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Project Finance - May, 2017

265 articles

• Sunoco Pipeline Foes Face Uncertain Fate Despite Early Win
• Wis. Supreme Court Kills AllEnergy's Frac Sand Mine Bid
• Mont. Board Urges 9th Circ. To Revive Irrigation Project Row
• Tribe Urges 9th Circ. To Toss Gov't Win In Ariz. Highway Row
• Venoco Won't Be Forced To Set Aside Well-Capping Funds
• 8th Circ. Buries Enviros' Suit Over Gas Well Estimates
• EPA Halt On Methane Rules Prompts Enviros To Promise Suit
• Va. Motorists' Suit Over Use Of Dulles Tolls Tossed
• Private Equity And Energy Infrastructure: Part 1
• Energy JV Loses €150M Uncompensated Work Arbitration
• The Return Of Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
• Fola Coal Co. Found Liable For W.Va. Water Pollution
• Shift Toward Renewables Sparks Midlife Crisis For PURPA
• With Coal Leases Back, Enviros Want Appeal Restarted
• Pa. DEP Says Hazardous Waste Facility Application Fell Short
• Kinder Morgan Canada Raises $1.3B For Pipeline Expansion
• US Alerts WTO It Is Considering Massive Solar Tariff
• Gray Matters: Identities Are Us
• Pa. Panel OKs Reduced $1.1M EQT Fracking Fine
• Pa. Pipeline Permitting Process Was Flawed, Enviros Say
• Superfund Sites And EPA Budget Cuts: A Collision Course
• Infrastructure 'Recycling' May Be The Wave Of The Future
• Biggest US Firms Opt For Modest Growth In Sluggish Market
• Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig Tops The Law360 400
• The Law360 400
• The Firms That Grew Fastest Without Merging
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground In 2016
• Kinder Morgan Says Trans Mountain Project Depends On IPO
• Oil Storage Co., Magellan End Pipeline Access Antitrust Row
• NM Utility Can't Seize Navajo Land, 10th Circ. Says
• Md. Urges DC Circ. To Force Ruling In Purple Line Review
• Oil Groups Change Mind On Intervening In Kids' Climate Suit
• FERC Stands By Limit Of ETP Pipeline Drilling Work
• Enviros Press Pruitt Not To Revise EPA Methane Leak Regs
• Navajo Council Weighs Legislation To Keep Coal Plant Open
• Sioux Say They Belong In Dakota Access Pipeline Suit
• House Dems Tell Zinke Trump Can't Touch Monuments
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 2
• Enviros Add Endangered Species Claim To Keystone Suit
• Lawmakers Seek Answers After Toxic Storage Tunnel Collapse
• Exxon, Shell Seek Nigerian Bank Docs In $1.8B Award Suit
• Pipeline Foes Crash FERC Nominees' Confirmation Hearing
• Energy Co. Wins $24M In Indonesian Oil Field Investment Case
• Regulator Won't Rethink $12.2B Great Plains-Westar Merger
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 1
• Perkins Coie Gets Ex-FHWA Chief Counsel For Enviro Group
• EPA Drilling Waste Suit Deal Is Invalid, ND Tells DC Circ.
• Fla. Port Wins Approval For $438M Expansion
• Landowners Denied Cert. In Union Pacific, Kinder Morgan Row
• Sunoco's Use Of Eminent Domain For Pa. Pipeline OK'd Again
• Alaska Gov. Tells FERC To Approve $45B LNG Megaproject
• 9th Circ. Culvert Decision Sows Uncertainty For Projects
• Trump Energy, Enviro Cuts Will Raise Eyebrows In Congress
• Mining Co. Looks To Nix Tribe, Enviro Suits Over Plan's OK
• Cuomo Creates Task Force To Mull Future Penn Station Fixes
• DC Circ. Affirms FERC's Certificate For $600M Gas Pipeline
• Westinghouse Set To Tap Remainder Of $800M DIP Loan
• Fla. Utility Seeks OK To Close Third Coal-Fired Power Plant
• Blue Water Leads $300M Investment In Norwegian Energy Co.
