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Energy - June, 2016

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• Canada's 1st Nations Get Enbridge Pipeline OKs Tossed
• Puerto Rico Utility To Avoid Default With $415M Payment
• Minn. Owes Fees In State Energy Battle, 8th Circ. Told
• Apache Wants Atty 'Expert' Booted From $44M Contract Suit
• NJ Lawmaker Wants Tighter Leash On FERC's Pipeline Process
• Triangle USA Hits Ch. 11 To Swap $381M In Debt For Equity
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Koch Case That Could Spur Oxbow Sale
• Power Supplier To Pay $6.75M In Pa. Price Spike Settlement
• Hartford Can't Escape Crane Wreck Coverage, 5th Circ. Says
• Schumer Urges Emergency DOT Rule On Crude Oil Trains
• Schlumberger Workers Get Conditional Class Cert. In OT Row
• Indian Oil Co. Fleeing Yemen Chaos Sues Gov't For $4M Award
• DOI Unveils Final Rule On Mineral Lease Royalty Valuation
• Calif. Solar Co. In Robocall Suit Says It Meant To Call Landlines
• NY Should Unify Standards For Atty Fees Against State Agency
• MarkWest Shorted Co. $26M For Pa. Gas Plant Work, Suit Says
• Petrobras Asks 2nd Circ. For Stay In Investor Row
• The DOJ's Increased Focus On Environmental Criminal Cases
• Exxon Dodges Climate Change Probe, Drops Texas Suit
• Tampa Electric Violated Union Laws, NLRB Judge Finds
• Mining Developer Indicted For $3.3M Investment Fraud Scheme
• Christie Urges Senate To OK Higher Gas Tax, Lower Sales Tax
• Judge Nixes PG&E Bid To Ax Evidence In Pipeline Blast Trial
• Enviros Sue Fed. Water Agency Over Wash. Dam Pollution
• $27M Settles Evolution-Denbury Oil Contract Dispute
• Taylor English Nabs Ballard Spahr Energy, Enviro Partner
• DC Circ. Drops LNG Export Fight On DOE's Doorstep
• Takeaways From Delaware's Energy Transfer Ruling
• West Virginia Co. Challenges Alpha Natural Ch. 11 Plan
• Clean Energy Incentive Program Creates More CPP Confusion
• ConocoPhillips Rips Venezuela Over $10M Award In 2nd Circ.
• Hanergy Demands $9.6M Owed Under Solar Project Deal
• SunEdison Shareholder Fights MoFo's 'Ivy League' Rates
• US Finds $1.3 Trillion In Goods May Face Foreign Regs
• How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation
• ETE Terminates $38B Williams Deal After Delaware Ruling
• Enviros Tell 9th Circ. Mine Rights Decision Can Be Reviewed
• DOI Says Enviros Can't Force Off-Shore Drilling Regs
• Seventy Seven Energy Gets Nod For $100M DIP, Sealed Terms
• Enviros, Alaska Natives Urge US Probe In Canadian Mine Row
• Quicksilver Ch. 11 Disclosure OK'd Over Vote Rig Challenge
• Chevron Oil Lease Row Should Be Arbitrated, Court Told
• How To Become The Firm Every GC Wants To Hire
• The 17 Firms GCs Love For Energy Work
• Exxon's $3.3M Coverage Win Ignores Deductible, Insurer Says
• The 24 Firms GCs Love The Most
• Continental Resources Says Royalty Fight Not Time-Barred
• Feds Want 7 Years For Fuel Co. Exec In $30M Bank Fraud
• High Court To Hear Venezuela Oil Nationalization Dispute
• Atty In BP Fraud Case Can't Use Trial Delay To Dodge Charges
• Yetter Coleman Nabs Energy Trial Partner From Andrews Kurth
• Feds, Tribes Seek End To Enviros' Fish Hatchery Claims
• FERC Nabs DC Circ. Backing On LNG Project Approval
• Enviros To Appeal Fracking Rule Defeat At 10th Circ.
