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Project Finance - May, 2019

239 articles

• Kids' Groundbreaking Case Could Alter Climate Suits' Odds
• 3 Trends Set To Fuel Oil And Gas Deal-Making
• DC Circ. Remands Transmission Project Permit Spat
• Guaidó Aims To Settle $150B In Venezuelan Debt
• Texas Justices Won't Revisit Lloyd's $100M Deepwater Battle
• Aquila Capital Renewables Fund Nets $172M In London IPO
• Engineering Co. Boss Accused Of $1.2M Kickback Scheme
• EPA Approves High-Ethanol Fuel Use But Court Fight Looms
• How To Help PE Clients Handle The Distressed Debt Dip
• $13.2M Solar Award Against Italy Under Scrutiny In Sweden
• Reed Smith Adds Energy Partner To Growing Dallas Office
• Tribe Says BLM, BIA Botched Okla. Drilling Approvals
• Calif. Panel Suggests Wildfire Rule Change After PG&E Ch. 11
• TridentUSA Lender Says Loan Fight Breaks Restructuring Deal
• Icahn Funds Seek Occidental Docs Over $38B Anadarko Deal
• Chevron Unloads North Sea Drilling Biz For $2B
• Paul Weiss Reps American Tower In $1.9B Eaton Towers Buy
• Motherhood & Making Partner: The View From 2 BigLaw Moms
• 5 Attorneys On Being The Only Woman In The Room
• Millennials Are Pushing Back Against Law Firm Sexism
• White Star Gets $15M DIP Funding As Venue Fight Looms
• House Dems Mull Estate Tax Changes To Pay For 'Extenders'
• Realty Group Says Pa. Capital's Waste Fees Are Rubbish
• JV Led By AECOM Gets $107.4M Corrections Center Contract
• Feds Appeal Invalidation Of Trump Offshore Drilling Order
• Devon Energy Inks $2.8B Canada Exit As Focus Shifts To US
• Cravath, Paul Weiss Lead Frontier's $1.4B 4-State Fiber Deal
• 3 Law Firm Business Tactics To Support A Niche Practice
• Can You Spot The Gender Disparity? A Guide To Implicit Bias
• In The March Toward Parity, Law Firms Fall Behind
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Earth & Water Law Group Opens 1st Office In Florida
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Petrobras, Nutreco
• DC Circ. Won't Ref EPA Small Refiner Decisions Fight
• Asbestos Job Abandoned At Ex-Westinghouse Site, Co. Says
• Ukraine Can't Get Bid To Enforce $112M Award Nixed
• Jackson Walker Lands Energy Finance Pro In Houston Office
• Ecuadorian Real Estate Arm Looks To Slip $15M Bribery Row
• Feds Defend 10-Year Delay In Unsealing Gas Kickback Case
• NextDecade Signs $9.6B LNG Project Deal With Bechtel Unit
• White Star Petroleum Hits Ch. 11 In Del. With $347M Debt
• High Court Passes On Pa. Pipeline Access Case
• 2 Firms Steer $1.3B Infusion For La. LNG Facility
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Glass Ceiling Slow To Break For Female Attys In 2018
• What 12 Gender Bias Complaints Say About BigLaw
• Puerto Rico Summons Detroit Tactic With $6B Debt Challenge
• Elk Petroleum Says Ch. 11 Case Poised For Creditor Fight
• Ill. Appellate Court Revives Chicago Lead Pipe Suit
• Contractor Seeks $35M From New York Over Delayed Work
• Enviros, Tribe Says Alaska Drilling Approval Not Thought Out
• Texas Justices Side With Pathfinder In Permian Lease Row
• Mo. Farmers' Pipeline Fight Moved To Federal Court
• Real-Life Lessons For Lawyers From 'Game Of Thrones'