• Trump Budget Injects $200B Into Transpo Infrastructure
• Trump Renominates NRC Chair, Looks To Fill 2 Other Slots
• Venezuela Urges DC Circ. To Ditch $740M Arbitral Award
• Attorneys, Your Input Is Needed On Deposition Rule
• Pa. Township Sued For Denying Verizon Tower Zoning
• 3 Things To Watch In The Next FAA Reauthorization Bill
• Okla. Tribe Slams FERC Assessment Of Dam Proposal
• Enviro Group Asks To Intervene In $45B Alaska LNG Project
• ND Judge Nixes Suit Against Dakota Access Protesters
• Carlyle, EOG Resources Sign $400M Partnership
• No More Info Needed In Soccer Stadium Fraud Suit, Feds Say
• DC Judge Orders FTA To Redo Purple Line Enviro Review
• Trump Picks La. Energy Official For Offshore Drilling Post
• EU Antitrust Watchdog To Study Syndicated Loan Market
• Cuomo Seeks Emergency Federal Funding For Penn Station
• American Dream Closes $1.67 Billion Construction Financing
• Pa. Tells 3rd Circ. It Properly Permitted Pipeline Project
• No Need For Direct Appeal In Kids' Climate Suit, Enviros Say
• Blackstone, Saudi Arabia To Launch $40B Infrastructure Fund
• Does FERC Delegation Authority Survive Loss Of Quorum?
• Ex-NY Town Supervisor Found Guilty Of Muni Bond Fraud
• Texas High Court Says Gas Co. Noise Suit Brought Too Late
• NY Solar Tax Credit Not For Geothermal Systems, Panel Says
• Offshore Marine Biz Gets OK For Rapid Ch. 11 Timing
• MSHA Delays Rule To Boost Caliber Of Mine Inspections
• Ariz. Appeals Court Axes Property Tax On Solar Panels
• Texas Justices Side With Anadarko In Drilling Trespass Row
• EPA Science Board Moves Are Concerning, Dems' Letter Says
• Enviro Urges FERC To Deny Fla. Pipeline In-Service Request
• NY Lawmakers Want DOE To Rethink Nuclear Waste Transport
• FERC Can Order Fed. Power Co. Repayment, DC Circ. Says
• A Win For Sovereign Immunity
• Colo. Agency Asks State Justices To Reverse Fracking Ruling
• GulfMark Gets Interim Clearance For 'Unusual' DIP Loan
• DC Circ. Grants EPA's Request To Pause Methane Rule Cases
• Perry's DOE Grid Study Looks Slanted, Grassley Says
• Nev. Solar Project Gets 9th Circ. Nod Over Tortoise Concerns
• PetroChina Rips Carlton's Arbitration Waffling In $1B Oil Spat
• Ontario Raises $2B After Selling Stake In Hydro One
• How Client Feedback Programs Benefit Law Firms And Clients
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Kootenai Forest Project
• Enviros Sue State Dept. For Keystone XL Route Info
• Bill Aims To Entice Private Investment In Infrastructure
• Sabine Backs DOE In Max La. Gas Exports Appeal
• Sen. Carper Asks Again For CPP Info From EPA's Pruitt
• Developers Score $100M In Financing For LA Project
• Nuke Plant Subsidy Plan Is Legally Sound, Ill. Says
• Dems Undo Ill. Budget, Reform Deal As Republicans Cry Foul
• 4 Things To Know About Suniva's Solar Cell Tariff Bid
• Fla. Man Gets 15 Years For Frauds That Took In $30M
• Cuomo Announces Efforts To Cut State Methane Emissions
• Republican Govs. Urge Trump Admin. To Stay In Paris Accord
• House Panel Starts Debate On FAA, Air Traffic Control Reform
• After Spill, Enviros Ask FERC To Halt Rover Pipeline Work
• Conn. Sues EPA Over Alleged Pa. Coal Plant Pollution
• Offshore Oil Marine Services Firm Plans $430M Debt Swap
• Canada's Vesta Energy Clinches $217.4M PE Investment
• Venezuela Dragging Feet On $1.4B Award Payment: Crystallex
• Foresight Is Key To Large-Cap Construction Projects
• EPA Gets An Earful On Its Regulatory Reform Agenda
• Carlton Knocks PetroChina's 'New Arguments' In $1B Oil Spat
• Va. Gov. Eyes Cap-And-Trade With Carbon Emissions Order
• Senate Dems Say EPA Pick's Lobbying Past Makes Her Unfit
• Feds Look To Nix Tribe's Suit Over Okla. Fracking Approvals
• 6th Circ. Pauses DTE Coal Plant Suit For High Court Appeal
• FERC Can't Punt On Texas Pipeline Review, DC Circ. Told
• Activist Elliott Urges BHP To Split Off Petroleum Biz
• Nigerian Oil Co. Must Share Bank Docs In $1.8B Award Fight
• Solving The Legal Industry's Data Protection Breakdown
• Developers Land $40M In Financing For Nashville Hotel
• Squire Patton Adds UK Energy Atty From Herbert Smith
