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Project Finance - August, 2023

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• Willow Backers Urge Judge To Reject Enviros' Challenges
• Germany, Latvia Say Clean Power Awards Can't Be Enforced
• Transco Pipeline Asks 3rd Circ. To Undo NGA Ruling
• FCC Turns Focus To Rural 5G Fund Reforms
• The Basics Of Being A Knowledge Management Attorney
• Biden Admin Floats $15.5B To Convert Car Plants To EV
• Rising Interest Rates Bring Risk For Construction Contractors
• Texas PUC Presses Justices To Take Up Pricing Order Fight
• How Focus On Congruency Affects Corporate Political Activity
• Split Over Nuke Waste Storage Tees Up High Court Review
• San Diego County Sinks Engineers' OT Suit For Now
• Biden Water Rule Restarts WOTUS Controversy Machinery
• Quarrying Co. Says Mexico's Environmental Claims Fall Flat
• FCC's Lifeline Needs Sweeping Changes, Group Says
• Mont. Kids' Climate Decision Reflects 3 Enviro Trends
• High-Cost Areas Need More Broadband Help, FCC Told
• FERC Tells DC Circ. Texas LNG Project Extension Justified
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Hunton Hires Africa Energy Disputes Pro From Clyde & Co.
• Justices Urged To Address Split Over SEC Disclosure Rules
• Genesis, Unsecured Creditors Ink Deal Over Earn Accounts
• Florida Chinese EB-5 Fraud Trial Could Be 'A Long One'
• Chevron, API Want Whale Shelter Out Of Sept. Gulf Lease Sale
• CenturyLink Wants Out Of Wash. City Road Work Delay Claims
• Gulf Offshore Wind Lease Sale Receives Lackluster Response
• Georgia County Beats Developer's I-20 Truck Stop Suit
• HUD, FCC Agree To Promote Broadband Program Together
• To Hire And Keep Top Talent, Think Beyond Compensation
• EPA Unveils New Water Rule With Reduced Wetlands Power
• FCC Largely Denies Efforts To Trim Broadband Label Rule
• A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's Women In Law Report
• Energy Credit Labor Regs Aim To Encourage Pre-Hire Pacts
• FCC's Telecom Funds Need Total Rework, Sens. Told
• UN Children's Committee Pushes Climate Lawsuit Rights
• TC Energy Says USMCA Is On Its Side In $15B Keystone Case
• Environmental Policies To Watch In The Second Half Of 2023
• Strategies For Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against Sovereigns
• Wachtell, Goodwin Steer Kimco's $2.3B RPT Realty Buy
• The IRA Has Europe Upping Its Clean Energy Game
• 10th Circ. Backs Obama-Era Federal Oil And Gas Royalty Rule
• Exxon Can't Fight Jurisdiction In Climate Suit, Boulder Says
• 'Cop City' Construction Must Stop, Ga. River Group Says
• Spanish PE Firm Asterion Buying Steag In $2.8B Deal
• Calif. Protected Species Law Changes: Real Fix Or Red Tape?
• Chevron, Green Groups Take Aim At Massive Gulf Oil Lease
• More States Should Join Effort To Close Legal Services Gap
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Exxon To Face Trimmed Suit Over Permian Basin Claims
• Arguments Set In Chilean Energy Co.'s 'Unusual' Bankruptcy
• Feds Say New Analysis Supports Willow Project Approvals
• PE Firm PAI To Buy Pet Food Co. From JH Whitney
• DOT Proposes Tighter Gas Distribution Pipeline Safety Rules
• Washington Ports JV Sued Over Ship Terminal Upgrade Delay
• What New Offshore Drilling Bond Rules Would Mean For Cos.
• Landowners Take Mountain Valley Pipeline Fight To 4th Circ.
• Identifying Trends And Tips In Litigation Financing Disclosure
• Developers Want Counterclaims Tossed In Conn. Stadium Row
• Mayweather Had Duty To Disclose Crypto Ties, Investors Say
• DOI Well Control Final Rule Undoes Trump Safety Rollbacks
• Continental Argues Effort To Drop Claims Should Kill Sanction
• FERC Can't Justify Grid Perk Denials, PJM Tells 6th Circ.
