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Energy - November, 2017

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• ETP Doesn't Deserve Broad Approval For Pipeline, FERC Says
• Investors Urge 4th Circ. Redo In PowerSecure Stock Drop Suit
• Feds Finalize Lease Extension For Indian Country Coal Plant
• Toyota To Build Hydrogen, Electricity Plant Run On Bio-Waste
• Senate Passes Bills Aimed At Tribal Energy, Job Issues
• EPA Keeps 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard Volumes Steady
• Judge Skeptical Of Exxon's Fight Against AG Climate Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVS, Terra Firma, SoftBank
• Paragon Investors' Ch. 11 Equity Committee Bid Fails Again
• Pa. DEP Releases Final Methane Rules For Oil, Gas Drillers
• EPA, Enviros Clash On Timelines For Overdue Toxic Air Rules
• UK's SFO Charges 2 Ex-SBM Execs In Unaoil Bribery Probe
• Mine Safety Judge Slams DOL Chief's Bid To Slash Fine
• Singapore Biofuel Co. Lands $25.3M Verdict In Contract Suit
• Ryckman Creek Unveils New Ch. 11 Buyer For Gas Storage Biz
• Mass. Wind Turbine Project No Longer Viable, DOI Hears
• The Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?
• 10 Tips For Effective Practice Before The 5th Circ.
• SBM Offshore To Pay $238M Fine For FCPA Bribery Violations
• Breitburn Clears Ch. 11 Hurdle Amidst Creditor Deal
• 4th Circ. Says ALJ Correctly Backed Miner In Black Lung Suit
• NY Court Pauses Guinea Mining Suit Against Soros
• Enviro Group Seeks EPA's Lawsuit Settlement Policy Docs
• Greenpeace Seeks To Dodge Dakota Access RICO Case
• Enviros Hail Council Vote Against Wash. Oil Train Terminal
• Don't Foreclose $2.2B Pipeline Fight, Enviros Tell DC Circ.
• ARCO Appeal Of Tribal Co. Immunity Is Premature: 10th Circ.
• Preparing Your Company Witnesses For The Gotcha Question
• High Court Seems Poised To Confirm Constitutionality Of IPR
• Exxon Slams $6M Fee Request In $20M Pollution Suit
• Judging A Book: Saris Reviews 'Locking Up Our Own'
• Schlumberger Mechanic Can't Revive False Imprisonment Suit
• La Paloma's Ch. 11 Buyer Fights Calif. Air Board's Appeal Bid
• Dem Senator Compares Trump Enviro Pick To Caligula's Horse
• Eaton Pushes Rethink On Tax Court Pricing Win
• Examining End Of EPA's 'Sue And Settle' Practice
• No Basis For FERC Pro-Pipeline Bias Claims, DC Circ. Told
• 4 Key Moments From The High Court's Oil States Arguments
• Gov't Must Face Valero's WWII Waste Cleanup Suit In Mich.
• Del. Court Nixes Toss Of Suit Over Failed Oil Co. Venture
• DEP Can Penalize Ongoing Pollution, Pa. Justices Hear
• Budget Committee Vote Sends Tax Bill To Full Senate Floor
• $50B Yukos Awards Were Properly Nixed, Russia Tells Court
• US Urges High Court To Uphold Bearded Seal Listing
• Fla. DEP Chief Denies Everglades Oil, Gas Drilling Permit
• Slawson Wins Another OK To Drill Pending ND Tribal Appeal
• DC Circ. Denies Challenge To FERC Pipeline Rate Formula
• Ex-Cuomo Aide Says Feds Sat On Useful Info In Graft Case
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's OK For Southwest Grid Integration
• Landowners Urge Neb. To Rethink Keystone XL Approval
• NY Nuke Subsidy Plan Is Legally Sound, AGs Tell 2nd Circ.
• Mistras Wants Redo Of Jury's $7.4M Award In Pipeline Row
• Dissecting NAIC's Insurance Data Security Model Law
• ND Can't Challenge EPA Drilling Waste Deal At DC Circ.