• Ince, K&L Gates Attys Join Wikborg Rein Team In London
• Bankruptcy-Remote Structures At Risk
• Transportation Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016
• SolarCity Mulling Tesla's $2.8B Buyout Offer
• Kinder Morgan Selling Stake In $500M Pipeline To Riverstone
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Banker Cops To Massive Tax Dodge
• New Pipeline Safety Law Needs A Push From Industry
• The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court
• The Top Supreme Court Dissents Of The Term
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• SEC Unveils Long-Awaited Extraction Payment Rule Revision
• A Divided Court Finds New Ways To Be Unanimous
• Enviros Blast BLM's Bid To Buck Calif. Fracking Suit
• Kazakhstan, Energy Investors Battle Over $500M Award Stay
• 8 Wasn't Enough For Lawyers Seeking High Court Clarity
• Pa. House Panel Approves Natural Gas Royalty Payment Bill
• Size Matters, SEC Tells Fuel-Storage Firm In Fraud Suit
• Judge Removes Self From Prepa Kickback Suit
• Oaktree Capital Atty Arrested Over UAE Criminal Charges
• Atty In BP Fraud Case Wants Charges Axed Over Trial Delay
• Williams Appeals ETE Merger Escape After Investors OK Deal
• $60M For EFH Ch. 11 Confirmation Trial Brings Fees To $350M
• TransCanada Files $15B Arbitration Claim Over Keystone XL
• US Challenges Releases In Alpha Natural Ch. 11 Plan
• EPA Bans Fracking Wastewater From Public Facilities
• The Cloud And Ethical Considerations For Lawyers
• FERC Approved Unfair Grid Integration Plan, DC Circ. Told
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Chesapeake Lease Row
• Proposed Solar Bill Highlights Tax Credit Disparities
• Atty's Gov't Post Clashed With Biz Group Role, NJ Panel Says
• UK Competition Watchdog Calls For Energy Price Caps
• Goodrich Seeks Emergency Hearing On Asset Bidding Rules
• Petrobras' Bid To Delay Shareholder Suit Denied
• Feds Defend Lease Decision On Sacred Calif. Tribal Land
• Sabine Creditors' Bid To Sue Over Merger Blocked On Appeal
• Duke Energy Issues $250M Diversity And Inclusion Bond
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fresenius, Sports Authority, EQT
• Texas High Court Backs Atty Disbarment In Mineral Lease Suit
• GM, Navy Partner On Fuel Cells For Undersea Drones
• Energy Co. Denied Full DC Circ. Review Of Well-Plug Order
• EPA Fights Industry Bid To Link Mercury Rule Challenges
• Cal Dive Seeks $10M In Payments Under Ch. 11 Sale Deal
• Arch Coal Creditors Seek Mediator After Talks Stall
• Texas Justices Redefine Nuisance In $2M Pipeline Noise Suit
• DC Circ. Suspends New Plant Carbon Rule Briefing Schedule
• New Asian Infrastructure Bank OKs $509M In 1st Loans
• ETE Cleared To Ditch $38B Williams Deal In Win For Latham
• EPA Says High Court Ruling Doesn't Doom Coal Permit Nix
• Venoco Noteholders Attack Ch. 11 Plan As 'Collusive Scheme'
• Gov't Appeals Fracking Rule Defeat To 10th Circ.
