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Energy - December, 2017

247 articles

• DC Circ. Douses Challenge To FERC Hydro Payment Denial
• DC Circ. Tells DOL To Revisit Part Of Silica Rule
• Trump Signs $1.5T Tax Cut Legislation
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Articles Of 2017
• US Gov't Doesn't Need State OK For Arkansas Power Line
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Exxon Says Mass. Climate Change Suit Relies On Speculation
• Shale Landowners Denied Class Arbitration In Royalty Row
• Senate's Extenders Bill Prolongs Targeted Tax Benefits
• EPA Is Illegally Pushing Out Science Advisers, Suit Says
• Fossil Fuel Cos. Hit With More Calif. Climate Lawsuits
• Enviros Seek Stay Of Millennium NY Gas Pipeline Project
• Spoliation Scrutiny: Disparate Standards For Distinct Mediums
• Tesla Says Dell Ruling Boosts Its Defense In SolarCity Case
• Ex-Embraer Exec Says Bribe Plot Sweetened Aramco Jet Deal
• Pa. PUC Lifts Pipeline Injunction After Sunoco Changes Plan
• A Review Of US Economic Sanctions In 2017
• Armstrong Creditors Want More Info On Suspect Transfers
• Trump Taps 10 For Bench In Latest Round Of Nominations
• Cos. In $306M JV Enforcement Row Win Freezing Order
• Biggest Texas Cases Of 2017
• Oilfield Servicer Expro Gets Access To $65M In DIP Financing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Japan Display, Oi SA
• Chesapeake, Anadarko Can't Dodge Pa. AG's Royalty Suit
• Cobalt, Angolan Oil Co. Reach $500M Deal For Drilling Blocks
• Ex-Atty Ordered To Pay $11M Restitution In $32M Fraud Case
• ArcelorMittal To Pay $1.5M To Settle Pa. Emissions Row
• Senate Dems Urge Trump To Impose Solar Panel Tariffs
• An End To Systematically Undercompensating US Patentees?
• House Sends $1.5T Tax Cut Bill To Trump's Desk
• FCPA Enforcement Picks Up In 2nd Half Of 2017
• US Aims To Punish India For Flouting WTO's Solar Ruling
• Hearing The Need For More Women's Voices In The Courtroom
• GOP Tax Cut Bill Nears Finish Line After Senate Passage
• Enviros Sue BLM To Stop Methane Venting Rule Delay
• Aquion Energy Wins OK For Ch. 11 Plan After $9M Sale
• Welders' $100K Pay Not Necessarily OT Exempt: 6th Circ.
• Citation Oil & Gas Settles FCA Royalty Claims For $2.25M
• Rentech Files Voluntary Petition For Relief Under Ch. 11
• Neb. Regulators Won't Budge On Keystone XL Route Ruling
• Va. Pastor, Wife Convicted Of $2M Investment Scam
• 5th Circ. Broadens Oil Pollution Act Liability
• House Must Vote Again On Final GOP Tax Bill
• Russia Targeted In $500M Claim Over Siberian Coal Mine
• Contractor Looks To Escape Suit Over Gold King Mine
• NY Times Sues DOI Over Utah Monument Doc Request
• Parker-Hannifin Settles DOJ Suit Over $4.3B Clarcor Merger
• 5 New Changes For Businesses In The Final Tax Bill
• Del. High Court Affirms Toss Of Williams Co. Stock Suit
• 10th Circ. Lets Enviros Into Oil Group's BLM Auction Suit
• The Biggest Pennsylvania Policy Developments Of 2017
• EPA Seeks Suggestions For Clean Power Plan Replacement
• EFH Unsecured Creditors Demand Seat On $560M Fee Panel
• Ex-Pillsbury Enviro Partner Joins Holland & Knight In Calif.
