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Energy - January, 2010

165 articles

• Carbon Market Still Growing Despite Uncertainties
• Obama, EU Pledge To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Mass. Rolls Out Ambitious Energy Efficiency Goals
• Ex-Willbros Execs Get Prison Sentences In Bribery Plot
• Japanese Cable Makers Face $7M In Cartel Fines
• 11th Circ. Nixes Action Over Katrina Gas Price-Gouging
• Senate Approves Comprehensive Iran Sanctions
• Ecuadoreans Can't Stop Amazon Arbitration: Chevron
• CFTC Fines Canadian Cos. Over Gas Futures Trading
• Sens. Push For 'Crippling' Trade Sanctions On Iran
• Judge OKs $1.2B Pilot Travel Centers, Flying J Deal
• Wind Farm Scales Back To Save Endangered Bat
• Mayer Brown Grows Energy Group With New Partner
• SEC Backs Climate Change Guidance For Public Cos.
• Pollution Exclusion Frees Lloyd's From Coal Plant Suit
• Ohio High Court Upholds Gas Fixed-Cost Increase
• Negotiating Break-Up Fees In A Stalking Horse Bid
• Gas Cos. Lose Appeal Of FERC Pipeline Reduction
• Insurer Asks To Wash Hands Of Oil Worker Cancer Suit
• Biz Groups Urge Defeat Of Iran Gas Sanctions Bill
• Green Group Seeks To Intervene In CAA Suit V. PG&E
• Conoco Workers Lose 2nd Class Cert. Bid In FMLA Suit
• GE, Others Slammed With Utility Sales Patent Suit
• Bill Proposes Country-Of-Origin Labeling For Fuel
• Maryland Seeks Ruling In Suit Over LNG Project
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite Litigators
• TXCO Ch. 11 Plan Gets Verbal Approval
• Conergy, MEMC Settle Solar Wafer Antitrust Spat
• Tullow Close To Completing Uganda Oil Purchase
• Insurers Brace For Impact From Iran Gas Sanctions Bill
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Shell Price-Fixing Case
• PG&E Meter Readers Near Settlement In FLSA Suit
• High Court Won't Hear '100% Healed' ADA Case
• Ex-McGuireWoods Atty Hit With Corruption Charges
• HSBC Banks $350M On Electric Car-Charging Startup
• Recent EPA Objections To Title V Permits
• Westar To Fork Over $500M In Air Pollution Case
• Ga. Gas Tax Class Suit Nixed For Sovereign Immunity
• Natural Gas Groups Lash Out At EPA Tailoring Rule
• FERC Forced To Review Natural Gas Reporting Rule
• 16 States Support EPA In Endangerment Suit
• Valero Settles Tax Dispute With Aruban Government
• Petroleum Cos. Sued Over Puerto Rican Facility Blast
• Claims Pared Again In Exxon Mobil Tank Leak Suit
• NRDC Asks 9th Circ. To Block Shell Offshore Drilling
• DOC Begins Investigations Into Chinese Drill Pipe
• Rulings Underscore Need For E-Discovery Expertise
• Navy Launches Broad Energy Efficiency Initiative
• FERC Electric Market Rules Target Credit, Ownership
• Senators Spar Over Energy Research Funding
• Sens. Pitch Resolution To Block EPA Carbon Rule
• Algonquin Fund Gets New Shot At $7.6M Judgment
• NJ Solar Bill Opens Markets, Adds Jobs: Advocates
• Pacific Pipeline To Pay $1.3M Over Calif. Oil Spill
• Khanjee Wins Stay Of Enviro Fines Over Power Plant
• USPowerGen Founder Joins Bingham As Partner
• Allegheny Drilling Decision Appealed To 3rd Circ.
• Law360 Energy Editorial Advisory Board
• Exxon, XTO Say Fracking Regs Would Threaten Merger
• High Court Allows 2 Intervenors In Carolinas River Spat
• NIST Launches 1st Version Of Smart Grid Standards
• Magellan Resolves CWA Suit Over Okla. Gas Spill
• Canadian Sunoco Retailers Hit Suncor Over Rebranding
• Hydro-Quebec, NB Power Finish Smaller, $3B Deal
• Citgo Draws OSHA Fine Over Refinery Blast
• Enviro Groups Fight Jordan Cove LNG Project In Ore.
• Court Clears Way For White Energy Ch. 11 Plan
• Chevron Disputes Ecuador's Bid To Stay Arbitration
• Negotiating Financeable Alternative Energy PPAs
• Plains All American Faces Driver OT Action
• Gulfport Wins Dismissal Of Suit Over Rights Offering
• Tech, Energy Took Biggest Antitrust Hits Last Year
• Williams Cos. Restructures, Launches $3B Buyback Bid
• Shell Asks High Court To Annul Gas Franchise Ruling
• CBS, Vertellus Can Fight Exxon Cleanup Settlement
• Electric Cos. Lose Cert Bid In FERC Permit Spat
• Kelson Won't Get $15M Breakup Fee: 3rd Circ.
