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Project Finance - April, 2023

193 articles

• Signature Bank Post-Mortems Highlight Examiner Shortages
• Va. Highway Expansion Claim Must Be Arbitrated, Court Hears
• DC Circ. Says Legislation Moots Gulf Oil Lease Sale Fight
• Calif. Urges Justices To Deny Offshore Fracking Fight Review
• Pa. School District Says Derailment Suit Should Stay In Pa.
• Sierra Club Challenge Of LNG Exports Is DOA, DC Circ. Told
• Dakota Access Protester Can Answer Discovery In Usual Way
• Short Message Data Challenges In E-Discovery
• SEC's Gensler Says Crypto Lacks Compliance, Not Clarity
• Yahoo Says It Won't Produce Atty Emails In EB-5 Fraud Suit
• Oil Co. Looks To Revive Oxy Fraudulent Transfer Claim
• Alaska Questions DOI Authority To Ditch Land Exchange
• Exxon Says Top Court Ruling Boosts Case Against Cuban Co.
• Claims Co. Owned By Lead Atty Dumped From FPL Irma Suit
• Colorado AG Says States Must Share Water In Drought
• NTIA Floats Challenge Process For Broadband Fund
• Enviro Group Wants To Defend Seal Habitat In Alaska Suit
• Big Oil Certiorari Denial May Alter Climate Change Litigation
• Shell, Property Owners Spar Over 9th Circ. Panel Rehearing
• 9 Questions For EPA's Environmental Justice Grant Leader
• Genesis Wants Ch. 11 Mediator To Regain Deal With Creditors
• Ambiguity In 'Buy America' Implementation May Slow Projects
• DC Circ. Stands By Decision Backing EPA Air Pollution Rule
• Thomas Report Is Final Straw — High Court Needs Ethics Code
• FTX Reaches $50M LedgerX Deal With Miami Exchange Owner
• FERC Says Oil Pipeline Rate Shift Was Proper
• Six Flags To Build Calif.'s Biggest Solar Energy Project In LA
• Mining Co. Wants Say In Ariz. Dispute Over Sacred Native Site
• Sens. Want GAO Probe Into Gov't Broadband Efforts
• Joint Representation Ethics Lessons From Ga. Electors Case
• 4 Issues Remaining From The Flint Water Crisis
• La. Pushes 5th Circ. To Pause Air Plan Pending Challenge
• Infrastructure Investor To Sell Stake In US Project For $86M
• Seismic Survey Investors Say Canada Owes At Least $370M
• Rural Broadband Rules Shut Out Some In Vt., USDA Told
• FERC Approves $1.4B La. Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline
• Full Steam Ahead For Climate Torts After Justices Take A Pass
• Djibouti Can't Halt $486M Enforcement Suit Without Bond
• Spain Faces New Attack In Fight Over Solar Arbitral Awards
• Property Co. Says TxDOT Can't Escape Highway Land Suit
• DOT Kills LNG Rail Transport Permit Between Pa., NJ
• Feds Ask 10th Circ. To Rethink Tribal Reimbursement Case
• Lawyer Discernment Is Critical In The World Of AI
• Justices Reopen Fight Over Mountain Valley Pipeline
• Justices Stay Out Of Climate Suit Forum Fight
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• China Decries Impending US Investment Review Tool
• What To Know About Biden's Enviro Justice Executive Order
• Hill Democrats File Bill Backing Community Broadband
• 8th Circ. Judge Is Right — Climate Suits Should Be Federal
• Full 5th Circ. Asked To Rethink FCC Subsidy Fees Ruling
• Local Gov'ts Oppose House Broadband Permitting Bills
• Full 4th Circ. Won't Tackle Enviros' Bid To Stop $600M Bridge
• DOE Says Sierra Club Can't Fight Gas Terminals' Exports
• Spain Escapes Sanctions In €42M Award Fight
• 2nd Circ. Affirms US Steel Win In Contract Fight
• Ghanaian Eni Unit Fights Stay Bid In Baker Hughes Oil Fight
• Anschutz Urges 9th Circ. To Scrap Ruling Vacating Its Leases
• FERC Commish Questions Redo Of LNG Project Approvals
• 6th Circ. Grants Ky., Biz Groups' Bid To Pause WOTUS Rule
• Blank Rome Beats DQ Bid In $70M Tower Investment Fight
• Squire Patton Atty Nominated To Lead Ohio County Law Dept.
