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Project Finance - April, 2019

231 articles

• Feds Slim Charges Against Ex-Biofuel Exec In $50M Scheme
• Trump, Dems Agree On $2T Infrastructure Deal, Scant Detail
• Groups Urge STB To Pull Rail Competitive Switching Rule
• Preston Hollow Tells Chancery Nuveen Is Out To Destroy It
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In April
• Great Eastern Energy Gets OK On $7.5M Ch. 11 Credit Sale
• Maui County Weighing Settlement Of High Court Water Case
• DOI Got Royalty Penalty Wrong, Equinor Tells 5th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: India Grid Trust, SoftBank, Repsol
• $3.6B Utility Scheme Suit Undermines FERC, 1st Circ. Told
• Berkshire Offers $10B To Back Occidental's Anadarko Bid
• Dems Call For Enviro Measures In Infrastructure Talks
• Chemical Co. Hit With Pollution Charges After Texas Fire
• SEC Freezes Traders' Assets Over Anadarko Insider Trading
• DOT Asks High Court To Kill Railroad's Amtrak Challenge
• Maine City's Oil Export Ban Doesn't Hold Up, 1st Circ. Told
• 7 Cos. Heat Up IPO Pipeline With Nearly $1B In Deals
• Delaware Oil Co. Can't Sue Kazakhstan Over Nixed Projects
• Supreme Court Won't Review Pa. Pipeline Permit Fight
• Anadarko Warms To Occidental After $57B Competing Bid
• DC Circ. Won't Budge From FERC Dam Dispute Ruling
• Mid-Continent Sues Restoration Co. Over $19M Bond Breach
• A Chat With Cleary Chief Talent Officer Hy Pomerance
• High Court Won't Hear Ga. Pipeline Land-Taking Dispute
• Proskauer Adds Restructuring Pro From Schulte Roth
• Grant & Eisenhofer, Bernstein To Lead Gas Co. Merger Suit
• ExxonMobil Agrees To Pay $15M Over 2011 Mont. Oil Spill
• ECJ Won't Weigh In On Treaty Arbitration Dispute, For Now
• Oil Co. Says Egyptian Ruling Applies In $18B Award Suit
• Plains Pipeline To Pay $3.3M For Spill, But DA Wanted $1.2B
• Argentina Inks €220M Deal In Water Concession Fight
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Baker Botts, Weil
• LA County Is Latest To Blame SoCal Edison For Woolsey Fire
• Forced Arbitration Is A Far Worse 'Product' Than Jury Trials
• Preet Bharara On The Human Factor In The Justice System
• BLM's Revised Calif. Fracking Plan Leaves Enviros Fuming
• TridentUSA Ch. 11 Plan Faces Early, Multipronged Opposition
• Court Setback Puts Trump's Offshore Drilling Plans On Hold
• Chancery Venue Rule Threatens Suit Over Power Plant Sale
• Utah Wants To Intervene In Sage-Grouse Protection Suit
• NY Official Disputes NJ Gov.'s Congestion Pricing Deal
• Enviros Say Effluent Rule Delay Fails After 5th Circ. Ruling
• New Treasury Proposal May Help Investors Get To Land Of OZ
• 9th Circ. Tweaks Green Power Producer Pay Formula
• Lockheed Slams DOJ's 'Contrived' Nuclear Kickback Claims
• Calif. Fracker Denied Exemption From Offshore Permit Order
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. Not To Dismiss Keystone XL Challenge
• EU Threatened With Arbitration Over Pipeline Regulations
• EPA Won't Revise Drilling Waste Regulations Despite Review
• Bradley Arant Lands Construction Transaction Pro In Houston
• Cravath Reps Occidental In Competing $57B Anadarko Bid
• Jury Trials, Though In Decline, Are Well Worth Preserving
• Puerto Rico Fed Board Wants High Court Take On Its Makeup
• Landowners Slam Kinder Morgan Over Permian Pipeline Plans
• Macquarie Says Investors' Stock-Drop Suit Oversells Evidence
• Groups Sue NCDOT, Feds To Block $600M Toll Bridge
• A Broader View Of The US Supreme Court Bar
• 8th Circ. Won't Disturb Verdict In Ark. Gas Royalty Row
• Partners Group Inks €1.2B Deal For PE-Backed CapeOmega
• SC Misconstrued Trump's Drilling Order, Gov't Tells Court
• 4 Firms Shape Murphy Oil's $1.4B Deep-Water Asset Buy
• Reinsurer Hannover Re Joins Rivals In Move Away From Coal
• Businesses Want Tariffs Scrapped Under US-China Trade Pact
• Creditors' Effort To Sue On Puerto Rico's Behalf Rebuffed
• K&L Gates Bolsters Houston Office With Construction Pro
• How Treaties Protect Investors When Clean Energy Regs Shift
• NJ Appeals Court Guts Atty Fees In Sandy Boardwalk Suit
• 14 AGs Back Maine City In 1st Circ. Fight With Pipeline Co.
