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Energy - August, 2008

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• Revised DOJ Guidelines Could Spark New Strategies
• SEC Settles With Exec Accused Of Fooling Investors
• Pressure Grows To Disclose Global Warming Risks
• Utah Agrees To Join Radioactive Waste Suit Defense
• Entergy Sues Miss. AG Over Doc Request
• Tightening The Screws On Fraud In Petroleum Markets
• Industry Fights 'Alaska Gap' In Polar Bear Rule
• DOJ Changes Corporate Fraud Guidelines
• La. Oil Refinery To Overhaul Pollution Controls
• Survey Shows Slight Drop In Clean Energy Patents
• Class Status Granted In IP Fraud Suit V. Headwaters
• Investors Seek Class Status In LDK Solar Suit
• Last-Minute Funding Obviates Coal Bed Methane Suit
• Xcel Agrees To Disclose Climate Change Risks
• 10th Circ. Tosses Kazakh Oil Consortium Suit
• Texas Oil Groups Sue EPA For Inaction On Air Rules
• Braintree Gets 2nd Sanctions Order In SEC Suit
• Judge Won't Toss Exxon Indonesia Case
• Exxon Pays Out $383M, But More Litigation To Come
• Judge Approves $170M Arco Superfund Deal
• Alaska To Spend $1B On Gas, Energy Relief
• Entergy, NY Will Stick With $432M Deal
• Germany Probes Gas Cos. Over Region Merger Plan
• Calif. Assembly OKs Greenhouse Gas Land-Use Bill
• Oil Cos. Can Collect $1.1B From Feds: Fed. Circ.
• Waste Cos. Take Patent Fight To Mass. District Court
• Exxon, EPA Settle For $2.6M Over Chemical Leakage
• Colo. Groups Call For Stricter Radon Emissions Limits
• 12 States Sue EPA Over Oil Refinery Emissions
• District Court Not Venue For Corridor Disputes: Judge
• U.S. Energy Files Ch. 11 Reorganization Plan
• Ky. Attorney General Issues Gas Subpoenas
• BofA Wins $411M In Natural Gas Case
• FERC Approves NY Electricity Rerouting Rule Change
• Leasing Laws In Flux For Offshore Drilling
• US Synthetic Settles National Oilwell Varco Units' Suit
• Marathon Oil Gets Boost In FLSA Battle
• Cash-Balance Plans Not Anti-Age: 9th Circ.
• New FTC Rule Would Target Oil Market Manipulation
• EPA Sues Calif. Mining Co. For $40M Cleanup
• Enron Gets Settlement Shortfall Case Sent To Texas
• Meter Reader Slaps PG&E With Overtime Class Action
• Gas Shippers Lose Class Bid In Kickback Suit
• Ga. Appeals Court To Consider Coal Plant Permit
• Judge Tosses Salary-Fixing Suit Against Oil Cos.