• California Is Filling The Gaps In The Clean Water Act
• Pipeline Permit Denial Puts NY In Uncharted Legal Waters
• 5 Tips To Help Your Summer Associates Succeed
• Dems Want Probe Into Mineral Lease Work In Monument Area
• 2 Ex-Venezuelan Oil Co. Officials Sentenced In Bribery Ploy
• Enviros Say EPA Must Rethink Startup Emissions Standard
• Akin Gump Guides Diamondback Unit On Upsized $665M IPO
• Unpacking Treasury's New Opportunity Zone Rules
• Keys To Communicating A Law Firm's Mission
• Painters Want Fraud Suit Over Public Works Projects Tossed
• TridentUSA Ch. 11 Lender Fight Over Priority Claims Heats Up
• Jay Peak's Ex-Developers Indicted Over Failed EB-5 Project
• CIT Affirms Lower Duties For Taiwan Solar Panels
• Road Co. Can't Stop Accounting Doc Search, Judge Says
• Lawmakers Mull Best Web Speeds For Infrastructure Push
• Power Plant Pollution Changes On Horizon, EPA Says
• Feds Poised To Shrink GHGs' Role In Final Energy Rules
• Justices Urged To Pass On Argentina YPF Nationalization Row
• Hexion Ch. 11 Disclosures OK'd Ahead Of June Confirmation
• Trump Ties Infrastructure Bill To NAFTA 2.0 To Press Dems
• Glassmaker Gets $400M Venezuela Award Confirmed In DC
• Older Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Claims Against BP, Exxon Barred
• EPA Chief Orders Review Of Cost-Benefit Analysis Methods
• Dominion Tie-Up Can't Stop SCANA Nuke Suit, Investor Says
• Pa. Justices Won't Weigh Fracking Wastewater's Toxicity
• Calif. Suit Rips Feds For Axing $929M High-Speed Rail Grant
• FERC Says It Has Role In Reviewing FirstEnergy Power Deal
• How Lawyers Can Help Save The Planet
• Neighbors Sue To Stop $1B Ark. Highway Expansion Project
• Credit Suisse Banker Guilty In Mozambique Loan Fraud
• Texas Passes Felony Penalties For Pipeline Damage
• SoCalGas Failures Caused Aliso Canyon Leak, Study Says
• Investors Seek OK Of Award In Row With Brazilian Driller
• High Court Won't Review Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Claim
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abertis, Deutsche Bahn, Del Frisco's
• Subcontractor Seeks Rest Of $10.5M Bill For DC Plant Work
• FERC Is No Shield For $3.6B Utility Scheme, 1st Circ. Told
• DC Transit Agency Must Face Permit Delay Claims: Contractor
• Baker Botts Leads NRG's $300M Deal With Stream Energy
• Willkie Adds Ex-Kirkland Duo To London PE Practice
• City Climate Suits Preempted By CAA, US Tells 9th Circ.
• Anadarko Insider Culprits May Soon Be Outed, NY Judge Told
• Enviros Challenge DOI Approvals For Utah Oil Shale Project
• Revised Opportunity Zones Offer Tribes New Tool To Spur Biz
• Ill. Gov. Offers New, Hiked Taxes In $41.5B Infrastructure Plan
• Vantage Gets $720M Petrobras Award OK'd By Texas Court
• Alix Co. Lacks Standing In ANR Ch. 11 Fight With McKinsey
• Wynn In Talks With MGM To Sell $2.6B Mass. Casino Resort
• Don't Reduce Arbitration To 'Sham' Proceeding, 5th Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Won't Block EPA Small Refiner RFS Waiver Action
• CBP Outlines Futile Hunt For Wall Contract From Trump Tweet
• EPA Can't Justify Emissions Policy Change, DC Circ. Told
• The Law Firms Making Millions Off The PG&E Cases