• FHWA Beats Enviro Suit Over $1.7B Calif. Highway Project
• EPA Pledges To Answer Sierra Club On Pa. Mercury Issue
• Akin Gump Adds Ex-Norton Rose Energy Atty In Singapore
• 5th Circ. Rules On Lessee Rights In La. Oil & Gas Regime
• CPP Foes, Backers Cross Swords Over Litigation's Stay
• Pa. Panel Favors Sunoco On Pipeline Eminent Domain
• Cobalt Hits Angolan State Oil Co. With Arbitration Claims
• 5 Things To Know About Justice Gorsuch's First 30 Days
• Trump Infrastructure Plan Several Weeks Away, Chao Says
• K&L Gates Adds Paul Hastings Banking, Finance Pair In Paris
• Ruling Made, Justices Dump Venezuela Expropriation Appeal
• Trump Taps Senate Panel Lawyer As EPA Enforcement Chief
• Creditor Escalates Fight For Ocean Rig Involuntary Reorg
• Agency Watchdog Cuts Could Backfire, Dems Warn
• Pebble Mine's Future Still Hazy Despite EPA Settlement
• 5 Mistakes That End Law Firms
• Climate Activist Can't Make Necessity Defense, Judge Rules
• 'Waters Of US' Suits Belong In District Court, Justices Told
• Stop Bashing EB-5
• Power Price Exemption Cost Market $3B, DC Circ. Hears
• EPA Lets Pebble Mine Project Move Forward
• Md. Approves Credits For Large Offshore Wind Projects
• Lithuania Threatens More Claims In Veolia SCC Arbitration
• Fines Can Cover Ongoing Pollution, Enviros Tell Pa. Justices
• DOT Can't Duck Oil Spill Plan Review Duties, Enviros Say
• Engie Inks $5.1B Sale Of Unit To PE-Backed Neptune Energy
• DLA Piper Gains Ex-Fox Rothschild Corporate Partner In LA
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Landowners' Exxon Pipeline Spill Suit
• WildHorse Pays $625M For Texas Oil And Gas Assets
• Enviros Launch New Opposition To Sunoco Pa. Gas Pipeline
• DOE Stands Behind Approval Of Max La. Gas Exports
• Fla. Counties' Suits Over Rail Bond Moot, Judge Says
• The Whys And Hows Of Forced Pooling
• Maxus Secures Del. Ch. 11 OK For Sale Of Gulf Assets
• Ex-World Bank Atty Says Enviro Concerns Affect Financing
• FERC Limits Construction Of $4.2B ETP Pipeline Amid Spill
• Tribe Says FERC OK'd Pipeline Work Without Consultation
• Venezuela Slams Crystallex's Bid To Register $1.4B Award
• Calif., NY Sue DOI Over Coal Leasing Program
• Local Agencies Press DC Circ. To Review FRA Safety Order
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Pret A Manger, Sandals Resorts
• Energy Industry Attys Say Deals Changing Post-Downturn
• FERC Pressed To Block FirstEnergy's W.Va. Coal Plant Sale
• Reed Smith Nabs Energy, Project Finance Partner In London
• Senate Fails To Advance Methane Rule Repeal
• Lawmakers Seek Insider Trading, Manipulation Probe Of Icahn
• Welcome Certainty For Investors From 27 OIC Member States
• State Clean Power Policies Seen As Tough To Upend
• Contura Energy Marks Latest Coal Co. To Seek IPO
• Club For Growth Lauds Trump Nominee To Head Ex-Im Bank
• DTE Asks 6th Circ. To Pause EPA Suit For High Court Appeal
• BHP Billiton Says Exco Owes It Millions In Royalties
• EPA Asks 4th Circ. To Delay W.Va. River Toxin Standards
• EPA, Corps Ask Governors For Input On New Water Rule
• Reed Smith Adds Energy, Arbitration Partner In Paris
• Why US Law Firms Need Anti-Money Laundering Policies
• EPA, DOI Join Congress' Push To Overhaul Science Panels
• Trump Picks Pa. Regulator, McConnell Aide For FERC Slots
• Crystallex To Fight PDVSA's Escape From $1.4B Arbitral Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Parexel, Kinder Morgan
• Feds Slam Denial Of Direct Appeal In Kids' Climate Suit
• Tribe, Corps Rip Dakota Access' Doc Request In Pipeline Row
• In Trump Era, States Take Lead On Social Cost Of Carbon
• ICSID Upholds $380M Arbitration Award Against Argentina
• DOI Asks Public To Weigh In On Monument Designations
• Enviros Tell Rick Perry To Refocus DOE Market Study
• Commisimpex Urges Enforcement Of $770M Congo Award
• Enviros Pan EPA's Efforts To Escape Civil Rights Suit
• How 1 Firm Helped Navigate A Dozen Texas Hotel Deal Changes
• Pruitt Takes Himself Off CPP, Waters Of US Cases
• Okla. Tribes Demand Sanctions Against Pipeline Co.