• SandRidge Energy Adopts Poison Pill Amid Icahn Opposition
• Paragon Shareholders Fight For Committee In Units' Ch. 11
• Louis Berger Wins $860M Power Supply Contract In Caribbean
• EU Probes $523M Aid To Spanish Coal Plants
• Calif. Governments Appeal Peabody's Exit From Climate Suit
• Mich., Enbridge Ink Deal To Fix Oil Pipeline Amid Review
• Housing Co. Civeo To Buy Canadian Oil Sands Lodging Co.
• Justices Asked To Hear Tribal Land Condemnation Case
• Divided Justices Ask Tough Questions About AIA Reviews
• 4 States Push 10th Circ. To Rethink Fracking Rule Decision
• Range Skirts Sanction In Fracking Water Contamination Suit
• Colonial Pipeline Bled $340M From Fuel Cos., FERC Told
• Platinum Execs Charged In $1B Fraud Get 2018 Trial Date
• US Fights Order On Anadarko Docs In $25M Tax Refund Case
• UAE-Backed Oil Giant Seeks $2B IPO For Gas Stations Biz
• NJ Enviros Challenge FERC's Pipeline Approval Process
• DC Circ. Backs NRC Approval Of DTE Energy's Nuke Project
• Statoil Pays $1.45B For Total Oil, Gas Assets In Norway
• CFTC's Troubling Price Manipulation Claims Against Statoil
• SPACs Grabbing Bigger Share Of IPO Market
• Calif. Court Reverses Decision To Allow Crude Oil Shipments
• Conn. Seeks Quick Win In Plant-Pollution Suit Against EPA
• Exxon Climate Suit Not A Copy Of NY Probe, Investors Say
• Enviros' Keystone XL Suits Can Proceed, Judge Says
• YPF Gets $10M Award Against Apache Confirmed
• Jones Day Adds Energy Industry Veteran From McGuireWoods
• Rockwell Turns Away Latest Emerson Electric Takeover Bid
• Amicus Arguments For And Against Inter Partes Review
• 5 Things To Watch As High Court Tackles AIA Reviews
• 4 Tips For Young Enviro Attorneys
• How Blockchain Could Change The Energy Industry: Part 2
• Trump's Energy Plans Still Hamstrung By EPA, DOI Vacancies
• FERC Says Enviros Can't Redo $2.2B Pipeline Fight
• Phillips 66's $5.5M Wage Deal Drives Toward Approval
• Petrobras Fights Bid To Arbitrate $400M Oil Rig Defect Suit
• Oncor Stakeholder Goes After NextEra For $72M Breakup Fee
• 6D Global Settles Suit Over PE CEO's Stock Scheming
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Revived Gas Lease Fight
• Cut In $23M Award Mooted Bid To Vacate, Builder Says
• Dakota Access Refutes Tribes' Claims In Pipeline Row
• Talos-Stone Union Creates $2.5B Offshore Driller
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Regional Consistency Rule Is Sound
• Remaining Questions About US Paris Agreement Withdrawal
• How Blockchain Could Change The Energy Industry: Part 1
• Court Skeptical Of All In Koch, Oxbow Post-Trial Argument
• DC Circ. Gives Grammar Lesson In EPA Coal Ash Rule Dispute
• No Evidence Of Racial Bias At Nuclear Co., 4th Circ. Says
• Accused Ponzi Conspirator Can't Trim Charges, Judge Rules
• US Accuses Chinese NGO Head, African Ex-Official Of Bribery
• BLM Tells 10th Circ. No Need To Revisit Frack Rule Decision
• 3 UK Forex Traders Seek Dismissal Of Rate-Rigging Charges
• Kirkland Snags Vinson & Elkins Capital Markets Partner
• Blank Check Co. Highland Acquisition Pulls $250M IPO
• Texas County Asks High Court To Reject Stored Gas Tax Suit
• GE Faces Suit Over Fukushima Nuclear Plant Design
• Gov't Defends Fuel Efficiency Penalty Delay At 2nd Circ.
