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Project Finance - February, 2018

209 articles

• Ambac's Puerto Rico Bond Payment Challenge Tossed
• Electric Car Co. Founded By Terry McAuliffe Hits Ch. 11
• SF, Oakland Climate Suits Stay In Federal Court, Says Judge
• Enviros Say Deal Restarting Pipeline Work Saps Protections
• FCC's Carr Outlines New Infrastructure Rules As 5G Emerges
• Calif. Water Board Had Improper Private Talks, Suit Says
• $14B Great Plains-Westar Deal Gets FERC Approval
• Appeals Court Says Mo. Wrongly Rejected $2B Power Line
• Enviro Concerns Justify La. Pipeline Block, Judge Says
• FERC Won't Revisit Approval Of Pa. Pipeline Project
• Irish 'Banks' Sued Over Failed Chicago Spire Project
• Cuomo Aide's Call Proves Bribe Plot, Prosecutor Tells Jury
• Iran Case Doesn't Change $1.2B Venezuela Row, Oil Co. Says
• LA Transit Stripped Of $93M Win In Subway Contract Saga
• FERC Clears 2 Utilities In Market Manipulation Probe
• EPA Rejects Sierra Club Challenge To Power Plant Permit
• CPP Foes, Backers Clash Over Rewrite At Comment Deadline
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• NY-Led Coalition Slams EPA Bid To Undo Clean Power Plan
• Attys Escape Sanctions For Oilfield Services Merger Suit
• Energy Exec Must Share Tax, Trust Docs In $40M GE Row
• ND, Texas Ask To Move Forward With Methane Rule Challenge
• EPA In The Trump Era
• Trump Infrastructure Plan: Perspectives For The P3 Market
• 9th Circ. CWA Decision Could Pose New Compliance Risks
• Lawsuit Over Trump's 2-For-1 Regulation Order Tossed
• NJ Justices Probe Lien Holder Standing In Development Suit
• Libya Says Odebrecht Lost $97M Construction Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Sydney Motorway, Ceva Logistics
• Infrastructure Plan Not Shorting Broadband: White House
• Forest Service, BLM Wrongly OK'd Pipeline, Enviros Say
• 5th Circ. Pressed To Undo Louisiana Oil Pipeline Block
• EPA In The Trump Era: Enforcement And Compliance Changes
• Enviros Ask 4th Circ. To Suspend $3.5B Gas Pipeline Permit
• FERC Advancing Clean Energy Despite Trump's Fossil Focus
• Stakeholders Must Act Now To Nominate Opportunity Zones
• Perry, Zinke Call For 'Responsible' Energy, Public Land Use
• Top Challenges Facing Amtrak In 2018
• Arbitrators Reject $460M Jordan Water Pipeline Row
• 9th Circ. OKs Toss Of Tribal Water Project Row
• EPA In The Trump Era: The DOJ's 3rd-Party Payment Policy
• Judge Nixes BLM's Delay Of Obama Methane Flaring Rule
• Judge Mulls Tossing Extortion Counts Against Ex-Cuomo Aide
• NJ Sens. Move Bill To Raise $300M In Nuke Plant Subsidies
• Judge Tells Marlins To Cough Up Financial Info On $1.2B Sale
• Feds Have To Search For More Keystone Docs, Judge Says
• 7th Circ. Wants US Input On Ill. Nuke Subsidies
• EPA In The Trump Era: Settling Mandatory Duty Lawsuits
• Energy Transfer Wants Enviros' Sanctions Bid Quashed
• The PE Industry's Potential Role In US Infrastructure Plans
• Partners Group Closes $3.6B Infrastructure Fund
• Uncertainty Abounds After DC Circ. Slices EPA Ozone Regs
• 10th Circ. Backs Hess, Statoil Wins In Drilling Deals Row
• Lawmakers Push Senate To Fully Restock Ex-Im Bank's Board
• FERC Wants DC Circ. To Put $3.5B Pipeline Fight On Hold
• Westinghouse Cleared To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Weil Seeks To Nip Conflict Concerns In Breitburn Ch. 11 Case
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Can't Doom Venezuela Case, Oil Giant Says
• FERC Won't Budge On Trans-Alaska Pipeline Rate Calculation
• EPA In The Trump Era: The Superfund Enforcement Initiative
• Ex-CEO Of Bankrupt NY Solar Co. Attacks Subpoena Request
• Miami-Dade Sues Marlins For Cut Of Profits From $1.2B Sale
• Tribal Involvement Doesn't Nix Coal Plant Suit, Feds Say
• Swift Action Called For In Pacific Drilling Ch. 11 Case
• Graft Jury Won't See Video Of Cuomo Aide's Wife Teaching
• High Court Rejects Four Environmental Cases
• Mass. Is Stalling Pipeline Permit, Enbridge Unit Tells DC Circ.