• It's Time For Lawyers To Stand Up For Climate Justice
• Maine Jury Says Avangrid Can Restart $1B Power Line Work
• Don't Forget Alumni Engagement When Merging Law Firms
• Mexican Reform Bill Threatens Private Sector Investments
• ND Energy Co. Wants Second Drilling Rights Suit Nixed
• House Unable To Override Biden Veto Of Water Act Rule
• Refiners Blast EPA Moves On Retiring Renewable Fuel Credits
• Construction Exec Admits Decades Of Gov't Contracts Fraud
• Biden Admin. Proposals Both Encourage And Thwart EV Adoption
• TPC Texas MDL Survives Without Veil-Piercing, Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Says Enviro Groups Can't Join Texas Air Plan Fight
• Without Stronger Due Diligence, Attys Risk AML Regulation
• EPA Unveils Guidelines For Billions In Climate Grants
• Ex-Texas Atty Can't Shake Conviction In $32M Fraud Case
• Zurich Says Solar Co. Can't Add Claims In $31M Bond Dispute
• Nigeria Warns Of 'Serious Error' In $70M Enforcement Fight
• US View On Treaty Backs $909M Claim Against Peru, Co. Says
• National Grid Escapes Solar Co.'s Tax Suits In Mass.
• Calif. Tribe Fights To Keep Water Contract Challenge Alive
• EPA Fights La.'s Attempt To Stall Cross-Border Air Plan
• Every Lawyer Can Act To Prevent Peer Suicide
• Justices Allow New Jersey To Exit Harbor Policing Pact
• HNTB Liable For $714M In Seattle Tunnel Delay, Suit Alleges
• Business Loan Co. Says Former Officer Gave Secrets To Rival
• Canadian Mining Co. Can't Challenge Award, Panel Says
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Weil Boosts Houston Office With Shearman Energy Leader
• Building On Successful Judicial Assignment Reform In Texas
• Alaska Officials, Enviros Clash Over Willow Injunction
• Del. Chancery Tells Attys To Back Off In Suit Over MasTec Deal
• EPA Wrongly Nixed Mo. Cross-Border Air Plan, 8th Circ. Told
• Feds Want Water Rule Preserved During Kentucky Appeal
• Texas High Court Sends $41M Well Dispute To Arbitrator
• Climate Change And Discount Rates: A Broader Perspective
• US Promises $649M Development Grant For Indonesia
• Alaska Oil Project Backers Urge 9th Circ. To Let It Proceed
• Sysco Barred From Dragging Burford Into Broiler Chicken Suit
• Texas Says Enviros Can't Join Air Quality Plan Challenge
• Celsius Says Other Bidders Eyeing Bankrupt Crypto Lender
• Biden's Accelerated EV Push Has Auto, Truck Cos. On Edge
• Ill. Court Backs Gas Utility's Delivery Pipeline Project
• House Panel To Weigh Dozens Of Broadband Deployment Bills
• 4 Takeaways From New EPA Vehicle Emissions Rule
• 11th Circ. Overrules Precedent On Award Vacatur Standards
• SEC Asks Justices Not To Touch Win In $21M Case
• Renewable Energy M&A Is Still Strong, Despite Challenges
• Spain Must Halt Efforts To Block €42M Award, Investor Says
• NC Landlord Ends Suit Over Unrecorded Loan Payments
• Iowa Counties Swept Up In Carbon Pipeline Dispute
• Michigan Says It Had No Control Over Failed Dam
• Calif., Energy Groups Back Biden Fuel-Economy Standards
• WOTUS Blocked In 24 More States Over 'Litany' Of Concerns
• Refiners, Biofuels Blast EPA Clean Fuel Relief In DC Circ.
• Texas City Unfairly Ignored $3.8M Bid, Toll System Co. Says
• 9th Circ. Reduces Shell, Alon's $41M Trial Loss, Cuts Atty Fees
• Do Videoconferences Establish Jurisdiction With Defendants?