• NY Says There's Nothing Unlawful About Nuke Subsidy Plan
• Dorsey & Whitney Snags Energy Atty From Holland & Hart
• Don't Waste This Planning Cycle: Year-End Strategies
• Fla. Nuke Plant Owner Can't Duck Pollution Suit, Judge Says
• Creditors' Options In Venezuela's Disorderly Default
• Contractor Urges Toss Of Nuclear Waste Cleanup FCA Suit
• 3 Banks Mount New Effort To Slip 15-Year-Old Enron Suit
• Porter Wright Snags Ex-Jones Day Atty For Pittsburgh Office
• FERC Tells 2nd Circ. To Toss NY Bid To Block Pipeline
• Clyde & Co. Expands Into Malaysia With New Partnership
• Neb. Regulators Approve Keystone XL Pipeline Route
• Duke Awarded $68M In Spent Nuclear Fuel Suit Against DOE
• Sandridge Investor Can't Sue Due To Bankruptcy: 10th Circ.
• ND Tribe Member Urges Rethink Of Co.'s Win In Royalty Row
• Aussie Mining Services Co. Seeks US Bankruptcy Cover
• 10 Questions For The EPA's Bill Wehrum
• FERC Finds Utilities' Tax Recording Could Affect Rates
• Landowners Ink $11M Deal In Royalty Fight With Exxon Unit
• Gas Distributor Granted Exit In $3M Employee Bias Row
• Frontera Resources Wins Enforcement Of $2M Award
• Duane Morris Adds Ex-Drinker Biddle Enviro Partner In NJ
• From Snaps To Tweets: The Craft Of Social Media Discovery
• The Battle Over 3rd-Party Releases Continues
• Taxation With Representation: Andrews, Mayer, Jones, Delaby
• How FERC Is Streamlining Hydropower Licensing
• Calif. Agencies Lose FERC Complaint Over PG&E Rate Hikes
• Rice Energy Slips Proxy Actions After Mooting Disclosures
• Keystone Leaks 210K Gallons With Permit Decision Pending
• DOI Watchdog Says Zinke Didn't Document Travel Expenses
• EPA, Corps Seek To Delay Water Rule Until At Least 2020
• UK Prosecutors Name 3 Individuals In Unaoil Bribery Probe
• States, Enviro Groups Slam EPA Emissions Rule At DC Circ.
• DOE Grants Cross-Border Permit For $1.6B Transmission Line
• Kasowitz Bows Out Of $28M Ampal Adversary Case
• Fla. Nuke Plant Owner Says Pollution Suit Is Out Of Bounds
• National Fuel, NY Battle Over Pipeline At 2nd Circ.
• FERC Stands By Pipeline Approval, NY Permit Override
• Emerson Electric Ups Rockwell Offer To $29B After Rejection
• EPA Chemical Nominee Faces Headwinds From GOP Senators
• Aster Brings In €240M For Energy, Digital Investments
• Why White House Efforts To Dismantle Regs Face Roadblocks
• House Passes Tax Bill With Deep Cuts For Businesses
• An Interview With Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
• Hurdles To Consider When Securing A Personnel File
• White House Releases Rules On Disclosing Security Flaws
• Obsidian Energy Reaches $8.5M Deal To Settle SEC Suit
• CST Industries' $92M Stalking Horse Sale Gets Go-Ahead
• Ex-DOI Scientist Sues For Employee Reassignment Info
• EPA Unveils Some Ozone Info After Enviro Lawsuit Threat
• Nuke Lab Officer Charged With $2.3M Contract Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Mattel, Varo Energy
• Senate Confirms Ex-Coal Exec For Mine Safety Post
• SandRidge Energy Inks $746M Deal For Bonanza Creek
• Associate Settles For $2.7M In SEC Oil And Gas Fraud Suit
• 4th Circ. Rips 'Inference Upon Inference' In Stock-Drop Case
• Westinghouse, Ex-Workers Told To Consolidate Complaints
• Baker Botts, Addleshaw Goddard Attys Start Hong Kong Firm
• Enviros Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Wind Farm Challenge
• Eni Unit, Nigerian Oil Co. Pause Row Over $500M Award
• Judging A Book: Gilstrap Reviews 'Alexander Hamilton'
• Lenders In $25B EFH Loan Row Dispute Priority At 3rd Circ.