• Justices Skip Challenge To McKinsey Filing In Coal Co. Ch. 11
• Chinese Investor's $1M Not 'At Risk' Under EB-5 Rules: Judge
• DOI Didn't Justify Lifting Coal Leasing Moratorium
• NJ Urges 3rd Circ. To Stop PennEast Pipeline Condemnations
• Enviros Say Trump Must Live With Keystone Rejection
• Ill. Gov Signs Bill To Streamline Wind Farm Zoning
• Clark Hill Grows Public Finance Team In Philly, Pittsburgh
• Argentina Seeks To End Hedge Fund's $84M Bond Suit
• Scaramucci, His Firm Are Optimistic On Opportunity Zones
• New Rules May Spark Investment In Opportunity Zone Cos.
• Houston Refining Says Faulty Reactor Design Cost It $10.2M
• Tribe Tells Full DC Circ. Not To Rehear FERC Dam Dispute
• Fla. High Court Rejects $115M In Bonds For New Hospital
• Gov't Says Trump Had Power To Shrink National Monuments
• FERC Acts On Pipeline Taxes, Grid Fees, Hydro Projects
• NJ OKs $300M PSEG Nuclear Plant Ratepayer Subsidy
• Int'l Law Seen As Path To Fight Climate Change
• EPA Mercury Rule Revision Slammed In Comments
• The Big Picture: How #MeToo Is Changing The Legal Industry
• Jury Trials Are In Decline For Good Reason
• FERC Approves 2 LNG Projects But Remains Split On Climate
• Attorney Can't Skip Discovery For Pipeline Protest Docs
• Transco Asks High Court To Ignore Pipeline Access Case
• Chrysaor Inks $2.7B Deal For ConocoPhillips UK Units
• 5th Circ. Upholds Engineer's Win In $500M Chevron Rig Suit
• EPA Flips Groundwater Stance Ahead Of High Court Case
• Escape Hatch Remains For Judges Accused Of Misconduct
• Toshiba Seeks New Suitors For LNG Biz After ENN Deal Dies
• Colo. Law Expanding Oil, Gas Rules Gets Gov.'s Signature
• Enviros Fight BLM's Decision To Expand Utah Coal Mine
• IHG-Branded Hotel Operator Sues Building Owner Over Delays
• Federal Courts' #MeToo Response Is A Guide For State Courts
• SC Utility, Ex-CEO Sued Over Failed Nuclear Reactor Project
• PG&E Fights Judge's Plan To Extend Probation
• IRS Proposes Relaxing Opportunity Zone Rules For Investors
• Ponzi Schemer To Pay Victims $82M After Fraud Ruling
• Riding #MeToo Wave, State Courts Get Their Ships In Order
• Venezuelan Opposition Demands Delay In Arbitral Award Case
• EEOC's Lipnic On Sexual Harassment In The Courthouse
• Battle Lines Drawn In Water Rule Replacement Drama
• Utah County Bows Out Of National Monument Fight
• Rio Tinto Invests $302M More In Contested Ariz. Copper Mine
• Automakers Blast Challenges To EPA's Emission Analysis
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Circuitous Path To The Law
• EPA Emissions Guidelines Are Proper, DC Circ. Hears
• Apache Hit With $62M Verdict In Processing Facility Row
• Sears Fights Lenders' Bid To Cut Off Ch. 11 Cash Collateral
• Ping An Insurance Unit Scores $758M For Infrastructure Funds
• Wall Of Secrecy Surrounds Sexual Harassment In State Courts
• Discipline Rare For State Judges In Sexual Misconduct Cases
• $2B Debt Scandal Prompts Privinvest To Kick Off Arbitration
• Permian Ripe For Mergers As Big Oil Aims For Prime Assets
• SDNY Bench Split On Ch. 11 Release Consent Issues
• Ex-Cuomo Aide Must Forfeit $320K From Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Releases Snipped From NY Wheel Builder's Ch. 11 Plan