• India's WTO Appeal Of US Solar Win Delayed By Workload
• Indicted NJ Landfill Owner Seeks Ch.11 Protection
• Ala. Landfill Defends $30M Libel Suit Against Residents
• SEC Says Breitling Energy CEO Directed $80M Fraud
• EFH Ch. 11 Could Stretch Into 2017 Or Beyond, Experts Say
• Mine Investors Seeking $6M Award Owe For Flubbed Depo
• Preparing For The Imminent Rise Of Citizen Science
• Texas Extends 'Accommodation Doctrine' To Groundwater
• How Lawyers Can Harness The Power Of Social Media
• Unsecured Creditors Can Widen Ryckman Creek Ch. 11 Probe
• Sunoco Can't Appeal Order OK'ing Eminent Domain Challenge
• Silver Point Says Quicksilver Ch. 11 Plan Rigs Vote Results
• Pa. Gov. Signs Bill Allowing Fracking Rules To Move Ahead
• Palmco Power Settles NJ's Fraud Complaint For $5.28M
• Williams Says ETE Stand Weaponizes Merger Closing Terms
• Union Pacific's Bad Track Upkeep Led To Derailment, FRA Says
• 2nd Circ. Reverses $9M Judgment In Cleanup Coverage Row
• Xcel Energy Plans $400M Texas-To-N.M. Transmission Line
• Calif. Pipeline Leaks Thousands Of Gallons Of Crude Oil
• Alcoa Can't Shake Worker's Fibrosis Rap At Calif. High Court
• Power Software Co. Wins $8.4M Verdict In False-Ad Trial
• Gas Royalty Owners Lose Class Cert. Bid In XTO Payment Row
• Hercules Offshore Ch. 11 Slowed By Equity Group Inquiries
• Dems Warn Treasury Of Anti-Inversion Regs' Ill Effects
• Enviros Say DC Circ. Can Hear NY Nuke Plant Case
• High Court OT Ruling Dooms EPA Coal Permit Nix, Miner Says
• Aussie Solar Cos. Again Say $1.3M Award Must Be Nixed
• Courts Cast Doubt On Common Bankruptcy-Blocking Tactic
• From The Partner's Desk: Tips For Recent Law Grads
• Justices' Financial Disclosures Reveal Conflicts Of Interest
• PG&E Questions Safety Regs As San Bruno Trial Enters Day 3
• TSCA Reform's Success Rests On EPA's Shoulders
• Citigroup Faces Investor's $200M Suit In Nuclear Plant Row
• GE Affiliate Keeps $476M Award Over Failed Wind Turbine Pact
• Water Waste Co. Says Low Oil Price No Excuse For Breach
• US Trustee Objects To Seventy Seven Energy DIP Term Seal
• Feds Blast Judge's Decision To Sink BLM Fracking Rule
• SunEdison CEO Resigns 2 Months After Filing For Ch. 11
• Exxon Denied New Trial Against Edison For Juror's Joke
• Noted Houston Atty Maloney Launches New Trial Firm
• Minn. Vows Fight Of 8th Circ.'s Declawing Of Emissions Law
• Gas Cos Back BP, Shell In 2nd Circ. Bid To End MTBE Claims
• $1.4M For Petcoke Pollution Not Enough, Homeowners Say
• Pipeline Regulator Reauthorized As Obama Inks Safety Bill
• FERC Won't Halt Dominion's $159M NY Pipeline Upgrade
• Seadrill Didn't Lie About Russian Sanctions, Judge Says
• Tesoro Divests Fuel Terminal In Alaskan Oil Deal
• Long-Awaited TSCA Reforms Finally Become Law
• EIV Capital Injects $100M Into New Water Infrastructure Co.
• 'Taking My Talents To South Beach': Law Firm Version
• Tesla Seeks To Buy SolarCity In Deal Worth Up To $2.8B
• Latham's Good Faith Pivotal In Williams-ETE Merger Trial
• PG&E's San Bruno Trial Enters Day 2 With Drilling Expert
• EPA's 40-Year Battle For Water Cooling Regs: A Cheat Sheet
• Germany To Ban Fracking Indefinitely
• 9th Circ. Finds Winter Dam Plan Complied With Enviro Law
• Exxon Attack On USVI Climate Change Suit Stays In Fed. Court
• States, Oil Groups Sink BLM Fracking Rule
• US Trustee Says Constellation Risks Ch. 7 Conversion
• FERC Urged To Block New FirstEnergy Subsidy Plan
• NRC Says DC Circ. Can't Hear Bid To Shut Off Nuke Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Duke, McKesson, China Development Bank
• Southern Power Prices $1.2B In Euro-Based Green Bonds
• Brexit Threatens To Disrupt Cross-Border Energy Deals
• Kirkland & Ellis Asks For $6.6M For Magnum Hunter Ch. 11
• Paragon's Term Loan Lenders Doubt Restructuring Plan Viable
• Your 401(k) Plan: A Ticking Time Bomb Of Liability?
• Oregon, Enviros, Tribe Oppose Feds' Salmon Plan Schedule
• Ariz. Utility Says SolarCity's Antitrust Suit Cannot Stand
• Union Pacific Wants Land-Use Questions Sent To 9th Circ.
