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Energy - April, 2010

194 articles

• Massey Offers Victims' Families $3M Each
• DOJ Attys, Secretaries Head To Gulf As Spill Hits Shore
• Massey Probe Heats Up Amid Calls For Safety Reform
• Property Owners Target BP, Others Over Oil Spill
• Morgan Stanley, UBS Pay $14M To Settle CFTC Oil Case
• Customers Appeal Dismissal Of Duke Rebates Case
• The New Energy Battleground: Transmission
• Oil Rig Blast Sparks New Offshore Drilling Debate
• Secure Energy's Trade Secrets Case Trimmed
• Gulf Coast Fishermen, Shrimpers Sue BP Over Oil Spill
• $3M Verdict Upheld In Chevron Suit Over Faulty Bolts
• DC Circ. Axes 2nd Challenge To Dominion LNG Project
• Colo. Lawmakers OK Uranium Cleanup Bill
• Feingold Urges New Curbs On Energy Speculation
• Simpson Thacher Advises PPL In $7.2B E.ON Deal
• BP Loses Bid To Nix Testimony In $81M Fire Suit
• Orrick Reps First Solar In $285M NextLight Acquisition
• Ruling Mixed In Coverage Spat Over $50M Oil Spill
• Chu Calls For Revolution At Senate Energy Hearing
• Green Groups, Industry Push For Action On Climate Bill
• Baker Hughes Awarded $25M In Varel Drill Bit Spat
• Sempra To Pay Calif. $410M Over Energy Crisis
• DOI Approves 1st Offshore Wind Farm
• Ethanol Co., Affiliate Strike $1M Deal In Wis. Enviro Suit
• Emissions Limits Will Help Cure Oil Addiction: Jackson
• DOJ OKs Baker Hughes, BJ Merger With Divestitures
• Massey Hit With Suit Over Alleged Permit Violations
• Court Keeps Chevron Refinery Expansion On Hold
• Report Shows Impacts Of Climate Change: EPA
• House Panel Probes Fatal Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig Blast
• Senate Panel Lambastes Mine Safety Missteps
• BP To Shell Out $991M For Total Oil Field Interests
• EPA Urged To Probe Fracking Water Pollution In Pa.
• Massey Faces Derivative Action Over Fatal Mine Blast
• Enron Exec Loses Appeal In Insider Trading Case
• The Complexity Of Contracts Amid Nuclear Renaissance
• Arena Shareholders Sue Over $6.2B SandRidge Merger
• Natural Gas Antitrust Suit Preempted: Tenn. High Court
• Calif. Assembly Panel OKs Emissions Threshold Bill
• La. Court Cuts Down Limits For Unfair Trade Plaintiffs
• Enviros Urge Delay Of Keystone Pipeline Plan
• Senate Climate Bill On Thin Ice After Key Sponsor Walks
• Much Litigation Expected After Oil Rig Explosion
• NY Stiffens Rules For Fracking In Watersheds
• Potash Co. Wins Land Use Appeal Against Devon
• GOP Probes Auto Cos. Over 'Secret' White House Talks
• Liability Pact Valid In Spat Over $81M BP Fire: Judge
• Jones Day Snags O'Melveny Energy Co-Chair
• Texas Oilmen Bilked Investors Of $16.6M: SEC
• Upping The Ante On Energy Efficiency Standards
• Rising Oil Prices Endanger US Energy Goals: Report
• Shell Union Spat Must Remain In Federal Court: 9th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of ERISA Suit Against Con Ed
• Lexington Must Cover Gas Well Damage: Judge
• Shell Unit Sues Wash. Utility Over $7M Power Outage
• Grab Your Calculator: FERC's New Penalty Formula
• BHP Digs Up Possible Dirty Dealings Amid SEC Probe
• Ex-FERC Official Joins Patton Boggs Energy Practice
• Sens. Seek To Extend Ethanol Industry Tax Credits
• White & Case Reps Calpine In $1.65B Power Plant Deal
• Shell Worker Meal Break Suit Weathers Dismissal Bid
• Senate Bill Aims To Jump-Start Offshore Wind Projects
• BP Settles Meal Break Suit With Calif. Drivers
• Caveat Venditor: Ensure Debtor Has Authority To Pay
• Experts Urge Fast Senate Action On Carbon Capture
• US Seeks Damages From PG&E Over 2004 Fire
• Senate Dems Decry Offshore Drilling Revenue Split
• New Trial Ordered In BP Water Flow Negligence Suit
• Latham, Shearman, White Case Rep MIE In $288M IPO
• Eka Exits Wireless Technology Patent Suits
• DC Circ. Affirms FERC Power Service Orders For Fla.
