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Project Finance - October, 2017

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• NTIA Warns Against Jolting Agencies In Broadband Push
• ITC Calls For Tariffs On Solar Panels; Next Step Up To Trump
• Puerto Rico To Revise Fiscal Plan In Wake Of Hurricane Maria
• Reed Smith Pulls In Houston-Based Energy Partner
• Cardno Looks To Enforce $15M Award Following Bribery Plot
• Dynegy, Calpine Deals Signal Power Producer M&A Surge
• FERC, Alaska Pipeline Settle $786M Project Suit In DC Circ.
• Enviros Want DC Circ. To Halt FERC Certification Of Pipeline
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• The Non-Arbitration Alternative To New York ADR
• MoFo Resolves Fee Dispute In Sungevity Ch. 11
• FERC Greenlights NY Pipeline Amid Permit Denial Fight
• Tribe Hits Back At BP Bid To Get Out Of Tribal Court Suit
• Venezuela Again Urges DC Circ. To Nix OK Of $1.2B Award
• BP, Exxon, Others Dodge Revival Of La. Coastal Damage Suit
• FBI Probing Nixed $300M Puerto Rico Power Contract
• Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidy Plan Is Sound, 7th Circ. Told
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Massachusetts Emerges As An Energy Storage Leader
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• Enviros Slam Trump's Promise To Hatch To Shrink Bears Ears
• Lawmakers Probe Mont. Energy Firm's Deal With Puerto Rico
• Enviros Press FERC To Deny 2nd Crack At Ore. LNG Project
• Pipeline Threatens Pinelands, NJ Sierra Club Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Urged To Call Off Extra Water For Threatened Fish
• AGL Services Co. Wins $7.4M In Pipeline Contract Row
• 'Cost of Carbon' Calculus Key To Trump's Reg Rollback Push
• NY Graft Defendants Want 'Problematic' Court Display Hidden
• EPA Sue-And-Settle Shift Foils Drilling Waste Deal, ND Says
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• Nev. Tribe Says Sovereignty Protects It From BP's Suit
• MoFo Slams Sungevity Creditor's Ch. 11 Fee Claims
• Navajo Members Vote Down $216M Road Improvement Plan
• Total Says Cash-Strapped Cobalt Is Shaking It Down For $29M
• Pa. Regulator Won't Let Sunoco Start Pipeline Facility Work
• NJ Justices Decline To Hear Jersey City Zoning Case
• Westinghouse Lays Out Vision For Long-Term Ch. 11 Case
• Senate Bill Would Extend Tribal Tax Credits, Aid Development
• Fla. Regulator OKs Duke Deal To Cut Rates, Add $6B In Solar
• Hudson River Island Park Opponents Agree To Drop Battle
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Threat Of New 401(k) Limits May Upset Investment Industry
• Energy, Enviro Agencies Pose Ways To Cut Industry Slack
• 10th Circ. Wrongly Put Wind Farm Ruling On Hold, Tribe Says
• Shell Denied Quick Win In $74M Unpaid Drilling Work Suit
• EU OKs Hungary's €131M Chem Plant Aid, Cites Local Benefits
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• NextEra Isn't Due $90M Tax Refund, Gov't Tells 11th Circ.
• Anglers' NY Wind Farm Challenge Is Premature, Agency Says
• EPA Chemical, Air Nominees Survive Split Committee Vote
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• DOI Proposes 77M Acre Offshore Oil & Gas Lease Sale In Gulf
• Puerto Rico Asks To Speed FEMA Relief Despite Bankruptcy
• With Settlement, Chevron's Trade Secrets Suit Dismissed
• Regional Operators' Rebuke Of Perry Plan May Sway FERC
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• DC Circ. Tosses Sierra Club Challenge To Highway Air Tests
• Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Restore Seal Threatened Status
• Hess Sells Norwegian Subsidiary To BP Unit In $2B Deal
• Statoil Unit Can Battle Royalty Penalty After Order Revision
• Clean Water Act Challenges To Pipeline Projects: Part 1
• Everglades, Beaches Highlight Fla. Gov's $1.7B Enviro Budget
• Biz Groups Rip Calif. Gov.'s Veto Of Wireless Coverage Bill
• Ukraine Asks Russia's Top Court To Bar $144M Tatneft Award
• Sungevity Creditor Seeks Partial Refund Of MoFo's Fees
• Feds Defend Sage Grouse Flip In Enviros' Suit
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• Dominion Can Work On Va. Transmission Project During Suit
• DC Circ. Urged To Save Amtrak Metrics In Due Process Spat
• Tribe Asks 10th Circ. To Revive Landowner's Drill Permit Suit
• Blue Wolf Brings In $540M For Latest PE Fund
• Force Majeure During Construction — Are You Ready?