• PG&E Agrees To Shut Down Last Calif. Nuclear Power Plant
• NY Court Backs ICC Ruling Against Brazilian Insurer
• FWS Proposes, Again, To Issue 30-Year Eagle Act Permits
• Highlights From SEC Plan To Overhaul Mining Disclosures
• Edison Execs May Slip ERISA Class Action Over $3.3B Deal
• ETE's CEO Feared 'Implosion' With $38B Williams Merger
• Hope Remains For Texas Drilling Tax Breaks After Court Loss
• Firms Must Plant Roots In These Cities To Compete Globally
• 4 Firms Lead The Pack In Global Expansion
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2016
• USVI Climate Probe Belongs In State Court, Exxon Argues
• Sundevil Seeks DIP Loan Extension, Releases For Lenders
• Pa. Nuke Site Cancer Suits Should Be Revived, 3rd Circ. Told
• Alpha's Ch. 11 Plan Lacks Enviro Protections, Feds Say
• 10th Circ. Finds Mine Dispute Moot After New Enviro Review
• Gas Pipeline Co. Can't Escape Mass. Property Suit
• Feds Extend Time To Mull Coal Industry Self-Bonding Limits
• Vancouver Fights $5.4B Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan Approval
• Feds, Enviros Urge 10th Circ. To Unblock BLM Fracking Rule
• Maxus Energy Hits Ch. 11 Ahead Of NJ Pollution Trial
• High Court Refuses To Review $123M Moroccan Oil Ruling
• Marathon Oil Pays $888M For PE-Backed Okla. Producer
• Tax Issues In Selling Versus Leasing Oil And Gas Interests
• Power Trader Hit With $2.8M FERC Penalty For Market Rigging
• Structuring Ideas For Cash Investors In Solar Projects
• PG&E's Bad Records Killed 8, Feds Tell Jury As Trial Opens
• ETE Says Williams Failed To Disclose Merger Vote Pressures
• Atty Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink DQ From BP Claims Program
• Ex-Womble Carlyle Atty Opens Shaw Fishman Del. Office
• Kinder Morgan Strikes $20M Deal In City's Contamination Suit
• Pa. Prosecutors Want Driller Royalty Row Back In State Court
• Total Says Federal Courts Are Judges Of Gas Act Violations
• Sierra Club Asks DC Appeals Court To Block Gas Export
• New Pipeline Safety Bill Turns Up Heat On PHMSA
• EFH Senior Noteholders Appeal Denial Of Make-Whole Demand
• Nat'l Oilwell Varco Can't Halt Bribery Arbitration In Texas
• SEC Bans Texas Atty After $1.7M Securities Fraud Judgment
• Foreign Cos. Can Escape ERG Suit, Texas High Court Says
• Ex-EPA Official Allowed To Testify In 'War On Coal' Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vale SA, Apax Partners, Suncor Energy
• Repsol Hit With $5.5B Claim Over North Sea JV
• 7th Circ. Won't Revisit FERC Project-Rights Ruling
• NY Energy Initiative May Offer Nationwide Framework
• Ore. DOT Pushes Feds To Ban Oil Trains In State For Now
• Texas Justices Free Insurers From $72M Rig Death Payout
• Texas Justices Sink Coveted Oil Equipment Tax Break
• Williams, ETE Battle Over Briefs As Del. Merger Trial Looms
• Pa. Legislators Set New Rules For Fracking
• France Becomes First Major Nation To Ratify Paris Accord
• Gas Utility Doesn't Think Ryckman Can Perform Post-Ch. 11
• Bulgaria Owes Russian Co. $617M For Scrapped Power Plants
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Block Indian Point Reactivation
• Mine Rights Decision Not Subject To Review, 9th Circ. Told
• FERC Floats Rule To Guard Critical Energy Grid Info
• CPP Stay Doesn't Stop EPA's Clean Energy Incentive Program
• Abengoa Gets Nod On Bonus Payments To US Executives
• Shareholders Lose Class Status Again In Statoil Fight
• FERC Finalizes Electricity Pricing Fixes For Power Markets
• Energy Exec Pleads Guilty To Venezuela Corruption Scheme
• EFH Can Solicit T-Side On Ch. 11 Plan Despite Tax Worries
• House Passes $576B Defense Funding Bill
• Bill Seeks End To Coal Industry Self-Bonding For Cleanups