• Biden Administration Tightens Auto Emissions, Bets On EVs
• Mich. Tribe Inks $25M Deal With Investors In Casino Dispute
• Feds Propose Plan To Cut Colo. River Water To States
• DOI Greenlights $3B, 732-Mile Western Power Line Project
• Tenaris Investors Get Initial OK For $9.5M Settlement
• Wash. Contractor Seeks Unpaid Wages For Ferry Dock Work
• Sinopec Unit Ordered To Pay $20.7M To Oil Terminal
• Issues And Opportunities In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development
• Texas Asks 5th Circ. For Quick Stay Of Cross-Border Air Plan
• US Accused Of Shirking Financial Pledge To Minority Farmers
• Humanism Should Replace Formalism In The Courts
• Ohio AG Says 'Charity' Ran Off With Derailment Donations
• Ca., FERC Urge Justices To Ignore Hydro Licensing Spat
• Commanders To Pay Fans, AG $625,000 In Ticket Deposit Suit
• Mountain Valley Faces New Challenge Over Species Impacts
• Groups Seek Injunction In Bid To Rehab Historic Maine Bridge
• Spain Fights Contempt Bid In €42M Award Fight
• Iraq Looks To Enforce $1.47B Award Against Turkey
• Apache Shareholders Push For Class Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• Norfolk Southern Says Pa. Derailment Suit Belongs In Ohio
• IRS Green Energy Tax Credit Notice Provides Needed Clarity
• Law Profs Tell DC Circ. Climate Suit Belongs In State Court
• BCLP Nabs Kirkland Ellis Partner To Bulk Energy Practice
• Report Says FTX Suffered 'Profound' Management Failures
• Leader Of $511M Biofuel Credit Fraud Scheme Gets 40 Years
• Enviros Urge D.C. Circ To Reverse Bush-Era Mining Dereg
• Power Cos. Join PUC Pricing Order Fight At Texas High Court
• Va. Judge Trims Amazon's Real Estate Kickback Suit
• Groups Sue To Block Oil, Gas Leasing Mandate In Ohio Bill
• Key Roadblocks In Calif.'s Pivot To Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Atty In Ill. EB-5 Development Settlement May Face Sanctions
• Ark. Fights EPA's Bid To Move Ozone Plan Case To DC Circ.
• Ariz. Tribe Gets $233M From Feds For Water Conservation
• Biden Raises The Bar In Proposed Regulatory Review Revamp
• Kids Can Sue Hawaii, State DOT Over Fossil Fuel Use
• Butler Snow Chair Talks Heart Of Dixie Expansion
• Green Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Stop Alaska Oil Project
• Biden Veto Saves Water Act Rule From Congressional Ax
• Alaska Tribes Sue Feds To Block Proposed Gold Mine
• Green Groups Say Outer Banks Bridge No Longer Needed
• Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Clean Hydrogen Hubs Can Help Grow A Green Economy
• Buy America Guidance Still Unclear On Treaty Obligations
• Don't Let Client Demands Erode Law Firm Autonomy
• DLA Piper Faces $1.5M Suit Over Bungled Housing Project
• Texas Senate Passes Bill To Subsidize New Gas Plants
• Ky., Biz Groups Want WOTUS Rule Paused For Appeal
• Butler Snow Opens Ala. Office With 23 Maynard Cooper Attys
• Mass. Bridge Contractors Pay $1.2M To End FCA Probe
• A Significant First Step For Pa. Carbon Capture Programs
• EPA Floats Strengthening Power Plant Mercury Standards
• Reed Smith Appoints New Asia-Pacific Managing Partner
• DOJ Can't Justify Climate Suit Flip-Flop, Justices Told
• 5th Circuit Upholds Biden GHG Cost Metrics
• Coal Cos. Owe $2.6M For Violating CWA Deal, 4th Circ. Says
• Protester Gets Costs After Slow Correction On Army Dam Deal
• Tug Of War Likely With BLM Public Lands Rule
• EPA Says $775M Available For Infrastructure Upgrades
• Wells Fargo Seeks $205M For Chicago Opera House Debt
• 4th Circ. Nixes W. Va. Permit For Mountain Valley Pipeline
• NC Biz Court Nixes $24M In Taxes, Fines For Insurance Co.
• BLM Needs New Plans For Nevada Mine, Judge Says
• No Delay For ConocoPhillips' Willow Construction, Court Says
• OECD Members Expand Export Credits For Green Projects
• Tenn. Utility To Return Thousands Of Indigenous Remains
• Guinea Ordered To Pay $55M Over Defunct Defense Contracts
• FERC, Public Utility Spar Over Cost Allocation Before 5th Circ.
• NC Bottling Company Gets $11M Default Win In Scam
• Ill. Power Plant Co. Seeks Pause In Storm Penalty Payments
• DC Urges Court To Keep Its Climate Suit In State Court
• Feds Seek Life Sentence In $511M Biofuel Credit Fraud Case
• Lack Of Harm Dooms Infrastructure Act 'Diversity Quota' Suit
• Judge Sinks Kentucky's, Biz Groups' WOTUS Rule Challenge
• Federal Judge's Amici Invitation Is A Good Idea, With Caveats
• IRA Loan Hopefuls Must Do Their Homework, Official Says