• Puerto Rico Gov. Touts Sovereignty In $95B Aid Request
• CST Closes In On Sale Resolution With Buyer And Creditors
• Venoco Pitches Deal With Beverly Hills Over Old Well Site
• DOJ Vows To Prosecute Activists Who Damage Pipelines
• CFTC Fines Norwegian Energy Co. $4M For Index-Rigging
• ICSID Halts $800M Award Over Pakistan Power Plant Seizure
• Cenovus Sells Stake In Oil Recovery Operation For $738M
• Voting Pushed Back As Breitburn Energy Ch. 11 Heats Up
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, KKR, Lufthansa
• 8th Circ. Nixes DAPL Protesters' Bid To Block Police Tactics
• WTO Gives S. Korea Partial Win In US Oil Pipe Duties Scrap
• The Case For Creating A Mediation Department At Your Firm
• Judge Reverses Confirmation Of €128M Award Against Spain
• Pause $2.2B Nexus Pipeline, Enviros Urge DC Circ.
• Conservative Think Tank Sues For Paris Climate Deal Info
• $8.1B Deal Completes Marathon Petroleum MLP Drop-Downs
• Natural Gas Market Design May Be Failing Consumers
• Texas Justices Won't Hear $9.6M Well-Blowout Coverage Row
• Puerto Rico Gov't Wins Autonomy Fight Over Electric Co.
• Enviro Groups Ask FERC To Rethink OKing $5B NC Pipeline
• High Court Won't Tackle FCRA Row Revival Under Spokeo
• Ryckman Creek Cleared To Seek Vote On $16.5M Sale Plan
• Yankton Sioux Say Dakota Pipeline Permits Should Be Pulled
• Enviros Slam EPA Bid To Sever Coal Ash Issues From Case
• US, Vietnam Announce $12 Billion In New Trade Deals
• Chevron Gets Age, Disability Claims Trimmed In Bias Suit
• Gov't Told To Produce Docs In Anadarko's $25M Refund Row
• EPA Coal Plant Suit Revival Should Stick, High Court Told
• Sunrun Seeks End To Investors' Claims Of Rigged Statistics
• Tribal Loan Program Needs More Oversight, Watchdog Says
• DC Circ. Rightly Nixed FERC Pipeline Approval, Enviros Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Buffalo Wild Wings, Saudi Aramco, AT&T
• Pacific Drilling Enters Ch. 11 Citing Industry Slump
• Post Oak Energy Capital Pulls In $600M For Latest Fund
• Ex-EPA Attys Blast Pruitt's Sue-and-Settle Directive
• Shell Australia Unit Sells Off Woodside Stake In $2.7B Deal
• Core Functions And Cooperative Federalism At The EPA
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Baker Botts
• Being There: Defending Depositions
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• How The Trump Administration Is Putting Its Stamp On TSCA
• 2 Ex-SBM Execs Cop To FCPA Charges In Petrobras Scheme
• La Paloma Ch. 11 Buyer Ruled Not Liable For Enviro Costs
• Sens. Ask GAO To Eye EPA's 'Double Standard' On Advisers
• Tribe, Not Officials, Immune To Extortion Suit: Utah Justices
• EPA Floats Repeal Of Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Standards
• Gas Co., Bank Slam Ryckman Creek Ch. 11 Plan As Inadequate
• Commerce Inks Final Duties To Offset Biodiesel Subsidies
• Senate To Consider Bill Opening Alaska Oil Drilling
• Simpson Thacher Steers BlackRock's $600M Oil Pipeline Buy
• PE Firm Closes $320M Energy Investment Fund