• Key Drivers Behind Widespread Adoption Of NAV Financing
• Limited 'Buy America' Waiver Floated For Broadband Grants
• Congo Says $1B Award Enforcement Suit Must Be Tossed
• Vermont Ends EB-5 Visa Ski Resort Fraud Claims For $16.5M
• Justices Asked To Review Minn. Climate Suit Remand
• Youth Climate Activists Say Mont. Ruling Favors Trial
• NHTSA Fuel Proposal May Boost EVs — Given More Chargers
• Watchdog Says EPA Leaves Gaps On Cumulative Impacts
• Interior Dept. Approves Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm
• Venezuela Says Saint-Gobain Can't Jump In On Citgo Auction
• Tenant At Old Boston Globe Site Owes $5M, Contractor Says
• Hearing To Consider If Texas Must Remove Rio Grande Barrier
• Green Groups Sue Va. For Carbon Trading Program Exit
• EPA Decision On Ozone Standard Review Provokes Outcry 
• Enviros Challenge Tenn. Permit For Cumberland Gas Pipeline
• 9th Circ. Urged To Halt Nev. Lithium Mine Over Tribal Sites
• Feds Say States Can't Use Indirect Costs To Force Border Wall
• The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Elrod On 'Jury Duty'
• Green Groups Challenge FERC's Approval Of La. LNG Pipeline
• Mass. Court Says Roving Engineers Not Due Prevailing Wage
• What Legal Personhood For DAOs Means For Crypto Industry
• SEC Says Ripple Appeal May Help Case Wrap Up Sooner
• Ex-Mozambique Official Says Delay Should End $2B Fraud Case
• Montana Youth Climate Ruling Leaves Much Ground To Cover
• The Biggest Texas Rulings Of 2023: Midyear Report
• 4 Business-Building Strategies For Introvert Attorneys
• Ga. Officials Laud Bond Approval For Challenged Rivian Plant
• DC Circ. Tosses Federal Approvals For Utah Oil Rail Project
• 11th Circ. Won't Nix Panama Canal Award
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, V&E
• Chinese Investment In Latin America Raises Corruption Risks
• FTC Tackles 'Entanglements' In $5.2B Quantum-EQT Deal
• SEC Clears First Hurdle To Possible Ripple Appeal
• FERC Accused Of Rushing W.Va. Pipeline's Coal Waste Plan
• EPA Moves To Quash Louisiana Environmental Justice Suit
• 3 Ways Justices' Disclosure Defenses Miss The Ethical Point
• Condor Wants Sponsor's Chilean Reorg Halted During Ch. 11
• Counterfactual Models: A Key Tool In Energy Price Disputes
• Genesis Grants FTX $175M Claim To End Ch. 11 Disputes
• NYC Zoning Rules Slow Rockefeller Center Hotel's Course
• Illinois Gov. Vetoes 'Monopoly' Grid Construction Legislation
• Texas Rail Commissioner Wants Offshore Wind Sale Blocked
• How Bankman-Fried's Ex Could Bring His Trial To Life
• EPA Urges 5th Circ. To Keep Air Quality Rules In Place
• EPA Downplayed Risks After Ohio Train Derailment, Court Told
• Feds Want 2 Years For Ex-OpenSea Staffer In NFT Fraud Case
• Subcontractor Must Arbitrate Va. Highway Project Fight
• Generator, Utility Challenges After FERC Connection Revamp
• 4 Firms Build $1.4B Merger Of HF Sinclair, Holly Energy
• Ohio AG Gets Final Deal For Derailment 'Phony Charity' Case
• Fox Rothschild Adds Former Smith Currie Atty In DC
• Kirkland, V&E Guide $7.1B Energy Transfer-Crestwood Deal
• GOP Reps Press Regulators Over Novel License To Crypto Co.