• NJ Taxpayers Will Face TCJA Consequences After Tax Day
• 9 Companies File IPOs To Bolster May Pipeline
• High Court Passes On Fight Over Land For Ill. Power Line
• Judging A Book: Conrad Reviews 'The Jury Crisis'
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Muni Bond Fraud Conviction
• Kaplan Fox, Rosen Firm Vie To Lead Vale Dam Collapse Suit
• Gov't Accused Of Destroying Evidence In Haitian Bribery Case
• High Court Won't Review NY, Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidies
• Pai Gets Boost From Trump On Plans For Giant 5G Auction
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, Wachtell
• Wash. Fed. Judge Defers To State Courts In Coal Export Row
• Ex-Mayer Brown Energy Tax Leader Joins Norton Rose
• Purchase Agreement Drafting Tips From Indemnification Case
• Investors Say Developer Misled Them On $1.6B Oman Project
• Revamping Your Approach To Client Development
• 3 Firms Steer Chevron's $33B Anadarko Buy
• Trump Executive Orders Are No Panacea For Energy Projects
• Investor Sues McGuireWoods In Chancery For LNG Deal Docs
• Toshiba's Sale Of US LNG Biz Stalled By Regulatory Hurdles
• Maine Regulator OKs Transmission Line For Hydro Power
• Tribes Bring Suit Against Corps To Block Ariz. Copper Mine
• ConocoPhillips Allowed Into Alaska Reserve Drilling Suit
• Dems Press Hunton On Ties To 'Secretive' Air Industry Group
• Shell Unloads Stake In Caesar-Tonga Oil Field For $965M
• What Lawyers Must Know Before Acting As Escrow Agents
• Trump Moves To Speed Up Energy Projects
• Fairway Energy OK'd For $77.5M Sale To Creditor
• DOD Awards $1B In Border Wall Deals After Funding Shift
• Fla. County Asks DC Circ. To Revive $1.15B Rail Bond Suit
• Texas Appeals Court Axes Attys' $1.6M Award In Contract Row
• Nev. Rancher's 'Delusional' Public Land Suit Thrown Out
• FERC Chair Throws Cold Water On Project Climate Reviews
• Trump Invites State Showdown With Exec Orders On Energy
• Muni Market Anxiety Teed Up In 1st Circ. Puerto Rico Appeal
• Blackfeet Tribe Urges DC Circuit To Cancel Montana Oil Lease
• Feds Say New Trump Keystone Permit Moots 9th Circ. Fight
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Vehicle Emission Challenge Is Premature
• Ex-Biofuel Boss Bilked Gov't Credit Programs, Pa. Jury Hears
• McNamee Should Sit Out FERC 'Grid Resilience' Ruling
• Freelance Attorneys Are An Asset To In-House Legal Teams
• The Tax Price Tag On Public-Private Partnerships
• Why PE Funds Should Consider Qualified Opportunity Zones
• Energy Cos. Seek OK Of €13.7M Award Against Italy
• How Rebuilding America's Infrastructure Is Going So Far
• Feds Ask To Pause $2.2B NC Road Suit For Enviro Review
• Law360's Project Finance Editorial Advisory Board
• Chancery Clears Path For Construction Co. To Recover $20M
• Enviros Say Calif. Water Pipeline Approval Violates Fed. Law
• Tax Discrimination Not Justified, CSX Tells 4th Circ.
• FERC Can't Justify $7B Pipeline Approval, DC Circ. Told
• Exxon Asks For Pause In Petroleum Storage Facility Suit
• Westinghouse Sues To Recover SC Nuke Plant Equipment
• Maine Town Tells 1st Circ. Its Oil Restrictions Are Legal
• Utility, Pension Fund To Pay $8.6B For Petrobras' Pipeline Co.