• Navigating Numerical Models In Environmental Litigation
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Builder Opposes Stay In Bid To Toss $23M Arbitration Award
• SunEdison Ch. 11 Plan Foes Seek Info On Rights Offering
• US Trustee Waves Off Request For Seadrill Equity Committee
• Enviros Fight To Maintain Challenge To LA Project Permit
• New Bill Aims To Fast-Track Broadband Infrastructure
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-Shearman & Sterling Energy Partner
• City Broadband Projects Struggle Amid State Funding Push
• NY Commercial Division Rule Changes Promote ADR Use
• EPA Shuns Biofuel Standard Changes In Win For Corn States
• 2nd Circ. Won't Reconsider NY's Nix Of $683M Gas Pipeline
• FERC Order Signals States Can't Delay Pipeline Rulings
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• $500M Las Vegas Mall Developers Owe Investors, Judge Says
• Pa. Justices To Mull Limits Of Gas Well Impact Fees
• FERC Sets Default 40-Year License For Hydro Projects
• DOT's Rail Brake, Competitive Switching Proposals In Doubt
• Former FERC Commissioners Slam Perry's Grid Pricing Plan
• Mayor Acts For Boston In FERC Pipeline Row, DC Circ. Hears
• Enviros Say NRG Can't Stall Rejection Of Calif. Gas Plant
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Pa. Reps. Pass Natural Gas Severance Tax Through Committee
• SantosCMI Loses Bid To Escape Hyundai Arbitration
• Pa. Panel Mulls If Towns Can Regulate Pipeline Locations
• Agencies Balk At Venoco Plan To Ditch Pipelines, Drill Sites
• Sen. Asks FERC To Probe $3.6B Market Manipulation Claims
• 4th Circ. Scraps $3.5B Pipeline Permit Fight For New Review
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• Gas Co. Says Pols, Enviros Have No Right To Fight Pipeline
• Sens. Float Bill To Speed Up Small-Scale LNG Exports
• Pa. Justices Told Frack Rule Ban Imperils Protection Efforts
• EPA 'Sue And Settle' Shift May Mean Tougher Court Fights
• 10th Circ. Won't Revisit Osage Nation Wind Farm Lease Case
• Treasury Backs GM Trust's $1.5B Loan Clawback Appeal
• States, Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Decide Clean Power Merits
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• FERC Chair Says Perry's Grid Proposal Deserves Fair Shot
• Interior Dept. Moves For Quick Win In Canceled Lease Suit
• Sierra Club To Appeal FirstEnergy Subsidy To Ohio Top Court
• Enviro Rights: What's The Public Trust Role In Pa.?
• Insurer Needn't Defend In $105.7M Well Coverage Suit
• Split FERC OKs Atlantic Coast, Mountain Valley Pipelines
• EPA Chief Moves To End 'Sue And Settle' Practice
• SJI Inks $1.7B Deal For Southern Co. Gas Units In NJ, Md.
• NY Says FERC Can't Override Pipeline Permit Denial
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• C&J Investor Says $5M Fee Bid Justified By $250M Savings
• SunEdison Can End IP Contract With Korean Co., Judge Rules
• Feds Reach Cleanup Deal For Maryland Superfund Site
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• Luminant Shutters 2 Texas Coal-Fired Plants
• Tribe Demands Nix Of Slawson Drilling Go-Ahead
• Deciding The Forum For 'Waters Of The US' Suits
• Engineering Co. Asks To Enforce $41M Tanzania Judgment
• Westinghouse Asks To Use DIP Funds For Nondebtors' Bills
• EPA Tells DC Circ. New Law May Alter Coal Ash Rule
• Pipeline Co. Urges FERC To Override NY Permit Denial
• Valero, Calif. AG Settle Row Over Energy Terminal Deal
• Eversource Seeks Regulatory OK Of $258M Power Plants Sale
• API Says BLM Flaring Rule Twists Definition Of 'Waste'
• Perry Gets Rough Reception On Hill Over FERC Grid Proposal
• Glass Co. Asks Court Not To Nix $500M Venezuela Award Row
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over EPA Effluent Rule Delay
• Retired Colonel Pleads Not Guilty In Haiti Bribe Plot
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• FERC Won't Slow Down Review Of Perry's Grid Proposal
• Eversource, Avangrid Squeezed NE Pipelines, Report Says
• BNP Paribas To Stop Financing Certain Fossil Fuel Cos.