• Adams Resources Sails Through Ch. 11 Confirmation Hearing
• Exelon's $60M Bid Only Ch. 11 Offer For ExGen Power Plant
• SoCalGas Off The Hook For Business Losses From Gas Leak
• Paragon Offshore Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks $1.7B Del. Clawback
• MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Steve Gill
• Deals Rumor Mill: Humana, Dole Food, Autodis
• SunEdison Yieldco Settles Investor MDL For $57M
• OSHA Had Authority Over Sand Bag Plant, 2nd Circ. Says
• 40 Years Of FCPA
• India Scraps Solar Energy Rules Following WTO Loss
• How 2 Devices And 1 Domain Changed My Practice In 2017
• Entergy Doesn't Owe 'Bandwidth Payments,' D.C. Circ. Told
• Texas Justices Keep Noble On The Hook For $63M Indemnity
• Teco Says Guatemala Can't Escape Paying $21M Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: Platinum Equity, Toshiba, Aston Martin
• Toss Of Duke Energy Investor Suit Upheld By Del. Justices
• The Biggest Environmental Rulings Of 2017
• EPA Stalling On Good Neighbor Enforcement, Delaware Says
• Final GOP Tax Bill Settles On 21% Corporate Rate
• A Chat With Orrick COO Laura Saklad
• Alternative Fees: My Experience At Bartlit Beck
• CNX To Pay $305M For 50% Stake In Marcellus Shale Player
• MVP: Davis Polk's Damian Schaible
• Oil And Gas Co. ATX Receives $780M Equity Commitment
• The Biggest Pennsylvania Court Decisions In 2017
• House-Senate Negotiators Approve GOP Tax Bill
• Jurors Should Have An Active Role In Trials
• New Wine In Old Bottles: RCRA's Anti-Duplication Clause
• Ex-Cuomo Aide Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case
• Cobalt Hits Ch. 11, Seeks To Stall Securities Litigation
• Trump's 2018 Deregulatory Push Targets CPP, Fracking Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snyder's-Lance, EssilorLuxottica, YPF
• Bankrupt Coal Co. Asks To Pay Bonuses To Retain Workers
• Senate Confirms Trump's EPA GC, Water Chief Picks
• Trump's EPA Chemical Safety Office Pick Drops Out
• Bearded Seal 'Threatened' Listing Improper, Justices Hear
• FERC Won't Reconsider Atlantic Bridge Pipeline Project OK
• Pa. Justices To Weigh $1.8M Energy Rate-Spike Fine
• MVP: Skadden's Frank Bayouth
• 40 Years Of FCPA: An Update From The DOJ
• Why Information Governance Is More Important Than Ever
• Litigation Trend Links Climate Change And Human Rights
• BigLaw Is Behind The Automation Curve
• Westinghouse Gets 3-Month Extension To File Ch. 11 Plan
• 10th Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Tribe Worker's Contract Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, AmBank, Saudi Aramco
• DC Circ. Nixes Freedmen Descendants' Suit Against DOI
• State Can't Block Millennium Pipeline Project, NY Judge Says
• Ill. Nuke Plant Subsidies Do Step On FERC, 7th Circ. Told
• PSE&G Says 2.5M Customers' Data Likely Hit In TIO Breach
• The Biggest Energy Rulings Of 2017
• MVP: King & Spalding's Simon Cowled
• DC Circ. Gives Enviros 2nd Shot To Fight $2.2B Pipeline
• GOP Leaders Reach Deal To Reconcile Tax Bill Differences
• The Science And Controversy Of Offshore Wind
• 40 Years Of FCPA: Compliance, Past And Future
• 4th Circ. Deals Blow To Securities Fraud Plaintiffs
• Odebrecht Oil & Gas Secures US Bankruptcy Protections
• Investors In PowerSecure Stock Suit Out Of Tries At 4th Circ.
• DOT Escapes Enviro Suit Over Review Of Oil Spill Plans
• Senate Dems Protest Energy Tax Provisions In Reform Bill
• Exxon Agrees To Disclose Climate Change Risks To Investors
• Uranium Mine Near Grand Canyon Can Stay, 9th Circ. Rules
• 10 Things To Know About Native American Policy: Part 2
• Deals Rumor Mill: FirstCaribbean, Sabeco, Elenia Oy
• BHP Billiton Can't Put An Early Stop To Oil Gathering Row
• Pa. State Sen. Seeks To Increase Pipeline Safety
• Calif., NM Urge Judge To Nix Challenges To BLM Flaring Rule
• AGL Fights Redo Bid On $7.4M Pipeline Row Jury Award
• MVP: Kirkland's Andrew Calder
• 40 Years Of FCPA: Cross-Border Efforts And Growing Risk
• Senate Dems Lob Plagiarism Charge At Trump Enviro Pick
• Judging A Book: Cooke Reviews 'Constance Baker Motley'
• Keeping Your Law Library Relevant In The Age Of Google
• GenOn Seeks OK Of Ch. 11 Plan As Gov't Raises Concerns
• 6 Things You Need To Know About Millennial Jurors
• Why Investors Are Taking The Leap To 3rd-Party Funding
• Has Litigation Finance Shed Its Stigma?