• EPA In The Trump Era: Making Sense Of Waters Of The US
• High Court Won't Touch Amtrak On-Time Train Ruling
• Towns Can't Regulate Pipeline Locations, Pa. Court Rules
• $300M Emergency Loan Approved For Puerto Rico Electric Co.
• High Court Passes On Pair Of NC Hydroelectric Dam Fights
• Shuttered Texas Energy Co. Says Bribe Refusal Cost It $470M
• FERC Energy Storage Rule Is A Grid Game-Changer
• Muni Market Shaken By Puerto Rico Special Revenues Ruling
• Don't Let PennEast Pipeline Proceed, NJ Tells FERC
• Weil's Role Part Of Probe Of Breitburn Conflict Claims
• LAX Operator Unveils $4.5B Contract For Intra-Airport Transit
• Kirkland Nabs Debt Finance Attys From Norton Rose, Simpson
• DOE Says It Has $11.5M For Tribal Land Energy Projects
• FirstEnergy To Deactivate Coal Plant After FERC Rejection
• Leagold Mining Raises Offer For Brio Gold To $279M
• Feds Further Push For Bears Ears Challenge Move To Utah
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Denied Bid For Emergency Loan
• Environmentalist Hit With $4M Verdict For Hindering Project
• FERC Opens Power Markets To Energy Storage With New Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thomson Reuters, Seadrill, Petrobras
• Strain Gets To Jailed NY Ex-Lobbyist As Testimony Ends
• 10th Circ. Split Adds Wrinkle To NY Faulty Work Coverage Law
• 4th Circ. Won't Bar Pipeline Co. From Taking Va. Properties
• Orrick Hires 6 Ex-Andrews Kurth Public Finance Lawyers
• Mariner East Drilling To Resume At Site Of Damaged Aquifer
• Enviros Blast Ebb In Enforcement At Trump's EPA
• House Panel Grills Amtrak, Railroads On Safety Tech Progress
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• 11th Circ. OKs States' Bid To Quickly Remand Water Rule Suit
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Puerto Rico Utility Creditors Unveil $534M Loan Offer
• Enviros, Utilities Push For Greener Electric Grid Policies
• Things To Know About The New Rail, Trucking Agency Chiefs
• 5th Circ. Affirms $81M Damages In Citgo Spill Row
• Shell's Hydro-Battery Project Hit With Tribes' FERC Protest
• Statoil Unit Owes No Damages In W.Va. Drilling Contract Suit
• NJ Utility Can't Arbitrate Solar Row With Blackstone Unit
• Ameren Loses Bid To Hike Returns From $1.6B Grid Projects
• Granite Construction Snaps Up Layne In $565M Deal
• Talen Energy To End Coal Burning At Pa. Power Plant
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• 10th Circ. Axes Insurers' Power Plant Defect Coverage Win
• Trump Infrastructure Plan Would Spur Pipeline Projects
• Enviros Want FERC To Rethink PennEast Pipeline Approval
• $1.8B Offer Deepens Fight Over Breitburn Ch. 11 Plan
• Lobbyist Forced To Explain His Arrest To Graft Trial Jury
• $105M Astrodome Revitalization Plan Gets Green Light
• Gold King Contractor Must Face Most NM, Navajo Claims
• Enviros Challenge EPA Permit For Gulf Oil Drillers At 5th Circ.
• Meditate On The Clause
• Feds Push 1st Circ. To Affirm Toss Of Tribe's Bridge Suit
• Sunoco Pipeline Driller Files $25M Suit Over Equipment Woes
• BakerHostetler Nabs Ex-Davis Wright Tremaine Energy Atty
• BLM Proposes Pulling Back Obama's Methane Flaring Rule
• 4 Takeaways From Trump's $200B Infrastructure Blueprint
• Shell Cuts $10M Deal In La. Toxic Air Emissions Suit
• Trump Proposes 25 Percent Cut To EPA In 2019 Budget
• Clean Energy On Chopping Block In Trump Budget Blueprint
• 9th Circ. Backs Arctic Ringed Seals' 'Threatened Status'
• Feds, Dakota Access Fight Tribe To Keep Pipeline Permits
• NJ Enviros, Ex-State Sen. Can't Stop $225M Exxon Deal
• Enviro Watchdog Says DOI Temp Officials Are Illegal
• Graft Trial Judge Mulls Description Of Cooperator's Arrest
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Orion Energy Snags $816M For Latest Credit Fund
• Tribal Tie Doesn't Nix Coal Plant Row, Enviros Tell 9th Circ.