• DOI Finalizes New Offshore Oil, Gas Production Rule
• Kinder Morgan Unit To Pay $205M To Settle FERC Suits
• Shareholder Suit Seeks To Halt MAM-Emera Merger
• Morgan Lewis Adds Power Player To Energy Practice
• High Court Seeks SG's View On Act Of State Doctrine
• Calif. Order Shows Impact On Tradeable REC Markets
• NRC Adds 14 Exemptions To Environmental Reviews
• Senate Dems Push For Trade Controls In Climate Bill
• Rising Star: Akin Gump's Richard Welsh
• Kirkland Advises Constellation In $365M Gas Plant Buy
• PacifiCorp Settles Opacity Suit With $1M Payout
• Enviro Groups Urge Obama To Act On Coal Ash Rule
• EPA Must Enact Stricter Pollution Laws For Electric Cos.
• Cabot Ordered To Plug Wells In Pa. Pollution Probe
• Basic Energy Sued Over $18M Botched Well Job
• Keeping Track Of Carbon Sequestration
• NM Greenhouse Gas Proceedings Put On Hold
• Rising Star: Sutherland's Thomas Warren
• Kan. Natural Gas Rules Violate Federal Laws: Judge
• House Panel Approves Energy Efficiency Rebate Bill
• Pension Fund Seeks To Revive Amaranth Securities Suit
• Congress, White House Plan Mine Safety Crackdown
• DOE Tries To Unplug LG Suit Over Energy Star Fridges
• CNX Investors Slam $960M Consol Stock Purchase Bid
• DOI Falls Short On Oil Lease Royalty Collection: Report
• Enviros Pursue NAFTA Action Over Canada Oil Sands
• The Emerging Landscape Of Global Warming Liability
• Apache To Snap Up Mariner Energy For $2.7B
• Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Elaine Walsh
• Superior Energy's Suit Over Ship Parts Sails Ahead
• Citgo Says Lyondell Snubbing $6M In Claims
• Class Decertified In XTO Energy Gas Royalty Case
• DOI To Study Impact Of Drilling In Arctic Seas
• DOL Misreported Massey Mine Safety Violations: Solis
• Feds Agree To Stay Yucca Mountain Shutdown
• DC Circ. Vacates FERC Ruling On Mo. Pipeline Rates
• Mountain V Drills Into Kingsly In Contract Spat
• New Standards For Equitable Mootness?
• Oil Co. Can Seek Damages From US For Lost Profits
• LA Residents Sue Over Toxins From Exxon Facility
• EPA Cools To Coal, But Other Agencies Slow To Follow
• Maine Lawmakers Pass Major Energy Corridors Bill
• Rising Star: McDermott's Sergio Pozzerle
• EU To Accept Svenska Antitrust Commitments
• DOI To Study US Royalty Revenue On Oil, Gas Leases
• Thompson & Knight Energy Guru Joins Mayer Brown
• Kinder Morgan To Buy Half Petrohawk Unit For $875M
• Rockefeller Leads New Senate Push On Mine Safety
• Welcome To The Energy Revolution
• Touradji Freed Of Some Claims In Ownership Spat
• Flying J, Shell Reach $8.5M Refinery Cleanup Deal
• Osler Reps Conoco In $4.7B Sale Of Syncrude Stake
• Devon To Sell Gulf Assets To Apache For $1B
• Asarco To Pay Fine Over Ariz. Pipeline Rupture
• Neb. Approves Law To Attract Clean Energy Projects
• Sundance Seeks New Trial In $14M Rig Loan Suit
• Jones Day, Wachtell Rep Atlas In $1.7B Reliance Deal
• Electricity Sales Qualify For Priority Claims: Judge
• Blank Rome Picks Up Lyondell In-House Counsel
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Jimmy Vallee
• Wachtell Reps Mirant In $3.1B Merger With RRI Energy
• The Importance Of Decommissioning Security
• $19M Awarded To Mothers Of Disabled In Texaco Case
• Rising Star: Cooley's Nik Patel
• State, Local Regulators Call For Tough Climate Bill
• NM Energy Cos. Sued Over Coal Waste Pollution
• Saul Ewing Reps PBF In $220M Del. Refinery Purchase
• White House Seeks Answers On Massey Mine Blast
• US Opts Out Of WTO Vote On $3.8B S. Africa Loan
• Another Weapon In The Midsize Firm Arsenal
• PXP, Enviro Groups Rework Offshore Oil Drilling Pact
• SC Fights To Revive Yucca Project In DC Circ.