• Texas Firm Dodges Malpractice Claims In Messy Biz Divorce
• $70M Arbitral Loser Just 'Blustering,' Wind Investors Say
• NMFS Faces Formidable Challenge In Columbia River Analysis
• Nigeria Tells DC Circ. There's 'No Doubt' Award Is Fraud
• Calif. Fuel Groups Win OK To Update Carbon Rule Challenge
• Energy Co. That Lost NAFTA Row With Canada Seeks Redo
• DOI Needs Closer Eye On Tribal Oil, Gas Agreements: GAO
• Calif. Tribe, Enviros Blast Feds' Geothermal Lease Proposal
• Polsinelli Lures Former Lawmaker To Public Policy Practice
• 8th Circ. Nixes Minn. Emissions Law But Can't Clear The Air
• Exxon Sues Mass. AG Over 'Abusive' Climate Probe
• Texas Court Says BP Opinion Doesn't Apply In Pipeline Blast
• Brokers Must Face $97M Oil Securities Claims, Judge Told
• Petrobras Challenge To Investor Class Cert. Goes Forward
• Reed Smith Adds PE, M&A Pro From Winston & Strawn In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Tencent Holdings, Hotel Lotte
• Paragon Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation Trial Set For Next Week
• FEMA Told To Fix Lax Grant Oversight, Claw Back $51M
• Swedish Justices Clarify Courts' Role In Arbitration
• Constellation Gets OK For Ch. 11 Bid On Steel Foundry
• Insurers Fight Coverage For Petroterminal's Pier Damage
• SunEdison Retirees Say Bankruptcy Shouldn't Halt ERISA Suit
• Arch Coal Creditors Want Execs To Pay Back Bonuses
• 3rd Circ.'s Nuanced Approach To 'Equal Treatment' In EFH
• Enviros Say Duke Energy Pollutants Leaking Into Lake, River
• 8th Circ. Kills Minn. Law Blocking New Coal Plants' Power
• FERC Berkshire Hathaway Order May Jolt Electricity Market
• With Ex-Im Hobbled, GE Forges Ahead With French Financing
• Feds' Gaffe Doesn't Draw Sanctions In PG&E Explosion Case
• ETE Wants 'Disturbing' Details Out On $38B Williams Merger
• CIT Questions Scope Of Taiwanese Solar Panel Duties
• Tribal Landholders Urge Fed. Circ. To Rehear $900M Oil Claim
• Cowen Wants Firm DQ'd In Oil Trade Publisher Copyright Fight
• Continental Resources Royalty Fight Time-Barred, DOI Says
• Split 10th Circ. Tosses OSHA Citation Against Texas Driller
• Peabody Seeks To Pay Workers $3M To Ride Out Ch. 11
• House GOP Touts Economic Plan But Dems Scoff
• EPA Must Craft Texas Air Pollution Plan, Judge Says
• Transportation Legislation To Watch: Midyear Report
• Cabot Oil Can't Nix $4M Pollution Verdict, Pa. Families Say
• A Cheat Sheet To Chevron's Epic Feud With Ecuador
• Ute Tribe Says State Judge Can't Oversee Row With Ex-Worker
• American Midstream Says Ajax Breached $44M Gas Agreement
• EPA Moves To Strip 'Emergency' Defense For Polluters
• TransCanada, Sempra JV To Build $2.1B Pipeline In Mexico
• Troubled Malaysia Fund Hit With $6.5B Arbitration Bid
• Ore. Clean Fuel Regs Unconstitutional, 9th Circ. Told
• Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill Heads To Obama
• 6 Factors Every Law Firm's Gender Diversity Initiative Needs
• Hercules' Quick Ch. 11 Schedule Set, But Judge Will Review
• US, Mexico Back Canada In $370M NAFTA Wind Farm Row
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe Full $4M For Lead Exposure
• Exxon Climate Probe Fight Belongs In Fed. Court, USVI Says
• Noble Wants Full DC Circ. To Review Agency's Well-Plug Order
• Chamber Seeks Senate-House Compromise On Energy Bill
• DC Circ. Urged To Split Challenges To EPA's Mercury Rule
• Chesapeake Says Judge's Error Absolves It Of $439M Payment
• Yukos Investors Blast Russian Bid To Ax $50B Arbitral Row
• Energy Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2016
• TPG Unit Sinks $400M Into Texas JV With Hunt Oil
• Abengoa Says Bidders Will Pay $360M For US Ethanol Plants
• EPA Defends Clean Air Act Progress At DC Circ.