• Exxon, Shell Want Nigerian Oil Co. Docs In $1.8B Award Row
• Alaska, W.Va. Ink Energy Development Deals With China
• Guatemala Says $29M Award Over Electricity Tariffs Is Void
• Enviro's La. Plant Suit Barred By State Deal, Exxon Says
• SunEdison Judge Says Creditor Seems Bitter Over Equity Deal
• The Legal Fallout For Harvey Weinstein's Hired Hands
• Senate Confirms Hunton's Wehrum To Lead EPA's Air Office
• UK's Top Court Gives 'Clear' Sign It Backs Award Enforcement
• SunEdison Judge Limits Reach Of 3rd-Party Releases
• Bankrupt GulfMark Can Make $5M Payment To Directors
• House OKs Bill For Expedited Hydropower Licenses
• DC Circ. Refuses To Block $2.65B Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
• 11th Circ. Urged To Sanction Seminoles In Subpoena Row
• ExGen Texas Gets Interim Access To Lender Cash In Ch. 11
• Icahn Subpoenaed Over Biofuel Efforts As Trump Adviser
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ruyi Group, Cenovus Energy, EuNetworks
• Citgo Oil Spill Liability Should Be Trimmed, 3rd Circ. Told
• Jury Persuasion In An 'Alt-Fact' World
• Trump's Enviro Pick Gets Frosty Reception At Senate Hearing
• Con Ed Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
• Pakistan Wants $800M Award To Turkish Energy Firm Nixed
• Rolls-Royce Bribe Schemers Hit With FCPA Charges
• Texas Exelon Subsidiary Plans $660M Debt Swap In Ch. 11
• Back Us Up, Puerto Rico Oversight Board Tells Congress
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To Erin Energy's Nigerian Deal
• Basic Wants Exco On Hook For Employee Death Litigation
• MOL Hungarian Oil Asks US To Confirm Award Against Croatia
• Texas Justices Weigh 'Magic Words' In Eagle Ford Lease Fight
• Exxon, Chevron Settle La. Landowners' Contamination Suit
• Barclays To Pay $105M In FERC Power Price Manipulation Deal
• Trump Enviro Nominee Had Stormy Tenure As Texas Regulator
• 3rd Circ. Fracking Case Put Off After River Basin Atty Faints
• Tribe Says Feds, Not Mich., Should Oversee Mine Permit
• A Cool Reception For DOE's Grid Resiliency Proposal
• Applying The Investors' Playbook To Legal Career Planning
• $2.65B Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Stalls In DC Circ.
• La Paloma Creditors Spar Over Ch. 11 Plan Proceeds
• Homeowner Claims Pared In Suit Against Green Financing Co.
• Enviros, Kids Sue Feds Over Climate Regulation Rollbacks
• Israeli Firm Avoids Sanctions In Ampal $28M Judgment Row
• Regional Energy Agreements Lack Transparency, FERC Told
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• NRG's Calif. Gas Plant Proposal Put On Hold, Irking Enviros
• Sanchez Energy, Investors Win Approval Of $30M Settlement
• Calif., NM Warn BLM Over Suspending Methane Waste Rule
• The Law Firms Spinning The White House Turnstile
• Odebrecht Oil & Gas Asks For Bankruptcy Relief In US
• 3rd Circ. Fight Portends Larger Battle Over Fracking Ban
• Energy Co. Sues Pipeline Co. Over Millions In Overcharges
• What Trump's War On Regulations Means For Lawyers
• Has Trump Been Good For BigLaw?