• Taxation With Representation: Bracewell, Osler, Debevoise
• DOI Shakes Enviros' Offshore Drilling Review Suit
• High Court Pressed To Nix Virginia's Uranium Mining Ban
• BLM Asks 10th Circ. To Pause Fracking Rule Litigation
• Debevoise Assists As EIG Closes $2B Direct Lending Fund
• Tribe Member Fights Enerplus' Bid For Win In Royalty Row
• BLM Will Rethink California Fracking Plan
• Sen. Rubio Floats Bill To Extend Florida-Area Gulf Drilling Ban
• Judge Trims SolarCity Trade Secret Suit Against SunPower
• How Brexit May Harm The US Nuclear Industry
• Obama EPA Air Chief Lands At Environmental Law Center
• Airline PR Woes Spotlight Air Traffic Control Reform Fight
• Reps. Float Bipartisan Climate Change Solutions Bill
• Luxembourg Court Won't Enforce Annulled $300M KBR Award
• MLS Hopeful Phoenix Rising Hires Goldman Sachs
• SEC Gets Win Against Pair In $4.4M Gas Well Scheme
• FBI To Quiz Holland & Knight Duo In Energy Tax Credit Case
• TransCanada Drops Down Pipeline Stakes To MLP For $765M
• Anadarko Faces Shareholder Suit After Fatal Gas Explosion
• Australia Warns BHP Billiton Changes Could Spur Penalties
• Sunrun Investors Sue After SEC Report Triggers Stock Drop
• Tribe Loses TRO Bid In Challenge To RI Bridge Project
• Worries Abound As FERC Quorum Shortfall Hits 3-Month Mark
• Okla. Justices Revive Part Of Osage Nation Wind Farm Row
• St. Pete Voters OK Stadium Measure For MLS Expansion Bid
• Enviros Say EPA Illegally Thwarting Plant Effluent Rule
• Credit Suisse Looks To Toss Solar Energy Co.'s Investor Suit
• Retirement Funds Vie To Lead Fight Over B&W's Stock Drop
• Enviros Sue To Block Trump Offshore Drilling Exec. Order
• Ex-Guinea Mining Minister Convicted Of Taking Bribes
• EPA Sends Waters Of US Repeal Measure To White House
• Ex-Workers Ask 5th Circ. To Rehear Oil Co. Retaliation Claims
• Time For FERC To Re-Examine Its Hydropower License Policy
• The Current State Of Renewable Energy Disputes: Part 4
• EPA Dodges Trump's Budget Ax, For Now
• Enviros Look To Step Into Battle Over Atlantic Airgun Tests
• PE-Backed Solaris Rides Energy Wave With $175M IPO Launch
• Navajo Nation, Utility Say They're Close To Coal Plant Deal
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Fracking Case Appeal
• Ex-Guinea Minister Admits To Web Of Lies At Bribery Trial
• EPA Pushed To Reconsider GHG Endangerment Finding
• Alcoa Fights Rehearing Bid In NC Dam Location Row
• K&L Gates Adds Tokyo Corporate Partner From Jones Day
• What Lawyers Should Know To Avoid Online Scams
• The Current State Of Renewable Energy Disputes: Part 3
• DC Circ. Freeze On CPP Battle Good News For Trump's EPA
• 4 Takeaways From The Supreme Court's Expropriation Ruling
• Don't Send Kids' Climate Suit To 9th Circ., Magistrate Says
• Man Accused Of Looting Theme Park Bonds Will Pay SEC $5M
• AEP Wants 6th Circ. To Reconsider Scrubbers Ruling
• Ex-Guinea Mining Chief Takes Stand To Refute Bribery Charge
• 6th Circ. Won't Rehear DTE Power Plant Ruling
• With Oil Flowing, Sioux End Dakota Access Stoppage Bid
• CIT Halts Tariff Collection On Vietnam Wind Tower Co.
• Enviros Say There Is Alternative To Pa. Pipeline Project
• Enviros, Tribal Group Urge Court To Block NM Drilling Permits
• FERC Wants DC Circ. To Refuse Enviros' Pipeline Challenge
• High Court Will Not Hear Alaska Polar Bear Habitat Spat
• Dems Send Perry Letter Of Concerns About DOE Energy Study
• The Current State Of Renewable Energy Disputes: Part 2
• FERC Must Rethink Rate Policy After DC Circ. Ruling
• Web Servers: An Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk At Law Firms
• Justices Set High Bar For Foreign Expropriation Suits