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Project Finance - March, 2018

241 articles

• House Panel Skewers Puerto Rico Fiscal Board's Performance
• Pa. Trading Firm Can't Ditch FERC's $42M Manipulation Case
• TransCanada Wants Quick Win In Keystone XL Pipeline Row
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Gibson, Vinson
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Climate Change Gap Between Trump, Courts Poised To Grow
• 9th Circ. Won't Revisit Maui CWA Groundwater Ruling
• NYC Official Quits FCC Committee, Citing Industry Bias
• Construction Co. Looks To Shut Down Power Outage Suit
• Group Says Feds, Md. Can't Dodge Purple Line Funding Spat
• K&L Gates Adds 5 Winstead Energy Attys In Texas
• Enviro's Duke Energy Coal Ash Plan Suit Dismissed
• Buckeye's Pa. Pipeline Reversal Plan Falls Short, ALJ Says
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Fed. Board Seeks Additional Cuts In Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan
• Separate Westinghouse Suits 'Dumbest Possible Idea': Judge
• Wind Farm Challenge Boosted By Recent Ruling, 9th Circ. Told
• Del. River Fracking Ban An Overreach, Industry Group Says
• EPA Fights Groups' Bid To Get Docs In Science Adviser Row
• 2nd Circ. Snubs Truckers In Fight Over NY Thruway Tolls
• Exxon's Attack On AG Climate Probes Thrown Out
• FirstEnergy Urges DOE To Force Coal, Nuke Plant Payments
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• EPA Looks To Dodge Scientists' Expert 'Purge' Lawsuit
• Aeropostale Ch. 11 Plan, 3rd-Party Releases Approved
• Mass. Yanks $1.6B Eversource Project, Eyes New Energy Deal
• Forest Service Says $3.5B Pipeline Approvals Followed Law
• Concho Goes Big In The Permian Basin With $9.5B RSP Buy
• Navajo Nation Urges Justices Not To Take Right-Of-Way Case
• Law360's Project Finance Editorial Advisory Board
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Can't Sue In US, Court Told
• Halliburton's Suit Over Insurer's Bid To Recoup $12M Tossed
• Energy Cos. Urge Delay On Remand Of Calif. Climate Suits
• Puerto Rico Energy Regulator Seeks Injunction In PREPA Case
• Coal, Nuclear Plant Closures Could Harm Grid, DOE Says
• Exxon Unit To Pay $80M In Okla. Gas Royalty Suit Settlement
• Westinghouse Secures Approval Of Ch. 11 Plan
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• Partners Group Seeks $1B For Responsible Investment Fund
• High Court Criminal Case Could Make Waves In Water Law
• Kennedy Bows Out Of Culvert Case Due To Newfound Conflict
• Miami-Dade Wants Marlins Sale Dispute Back In State Court
• T-Mobile Suit Against Del. City Denied As Untimely
• Trump Taps Ford Exec For EPA's International, Tribal Office
• BLM Flubbed Review Of Coal Development Plans, Judge Says
• PES Refinery Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed, Ethanol Fight Remains
• NJ Seeks To Block PennEast From Taking Land For Pipeline
• Sunoco Pipeline Not Under Local Zoning Law, Pa. Panel Says
• Enviros Fight EPA Air Pollution Policy Reversal At DC Circ.
