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Project Finance - February, 2020

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• Singapore Court Won't Nix $129M Award Over Power Plant
• Lone Star Laterals: New Trial Boutiques In Dallas, Houston
• Del. Judge Splits Insurance Priority In Refinery Ch. 11 Fight
• FERC Says Facts, Law On Its Side In $42M Manipulation Case
• Chilean Copper Producer Approved For Major Mine Expansion
• BLM Will Have To Pay $125M Over Voided Oil And Gas Leases
• JCT Reports On Tax Treatment Of Native Americans
• Texas Justices Say Email Not Contract In $230M Energy Deal
• Latham, Baker Botts Steer Shell Midstream Deals Worth $3.8B
• FERC Price Order Leaves Renewable Developers Gobsmacked
• Chevron Cites 5th Circ. Ruling In Climate Suit Venue Fight
• Legal Industry Should Pursue AI Prediction Progress
• Ex-Alstom Exec's Acquittal May Escalate Future FCPA Battles
• Senators Release Bipartisan Energy Innovation Bill
• DOT Chief Weighs Hudson Tunnel Repairs Amid Budget Talks
• Mining Co. Ducks Investor Suit Over Waste Rock Disclosures
• DOE Chief Plugs Energy Storage In Pared-Down Budget Plan
• Atty Pans Sullivan & Cromwell Bid To Nix Double-Dealing Suit
• Funder's Suit Stemming From Nixed $14.8M Award Falls Short
• Developer Says Feds Used Privileged Docs In EB-5 Fraud Suit
• Latham, Richards Layton Build $1.8B Merger For Gas Cos.
• Builder Says Lawsuits Imperil $2.1B Argentine Road Project
• EPA Chief, Dems Clash Over Proposed Budget Cuts
• Nonprofit Can't Exit DOJ's Cap-And-Trade Suit Against Calif.
• Texas Beats Constitutional Challenge To Grid Project Law
• Cos. Should Prepare For Stricter Carbon Market Rules
• FEMA Wants Billions From PG&E For Ignoring Wildfire Risks
• Tribes, Feds Spar Over Presidential Permit For Keystone XL
• Calif. County's Oil Rules Scrapped After Enviro Challenge
• FirstEnergy Tells 6th Circ. Ch. 11 Power Deal Ruling Is Sound
• Judge Throws Out Ex-Alstom Exec's Bribery Convictions
• SC Utility Must Face Suit Over Failed Nuclear Reactor Project
• BP Dumps 3 Oil Trade Groups Amid Climate Change Makeover
• Solutions To 4 Common Law Firm Diversity Challenges
• Int'l Construction Projects Require Cultural Considerations
• Community Shared Solar: Promising Option For Calif. Builders
• Investors Await Details On Carbon Tax Credit Before Acting
• Insurer Aims To Recoup $1.5M From NJ Transit Bridge Project
• FTC Sues To Block Arch, Peabody Coal Venture
• Electrical Cos. Seek $3M For Puerto Rico Hurricane Repairs
• Hedge Fund Sues Pattern Energy Over $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Venezuela Takes 3rd Circ.'s Crystallex Decision To High Court
• Transpo Execs Press Lawmakers On Transit, Trust Fund Fix
• Key Clarifications In IRS Carbon Capture Tax Credit Guidance
• Trader Admits Shifting Energy Credits To His Own Company
• Builder Wants Arbitrators To Settle $2.1B Argentine Road Fight
• Ashurst Launches First Outpost On The West Coast
• Oversight Board Asks 1st Circ. To Protect PR Fiscal Reform
• Discrimination Cases Are Too Complex For AI Fee Prediction
• TerraForm Gets OK For $49M SunEdison-Related Settlement
• Texas Pipeline Ruling Offers Confidence On Partnership Law
• Chancery Told Troubled Solar Project Entity Should Survive
• Australian Court OKs $250M In Awards Against Spain
• Justices Question Appalachian Trail Blockage Of $8B Pipeline
• Teck Cites Climate In Move To Scrap Alberta Oil Sands Project
• Oil Co. Can't Enforce $449M Award Against Ecuador Yet
• Williams Cos. Dumps Natural Gas Pipeline After Permit Fight
• Texas Pipeline Builder Wants End To 'Mirror-Image' Okla. Suit
• Justices Won't Review Dakota Access Land Grab Ruling
• Courts May Clash With Litigants Over Document Review Tech
• Builder Says $2.1B Argentine Road Row Must Be Arbitrated
• Investor, Pattern Energy Trade Barbs Over $6.1B Deal
• Dude, Where's My Infrastructure Funding?
• Akin Gump, Latham Steer CenterPoint's $400M Gas Biz Sale
• PennEast Urges High Court To Undo 3rd Circ. Pipeline Ruling
• Trump Can't Reverse Ocean Drilling Ban, Profs Tell 9th Circ.
• Enviros Ask NC To Nix $7B Pipeline Before High Court Review
• NY Gov.'s Bill Aims To Jumpstart Green Energy Project Siting
• Senate Dems Protest Trump's Drilling 'Giveaway' For Alaska
• DC Circ. Nixes Racketeering Suit In $506M Award Fight
• Mongolia Hit With Arbitration Over Copper Mine Taxes
• Navajo Nation, NM County To Develop Railroad Project
• Calif. Says FAA's Enviro Review Of Air Cargo Facility Flawed
• Texas Communities Challenge FERC Approval Of LNG Project
• Industry, Enviro Groups Blast EPA's 2019 Biofuel Mandates
• Climate Ruling May Help Future Plaintiffs Establish Causation
• AI Can't Accurately Predict Case Length And Cost — Yet
• ​​​​​​​Morgan Lewis, SoCalGas Sanctioned $525K In Gas Leak Case
• FERC Sows Confusion With Oregon LNG Project Non-Vote
• Nigeria Says $1B Award Over Oilfield Can't Be Enforced In NY
• Coal Co., BNSF Want 9th Circ. To Restart Coal Export Case
• How Enviros Will Challenge Trump's NEPA Update
• Trump Says Enviros Can't Bring Suit Over Monument Cuts
• Barrack, Bernstein Will Lead Energy Transfer Stock-Drop Suit
• Chinese Man Seeks Exit From SEC's EB-5 Visa Fraud Suit
• SD House Votes In Favor Of Revised 'Riot Boosting' Bill
• Md. Judge Offers To Sit Out Light-Rail Transit Case
• Sherin And Lodgen Adds Partner To RE, Corporate Team
• DC Circ. Dubious About EPA's Science Adviser Policy
• Hess, Schlumberger Urged To Settle After $218M Valve Trial
• Morgan Lewis, Squire Patton Rep NextEra In $2.5B Equity Sale
• States Sue Again To Force EPA's Hand On Ozone Pollution
• Bond Insurer Claims PR Highway Deal Was A Fraud
• Industry Groups Tell DC Circ. FERC Delay Practice Is OK
• A Good Year Ahead For Energy Infrastructure M&A
• Spain Must Pay €42M Award, Energy Investor Says
• Ex-Alstom Execs Charged In Indonesian Bribery Probe
• SC Remains In Fight Against Offshore Seismic Testing
• Bakken Terminal Builder Settles Air Permit Suit For $2.4M
• Orrick Snags DLA Piper Trial, Oil Pro In Houston
• EPA Internal Watchdog Says Mexico Border Program Failing
• ITC To Probe Economic Effect Of Renewable Energy In Mass.
• Pa. Shakes $1.2M Suit Over Grant Money For Fueling Stations
• Lawyers Can Build Trust Through The Spoken Word
• Pattern Energy Shareholder Blasts $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Tenaris Wants Out Of Stock Suit Over Bribery Allegations
• Enviros Say Species Are At Risk Under New Water Rule
• Austin Asks Judge To Pause $2.15B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Trump Lacks Power To Lift Ocean Drilling Ban, 9th Circ. Told
• Drillers Feel Squeeze From Wary Bondholders In Debt Deals
• Texas Justices Will Hear Injured Worker's $1.7M Dispute
• Tribunal Says Gas Co. Couldn't Block $440M Senegal Deal
• New CFIUS Rules Heighten Focus On PE Limited Partners
• Calif.'s Top Anti-SLAPP Appellate Rulings From Last Year
• Bat Species Status Ruling Leaves Cos. Hanging
• Legal Prediction Is Demanding But Not Impossible
• Shearman Grows Texas Footprint With Dallas Debut
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Latham Snags DLA Piper Project Finance Atty
• Philly Refinery Sues Insurers Over $1.25B Payout For Ch. 11
• Murray Energy Affiliate Hits Ch. 11 With $270M Of Debt
• Calif. Highway Project Won't Be Stopped For Flooding Suit
• The Deal Maker's Guide To The New CFIUS Framework
• Hunton, Greenberg Traurig Alums Tapped For EPA, DOE Posts
• Calif. Developer Settles SEC's EB-5 Fraud Claims For $4.1M
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive La. Royalty Payment Suit Against Shell
• UK Probing Spanish Telecom's $2.2B Arqiva Buyout
• Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK After $25M Creditor Deal
• Minn. Tells State High Court It Properly Issued Mine Permits
• Black's Law Editor Can't Testify In Hess Valve Dispute
• Senator Presses FCC On Provider's Rural Broadband Buildout
• Dechert Demands Tax Break Double Dip For Moving Offices
• Mnuchin Defends Trump Budget, Not Releasing Tax Returns
• Electric Vehicle Credit Killed Energy Tax Pact, Grassley Says
• BP Pledges To Become Net Zero By 2050
• 3rd Circ. Reverses Pipeline Payments To Pa. Landowners
• Ruling On FERC's Tolling Orders Could Slow Pipelines
• Coal Co. Looks To Exit Enviros' Suit Over Mine Expansion
• NM Solar Fees Fight Is In Wrong Court, Fed. Judge Says
• Trusting Morgan Lewis Attys 'A Mistake,' Gas Leak Judge Says
• Copper Mine Project Threatens Rare Jaguars, Judge Says
• Puerto Rico Proposes Plan To Slash Debt Load By $24B
• Calif. Seeks Early Win In DOJ's Cap-And-Trade Lawsuit
• Ohio Justices Uphold Tax On Pipeline Co.'s In-State Receipts
• FERC Issues For Natural Gas Cos. To Watch In 2020
• Malpractice Landscape Is Becoming Riskier For BigLaw
• EPA Says Chemical Makers Needn't Set Aside Superfund Cash
• Philly Refinery Owner Fires Back At Ch. 11 Plan Objections
• Trump Budget Touts Next-Gen Wireless As 'Industry Of Future'
• Trump's Trimmed DOT Budget Gives Rural Projects A Boost
• Clean Energy Backers Defend FERC Storage Rule At DC Circ.
