light On Funding Fix
• GOP Retains Control Of Both Houses Of Congress
• Ill. Approves Transportation Funds 'Lockbox' Amendment
• AT&T Tells FCC Not To Reinvent Wheel With Mobile Funding
• Dozens In Congress Tell 6th Circ. Waters Rule Must Fall
• IFC Lists 1st-Of-Its-Kind $152M Forest Bond On LSE
• Labor Unions Oppose Proposed Sacramento Soccer Stadium
• Calif. Tribe Slams Proposed Deal In CAA Suit Over Plant
• Nev. Judge Shuts Down Trump's Early Voting Suit
• The Firms Cashing In This Election Season
• Congo Prez's Son Must Reveal Info On Wealth, Court Told
• Why The Candidates' BigLaw Bills Keep Rising
• Candid Advice From The Bench: Judges Are People Too
• Climate Change Litigants Get Creative
• Norwegian Bank May Weigh Pullout From Dakota Pipeline
• NJ Agency To Review Gas Pipeline After Improper Approval
• EPA Denies Clean Power Plan Downplays Effects On Coal
• 5th Circ. Allows $500M Austin Highway Projects To Continue
• Venezuela Can't Kill ConocoPhillips Award At 2nd Circ.
• BLM, Southern Ute Reach Settlement In Fracking Rule Suit
• Builder Rips KBR's 'Complete About-Face' In Arbitration Arg
• 7 Steps For Managing An Associate Who May Be Impaired
• Montana Enviros Move To Block Coal Mine Expansion
• Halt Of $3.5B Pipeline Work Unwarranted, DC Circ. Told.
• Capital Efficiency Driving Oil And Gas Industry Changes
• InterOil Investor Wins Appeal Of $2.5B Exxon Deal Approval
• Energy Group Wants Enviros Kept Out Of BLM Auction Suit
• Oaktree Pledges $130M For Westchester Airport Upgrades
• A Cheat Sheet For The Dakota Access Pipeline Battle
• BLM Failed To Assess Power Line Impact, Tribe Tells 9th Circ.
• $1.55B Indian Fine On BP, Drill Partners Incites Arbitration Bid
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Willkie, Shearman
• EPA Floats Rules To Help States Effect Clean Power Plan
• Ala. Tribe Says Its New Amusement Park Is On Track
• Reps In Pa. Press EPA For Fracking Wastewater Rule Clarity
• Ariz. Highway Foes Press 9th Circ. To Stop Work Amid Appeal
• DC Circ. Dumps Enviros' Challenge To Texas LNG Project
• The Role Of Litigation Analytics In Your Case
• Tribe's Expert Said Corps' Pipeline Enviro Review Lacking
• Va. Taps Cintra, Meridiam-Led Team For Express Lanes Project
• Canyon Says Big Banks Must Litigate SunEdison In California
• When A 'Company Hand' Is Not A Company Employee
• ND Plans Complaint Against Dakota Access Pipeline Co.
• 2nd Circ. Halts States' Bid For Clean Energy Projects
• Navajo Co. Seeks Nix Of Suit Over Mine, Plant Approval
• Enviros' Illinois-Indiana Tollway Fight Is Moot, Judge Says
• Trade Groups Call For Halt To EPA Clean Energy Incentives
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 5
• Clean Water Rule Not Strong Enough, Enviros Tell 6th Circ.
• Fla. Public Counsel Fights Utility's Cost Recovery Tactic
• Skeptical Justices Grill Venezuela In Nationalization Row
• New Miami Nuke Reactors Clear NRC Enviro Review
• Enviros Urge 9th Circ. To Protect Seals From Climate Change
• Sioux, Sanders Praise Obama Comments On Pipeline Rethink
• Ohio Justices Turn Away Chesapeake Well Lease Dispute
• Atlanta Hawks, City Strike Deal For $193M Arena Revamp
• Can Use Variance Grants Be 'Reasonably Probable'?
• TRO Sought to Stop Construction of Illinois Parkway
• FERC Ruling Stiffs Existing Grid Projects, DC Circ. Told
• FERC Won't Revisit Approval Of Pipeline Under Rio Grande
• 4 Ways To Get Associates Trial-Ready
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 4
• FCC Sets Standards For Alaska Broadband, Voice Build-Out
• States, Industry Tell 6th Circ. Feds' Water Rule Can't Stand
• SolarCity Says Complaint Shouldn't Be Sealed In IP Fight
• 2nd Circ. Snubs Pemex Rehearing Bid In $300M KBR Dispute
• Texas DOT Rips Greens' Bid To Block $500M Highway Projects
• Miners Say EPA Clean Power Plan Understates Coal Yield
• NY Tells FCC It Has Support In Bid For Broadband Funds
• Carlyle Collects $2.8B For 2nd Energy Credit Fund
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 3
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 8