• Tanzania A No-Show In $60M Award Row, Court Told
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• DOI Coal Lease Enviro Study Can't Be Forced, DC Circ. Told
• States' Clean Water Rule Challenge Gets Back In Gear
• Breitburn Earns Court Approval Of Amended Ch. 11 Plan
• ConocoPhillips Can't Sway Texas Justices In Royalty Row
• Marlins Want Injunction Tossed In Spat Over $1.2B Sale
• EPA Deepens Bench On Science Advisory Committee
• Feds, Exxon Unit Ink CAA Deal Over On-Reservation Drilling
• NC Outer Banks Blackout Negligence Suit Moved To Fed Court
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Weil, Davis Polk
• Texas Justices Free JPMorgan From Eagle Ford Lease Row
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Enviros Tell Justices NY Pipeline Permit Fight Baseless
• US Allies Get Tariff Reprieve As China Prepares Retaliation
• Toys R Us Approved To Liquidate US Stores By June 30
• Puerto Rico Reaches Deal With US Treasury On Disaster Loan
• Telecom Groups Praise Broadband Funding In Budget Deal
• Pennsylvania Withdraws Objection To Refinery Bankruptcy
• Swiss Prosecutors Investigating Possible Rio Tinto Bribes
• Enviros Fight Bid To Move Water Rule Delay Row To Texas
• 4th Circ. Shuts Down Fight Over FERC's $5B Pipeline OK
• Infrastructure Order Divides But Passes At FCC Meeting
• In Rebuke To Trump, Spending Bill Boosts DOE Funding
• Infrastructure Gets $21B Boost In House Spending Package
• EPA Escapes Relatively Unscathed In Spending Bill
• Enviros Fight Consol's Expanded Coal Mining Under Pa. Park
• How FERC Is Acting On Income Tax Allowances And The TCJA
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• IHeartMedia Legacy Noteholders Sue Over Ch. 11 Debt Plan
• ENGlobal Plant Contract Row Must Be Nixed, Judge Told
• Enviros Sue FWS For Records On Mine's Impact On Crayfish
• Weil Reasserts Distance From Debt Holder In Breitburn Ch. 11
• Chevron Concedes Climate Change, But Not Blame In SF Suit
• Study FCC 5G Infrastructure Plan's Tribal Impact: Commish
• 5th Circ. Affirms Corps' Win In Mitigation Credits Suit
• PES Ch. 11 Plan Hit With Objections From US Gov't
• Investors Get $6M Award Confirmed In Ky. Mine Dispute
• SEC Defends Fraud Suit Against Rio Tinto, Former Execs
• Conn. Man Must Pay $1.2M Over Stadium Fraud Scheme
• ExxonMobil Says It Doesn't Belong In Investors' $73M Oil Row
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• Commerce Readies Tariffs On Steel Wire Rod From 5 Allies
• Big Oil Says Courts Are No Place For Climate Change Fight
• Power Groups Press FERC To Revise Energy Storage Rule
• Tribe, NRC Spar Over Uranium License Challenge In DC Circ.
• Yankton Sioux Tribe Loses Bid To Pull Dakota Pipeline Permits
• Perry's Proposed DOE Budget Cuts Rile Senate Panel
• TPG, EnerVest Cut $2.66B Deal To Create Energy Co.
• Va. Agencies Ask 4th Circ. To Toss $3.5B Pipeline Challenge
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• Judge Alsup Embraces Giving Climate Change Its Day In Court
• EPA's Regional Haze Rule Upheld By DC Circ.
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• Firms Battle Over Repping Class In Westinghouse WARN Suit
• Buyer Worries Lead Augustus Energy To Seek Ch. 11 Sale
• DC Circ. Asked To Void FAA Flight Paths For SoCal Airports
• US Trustee Objects To PES Ch. 11 Plan Over Creditor Rights
• NY Urges High Court To Pass On $683M Pipeline Permit Row
• Tatneft Can't Get $112M Ukraine Award OK'd Just Yet
• Gas Engineering Firm Wants $9B Award Against Nigeria OK'd
• Feds, Dakota Access Say Tribes Hampering Pipeline Review
• Miami Marlins Push For Arbitration In Suit Over $1.2B Sale
• Dem Presses Pruitt On Delays For GAO Spending Probe
• BIA Flubbed Tribal Wind Farm Review, Enviros Tell 9th Circ.