• FERC's Southwest Grid Plan OK Discriminatory, DC Circ. Told
• High Court Wary Of Feds' Water Rule Jurisdiction Argument
• Dakota Access Pipeline Can Operate During Enviro Review
• DC Circ. Eyes Pols, Enviros' Right To Pursue Pipeline Suit
• FERC Says $2.2B Nexus Pipeline Construction Is A Go
• Trump's Clean Power Plan Repeal Will Face Legal Gantlet
• EPA Chief Pruitt Kick-Starts Clean Power Plan Rollback
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• High Court Set To Hear Clean Water Rule Arguments
• Mass. Hospitality Group Refinances 3 Boston-Area Hotels
• Mass. AG Runs Point As Top Trump Critic
• Landowners Lose $4M Suit Accusing Dakota Access Of Fraud
• Northern Dynasty Unit Unveils Smaller Pebble Mine Plan
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Williams' $1.9B Pipeline Project
• Supreme Court Rejects Convicted Ex-Massey CEO's Appeal
• Taxation With Representation: Stikeman, White, DLA, Dorsey
• Ecuadorean Firm Can't Escape Arbitration, Hyundai Unit Says
• Trump's Rollback Of Energy Regs Hits Legal Speed Bumps
• Corps' Dakota Access Review Taking Longer Than Expected
• Trump EPA Set To Dismantle Obama's Signature Climate Regs
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Biotech Firm Can Arbitrate Patent Row At AAA, Chancery Says
• Enviros Want $6M In Fees From Exxon In $20M Pollution Row
• Pipeline Co. Says Subclasses Are Too Big In Oil Spill Suit
• BLM Chucks Obama-Era Mining Ban In Sage-Grouse Habitat
• Nutter McClennen Picks Up Hinckley Allen Partner In Boston
• Enviros Urge DC Judge Not To Toss EPA Effluent Rule Suit
• DHS Sued Over EB-5 Visas For $31M Fla. Development Project
• Stoel Rives Picks Up Enviro Duo From Stinson Leonard Street
• Westinghouse Seeks OK To Pay $8.3M In Exec Incentives
• House Dems Want DOI Monument Review Info Released
• Clean Energy Investors Get Reprieve From FERC Review
• Trump Taps Faegre Baker Pro As EPA's Second-In-Command
• Insurer Buys More Time In Exxon Suit But Gets Scolding Too
• No Quick Win For ENGlobal In Power Plant Contract Row
• DC Circ. Scratches Oral Arguments In LNG Approval Fights
• TransCanada Pulls Plug On $12B Pipeline Project
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• BLM Must Enforce Obama-Era Methane Rule, Court Says
• GulfMark Wins Ch. 11 Plan OK To Swap Out $450M In Debt
• Retired US Colonel Faces Volley Of New Haiti Bribe Charges
• Suit Over Minn. Power Grid Law To Test Federal, State Reach
• Senate Dems Skewer Trump's EPA Chemical, Air Nominees
• House Panel OKs Native American Energy Bill
• La. Appeals Court Affirms Damages In Citgo Spill Row
• Linn Energy Continues Sell-Off With $200M Wyo. Land Deal
• Coal Cos. Ask High Court To Review EPA Jobs Analysis
• Dorsey & Whitney Adds Ex-DOI Policy Adviser As Senior Atty
• BLM Proposes Delay To Gas-Venting Rule Compliance Dates
• Revised SunEdison D&O Allocation Pact Gets Judge's OK
• Wind Farm Cos. Say 10th Circ. Wrong On Tribal Mineral Lease
• 5th Circ. Won't Enjoin Trans-Pecos Pipeline In Takings Fight
• EPA's Blown Ozone Deadline Prompts Enviro Lawsuit Threat
• FERC Puts Perry's Grid Proposal On Fast Track
• Cogenra, SolarCity Agree To Toss Of Unfair Competition Suit
• Canadian Watchdog Still Eyeing Closed $7B Energy Co. Deal
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• 4 Takeaways From Feds' $3.7B Backstop For Ga. Nuke Project
• Dominican Republic Ducks $50M Suit Over Irrigation Contracts
• Ga. Power Says Westinghouse Can't Block Contract Nix
• Sports Complex Loses $2M Permit Delay Fight Against City
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• K&L Gates Adds Energy Partner From Mayer Brown
• Statoil Loses Challenge To DOI Royalty Reports Penalty
• GIP Snaps Up Private Crude Oil Transport Co. For $1.8B
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come