• K&L Gates Nabs Energy Partners For Texas Offices
• Court Won't Rethink Blocked Justice E-Mails To Massey
• Neb. Town's Contract Suit V. Energy Co-Op Tossed
• Developing CCS Programs Nationwide
• Senate GOP Slams Mountaintop Mine Permit Veto
• Shell Gas Trader Off Hook In CFTC Manipulation Suit
• Entergy, Insurer Sue Army In Katrina Negligence Suit
• Debevoise Botched Contract Suit, Lost $55M: Ex-Client
• CFTC Proposes Cap On Energy Speculation
• Ecuadorians Fight Chevron Bid To Derail Enviro Suit
• Court Probes FERC Termination Of Mass. Plant License
• Claims Pared From XTO Natural Gas Royalty Suit
• Utilities Fired Up Over NM Cap On Greenhouse Gases
• Apache To Buy 51% Stake In Canadian Gas Terminal
• Towns Calls For Review Of US Port Security Program
• Groups Ask Congress For $1B To Cut Diesel Emissions
• Climate Bills Pose Problem For Bankruptcy Lawyers
• H-2B Oil Rig Workers Win Bid To Amend OT Action
• Western National Balks At TXCO Ch. 11 Plan
• Cameron Unit Fined Over Kazakh Visa Bribes
• Judge Revives Oil Leases On Alaska's North Slope
• KBR Unit Wins $350M In Arbitration With Pemex
• High Court Says Mobile-Sierra Applies To 3rd Parties
• Fed. Circ. Cuts Through DOE's 'Delays' Defense
• Stallion Set To Gallop Out Of Bankruptcy
• Sunoco Settles With Mich. City In Cleanup Costs Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Exxon, Shell Gas Pricing Suit
• US Fire Doesn't Owe MasTec Coverage: 11th Circ.
• Newfield, Anadarko To Split TXCO Assets For $310M
• Latham Snags 3 Energy Lions For New Houston Office
• DC Circ. Hears Pipeline Rate Formula Arguments
• Vinson & Elkins Opens Outpost In Silicon Valley
• Top NRC Atty Heads To Morgan Lewis
• Stone Energy Looks To End Investor Suit For $10.5M
• Patents Key To Fighting Climate Change
• New England Utilities Lose Cert Bid In FERC Spat
• 8th Circ. Affirms Call For Arbitration In PRM Patent Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Calif. Energy Crisis Appeal
• Berry Pays $126M For Wolfberry Trend Assets
• LLCs Are Citizens Of Main Business State: 4th Circ.
• Massey May Face Suits Over Polluted Waterways
• V&E Adds 3 Energy Transaction Partners
• ITC Hands Mitsubishi Win In GE Wind Turbine Case
• Judge Backs Chukchi Sea Take Rule On Polar Bears
• US Hands Out $187M For Vehicle Efficiency Projects
• EPA Drops Pennaco Mont. Water Standards Appeal
• D&O Treatment Of Climate Change Liabilities
• Tronox, Arco Near Settlement In Okla. Oil Pollution Suit
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Sanctions Against Cravath Attys.
• Injury Claims Tossed In Chevron Refinery Suit
• White House Awards $2.3B In Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Skadden Lawyer's Bush Atty Husband Beat Her: Police
• Ore. Utility To Take $5M Hit Over Hydro Plant Incident
• DOE Rolls Out New Energy-Saving Rules On Washers
• White Energy Ch.11 Plan Ruffles Creditors
• Transmission Co. Seeks Exit From FPL Contract Spat
• Sutherland Nabs Dewey M&A Atty For Energy Practice
• No Indemnity Duty In Propane Blast Case: Texas Court
• EPA Reveals Tighter Smog Standards
• Technical Inspectors Hit Moody Over OT Policy
• Commonwealth Appeals $3M Katrina Damage Ruling
• Challenges For The Appalachian Coal Industry In 2010
• Evergreen To Spin Off K-Fuel To Chinese Group
• TXCO Creditors Show Support For Anadarko Bid
• Savoy Sues University Over $10M Carbon Capture Deal
• Enforcement Fines Down 54 Percent In '09: EPA
• 9th Circ. Nixes Denial Of ConocoPhillips FLSA Class
• Energy Future To Hold $300M Offering To Raise Cash
• Constellation To Offer $400M Tender After EDF Deal
• DOI Plans Tougher Rules For Onshore Energy Leases
• Anadarko Offers TXCO Up To $310M For Assets
• Groups Slam EPA's Nod To Patriot Coal Mine Permit
• Inergy Unit Buys Liberty Propane For $223M
• Arch Coal Mountaintop Mine Case Stayed Again
• GE, Ingentis Resolve $73M Turbine Contract Dispute
• FERC Delays Release Of Landowner List In Pipeline Suit
• Sunoco Fined Over Troubled Pa. Refinery
• 4th Circ. Sides With Bowles Rice In Malpractice Suit
• Noble Energy Nabs Suncor Reserves For $494M
• XTO Energy Shareholder Sues Over $41B Exxon Deal
• Radioactive Waste Processor Settles Race Bias Suit
• 11 States To Develop Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• 8th Circ. Reverses EPA Penalty Against Service Oil
• Setting A Science-Based Greenhouse Pollution Cap
• Nuclear Agency Under Fire Over NY Power Plant
• Total Buys Chesapeake Shale Assets For $2.25B
• Energy Legislation To Watch In 2010
• Energy Cases To Watch In 2010