• House Panel Hits Kerry With 2nd Subpoena For Keystone Docs
• Oil Industry Website Founder Sued Over Info Theft
• Sabine Oil Begins Defense Of Restructuring Plan
• Addleshaw Goddard Nabs King & Spalding Energy Veteran
• Tata Power Inks $1.4B Deal For Renewable Energy Co.
• Supreme Court Nixes States' Challenge To EPA Mercury Rule
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2016: Mid-Year Report
• Williams, ETE Talks Narrow Ahead of Trial On $38B Merger
• Bankrupt Gas Co. To Pull 1 Claim In $565M Row With Egypt
• Troutman Steers Southern's $8.5B Bond To Fund AGL Deal
• House Slams $10-Per-Barrel Oil Fee, Carbon Tax Ideas
• EFH Warns Of $4B Tax Bill For Creditors
• Great Lakes Gas Tells 8th Circ. $32M Award Must Be Upheld
• BP's Norway Arm Combines With Det Norske In $1.3B Deal
• Judge Blasts Brokerage Execs' 'Bacchanalian' Europe Trip
• NJ Lawmakers Unveil $20B Plan To Boost Transportation Aid
• Total Says Traders' Market Manipulation Suit Lacks Merit
• Solar Co. Can Hold Off Paying Anti-Dumping Fees For Now
• Marathon Must Face Kentucky's Gasoline Antitrust Suit
• FERC Says Total's Jurisdiction Fight Is Baseless
• House Dems Praise Calif. AG's Exxon Climate Change Probe
• Calif. Court Nixes CARB Loosening Of Diesel Emissions Rule
• Texas Justices Reverse $11M Judgment Against Southwestern
• Are Litigant-Litigation Funder Communications Protected?
• Antero Resources Pays $450M For 55K Acres On W.Va. Shale
• In-House Teams Are Voting With Their Feet — And Then Some
• Lanier Firm Brings On Ex-Chesapeake GC In Houston
• Lender Make-Whole Bid Risks 'Disaster,' EFH Tells 3rd Circ.
• Blank Rome Says Docs Show Air Force Skirted FOIA Request
• Aussie Co. Can't Escape $1.3M Arbitration Award, Court Told
• Enviros Tell EPA That Researcher Hid Flaws In Methane Data
• Kinder Morgan Units To Pay $500K Over Fla. Pipeline Spill
• Feds Dig In Heels On Witnesses In PG&E San Bruno Blast Suit
• EPA Missed Deadlines For Emissions Review, Enviros Say
• Evergreen Retainers Approved In Chaparral Bankruptcy
• ICSID To Weigh Corruption Issue In Bangladesh Gas Dispute
• Dong Energy Raises $2.6B In 2016's Largest IPO To Date
• BP, Shell Tell 2nd Circ. Calif. MTBE Claims Already Settled
• Texas Judge Certifies Engineers In Oil Field Co. Overtime Row
• Marathon Reaches $319M Flare-Reduction Deal With Feds
• Debevoise Advises Dover In $780M Wayne Fueling Acquisition
• Alaska, Anadarko Fight Revised Trans-Alaska Pipeline Rates
• US Says It's Complied In Duty Dispute With China
• Why PE Shouldn't Stop Raising Natural Resources Funds
• Coal Projects Founder On Shoals Of Tribal Fishing Rights
• EU High Court Upholds $186M Spanish Bitumen Cartel Fines
• BOEM Says 9th Circ. Decision Backs Its Cape Wind Argument
• Williams-ETE To Divest Unit For FTC In $38B Merger
• Solar Module Co. Wants $1.85M Arbitration Award Tossed
• Criminal Liability For OCS Contractors Re-Examined
• 9th Circ. Stays Firm On FWS Polar Bear Habitat Designation
• House OKs Reform-Laden Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Bill
• Indicted NJ Landfill Owner Can't Halt Cleanup Suit
• Flub In 47-Step Tax Dodge Could Cost National Grid $1.6M
• Samson Rips Creditors' Ch. 11 Control Move, Urges Sanctions
• Atty Isn't Pursuing Suit Against Ex-Client, Court Hears
• Ceding Atty Conflicts, Energy Investor To Cop To $45M Tax Plot