• What Your Colleagues Think Of Litigation Finance
• Chancery Tosses NRG Reclassification Suit On MFW Grounds
• Sinking Kids' Climate Suit Would 'Flood' 9th Circ., Judge Says
• EFH Judge Won't Halt Axing Of $275M NextEra Breakup Fee
• Power Co. Not Owed Defense Of $35M Fraud Suit, Insurer Says
• EnCap Pours $300M Into New Texas Mineral, Royalty Co.
• Enviros Sue Chem Safety Board Over Accident Report Rules
• High Court Won't Hear DTE Energy Emissions Case Appeal
• Pa. Appeals Court Kills Bid To Revive EQT Royalty Claims
• Texas Ex-Atty Should Pay $13.7M To Mexican Agency: Feds
• FERC Nixes PJM Rate Plan After DC Circ. Rejects Changes
• Exxon Seeks Quick Win Over $337M Refund In IRS Tax Spat
• 40 Years Of FCPA: A View From The Monitorship Trenches
• DC Circ. Urged To Affirm FERC Has No Pro-Pipeline Bias
• Supreme Court Denies Petition Challenging Tax On Stored Gas
• FERC Enforcement Report Shows Good Compliance Is Key
• Investors Can't Revive Baker Botts Subpoena In Yukos Suit
• A Look Back At 2017's Enviro And Energy Law Developments
• Private Equity Powered Energy M&A In 2017
• The Law Firms Of The 2017 MVPs
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 78 Firms
• Former Mass. State Lawmaker Indicted On Corruption Charges
• FERC Member's Online Comments Unethical, Landowner Says
• Energy Co. Derides Potential Investor Class Rep As Ignorant
• Jury Rejects SEC's Delta Petroleum Insider Trading Case
• Feds Blast Contractor's Quick Win Bid In FCA Suit
• Sierra Club Asks 4th Circ. To Uphold CWA Groundwater Ruling
• Judge Won't Hold Order To Kill Climate Suit Against Peabody
• Texas Justices To Hear Oncor's Row With Chaparral Energy
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Untold Story Of The Resource Guide
• Senate OKs Trump's Resources Pick Despite ANWR Concerns
• FERC Chair Asks DOE For More Time On Grid Subsidy Rule
• Gas Co. Covered By Texas 'Safe Harbor' In Royalties Fight
• EPA Maintains Renewable Fuel Standard Status Quo, For Now
• Statoil's Claims Against Ex-Exec Headed For Arbitration
• Nextera Seeks Hold On $275M For EFH Ch. 11 Sale Fee Appeal
• 40 Years Of FCPA: A Journey From Conviction To Dismissal
• Third Federal Judge Exits Tribe's Dispute With Ex-Worker
• BLM Finalizes Delay To Methane Venting Rule Compliance
• SG Urges Justices To Hear Overseas Patent Damages Case
• Trump Overstepped On Monuments, Enviro Groups Insist
• SM Energy Seeks Reopening Of Boomerang Tube Ch.11 Case
• Senate Confirms Trump's Pick For EPA Enforcement Chief
• Chevron Unit Sheds Overseas Plant Injury Suit In Texas
• 2nd Circ. Won't Block Pipeline Amid NY, FERC Permit Fight
• What House And Senate Tax Bills Mean For Oil And Gas Cos.