• A Chat With Gilead Sciences Legal Ops Leader Gary Tully
• Fed. Circ. Says Solar Importer Gets Tariffs, But Also A Refund
• Calif. High-Speed Rail Dealt Blow After Feds Nix $929M Grant
• 'Wealth Factor' Costs $2B Fraud Suspect Yet Another Bail Bid
• FERC Backs Energy Storage Rule Despite State Concerns
• Pipeline Explosion Sparks EdgeMarc Ch. 11 Dispute
• Dems Unveil Infrastructure Plan With Broadband Focus
• Tribes And Enviros Seek Halt On Copper Mine Construction
• Proskauer, Kirkland Lead French Chemical Maker's $570M Buy
• NY Denies Water Permit For $926M Williams Cos. Pipeline
• Ashurst Bolsters Oil And Gas Team With Partner In Abu Dhabi
• DOI Head Defends Delay Of Offshore Drilling Plans
• Calif. Officially Names PG&E As Cause Of Deadly Camp Fire
• 6th Circ. OKs Mining Permit Over Joint Landowner's Objection
• Calif., Enviros Sue Water District To Block Dam Project
• DC Circ. Won't Budge On FERC Midwest Grid Charges Ruling
• Hexion Gets OK To Implement Ch. 11 Restructuring Deal
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Completing The Journey Home
• Top EU Court Says Renewable Energy Aid Hurts Competition
• Fengate Pulls In $1.1B For North American Infrastructure Fund
• Pulling Up Stakes: Greenberg, Barnes & Thornburg, MoFo
• Latham Aided Covert Bid To Quash Stadium, Calif. City Says
• LNG Project Investors Ask Chancery To Halt $200M Share Sale
• 2nd Circ. Mulls 'Wealth Factor' In Lebanese Man's Bail Bid
• Dilworth Paxson Dodges ERISA Suit Over Tribal Bond Scam
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Fracking Ordinance Challenge
• 6th Circ. Says Ky. City's Rail Crossing Ordinance Is Preempted
• Natural Gas Company Owners Escape Ex-Partner's Suit
• Winston Reps NGL Energy In $890M Water Disposal Co. Buy
• San Francisco Mulling Multibillion-Dollar Bid For PG&E Assets
• States, Navajo Battle Feds Over Gold King Case Management
• Jones Day Bolsters Banking, Energy Groups In Houston
• EPA Lawyer Threatened With Contempt In Exxon Climate Case
• Hawaii High Court Overturns Biomass Plant Approval
• Murphy Oil Not Covered In $25M Suit, Liberty Tells 8th Circ.
• EPA Applies Eased Oil, Gas Construction Regs To Ute Land
• Identity Politics: How Firms Seal The Deal After A Merger
• Weatherford Reaches Ch. 11 Deal To Clear $5.8B In Debt
• US Steel Again Fined Over Emissions At Pa. Plant
• 4 PE Questions The New Opportunity Zone Regs Don't Answer
• The Dangers Of BigLaw's Merger-Happy Growth Strategy
• The Firms That Lost The Most Attorneys In 2018
• Amtrak Can't Have Total Rulemaking Power, High Court Told
• EPA Shreds Suit Challenging Ozone Rulings In DC Circ.
• Cities' Climate Suits Can't Proceed, Oil Cos. Tell 9th Circ.
• Shell, Exxon Venture Will Pay $187K To End Clean Air Suit
• Recent IRS Guidance Puts Multifamily Housing Back On Track
• Judging A Book: Wood Reviews 'The Making Of A Justice'
• High Court Won't Take Challenge To Ore. Fuel Standards
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• These Law Firms Keep Their Partnership Ranks Lean
• Megafirms Drive Thirst For Tie-Ups As Firms Scale Up
• Hunton-Repped Utility Group Folds Amid House Investigation
• Enviros Slam BLM Oil And Gas Plan For 720K Acres In Calif.