• Houston's Occidental To Buy Carbon Capture Co. For $1.1B
• Chilean Renewable Energy Co. Gets Stay Order In Ch. 11 Case
• FTC Probing CorEnergy's $175M Pipeline Sale To Spire
• DOT Finalizes Buy America Waiver For 'De Minimis' Costs
• Ex-FERC Official Joins Vinson & Elkins In DC From Steptoe
• DC Circ. Rejects Claims FERC Market Cap Rule Overstepped
• 5 Compliance Mistakes To Avoid When Entering A New Market
• New Indictment Against SBF Details $100M Political Donations
• Lima Says $8.7M Award Must Be Nixed Over Bribery Scandal
• Don't Let 'Feasibility' Justify Broadband Redlining, FCC Told
• 10th Circ. Upholds EPA Utah Coal Plant Rule
• FCC Chief Calls To Replenish Broadband Program
• EV Maker Inks Incentives With Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation
• Montana Youth Prevail In Nation's 1st Climate Change Trial
• Final 'Buy America' Guidance For Infrastructure Is Here
• Mitigating Risk In US Liquefied Natural Gas Contracts
• Pole Owners' Delays Threaten Broadband Projects, FCC Told
• Refiners, Biofuel Groups Clash In Renewable Fuels Fight
• Mo. Tells 8th Circ. EPA Wrongly Nixed Downwind Ozone Plan
• AI Can Help Identify Digital Redlining, Urban League Says
• Enviros Say DOE Still Can't Justify Alaska LNG Exports
• Utilities Blast FERC's 'Radical' Grid-Upgrade Cost Order
• The IRA Turns 1, And Clean Energy Work Is Transformed
• DOE Puts Up $1.2B For CO2 Removal Facilities In Texas, La.
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Occidental's $392M Award Ruling
• Caregiver Flexibility Is Crucial For Atty Engagement, Retention
• Reluctant 4th Circ. Greenlights Mountain Valley Pipeline
• Corficolombiana Inks $80M Deal To End Bribery Probes
• Energy Dept. Unveils Plan To Speed Up Power Line Permitting
• Washoe Tribe Gets $1.3M From DOE For Grid Improvements
• Ariz. Tribes Say They Are 'Prevailing Party' In Mine Win
• DCG Seeks Dismissal Of 'Sensational' Gemini Fraud Suit
• Canada Says Westmoreland Coal Phaseout Claim Must Fail
• Green Groups Urge DC Circ. To Maintain MVP Ruling
• States Say OK Of Pa.-NJ Pipeline Work Undermines State Law
• Ex-NRG, FERC Regulatory Atty Joins Reed Smith In DC
• Texas Court Advised To Ax Investor's Immigration Fraud Suit
• Gov't Says No Discovery Via US Courts In ICSID Arbitrations
• Ex-OpenSea Staffer Seeks Time Served In NFT Fraud Case
• Texas Enviro Panel Tells 5th Circ. New Pollution Tech Untested
• Locke Lord Panned For Withholding Docs In Malpractice Suit
• Texas Developer Asks 6th Circ. To Revive Malpractice Suit
• Bracewell Adds 2 Stroock Attys As Partners In New York
• ND Judge Says Tribal Landowners Can't Join Pipeline Fight
• FERC Prods DC Circ. To Affirm Vacated Call In Pipeline Suit
• Colo. Judge Blocks New State Law Raising Gun-Buying Age
• EPA Power Plant Emissions Rule Comment Roundup
• How High Court Is Assessing Tribal Law Questions
• FCC Says Progress Made On Anti-Fraud Reforms
• Even Without US, Deep-Sea Mining Rules Likely To Prevail
• Feds' New EB-5 Center Approval Rule Likely To Stand
• Iowa, Neb. AGs Sue EPA To Get Year-Round E15 Gas Sales
• Law360 2023 Project Finance Editorial Board
• New Jersey Grieves Attorney Known As Pinelands Protector
• In-Office Engagement Is Essential To Associate Development
• Baker Botts Picks Up 2 Veterans Of Sidley's IA Team
• EPA Can't Justify Lax Biofuel Compliance, DC Circ. Is Told