• Trump Administration Outlines $200B Infrastructure Plan
• Shell Loses $300M-Plus Oil Cleanup Claim Against Dole Unit
• SD Tribe Blasts NRC's Take On Standing To Dispute Mine
• Budget Bill Contains Energy Tax Credit Boon
• Dakota Access Owners Press RICO Suit Against Enviros
• Enviro Analysis Says Congress Threatens Access To Courts
• NY Graft Trial Cooperator Arrested After Day On Stand
• ETP Unit Fights New Permit Conditions For Pa. Gas Terminal
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Latham
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Crystallex $1.4B Venezuela Mine Suit
• Fired Lobbyist's 'Spiderweb Of Lies' Snarls NY Graft Trial
• NY Appeals Court Nixes €433M Bid To Enforce Albanian Award
• House Dems Tout Infrastructure Plan Amid Budget Wrangling
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• Ascent Resources Marcellus OK'd For Quick Prepack Ch. 11
• ND Asks 10th Circ. To Keep Fracking Rule Rejection In Place
• MEG Energy Unloads Midstream Assets In $1.27B Deal
• Tribe, Enviros Give Up Suit Over Klamath Logging Project
• Hydropower Land Transfer, Transparency Bills Pass House
• Corps Unresponsive In Dakota Access Permit Fight: Tribe
• Pa. Slams Sunoco With $12.6M Fine Over Pipeline Project
• TxDOT Contractor Didn't Cause Ice Patch That Killed Driver
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To Ax Sunoco Pipeline Challenge
• EPA Has 60 Days To Respond To Conn. Pollution Petition
• FirstEnergy Abandons Coal Plant Sale After FERC Rejection
• Jury Gives Landowner $28M For Lost Value From Highway
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• States Urge 11th Circ. To Quickly Remand Water Rule Case
• Targa, Stonepeak Team Up For $1.1B In Gas Projects
• 9th Circ. Revives Union Pacific's Claims In Pipeline Rent Suits
• NRG Scores $2.8B From Renewable Unit, Energy Plant Sales
• Senate Panel Again Advances Trump's EPA Deputy Pick
• NY Joins States Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule Delay
• NJ Rejects PennEast's Right-Of-Way Bid For Pipeline
• Ascent Resources Hits Ch. 11 With $1.2B Debt Rework Plan
• Northeast Cap-And-Trade Turns 10: A RGGI Report Card
• Kirkland Says Ex-US Trustee Is Isolated From Ch. 11 Case
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• WPX Energy Sells San Juan Oil Assets For $700M
• Proposal For Nationalization Of 5G Network Is Dead On Arrival
• BLM Fights Effort To Undo 10th Circ. Fracking Rule Decision
• Hercules Wants $4.8M In Atty Fees In Drilling Fire Suit
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Defends $1.3B PREPA Loan Bid
• Breitburn Shareholders To Reopen Ch. 11 Row After $1.8B Bid
• Shutdown Looming, FERC Downplays Pipeline's GHG Impact
• Ex-NY Lobbyist Tells Jury Life Of Thieving Led To Plea
• 15 Tribes Urge Wash. Gov. To Stop LNG Project Construction
• Don't Let Pipeline Co. Take Land, 4th Circ. Told
• Verizon's Super Bowl Ad Points To Competing 911 Networks
• Keep Tribes' Bears Ears Case In DC, Native Groups Say
• Warburg Pincus Invests $300M In Oil And Gas Explorer
• Trump's Enviro Picks: White Out, Wheeler Up
• Sunoco Appeals Halt To Pa. Pipeline Construction
• Major Alaska Lease Sale Should Be Quashed, Enviros Say
• FERC Pressed To Keep Fla. Pipeline Running
• Eversource Says NH Hydropower Rejection Was Improper
• DOE Can't Lift Freeze On Uranium Leasing Program
• Mass. Health Boards Raise Concerns Over Potential Pipelines
• Winston & Strawn Grabs 8 Energy Attys From Norton Rose
• High Court Could Rein In ESA's Reach In Frog Habitat Fight
• FERC Wrongly Denied Grid Auction Challenges, DC Circ. Says
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• K&L Gates Nabs Mills Oakley Infrastructure Duo In Melbourne
• What To Expect After Trump's State Of The Union Address
• NYC Contractor Beats Union Challenge, To Sell Biz In Ch. 11
• Pipeline Developer Can't Take Land Yet, Va. Judge Says
• NJ Joins Support For Delaware River Fracking Ban
• Amtrak Urges High Court To Mull 'Errant' On-Time Train Ruling
• 9th Circ. Ruling Broadens Reach Of CWA Pollution Liability
• Taiwan Requests Consultations Over US Solar Tariffs
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Preparing To Privatize, Says Panel
• Landowner Can't Overturn Energy Co.'s Win In Spill Suit
• How Notice 2018-13 Frames Foreign Earnings Transition Tax
• Enviros Sue DOI Over Tribal Land Swap For Road In Alaska
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age