• New Bribery Suit's Implications For Venezuela Restructuring
• Tribal Groups Blast FCC Plan To Ease Wireless Buildout
• Pa. Revenue Agency Asserts $3.8B Tax Claim In PES Ch. 11
• Calif. Climate Suits Sent Back To State Court In Fed Split
• Ga. Plant Owners Seek Return Of Cash From Westinghouse
• FERC Pursues Utility, Pipeline Rate Changes Amid Tax Cuts
• Sunoco Faces Class Action Over Pa. Pipeline Work Damage
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink Freedmen Descendants' DOI Suit
• DC Circ. Shuts Down Part Of EPA Boiler Rule
• 5th Circ. Lifts Block On La. Pipeline Project Amid Appeal
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• Perry Admits DOE Budget Cuts Face Long Odds In Congress
• Toys R Us Creditors Fear Wind-Down Uncertainties
• Weil's Breitburn Lienholder Work A 'Fee Issue,' Judge Says
• DC Circ. Asks FERC Why Utility's Potential Recoupment Cut
• Car Rental Tax Constitutional, Ariz. Appeals Court Says
• 4 Things To Watch In FAA Reauthorization Talks
• Blank Rome Nabs Finance, RE Attys From Herrick Feinstein
• FERC Won't Let Pipeline MLPs Recoup Tax Allowances
• Glassmaker Looks To Save $1B Venezuela Expropriation Claim
• FERC Reapproves Fla. Pipeline Amid Split Over GHG Review
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Can't Copy Bribery Defendants' Docs
• Pipeline Cos. Seek ExGen Texas Ch. 11 Financial Assurance
• EU Trade Boss Expects Tariff Exemption Details 'Very Soon'
• 4 Takeaways From EPA's New Source Review Guidance
• Senators Grill Cabinet Chiefs On Infrastructure Funds
• EPA Appeals Board Upholds Los Alamos Wastewater Permit
• Ex-Norton Rose Project Finance Partner Joins Kirkland
• W.Va. Regulators Halt $4.2B ETP Pipeline Work Over Pollution
• EPA Floats Guide To Expanded TSCA Confidential Info Access
• NJ Panel Backs Utility's Solar Energy Monitoring Method
• Bill To Undo Metal Tariffs 'Highly Unlikely,' McConnell Says
• Halliburton Need Not Arbitrate $12M Row, 5th Circ. Hears
• Zinke, Senate Energy Dems Clash Over DOI Budget Plan
• EPA Eases Up On New Source Review Project Evaluations
• State Dept. Sued For Details On Overdue Climate Report
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• EPA Lets Bankrupt Pa. Refiner Slide On Biofuel Payments
• FCC Small-Cell Plan Could Save $1.6B Amid 5G Push: Study
• Oil Bribery Scheme Defendant's Server Must Stay In US
• Venezuela Can't DQ Arbitrator In $500M Glass Co. Award Row
• Judge Rejects Breitburn Ch. 11 Plan But Gives Path Forward
• Prism, Angelo Gordon Inject $120M Into NJ Apartment Plan
• Graft Trial Judge Won't 'Coerce' Deadlocked Jury
• EPA Must List Areas Not Meeting Smog Standards By April
• Mining Org Asks High Court To Hear Uranium Ban Challenge
• 2nd Circ. Questions Case Against NY Nuke Subsidy Plan
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• 2nd Circ. Says NY Regulator Too Late To Deny Pipeline Permit
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Alternative Ways To Pay For Trump's Infrastructure Plan
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Says It Lost Billions In Bribery Scheme
• Veolia Unit Seeks Conciliation With Gabon Over Nixed Deal
• Trump Tariffs Will Squeeze US Energy Project Work
• Water Groups Criticize CWA Ruling, Ask 9th Circ. To Revisit
• Mass. Gov's $610M Bill Extends Fantasy Sports Gaming
• Hudson River Views Can't Halt MTA Tower, FCC Says
• NJ Utility Didn't Prove Need For $111M Project, Judge Says
• NY AG Rips 'Senseless And Dangerous' Offshore Drilling Plan
• Enviro Justice Council Tells EPA To Focus On Water Access
• Ohio Suit Against Soccer Team Tests Anti-Relocation Law