• FCC Security Council Already Planning Look At 5G, Reps. Told
• Power Plant Sale Suit Doesn't Belong In Chancery, Judge Says
• PG&E Oversight Battle Looms For FERC, Bankruptcy Court
• NY Will Say Goodbye To Coal-Fired Power By 2020
• Top NY Court Backs Price Caps On Retail Power Suppliers
• SC Utility Co. Seeks $7M In Pipeline Damage Spat
• Getting Out Of Legal Project Management Debt
• 5 Firms Steer $10.3B Deal For Midstream MLP Buckeye
• DC Circ. Fails To Clear The Air On FERC's Climate Duties
• Maui Tells High Court To Reverse CWA Ruling Amid Deal Talks
• Pa. Greenlights $1.7M Valley Energy Pipeline Expansion
• Brazilian Offshore Driller Wins Ch. 15 Recognition
• Babst Calland Picks Up Enviro Pro From Haynes And Boone
• DC Circ. Nixes Case Over FERC's Rollback Of GHG Analysis
• Chevron Refuses To Beat Occidental's $38B Bid For Anadarko
• 6 Ways To Keep Your Jury From Zoning Out
• Hitt Family To Pay $13.7M In SEC Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Tribes Get Partial Win On Dakota Access Record Request
• EPA Landfill Rule Decision Firms Up States' Right To Sue
• Irish Reinsurance Co. Seeks Ch. 15 As It Liquidates Abroad
• Lanier Firm Accused Of Flubbing Deepwater Claim
• NY's Bid To Reduce Midwest Ozone Is Unneeded, EPA Says
• Senate Staffs Up Export-Import Bank With 3 Confirmations
• Pa. Woman's Sentence For Disrupting Sunoco Pipeline Upheld
• Latham-Led Gov't Contractor Parsons Racks Up $500M IPO
• Biomass Facility Developer To Settle FCA Claims For $2.6M
• EU Says €39M Award Against Spain Cannot Be Confirmed
• LaFleur Says Climate Split Is Harming FERC's Work
• Despite Lingering Support, Nationalized 5G Fails: O'Rielly
• DC Circ. Urged To Keep Mont. Oil Lease Challenge Alive
• Feds Say 7th Circ. Should Dump Tribe's CWA Mine Permit Row
• Inside Occidental's $38B Campaign To Win Over Anadarko
• Ore. Blocks LNG Project Over Water Quality Worries
• Cellnex Dials Up $3B Deal For Cellular Tower Sites
• NJ Tells DC Circ. PennEast Pipeline Needs Closer Look
• 5 Myths In Legal Crisis Communications
• EPA Ordered To Implement Landfill Emissions Rule
• Bracewell Welcomes Back Projects Partner In Dubai
• Montana EB-5 Center Sues Chinese Co. In Contract Dispute
• Utilities Say EPA Right Not To Set Startup Emissions Standard
• Bankrupt Welded Construction Seeks $71M For Pipeline Work
• An Overview Of The Debate Over Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Nuclear Power In The Age Of Decommissioning
• 10th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In Chaparral Gas Royalty Case
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Beckham Rival Can't Halt Soccer Stadium Demolition
• Ill. Appeals Court Upholds State's Renewable Energy Plan
• Enviros Say Energy Cos. Made $440M By Skirting CAA
• FERC Approves $926M Pipeline Project Amid Climate Split
• Frankfurt Co. Can't Seek Docs In Merger Fight, Court Hears
• TSA Needs To Improve Pipeline Cybersecurity, GAO Says
• Wind Farm Investor Deserves $126M, Not $1, Del. Justices Say
• FERC Won't Budge On PG&E Power Deal Oversight
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Challenge To $200M ND Water Project
• 4 Questions New Opportunity Zone Regs Answer For PE Attys
• Puerto Rico Investors Sue To Claw Back More Than $1B
• NY Contractor Gets 18 Months For Bridge Repair Fraud
• New England Senators Float Ban On Atlantic Offshore Drilling
• Exxon Sues Cuban Cos. Over $71.6M In Seized Assets
• Endangered Beetle's Status Change Cheered By Oil Industry
• Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks Would Get Killed Under Senate Bill
• DOI Rolls Back Post-Deepwater Blowout Safety Regs
• DOJ Probes Southern Co. Over Failed 'Clean Coal' Project
• Silver Point-Controlled Macao Casino Investors Hit Ch. 11
• Dems Pit DOI Solicitor, Watchdog Noms Against Each Other
• EPA Says Challenge To Small Refiner RFS Waiver Is Invalid
• House Vote On Paris Climate Pact Tees Up Election Fight
• 3 Firms Appointed To Lead Philly-Baltimore Bond Rate Suit
• PG&E Seeks Court OK For $105M Wildfire Victims Fund
• How To Identify And Deal With Narcissists In Law
• Rival Tries To Block David Beckham MLS Stadium Demolition
• DC Circ. Mulls If 'Going Forward' Implied EPA Policy Change
• Judge Says TridentUSA Ch. 11 Plan OK If Probe Info Added
• Faruqi To Lead Suit Over $1.6B Resolute Energy Merger
• Groups Call For Broadband Focus In $2T Infrastructure Deal
• Opportunity Zone Investors May See More State Tax Windfalls
• White & Case Brings On 2 Orrick M&A Partners In Houston
• FERC Can't Oversee FirstEnergy Power Deal, 6th Circ. Told