• 3 Firms Guide Nesco To Go Public At $1.1B Valuation
• Ex-Lobbyist Who Helped Put Away Cuomo Ally Gets Leniency
• PennEast Challengers Rehash Nixed Claims, DC Circ. Hears
• Calif. Demands Data Supporting Emissions Rule Rollback
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Latham, Davis Polk
• Airlines, Oil Cos. Challenge SFPP Pipeline Tariff, Seek $5.3M
• Gov't, Tribal Groups Fight Oil Lease Renewals At DC Circ.
• ITA Revokes Duties On Some UK, Korean Steel Wire Rod
• NY Developer Gets 6 Years For $58M Investment Fraud
• Fla. Financier Sues UK Lender Over €20M Loan Scam
• Maduro Says Only His Attys Rep Venezuela In Award Row
• TridentUSA Creditors Clash In Pre-Bankruptcy Debt Probes
• 5th Circ. Remands Dusky Gopher Frog Habitat Case
• Trump Admin. Still Backs Private 5G Rollout, Kudlow Says
• 19th Century Rule Can't Cover Fracking, Pa. Justices Told
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Greenberg Infrastructure Finance Pro
• House Dems Launch Clean Energy Tax Policy Push
• Macquarie Says Helicopter Leasing Co. Flouted NDA
• Investor Sues Over 'Scam' Tenn. Pipeline Investment
• Pennsylvania Turnpike Shakes Excessive Tolls Suit
• Senate Panel Clears DOI Nominee Despite Ethics Furor
• London Tribunal Says Djibouti Owes Port Operator $533M
• Workers, Harris County Sue KMCO After Deadly Fire
• 'Big Tech' Questions Echo Early Days Of US Corporate Law
• Tribal Members Scoff At Oil Cos.' Bid To Toss Pipeline Suit
• Texas AG Pushes For Fines After Deadly Chemical Plant Fire
• Jenner & Block Adds 4 Partners To Energy Practice
• Colo. Lawmakers Tighten Reins On Oil, Gas Drilling
• 5th Circ. Told EPA Ignored Risks To OK Gulf Driller Permit
• BMW's State Aid Appeal Should Be Tossed, EU Court Told
• FERC Won't Reconsider NY Pipeline Authority Ruling
• PG&E Must Trim Trees Before Paying Investors, Judge Says
• House Dems Use EPA Budget Hearing To Slam Rule Rollbacks
• Bankrupt Southcross Gets OK To Tap $255M DIP Loan
• Allianz CEO Bucks Typical Asset Management Hold Timeline
• Ruling Cements Staying Power Of Offshore Drilling Bans
• 5 Firms Guide Stonepeak's $3.6B Oryx Midstream Buy
• Pa. Landowners Lose Class Status In Shell Oil Lease Suit
• Oilex Fights To Avoid Arbitration In Indian Oil Co. Dispute
• Judge Nixes Suit Against Ariz. Agency Over Navajo Coal Plant
• DC Circ. Unsure If EPA Pollution Policy Shift Is Reviewable
• German Renewable Energy Scheme Isn't State Aid, EU Finds
• Permit Denial For Coal Export Facility Passes Policy Test
• NC Tells Duke Energy To Excavate Coal Ash Ponds
• Oregon LNG Project Gets New Life After Earlier FERC Denial
• Southcross Energy Enters Ch. 11 With Eye Toward Sale
• Venezuelan Strife Doesn't Affect $382M Award Row, Co. Says
• Town To Pay $100K In Atty Fees Over Fracking Waste Ban
• Deals Rumor Mill: Grindr, ADNOC, Slack
• EPA Must Curb Interstate Smog Pollution, DC Circ. Told
• DOI's Alaska Road Project Scuttled For Ignoring Enviro Harm
• NY Tax Minutes: Marketplace Sales Tax, Corp. Franchise Regs
• Trump Can't Undo Obama Bans On Arctic, Atlantic Drilling
• NY Pols Pass Budget With Congestion Pricing, 'Mansion Tax'