• States Maintain 11th Circ. Water Rule Challenge Isn't Moot
• Power Cos. Sue FERC Over Power Market Rule Change
• Seventy Seven Energy Gets OK For Lightning-Quick Ch. 11
• SEC Settles Texas Energy Investment Fraud Suit For $620K
• Chinese Solar Panel Duties In Jeopardy As CIT Faults Scope
• House OKs Bill To Delay Ozone Standards
• SEC Makes Ethiopian Utility Repay $6.5M In Illicit Bonds
• Russian Billionaires Say $55B Oil Deal Suit Is Too Late
• Crestview Provides $150M For Launch Of Oil Field Developer
• Enviros Denied Quick Win In Fight Over Consol Coal Permit
• Pacific Exploration Gets US Nod For $5B Canadian Revamp
• Exelon Will Seek License To Run Pa. Nuclear Plant Until 2050s
• 'Side-Switching' Bracewell Atty Can't Testify For Murray: EPA
• DOJ, FTC Get Tougher On Remedies: Can Your Deal Be Fixed?
• 7 Tips For Writing An Effective Amicus Brief
• JPMorgan Power Price-Rigging Suit Is Valid, 9th Circ. Told
• The 25 Law Firms GCs Recommend To Their Friends
• FERC Pipeline Powers Cause Actionable Harm, Enviros Say
• US Backs SolarCity In 9th Circ. Antitrust Row
• NYC Fund Manager, Union Head Accused Of $20M Fraud
• Pa. House Committee OKs Bill Killing Conventional Well Regs
• 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Scott Nader
• A Good Breeze Is Blowing For Offshore US Wind Development
• Atty Should Be DQ'd From Case Against Ex-Client, Court Told
• $38B Williams-ETE Merger Fight Heading Toward Trial
• No Proof Ex-Chesapeake CEO's Death Was Suicide, Police Say
• Hercules Shareholder Says Ch. 11 Sell-Off Plan Unnecessary
• Sanctions Bid In $6M Mining Arbitral Row Is Ploy, Court Told
• Firm Pushes Fed. Circ. To Reinstate Biofuel Patent
• Fed. Circ. Asked To Nix Duties On Vietnamese Wind Towers
• SunEdison Gets Final OK To Tap $300M Ch. 11 Loan
• 9th Circ. Backs San Diego Wind Farm's Right Of Way
• Romania Arbitration Spat Awaits Mobil-Venezuela Appeal
• EPA Tighter Truck Fuel Standards Near Final White House OK
• US, India Vow To Explore New Trade Opportunities
• Texas Energy Regulators Want State To Fight Methane Rules
• Shell Gas Cracker Could Fuel Work For Western Pa. Attys
• Iowa Greenlights $3.8B Pipeline For Constuction
• EPA Asks Judge To Sink NC's Ozone Region Suit
• More Obstacles Ahead For Pa. Net Metering Restrictions
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Ex-K&L Gates Int'l Arbitration Pro
• Oil Workers Say Frank's International Owes Them Back Pay
• ICSID Axes Panama Dam Row As Arbitral Gamesmanship
• Intervention, Creditor Reach Temporary Ch. 11 Peace Accord
• MSHA Floats Rule To Enhance Mine Inspections
• Seventy Seven Energy Hits Ch. 11 To Shed $1.1B In Debt
• Shell To Bring Ethane Cracker Plant To Western Pa.
• $100M Enron Investors' Suit Sent To NY As MDL Nears End
• DOI To Pay $65M In Gas Pipeline Contract Dispute Settlement
• FERC Urged To Rethink Approval Of Pipeline Under Rio Grande
• Enviro, Tribal Groups Say It's Time They Enter Drilling Row
• Verde Says Stakeholders Shorted On Oil, Gas Proceeds
• Silver Co. Likely Stuck With Investors' $207M Tax Bill Suit
• SunEdison Shareholders Want Say In Co.'s Ch 11
• Energy Partner Rejoins Locke Lord In Houston From Winstead
• Bankrupt Emerald Oil Sues Over Midstream Contracts
• BLM Fracking Rule Foes Gain More Support At 10th Circ.