• Wind Farm Cos. Urge Justices To Hear Osage Lease Case
• No Delay Of Block On La. Pipeline Project Amid Appeal
• EPA Wants Suit Over Clean Water Rule Delay Moved To Texas
• Wyo. Judge Lifts Stay Of Challenge To BLM's Methane Rule
• Contractor Fights Austin's Bid To End $50M Tunnel Contract
• DC Circ. Gives FERC More Time To Redo Pipeline Review
• Schiff Hardin Snags Debevoise Energy Attorney
• Ex-Miami Official's Suit Over $800M Bridge Rerouted
• Puerto Rico Atty Fees Of $50M OK'd Amid Billing Concerns
• Transpo Execs Favor Gas Tax Hike, User Fees For Upgrades
• Texas Energy Co. Wants $100M For Usurped Anadarko Bid
• Senate Dems' Infrastructure Plan Would Reverse Tax Cuts
• 9th Circ. Won't Shut Down Kids' Climate Suit Against Feds
• Rio Tinto, Ex-Execs Urge Toss Of SEC Suit Over Coal Flop
• Groundwater Comments May Bolster EPA Legal Defense
• Puerto Rico Regulator Wants Power In PREPA Restructuring
• NY Developer Says Labor Group Contract Meddling Cost $75M
• Legal Scorecard Belies EPA's Rosy Deregulatory Outlook
• EPA Can't Dodge Del. Pollution Deadline, 3rd Circ. Told
• Forum Owner Sues Calif. City Over New, Rival Clippers Arena
• Senate Dems Want Answers On EPA Head's Security Chief
• DC Circ. Backs EPA Superfund Listing Of Colo. Mine Area
• Direct Contract Not Key To Insurance Coverage: Okla. Panel
• Interior Secretary Touts Slashed Regs, New Drilling Options
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• House Dems Prod Pruitt About EPA Apointees' Outside Work
• Willkie Adds Energy Partner From DLA Piper In Houston Office
• Alabama Power Should Pay $1.25M Fine, State Agency Says
• 2 Firms Edge Ahead In February Aided By Blank Check IPOs
• Energy Leaders Urge Investments, Predict Oil Supply Lapse
• $16M Ch. 11 Deal Ends Paragon-SinoEnergy Rig Dispute
• Obligors: Beware Of Bond Reissuance Triggers
• Pa. Utility Asks High Court To Review $199M Deduction Claim
• Power Co. Fined $2.7M For Exposing Critical Grid Data
• DC Circ. Won't 'Psychoanalyze' Prior Panel In Amtrak Row
• Standing Rock Tribe Says It's Been Shut Out Of DAPL Review
• FCC's Pai Aims To Increase Use Of Public Safety Band
• Trump Taps Senate Staffer, Pa. Transit Atty For STB
• Trump Picks Dow Atty To Lead EPA Emergency Mgt. Unit
• Fee Examiner Says Too Many Attys At Puerto Rico Hearings
• Senate Advances Bill To Require Better Mobile Coverage Data
• FERC Says Eminent Domain Fight Doesn't Belong In Court
• Venezuela Loses Bid To Nix Enforcement of $1.2B Award
• Feds, Md. Slam Group's Challenge To Purple Line Rail Funding
• Pa. DEP OKs Permits For Birdsboro Natural Gas Power Plant
• Enviros Urge NJ High Court To Review $225M Exxon Deal
• Feds Urged For View On Where To Hear Climate Tort Claims
• Wrist Wear Co. Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell IP, Sue Apple
• Communications Trade Group Devoted 2017 To Disaster Relief
• Pa. DEP Chief Defends Hike In Gas Well Permit Fees
• Attys Vital As Miami Turns To Transit-Oriented Development
• Novel Ruling Redraws Battle Lines Of Climate Change Suits
• EPA Eases Methane Standards, Eyes Relaxed Coal Ash Rule
• Maui Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit CWA Groundwater Finding
• Orrick, Shearman & Sterling Nab 22 Andrews Kurth Attys
• Nat'l Monument Cut Benefited Utah Lawmaker, Watchdog Told
• Pipeline Co. Urges Judge To Delay Block On La. Project
• Landowners Can't Speed Up Pipeline Eminent Domain Suit
• Hudson Tunnel Funds In Question Under Infrastructure Plan
• School Board Wants Pistons Arena Funding Fight Put To Rest
• Muni Bond Fraud Verdict Calls For Early Win, SEC Says
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations