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Project Finance - February, 2021

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• Oil Giants Urge Federal Judge To Hold Onto Calif. Climate Suit
• White House Goes Back To Obama-Era Carbon Cost Metric
• EPA Won't Appeal SF Salt Pond CWA Ruling
• 3rd Circ. Preview: AT&T Leads Packed March Schedule
• Baker Hughes Discloses It's Being Investigated By The SEC
• Keys To Carbon Neutral Oil And LNG Transactions: Part 2
• Cravath, Kirkland Craft $115M Equity Injection Into Evergy
• Feds Drop 2nd Circ. Challenge Of Migratory Bird Protections
• ERCOT Ruling Won't Stop Suits Over Texas Power Outages
• Okla. Landowner Tells Magellan To Come Get Its Pipeline Stuff
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• 8 Questions For FERC Commissioner Mark Christie
• Suez Board Of Directors Decries Veolia's €11.2B Takeover Bid
• Spokane Tribe Says Dams Block Fish And Destroy Culture
• Mich. Gov.'s Bid To Stop Pipeline Won't Change Enviro Review
• Groups Urge 1st Circ. To Keep $1B Energy Line On Hold
• DOT Secretary Buttigieg Builds Buzz For Biden's Transpo Plan
• Keys To Carbon Neutral Oil And LNG Transactions: Part 1
• Fla. Supreme Court Strikes Down Tampa Transit Tax
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Multistate Commission Bans Fracking In Del. River Basin
• BP Unit Seeks High Court Review Of $111M Superfund Case
• 3 Lingering Concerns About The Carbon Capture Tax Credit
• Wind Turbine Co. Adviser Settles SEC's $1.9M Scheme Claims
• Senate Confirms Granholm For Energy Secretary
• Tax Takeaways From India's Proposed Budget
• House OKs Bill Requiring Puerto Rico Conflicts Disclosure
• Haaland's DOI Chances Get Lift With Manchin Nod
• Spain Says Co. Trying To 'Sidestep' Intl. Arbitral Conventions
• Exelon Says It Will Separate Generation And Utility Assets
• Apache Faces Investor Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• Judge Recommends To Drop Suit Over Slawson Drilling Sites
• Financial Institutions Must Prepare For Climate Regulations
• DC Circ. Urged To Unlink Species Claim From Soot Rule Suits
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• ERCOT Board Members To Step Down In Winter Storm's Wake
• DOI Pick Haaland Assures Fossil Fuels Still Needed For Now
• Texas Freeze Makes Frontera Ch. 11 Loan More Critical
• Venezuela Can't Get $400M Koch Industries Award Suit Axed
• A Tough Road Ahead for Democrats' Ambitious Policy Agenda
• Biden Sued By Oil And Gas Developer Over Stalled Permits
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Texas Justices Urged To Nix Ranch's $100M Coal Cleanup Bid
• Puerto Rico's Fiscal Board Announces $11B Bond Debt Deal
• Md. Capital Latest To Sue Energy Giants Over Climate Change
• Boardwalk Investors Stress Conflicts In $1.5B Call-In Trial
• Insurer Says Construction Co. Owes Over $3.8M In Premiums
• ERCOT Hit With $100M Suit Over Outage Related Death
• Tribe Members' Ore. Highway Suit Too Late, Judge Says
• EPA Backs 10th Circ. Biofuel Ruling Amid High Court Review
• Brookfield Lobs Takeover Bid Valuing Inter Pipeline At $5.6B
• 3 Firms Guide $5B LNG Shipment Biz's BlackRock Tie-Up
• Infrastructure Privatization Can Still Be A Useful Model
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• DC Circ. Holds Off On Clean Power Plan Rescission
• Stockholders Say $1.1B Talos Energy Deal Rife With Conflicts
• White House Loses Bid To Delay NEPA Rule Challenge
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Grid Rate Incentives Cut
• 3 Issues Buttigieg's DOT Will Tackle In The Biden Years
• Tribe Fears FCC Funding Will Preclude Spectrum Project
• Coachella Hotel Hits Back At Lender's Ch. 11 Trustee Motion
• DOI Drops Trump-Era Appeal In Mashpee Casino Land Row
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Sidley
• Biden's Climate Agenda Means Oil, Gas Cos. Must Innovate
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• 8th Circ. Mulls Tribe Members' Options In Pipeline Fight
• Ex-Marlins Owner To Pay Miami $5.5M To End Team Sale Spat
• Texas Grid Operator, Utility Hit With $10M Suit Over Outages
• Texas Gov. Abbott Calls For Weatherizing Power Sector
• DOD Hit With Demand For Info On Rivada Spectrum Deal
• FERC Chair Says Texas Blackouts May Spark New Grid Regs
• Calif. Senators Propose Banning Fracking In State By 2027
• Baker Botts Snags Norton Rose Oil And Gas Practice Leader
• CMS Adds Construction And Engineering Law Pro In London
• White House Withdraws Trump-Era GHG Draft Guidance
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Blackouts Test Texas' Grid, Spotlight Renewable Energy
• House Dems, GOP Offer Competing Broadband Initiatives
• 7th Circ. Skeptical Of Green Groups' Suit Over Power Line
• 6th Circ. Says FERC Overcomplicated Power Contract Fight
• Ill. Gov. Pitches NOL Cap, GILTI Tweak To Raise $1B In Budget
• Wash. Accuses Mining Co. Of Relitigating CWA Permits
• Conoco Seeks Seizure Order In $2B Venezuela Award Fight
• 3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden's First 30 Days
• DC Circ. Told New England Fuel Storage Plan Keeps Lights On
• Biden Pulls Trump Cost-Share Rule In Boost For Transit
• SEC Sues Morningstar Over 'Adjustments' In CMBS Ratings
• Ariz. Judge Won't Block Land Swap For Copper Mine
• Pa. Enviro Board Can Weigh 'Bad Faith' In Awarding Fees
• Investors Granted $26.5M In Damages In EB-5 Fraud Suit
• GOP Reps. Roll Out 28-Bill Broadband Infrastructure Agenda
• EPA Can't Dodge Minn. Tribe's Copper Mine Suit, Judge Says
• Djibouti Fights Bid To Enforce $486M Award To Port Operator
• Sidley, Morgan Lewis Steer $3.69B Reverse Morris Trust Deal
• New FERC Chair's Record May Hold Clues To His Plans
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• EPA Abandons Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
• ConocoPhillips $2B Alaska Plan Halted For 9th Circ. Review
• Ex-Brokers Settle With SEC In $22M Belize Airport Ponzi Row
• Sierra Club Drops $2.2B Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline Suit
• $6B Pipeline Work Must Be Stopped, DC Circ. Told
• Seadrill Says It May Face 'More Contentious' Ch. 11 This Time
• DC Circ. Judge Grills FERC Over Mass. Gas Project Approval
• Tribe Urges 8th Circ. To Nix Non-Native Contract Work Tax
• Convicted LA Businessman Can't Redo $512M Tax Fraud Trial
• New FERC Chair Will Push For Deeper Gas Project Reviews
• Keystone XL Could Tarnish US' Perfect Arbitration Record
• Copper Mine Would Crater Sacred Site, Native Groups Say
• Multiple AGs Urge Biden To Undo Keystone XL Permit Scrap
• Opportunity Zone Pandemic Relief Is Welcome, But Limited
• Ex-SCANA CEO Will Admit Nuclear Project Coverup
• 9th Circ. Ends Challenge To EPA's Diesel Emissions Rule
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Energy Biz Inter Pipeline Rebuffs Brookfield's $10.6B Bid
• Seadrill Parent Co. Seeks Equity Swap In $7B Ch. 11 Case
• Buttigieg Boosts Hopes For Tax-Exempt Refunding Bonds
• Biden's Clean Energy Push Has Wind Industry Thinking Big
• EPA Agrees To Halt Water Rule Suit Pending Biden Review
• Conservation Groups Sue Feds To Block $500M Power Line
• Methanol Export Developer Challenges Wash. Rejection
• Alaska Business Org. Asks To Fight Arctic Refuge Drilling Suit
• Investor Needn't Disclose Funding Deal In $97M Peru Claim
• FERC Defends Plant Payments In New England At DC Circ.
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• The Clean Power Plan Is Only Mostly Dead
• High Court Likely Next For Climate Suit As 9th Circ. Passes
• Winston & Strawn Launches Energy & Infrastructure Group
• Minn. Backs Tribe's Quick Win Bid In Police Jurisdiction Suit
• Energy Co. Says $39M Arbitration Should End Separate Suit
• NY Regulator Encourages Banks To Fund Climate Resilience
• Green Groups Fight EPA's Retention Of Soot Standards
• Holtec, NJ Town Strike Deal Over Nuclear Plant Plans
• Biden Admin. Won't Override Oregon LNG Project Rejection
• Panama Canal Operator Seeks To Dodge Arbitration Challenge
• What Biden Buy American Order Means For Gov't Contracting
• $1B Clean Power Project Benefits 'Illusory,' 1st Circ. Told
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Energy And Climate Policies That May Pass Via Reconciliation
• Simpson Thacher Hires V&E Energy M&A Partner In Houston
• Biden's EPA Pick Cruises To Full Senate Vote
• NY Agency Sued For $961M Over Cuomo Bridge Costs
• Conservationists Say New Data Should Halt $600M NC Bridge
• Utility Cleared To Press Gov't For $56M In Nuke Waste Funds
• Judge Won't Block $2.9B Enbridge Pipeline Project In Minn.
• Army Corps Permits From Trump Admin. Illegal, Enviros Say
• DC Circ. Pauses Vehicle Emissions Fight For Biden Review
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• How GHG Working Group's Return Will Change Climate Policy
• EB-5 Investors Settle Claims PNC, Ex-Banker Aided Fraud
• FERC Botched Grid Project Payment Plan, DC Circ. Told
• FERC Tells DC Circ. $6B Pipeline Fight Is Dead End
• What Energy Sector Should Expect From Biden's Tax Policies
• Asarco Says Superfund Site Needs Rival's Help Now, Not Later
• Chevron Makes $1.13B Bid For Noble Midstream Partners
• Why An ExxonMobil-Chevron Merger Isn't Unthinkable
• Norwegian Cruise Sued Over $9M Puerto Rico Dock Damages
• Judges On Race
• Attys For Southern Co. 'Clean Coal' Investors Get $24M
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• Asarco Says Rival Must Help With $25M Cleanup Plan
• Biden Admin Won't Appeal Sierra Club-DTE Energy Settlement
• Vale Strikes $7B Deal To Settle Deadly Dam Collapse Claims
• Kinder Morgan Says Atty's 'Tax Ferret' Status Kills $14B Fight
• Ill. Judge Approves $50M Project Investment Fraud Settlement
• Pa. GOP Claims Carbon Pact Rule Imposes Illegal Taxes
• RI Officials Claim Privilege In 1st Circ. Truck-Toll Challenge
• EPA Asked To Revisit Permits For St. Croix Refinery
• Vinson Snags 6 From Wilson Sonsini For Its Renewables Team
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• Texas Power Plant Hits Ch. 11 As COVID-19 Weakens Demand
• 5th Circ. Hears 3 Challenges To Texas LNG Project Approvals
• Senators Grill Biden EPA Chief Pick On Climate, Independence
• Minn. Appeals Court Allows Work On $2.9B Enbridge Project
• Sierra Club Asks 1st Circ. To Stop $1B Maine Power Project
• Project Finance Will Be Key To Developing Hydrogen Market
• Hagens Berman, Pomerantz Vie To Lead Pebble Mine Suit
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Senate Panel Advances Biden's Pick For Energy Secretary
• High Court Takes Up $1B Pipeline Land Grab Case
• Solar Co. Commits $1M To End Mass. Sediment Pollution Suit
• Minn. Tribe, County Debate McGirt's Sway In Reservation Row
• 4 Nonclimate Issues The EPA Will Face In The Biden Years
• Minn. Pipeline Row Distinct From Dakota Access, Corps Says
• Venezuela Must Pay $43M Award To Plastics Co.
• Calif. Joins Suit Over Wildfire-Prone Area Development
• Brookfield Infrastructure Inks Complete $4.1B Sale Of Enwave
• Icahn Cos. Sue Insurers To Cover Refinery Buyout Suit
• Kids Say Biden Orders Support Climate Case Against Gov't
• Sharks NHL Team Rips Transit Expansion's Parking Impacts
• Green Groups Fail To Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Project
• More Automakers Exit Fight Over Trump Emissions Rules
• Senate Confirms Pete Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Attys Seek $2.5M Fees For Jay Peak-Linked Malpractice Case
• MGM Says DOI Can't Escape Suit Over $300M Casino Plan
• Ex-Odebrecht Subsidiary Wants $66M Construction Suit To Go On
• 9th Circ. Told FAA Rushed Review Of Amazon Facility
• Spain Can't Claim Sovereign Immunity In $122M Award Fight
• Biden FCC Shifts Broadband Focus From Geography To Price
• US Trade And Domestic Economic Policy Should Align
• New Orleans Port Co. Denied Win In $10M Oil Spill Suit
• 10th Circ. Won't Step On Colo.'s Toes In Forced Pooling Suit
• EU Says $66M Award Against Spain Can't Stand
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• EPA Flubbed 2020 Biofuel Requirements, DC Circ. Told
• Trump 'Secret Science' Rule Killed By Montana Court
• Pulling Up Stakes: Proskauer, Latham, Milbank