• Transworld Oil Unit Faces Suit Over Air Violations
• Panda To Appeal $200M Claim Against Calpine
• $50M Fine Falls 'Woefully Short': BP Blast Victims
• Russian Oil Cos. Face Fuel Price Collusion Fines
• Tesco Sues Rivals Over Oil Drilling Tool Patent
• New Orrick Partners Eye 'Solar Valley' Projects
• Energy Companies Latest To Acquire Katz Patents
• Fried Frank Confirms Support Staff Layoffs
• D.C. Circ. Strikes Blow Against EPA, Oil Industry
• Conoco Wins Appeal In $6.8M Drilling Contract Fight
• $2B Texas Offshore Oil Port Project Moves Forward
• Brazil's President Wants Oil Money To Fight Poverty
• Spanish Agency Wants $33M Fine For Endesa Leak
• Skadden Recoups Energy Partner From FERC
• Documents Shed Light On Duke Energy Class Action
• Judge Tosses ECOA Suit Against JP Morgan Chase
• Mass. Gov. Signs $1.64B Green Bond
• Earthjustice Appeals EPA Permit For N.M. Coal Plant
• Judge Sends Panda Energy Packing Again
• Judge Lets Energy Interests Join Polar Bear Dispute
• Senators Call For Probe Into CFTC Oil Price Report
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade System Begins Taking Shape
• Ford, Severstal Sue MichCon Gas For Cleanup Costs
• ESA Rules Raise Questions On Climate Policy
• U.K. Regulator Says Shell Oil Ad Is 'Greenwashing'
• Ecuador Offers To Broker Chevron Settlement
• W.Va. Judge Stays Surface Mine Expansion
• Amaranth Trader To Fork Over Trading Records
• Judge Tosses Clinton-Era 'Roadless Rule'
• Schumer Asks FERC To Investigate Power Markets
• Sierra Club Fired Up About Coal Plant
• DOE Tax Credits Violate Environmental Law: Suit
• U.S. Trustee Calls For Probe In SemGroup Ch. 11
• Supreme Court Won't Rule On Exxon Valdez Interest
• N.C. Wants Court To Move Faster On EPA Suit
• Ariz. Coal Plant Agrees To $400M Retrofit
• The Massachusetts Green Communities Act
• Chevron To Pay $48M In Calif. Unocal Patent Suit
• Sierra Club Can't Double-Dip In EPA Suit: Judge
• Value Of Disputed BofA Natural Gas Trimmed
• Energy Lawyers Well-Paid, Happy At Work: Survey
• Exxon Wins Dismissal Of Ill. Town's Remediation Suit
• Judge Urged To Stay Course In Westar Trial
• EU Blowing Funds Into Offshore Wind Power
• Environmental Groups Sue To Stop W.Va. Coal Mine
• Judge Unseals Opinion In Exxon Indonesia Case
• N.Y. Ratepayers Avoid Paying For Steam Blast Repairs
• OMV Withdraws Bid In Huff
• Avista Corp., Idaho Settle on Energy, Gas Price Hikes
• High Court To Tackle Clean Water Act, Sonar Disputes
• Law Firms Prepare For Expected Climate Regulations
• NRDC Sues State Dept. Over Keystone Pipeline
• American Indians Win Small Victory Over U.S. Govt.
• Atmos Faces Safety Citations After Texas Blast
• Judge Lets Some Claims Proceed In Mine Case
• Conservationists Sue To Stop Utah Gas Drilling
• Markets Prepare For Revamped CFTC Regulation
• Utilities Settle Spat Over Clean Water Act
• Court Ups Damages In Nuclear Fuel Storage Suit
• EPA Denies Texas Biofuels Waiver
• China's Sinochem Lands Rights To Indonesian Blocks
• TNK-BP, Lukoil, Others Resist Russian Antitrust Probe
• CFTC Adjusts Speculators' Oil Market Share
• Judge Won't Dismiss Charges Against Westar Execs
• N.J. High Court Makes Exception For Suing Counsel
• Oregon Officials OK New Solar Energy Facilities
• E.ON, Gazprom Continue Joint Venture Talks
• RGGI Conducts First CO2 Allowance Auction
• Judge OKs $150M SemGroup DIP Loan
• Environmentalists Drop Fight Against Coal Plant
• EPA Head Chastised By Union Officials At Agency
• Alaska Attacks DOI's Polar Bear Listing
• Former FERC Chair Joins Husch Blackwell Sanders
• SemGroup Subsidiary Tries To Block Financing Deal
• McDermott Scores Former CFTC Trial Lawyer
• FERC Report Finds Xcel Energy Violated Agency Rules
• Plaintiffs Dismiss CenterPoint From Gas MDL
• Chevron Tangles With NGO Over Ecuador Case
• Sen. Stevens Pleads Not Guilty, Trial Date Is Set
• One Claim Left For Worker Suing Over BP Blast
• Putative Class Accuses GE Of Misleading Investors
• Murphy Oil Hit With Wage-And-Hour Suit
• EPA Approves New Mexico Coal Plant In Navajo Nation
• Phoenix IP, Emerson Electric Settle Patent Suit
• Firms, Bar Recover From Kickback Prosecution