• Trends Emerge In High Court's Criminal Law Decisions
• Biden Designates National Monument Near Grand Canyon
• Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Seattle Attorneys Reject Ex-Client's Botched Arbitration Claim
• Judge Orders Mediation In Mountain Express Ch. 11 'Mess'
• Deloitte Must Face Investor Suit Over Failed Nuclear Project
• North Dakota Looks To Preserve $34M Access Pipeline Claims
• 10th Circ. Affirms BLM Drilling Project Approval
• Oregon Judge Tosses National Forest Logging Plan Suit
• Peru Disputes Witnesses In Ariz. Co.'s $909M Royalty Claims
• Global Analysis Of Climate Suits Reveals Strategic Focus
• Solar Developer Is Latest To Try, Fail To Kill Big Wind Project
• Okefenokee Swamp Mine Suit Belongs In Ga., Judge Rules
• A Judge's Pitch To Revive The Jury Trial
• Investment Advisers Say Client Theft Claims Are Unsupported
• DC Circ. Backs FERC In Xcel Energy's Grid Upgrade Fight
• 'Made In America' Broadband Production Gets Boost
• The Biggest Enviro Cases To Watch In 2023: Midyear Report
• Colombia's Oil Co. Says $1B Award Should Stand
• Exemption Sought For BEAD Broadband Grant Income
• A Milestone For Offshore Wind In Maine
• Montana Says State Agency Failing To Defend Coal Laws
• Feds Say Fraud Was Contractor's 'Life's Work,' Seek 12 Years
• How To Recognize And Recover From Lawyer Loneliness
• Freight Co. Calls $23M Suit Over Ongoing M&A Pact 'Absurd'
• FTX Customers Can't See Celebrity Contracts, For Now
• Chinese Investors Get Final OK Of EB-5 Deal In Fla. Mall Suit
• Trade Groups Want Flexibility In 'Buy America' Program Rules
• Investment Advisers Sued Over Alleged 'Theft' Of Clients
• 5th Circ. Upends FERC's Western Grid Cost-Sharing Plan
• Pa. Justices Will Mull If Fed. Gas Law Preempts State Review
• Calif. Top Court Says State Law Trumps County's Drilling Ban
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Should Be Mandatory
• RDOF Winners Get Pushback On Request For More FCC Help
• Recalling USWNT's Legal PR Playbook Amid World Cup Bid
• DLA Piper Adds 2 Attys To Emerging Growth Team In Austin
• Shell Calls Landowners' Atty Sanction Bid 'Hyperbole'
• 2 Firms Build $685M Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas SPAC Deal
• Duke Tells DC Circ. FERC Got Grid Upgrade Orders Wrong
• Chinese Investors Say It's Best To Nix EB-5 Condo Project Suit
• Conservative Group Says VC Fund Violates Civil Rights Law
• Celebs Again Try To Nix Investor Suit Over Crypto Promos
• Panama Says No Discovery For Webuild Canal Arbitration
• 11th Circ. Says Skanska Must Face Barge Damage Suits
• Mont. Judge Blocks Water Pipeline Through Fed. Wilderness
• 3 Service Provider Considerations For NTIA Broadband Fund
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Arturo de la Parra
• States, Industry Growing Into New Clean Water Act Reality
• PUC Pricing Orders Rightly Nixed, Texas High Court Told
• FERC Blasted Over Grid Perk Denials At 6th Circ.
• Coal Mining Group Adds To EPA Ozone Plan Challenges
• Texas Oil Export Terminal Fight Is Warranted, 5th Circ. Told
• Developer Gets 65 Months For $30M Investor Fraud Schemes
• Businessman Drops Meister Seelig Suit Over $30M Loan
• DC Circ. Zaps Challenge To FERC Approval Of Grid Plan
• Congress Ends DC Circ. Row Over $6B Pipeline, FERC Says
• Rising Star: Milbank's Munib Hussain
• Ashurst Hires International Arbitration Partner From DLA Piper