• What We Learned From Barclays Market Manipulation Case
• Energy-Focused PE Firm Closes Latest Fund At $400M Cap
• What To Know Before Going Into Arbitration
• The Biggest Native American Law Rulings Of 2017
• Top Texas Policy Developments Of 2017
• Bankrupt Ryckman Creek Allowed To Switch To New Buyer
• Rail Regs In Crosshairs After Emergency Brakes Rule Repeal
• Del. Chief Justice Calls $428M Williams Suit An Investor Game
• Zinke Advises Trump To Shrink Some Nat'l Monuments
• Tax Plans, Tariffs Cast Late Pall On Energy Finance In 2017
• K&L Gates Nabs Energy Pro From Eversheds Sutherland
• Shell Unit Broke Pact To Take Oil After Spill, Suit Says
• Baker Hughes Strikes Deal In Workers' OT Suit
• The Johnson Conviction And Fallout For Forex Market
• How DOE's 'Grid Resiliency' Policy May Impact Gas Markets
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Siemens Lesson — Tillerson Is Right
• Westinghouse, Creditors Spar Over Extension For Ch. 11 Plan
• Profs Fight For Clarity On Class Cert. In Securities Suits
• Texas Justices Hear Murphy Satisfied Offset Well Requirement
• AGs Lob Latest Suit Accusing EPA Of Missing Smog Deadline
• Honeywell Unit Says Beazley Must Cover Refining Tech Row
• Bracewell Starts UK Energy Disputes Group With 2 Laterals
• Buckeye Unit Says Pa. Agency Can't Block Pipeline Reversal
• Conoco Asks Texas Justices To Apply Perpetuities Rule
• Mass. AG Lacks Authority To Probe Exxon, State Justices Told
• 2nd Circ. Poised To Rule Quickly On NY-FERC Pipeline Spat
• BLM Will Fight Methane Enforcement Ruling At 9th Circ.
• Real Estate Rumors: SL Green, Randy Rissman, Florida Power
• ND Tribe Member Fights Fee, Interest Bids In Royalty Beef
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Rise In International Enforcement
• DOT Yanks Emergency Brakes Mandate For Crude Oil Trains
• ITC Clears Path For New Biodiesel Tariffs
• FERC Ruling Casts New Scrutiny On Oil Pipeline Contracts
• Tribe, Enviros Take Aim At BLM For Mine Project Approvals
• NY Solar Co. Hits Bankruptcy After Abrupt Layoffs
• Enviro Group Sues EPA For 'Stonewalling' On Pruitt Speeches
• Renewable Cos. Eye Damage Control As Tax Plan Advances
• First Nations, Enviros Prevail In Yukon Watershed Plan Fight
• $1.1M Award In Refinery Row Can Stand, English Judge Says
• Louisiana-Based Kean Miller Launches Houston Office
• SEC Accuses Accounting Firm Of Fraud Over Microcap Audits
• SolarCity Investors Fight To Revive Suit At 9th Circ.
• Marathon Petroleum Can Challenge Audit Later, 3rd Circ. Says
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Prysmian's $3B General Cable Buy
• Trump Shrinks Utah National Monuments By Millions Of Acres
• Schlumberger Agrees To Pay $1.35M To End Wage Suit
• Dormant Commerce Clause Needs Clarification, Justices Told
• Ex-Statoil Exec's Wife Wants Out Of Trade Secrets Suit
• ConocoPhillips, Ecuador Sign $337M Deal To Settle Oil Dispute
• No Basis For Fuel-Efficiency Penalty Delay, 2nd Circ. Told
• 40 Years Of FCPA: Highlights From The 1st Corporate Trial
• Dakota Access, Tribes Ordered To Craft Spill Plan
• Senate Passes $1.4 Trillion Tax Cut Legislation
• EPA Nixes Hardrock Mining Rule, Enviros Say They'll Sue
• Calif. Utility Can't Recoup $379M Wildfire Costs: Regulator
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 2 Blank Check Cos. In Energy, Leisure Raise $500M Total
• Bail Denied For Chinese NGO Boss Facing FCPA Charges
• Ohio City Asks 6th Circ. To Pull State Nexus Pipeline Permit
• 9th Circ. Ruling Hints At Bumpy Road For Water Rule Redo
• GE Subsidiary Demands Coverage For Faulty Gas Well Part
• NJ Power Plant Can Use More Sulfuric Acid, Panel Says
• ETE Refused $1.5B Williams Merger Termination Fee In Del.
• 40 Years Of FCPA: The Strange Case That Started It All
• Mining Co. Awarded $30.4M In Expropriation Row With Peru
• Justices To Hear Appeal In Tesla Unit Antitrust Suit
• We Need A Green Amendment
• Danish Energy JV Drops $3.3B On Gas Field Redevelopment
• FERC Passive Interest Order May Streamline Approvals