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Energy - February, 2007

137 articles

• Baker Botts
• Chances For Industry To Join Climate Change Dialogue
• Experts Call For Energy Efficiency Laws
• Energy Price-Gouging Legislation Introduced
• Utility Commission To Fight Suit Over $2.2B Buyout
• SEC To Probe Trades Before TXU Buyout
• Chavez Nationalizes Orinoco Oil Projects
• University Fined $1.1M For Nuclear Safety Violations
• Morrison & Foerster
• Supreme Court Vacates ExxonMobil Damages
• Chevron, Others Sued Over Goodyear Worker's Death
• Class Action Over Calif. Energy Crisis Thwarted
• Oil Drilling Company Faces Fine Over Bid
• El Paso Energy Worker Wins Disability Claims Review
• Union Hits Alliant Energy With ERISA Class Action
• Sullivan & Cromwell
• SEC Drops Claim Against Ex-Halliburton CFO
• Bayoil Founder Loses Bid To Drop Iraqi Kickback Case
• Halliburton Patent Suit Leads To Antitrust Action
• TXU's $43.8 Billion Deal Turns A Few Shades Greener
• Koreagate Influencer Sentenced In Oil-For-Food Case
• BP Settles Refinery Explosion Claims
• Hunton & Williams
• Retirees Score $17.4M In NorthWestern Pension Spat
• Exelon Files Suit To Avoid Arbitration With Union
• Chevron Appeals $3.5M Award In Wrongful Death Suit
• BP CEO Deposition Delayed In Refinery Explosion Case
• South Korea Fines Light Oil Producers $5M
• E.C. Rules Company Must Return €98M
• Energy Industry Eagerly Awaits Duke Energy Verdict
• Judge Certifies Class In Exxon Contamination Case
• Sempra Planning Supreme Court Appeal
• Judge Denies Banks' Request To Delay Enron Trial
• Court Ruling Clouds Power Producers' Horizon
• Paul Hastings
• PG&E Ordered To Refund Customers
• Shareholders Withdraw Request To Block BP CEO Pay
• Santos Drops Bid For QGC After Regulatory Snub
• SEC Sues Braintree Energy Over $9M Scam
• Reliant Shareholder Withdraws Proxy Proposal
• Class Action Calls For Return Of "Excess" Fuel Tax
• Latham & Watkins
• Cos. Appeal €519M Rubber Cartel Fine
• Korea's FTC Fines Cos. $112M For Price-Fixing
• New Trial Ordered For Nigerian Barge Defendants
• Crucial Funds Within Reach For Entergy New Orleans
• Drilling Contractors Settle Patent Suit For $15M
• Utility Drops Battle With Boulder Over Energy Credits
• Australian Watchdog Slams Santos' Bid For QGC
• World Bank To Hear Eni Complaint Against Venezuela
• Fulbright & Jaworski
• FERC Revises Power Grid Access Rule
• Russian Minister Criticizes Gazprom-SUEK Merger
• Gas Company Files $561M Antitrust Suit
• Power Co. Settles CFTC Action For $2M
• Court Denies Rehearing In Halliburton Pension Case
• Suppliers Sue India's Gas Authority For Unpaid Bill
• Canada Threatens Lawsuit Over U.S. Gas Tankers
• E.U. Members Wary Of E.C. Energy Goals
• Former Enron Traders Get Probation
• Greenpeace Notches Win In Nuclear Power Dispute
• Lawsuit Takes On Coal Power Plant
• Trafigura Pays $200M To Settle With Ivory Coast
• IP Litigation Trends: Energy
• America's Most Litigious Energy Companies
• Product Liability Litigation Trends: Energy
• Antitrust Litigation Trends: Energy
• Refinancing Approved For Energy Wholesaler
• Securities Litigation Trends: Energy
• Employment Litigation Trends: Energy
• Erika Tanker Case Spills Into French Court
• K&L Gates
• Senate Panel Hears Testimony On Oil Royalties
• E.U. Probes Power Transformer Firms
• Siemens Suspends Employees In Price-Fixing Probe
• BP CEO Will Testify In Texas City Explosion Case
• Marine Reserve Sues ExxonMobil
• Pennsylvania Judge Clears Utility Merger
• McDermott Will & Emery
• Czech Regulator Tacks $45M Onto Cartel's Tab
• Nuclear Plant Workers Sue Employer, Union
• E.U. Gets Tough On Environmental Crimes
• Chavez Takes Over AES-Owned Utility
• Convicted Westar CEO Freed On Bond
• Nixon Peabody
• E.U. Trade Chief Calls For Global Energy Rules
• Chevron Shows Interest In Bankrupt Yukos
• Shareholders Want To Freeze BP CEO's Pay
• Scientists Urge Senate Action On Global Warming
• Entergy's Unsecured Creditors Take Bold Step
• Opponents Rebuke Duke's Coal-Fired Growth Plan
• Decades After NYC Spill, N.Y. Sues ExxonMobil
• WilmerHale
• Environmental Groups Threaten Reliant With Suit
• SEC Sues Over Insider-Trading In Energy Merger
• El Paso To Pay $7.7M To Settle Oil-For-Food Charges
• Dominican Republic Sued Over Electricity Gaffes
• FERC, CFTC Probed On Oversight Of Gas Trading
• New Jersey Sues EPA Over Clean Air Act
• Baker & Hostetler
• Bribes Cost Oil Drillers $26 Million In Fines
• Ex-Westar CEO Gets Two Years Behind Bars
• U.S. To Probe BP Alaska Oil Spill
• Foley & Lardner
• Holland & Hart Launches Climate Change Practice
• Acciona Hit With Injunction In Endesa Dispute
• Exxon Tries To Reverse $3.6B Award In Alabama
• ERISA Suit v. Dept. Of Energy Petitioned To High Court
• U.S. Energy Biogas Deal Wins Approval
• Kroes Hints At Action Against E.U. Energy Firms
• Baker & McKenzie
• Ruling Gives Gas Companies $70M Tax Refund
• Banks Protest Class Certification In Enron Case
• Yukos Founder Faces New Charges
• Insurer Must Defend Sunoco In 76 Liability Cases
• Appeals Court Upholds FERC Order
• Court Dismisses Citizen Suit Against Oil Companies
• Calpine Shareholders Question Miller Buckfire Hiring
• Regulators Coming Down Hard On Jet Fuel Cartels
• Oil Shipping Co. Hit With Class Actions
• Asarco Accuses Parent Company Of Fraud
• Chavez To Take Control Of Orinoco Oil Projects
• Lubrizol Crude Oil Refund Upheld
• Energy Co. Claims Rival Lured Its Entire Workforce
• Ivory Coast Waste Case Gets Class Action Status
• Regulator Puts Conditions On Essent, Nuon Merger
• Oil Cos. Accused of Fleecing Drivers In Four States
• Heller Ehrman
• Steel Maker Settles Race Claims For $600,000
• Chevron Hit With Suit Over Gas Leak
• AG Reaches Out To Auto Makers To Settle Suit
• Enron Prosecutor Joins Latham & Watkins
• An Integrated Energy And Climate Change Policy
• Judge Lets Ex-Enron Broadband Chief Off The Hook
• White & Case
• Lawmakers Mull Global Warming Policies
• Spain May Blockade Non-E.U. Energy Monopolies