• Miss. Justices To Decide AT&T's $4.5M Tax Credit Dispute
• Judging A Book: Humetewa Reviews 'Guilty People'
• White House Looks To Chop EPA Budget By 26%
• Trump Proposes Cutting Energy Tax Credits In 2021 Budget
• Pa. Fracking Decision Leaves Trespass Question Open
• DOE Will Float Extending LNG Export Approvals To 2050
• Mining Co. Inks $25M Deal To End Investors' Dam Failure Suit
• Investors Say Italy Can't Escape Suits Over Solar Awards
• Odebrecht Wants $1.2B From Peru For Nixed Pipeline Contract
• Philly Refinery Creditors Call For Ch. 11 Plan Rejection
• Carbon Credits May Be The Next Big Thing For Tax Equity
• Tribe Loses Bid To Force FERC Preservation Rule Changes
• Guam Utility Will Replace Plant, Pay $400K To End EPA Action
• Investors Say Hotel Developers Can't Shake EB-5 Fraud Suit
• Windy City Shuffle: McDonald Hopkins, Clark Hill, Steptoe
• City Of Austin Challenges $2B Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Exxon Mobil Unit Settles Oil Field Claim Against Canada
• Deals Rumor Mill: Atotech, Swissport, SoftBank
• 11th Circ. Won't Review Split Ruling On Phosphate Mine
• Utility Asks 5th Circ. To Keep $60M Wind Farm Liability Cap
• 3rd. Circ. Doubts $17M Bridge Contract Fight Is Moot
• QOZ Regs' Flexibility On 'Improvement' Could Attract Projects
• Getting State Approvals For Energy Storage Siting
• Big Oil, Calif. Municipalities Butt Heads On Climate At 9th Circ.
• Objections To Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Pile Up As Hearing Nears
• Mining Co. Seeks To Toss EPA's Gold King Spill Suit
• Imported Wind Towers Tagged With More Early Duties
• Practical Tips For Responding To A World Bank Investigation
• Missouri Says US Ignored Impacts Of River Diversion Project
• Fla. Justices Question Tampa Transit Tax's Constitutionality
• No New Law Needed For FERC Climate Work, Ex-Official Says
• Industry Groups Urge 8th Circ. To Nix $3.6B Emissions Order
• 5th Circ. Won't Review OK Of Wind Investors' $63M Award
• PG&E Ch. 11 Plan Nears Vote After Noteholder Deal Approved
• Canada Court Of Appeal Rejects Trans Mountain Challenge
• Honeywell Says Citgo Must Help Pay For $500M Lake Cleanup
• Future Of Climate Torts At Stake In 9th Circ. Doubleheader
• Investor Says $1M Injection Lured By False EB-5 Promises
• Justices Told Clean Water Act Permits Put Small Mines At Risk
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Following A Serendipitous Path
• Perkins Coie Adds Construction Partner From Schiff Hardin
• Oil Cos.' Attys Win $210K In Fees In Venezuela Bribery Fight
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Energy Storage Rule Is Sound Policy
• Copper Co. Fights Pakistan Bid To End $6B Mining Award Spat
• Seneca Nation Sees An Open Lane For Thruway Suit
• Steelworkers Say They're In The Dark On Philly Refinery Sale
• Hess Tells Court Schlumberger's Faulty Valves Cost It $218M
• 7 Ethics Questions To Ask Before Marketing Your Law Firm
• 9th Circ. Sees Climate Problem But Rejects Plaintiffs' Solution
• Developers In A Holding Pattern As Congress Debates EB-5
• Native, Green Groups Want Pebble Mine Restrictions Revived
• Latham, Debevoise Rep $850M CenterPoint/PowerTeam Deal
• ADPower Eyes $1.13B TAQA Takeover Through Asset Swap
• Ropes Guides ArcLight To $3.4B Energy Infrastructure Fund