• State AGs To Sens.: Don't Trample Our Climate Work
• Hong Kong Utility Sues BlueScope Over Failed Deal
• Draft Climate Bill Skimps On Mass Transit: Sens.
• Green Mountain Faces CERCLA Suit Over Toxic Vt. Site
• Sierra Club, Power Cos. End Beef Over Ohio Plant
• Energy Cos. Win Dismissal Of Drug-Test Monopoly Suit
• Rising Star: Haynes & Boone's Diana Liebmann
• Lessons In Public-Private Partnerships
• Rising Star: Haynes & Boone's Paul Dickerson
• Judge Paves Way For Exxon To Appeal MTBE Verdict
• Trifinery Fraud Claims Tossed In Chevron Oil Spill Suit
• Utah Sens. Slam BLM Categorical Exclusion Deal
• Md. Hits Mirant With Landfill Seepage Claims
• Former FERC Enforcement Chief Joins McGuireWoods
• Offshore Drilling Threatens Fla. Economy: Dems
• Congress, Regulators To Probe Massey Mine Explosion
• Former FERC, TransCanada Counsel Joins K&L Gates
• Google, Others Ask Obama To Up Energy Monitoring
• Laidlaw Sued Over NH Biomass Power Plant Contract
• Coal And Nuclear — A History Worth Repeating?
• Terrorism Suit Against Oil Cos. Tossed
• Industry Groups Challenge Final GHG Rulemaking
• Rising Star: Reed Smith's Nicolle Snyder Bagnell
• Key Evidence Faces Fire In Ecuador Chevron Trial
• Total SA Facing Renewed Oil-For-Food Probe In France
• Exxon Units Cough Up $32M To End Gas Royalty Suit
• Exxon Franchisees' Suit Over Gas Prices Trimmed
• Gas Cos. Ask 10th Circ. To Shield Docs In Hot Fuel MDL
• Utilities Seek To Freeze Federal Nuclear Waste Fee
• Ecuador Leader Vows To Fight $700M Chevron Ruling
• TVA Repair Project Did Not Trigger NSR: Judge
• DOJ To Give Closer Look To Schlumberger, Smith Merger
• USAA Doesn't Owe Chevron Lawyer Indemnity: 5th Circ.
• Arch Coal Unit Sues EPA Over Mine Permit Veto
• Denbury To Sell Properties To Quantum For $900M
• Covington Counsels SandRidge In $6.2B Arena Deal
• White & Case Reps Calpine In $740M Power Plant Sale
• DC Circ. Lets Calif. Truck Emissions Limit Stand
• Rising Star: Best Best & Krieger's Sophie Akins
• Are Coal Ash Management Controls On The Horizon?
• EPA Delays Fugitive Emissions Rule For 18 Months
• Shell To Cough Up Over $9M In CAA Settlements
• Plaintiffs Take MEMC Securities Suit To 8th Circ.
• $5.5B Coal-To-Liquid Fuel Plant Survives Challenge
• Fraud Claims Preserved In Tronox Spinoff Fight
• EPA, DOT Reveal National Vehicle Fuel Standards
• DOI Shifts Gears On Onshore Drilling Permits
• New EPA Guidance Aims To Limit Mountaintop Mining
• Sierra Club Seeks To Defend Calif. Emissions Limits
• Markey Revives 'Use It Or Lose It' Oil Lease Bill
• Alternative Fee And Billing Arrangements: A Primer