• Texas Atty On Hook For $1.7M Fraud Settlement With SEC
• PTAB Axes Seismic Survey IP In Win For Schlumberger Unit
• GAO Sustains $348M Protest Over Bid Doc Formatting Issues
• India's First International Green Bond Nets $500M On LSE
• Germany Calling For Tighter EU Rule On Vehicle Emissions
• Intervention Had Right To File For Ch. 11 , Judge Says
• Bracewell Brings Back Energy Finance Pro From Locke Lord
• Feds Say Mediation Best To Resolve Arapaho-Shoshone Row
• Russia Pushes For Quick Dismissal Of Yukos Enforcement Suit
• 9 EU Nations Throw Weight Behind Offshore Wind Efforts
• Trader Says FERC Wrongly Denied Info In Manipulation Case
• Kazakhstan Blasts 'Shell Game' Surrounding $500M Award
• Enviros Urge 2nd Circ. To Strengthen Water Intake Rule
• Chevron Tells 10th Circ. Feds Must Pay At NM Superfund Site
• Hundreds Of Enviro Groups Mobilize To Defeat TPP
• Hercules Offshore Hits Ch. 11 Again Months After Prior Case
• High Court Won't Take Up Native Groups' Solar Plant Fight
• 5 Steps To An Anti-Corruption 'Culture Of Compliance'
• CFTC's CEA Exemption Rule Would Disrupt Power Markets
• Ecuador Stuck With $96M Chevron Award, High Court Says
• In Congress: Looking To Ramp Up Review Of Legislation
• Husch Blackwell Beats DQ Bid In Broker-Dealer Contract Suit
• EFH Judge Nixes First-Lien Make-Whole Demand From Juniors
• Power Dominates Energy Deal-Making In 1st Half Of 2016
• 5th Circ. Won't Let 86'd Attys Back In BP Claims Program
• Canada Owes Millions For Canceled Wind Farm, Firm Says
• Paragon Offshore Ch. 11 Exit Plan Hits $22M IRS Speed Bump
• Faegre Nabs Bryan Cave Partner For Environmental Practice
• Mexico's Tax Doings Spark NAFTA Row With Mining Biz
• BP To Pay $175M To Settle Deepwater Horizon Investor MDL
• US Trustee Blasts Latham's Retainer In Chaparral Ch. 11
• Taxation With Representation: Squire, Bracewell, Orrick
• DC Circ. Upholds NRC's Spent Nuke Fuel Storage Rule
• No Quick Win For BP Shareholders In Deepwater Suit
• Feds Hit Back At PG&E's Claim Of San Bruno Grand Jury Lies
• BVI Firm Seeks $26M Arbitration Award From Moldova
• Bracewell Atty Can Testify In Coal Jobs Suit: Murray Energy
• Exelon To Close Ill. Nuclear Power Plants After Bill Stalls
• Deals Rumor Mill: Total, CST Brands, Concordia Healthcare
• Vetoed Keystone Bill Wasn't Congress's Will, Gov't Says
• Extreme Plastics Keeps Exclusive Control of Del. Ch. 11
• Bankrupt Constellation Enterprises Unit Hit With WARN Suit
• Alternative Funding Sources For Mining Projects
• EPA 2017 Renewable Fuel Volumes: Plowing The Same Furrow
• Investment Firm Riverstone Inks $5.2B Deal For Talen Energy
• Warren Resources Becomes Latest Oil Co. To Hit Ch. 11
• Texas Oil Units Ask 5th Circ. To Weigh Saudi Arbitration Row
• Hunton & Williams Nabs Ex-Katten Muchin Enviro Partners
• Pa. Justices Snub Row Over User-Generated Solar Power
• DOI Floats NY Offshore Wind Lease Sale
• Enviros, Md. AG Rebuff House Climate Change Info Request
• Intervention Says Ch. 11 Filing Didn't Need Lender's Approval
• Peabody Energy Sues Over Failed $358M Mine Sale
• Locals Are Losers In Pa. Town's Fracking Law, Enviros Says
• Halliburton Fights Expert Bid In Asbestos Liability Suit
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