• Who's Repping Whom? Law360's Guide To The Mueller Probe
• Mass. Firm Wants Russian Tech Co. Award Vacated
• Puerto Rican Utility Fights Class Cert. Bid In Kickback Suit
• UAE-Backed Oil Giant Launches $3B International Bond
• Enviros Got Unfair Fracking Rule Win At 10th Circ., ND Says
• LRR Energy Investors Seek Cert. In Suit Over $539M Merger
• How IT And Procurement Pros Can Inform Law Firm Budgeting
• Law Profs, Tech Cos. Defend AIA Reviews At High Court
• Puerto Rico Gov't Fights Appointment Of Utility Manager
• Bondholders Rip VW Bid To Nix Fraud Suit Over Emissions
• Enviros Urge Justices To Toss Challenge To Feds' Seal Listing
• 4 Energy Sector Takeaways From House Tax Reform Bill
• Ohio AG Hits ETP Unit With Suit Over Pipeline Construction
• DLA Piper Picks Up Energy Litigator From LyondellBasell
• Ryckman Creek Proposes $26M Sale To Ch. 11 Plan Sponsor
• FERC, Pipeline Co. Urge DC Circ. Not To Halt Atlantic Sunrise
• Renewable Energy Co. Expands With $255M Merger
• Pruitt Names EPA Advisory Board Members Under New Rules
• Calgon Investor Sues To Block $1.3B Sale To Japanese Co.
• Former Yukos Shareholders Drop Bid For $50B In Awards
• Barclay Damon Picks Up NY Enviro, Energy Boutique
• Enviros Sue DOI For Docs In National Monument Review
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Davis, Kirkland
• Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence At Law Firms
• Enron Unit Gets Fees In $21M Nigeria Award Case
• Chevron Wins Round In Argentina Over $9.5B Pollution Award
• 9th Circ. Revives Enviros' Water Pollution Suit Against PG&E
• Senate Approval Of 2 Commissioners Gives FERC Full Bench
• AIA Reviews Help Lower Drug Prices, High Court Hears
• Petrobras, Underwriters Take Class Cert. Row To High Court
• Parker Hannifin Offers DOJ Concessions Over $4.3B Deal
• Judge Urged To Reject More Safety Steps For Dakota Pipeline
• NJR To Buy Former Pa. Oil Pipeline For $166M
• EPA Rebuffs States' Bid To Expand Ozone-Reduction Region
• BLM Takes Step To Undo Gas Venting And Flaring Rule
• Exxon, Others Can't Ditch NJ Gas Station Cleanup Suit
• Nonprofit Urges High Court To Hear EPA Jobs Analysis Row
• How Mass. Can Prepare For Cannabis Industry Energy Use
• A New Approach To Climate Analysis Under NEPA?
• Proportionality, Not Perfection, Is What Matters
• Window Company Founder Seeks $500M Share Exchange TRO
• Ex-Apache Corp. Engineer Settles SEC Claims For $436K
• Pruitt's Grant Ban Stokes Concerns About EPA's Integrity
• Feds Escape $6M Claim For Pipeline Accident
• Armstrong Energy Files For Bankruptcy To Facilitate Biz Sale
• Calif. AG Suit Over BP Natural Gas Charges Likely Survives
• Cummins Loses On Labor Cert. After Rejecting U.S. Applicant
• Bracewell Adds Skadden Energy Regulatory Pro To DC Office
• USCIS Sued Over EB-5 Delay On $747M Calif. Solar Project
• American Midstream Nabs Southcross Assets In $815M Deal
• Westinghouse Creditors Ask To Intervene In Workers' Suit
• GOP Leader Floats Plan To Loosen Energy Development Regs
• Exxon Can Protect Presuit Docs In $1.35B Tax Refund Brawl
• DOE Proposal Offers Blatant Subsidies For Coal Industry
• India Says $74M Award Over Gas Rights Defies US Policy
• Signal Peak Gets OK For Limited Coal Mining At Mont. Site
• DC Circ. Nixes Challenges To DOE Gas Export Approvals
• Make Way For The 'Unicorns'