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Energy - November, 2020

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• 2 ​​​​Senate Confirmations Boost FERC Back To Full Strength
• Exelon Unit Wins $2.75M Verdict Over Defective Power Poles
• Valaris Gets Court Approval For $11M In Exec Incentives
• NFL Hall Of Famer Can Pursue Identities Of Alleged Defamers
• San Fran Utilities GM Took Bribes In Bid Process, Feds Say
• Mexican Wire Mesh Hit With Countervailing Duties
• Philly Utility Fights Bid To Remove Judge From Bias Suit
• WTO Panel Shoots Down Korean Duties On Japanese Steel
• Calif. Co. Settles Claim It Stiffed Workers On COVID-19 Pay
• Divided Fed. Circ. Keeps Duties On Chinese Steel Rods In Kits
• Energy Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
• Minn. Tribes Seek To Halt Imminent Pipeline Construction
• Trump Admin. Advances Policy Shift On Migratory Bird Killing
• Nev. Renewables Amendment Shows Voters Flexing Muscles
• Holland & Knight Adds 2 Energy Infrastructure Partners
• Schlumberger Unit Wants Two-Phase Drilling Patent Trial
• 7 Tips For Predeposition Meetings Under New Federal Rule
• CIT Blesses Duties On Disputed Chinese Pipe Imports
• How To Prepare For Congressional Investigations In 2021
• UK Trading Firm Says COVID-19 To Blame For Oil Price Crash
• SBM Offshore Faces Swiss Probe Over Bribery Scandal
• The Firms That Dominated In 2020
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Akin Gump Must Explain Role In $1B Ohio Energy Bailout Bill
• Ex-SCANA CEO Cops To Fraud In Nuke Plant Plans Debacle
• Pebble Mine's Future Dims As Key Permit Is Denied
• Trump Says DOJ Can Stop Enviro Project Settlements
• Guatemala Pays Teco $37M In Long-Running Power Tariff Suit
• Media, Energy-Focused SPACs Raise $561M In Market Debuts
• Biden Must Sustain Laser Focus To Meet Lofty Green Goals
• Embattled Energy Exec Charged In $317M N95 Mask Scheme
• EPA Says Power Plants Don't Need Superfund Safety Nets
• Trump's Exit Draws Fresh Battle Lines Over Tariff Power
• Ethics Reminders As Employees Move To Or From Gov't
• PE Firm Advent International Sues GE Over Failed $3B Deal
• 4 Key Insurance Appeals To Watch In December
• BigLaw's Sustainability Pro Bono Drive Blew Past $15M Goal
• Feds Say 4th Circ. Skimped On Baltimore Climate Suit Review
• UK Judge Nixes Miner's Award In Fight With Kazakhstan
• Consulting Co. Can't Sue Contractor For Switching Firms
• Commissioner Blasts CFTC's 'Incomplete' Oil Crash Report
• Water Permits Voided For $2B Wash. Methanol Refinery
• States, Cities Seek Demise Of Trump's Narrowed Water Rule
• Law Firms Say Botched BP Oil Spill Claims Time-Barred
• FCC Finds Verizon Paid 'Unjust' Pole Attachment Charges
• Sierra Club Files DC Circ. Challenge To EPA Coal Ash Rule
• Gov't Pushes To Stall Refunds On Turkish Steel Duties
• Steptoe Says Texas Is Wrong Forum For $6M Malpractice Suit
• Colo. Enacts Stricter Rules For Oil And Gas Drillers
• Ky. Court Orders Pipeline Inspector To Arbitrate OT Claims
• EEOC Tells Justices Disability Charge Was Filed On Time
• Caterpillar Unit Dodges $4M In Damages Over Turbine
• Carbon Capture Policy Should Be Aligned For Global Adoption
• K&L Gates, Simpson Guide First Reserve's $194M Energy Deal
• Robbins Geller To Lead FirstEnergy Shareholder Suit
• A Key To Helping Clients Make Better Decisions During Crisis
• Biden Lauds GM's U-Turn In Tailpipe Emissions Legal Battle
• Rebuffed By Kaplan, Donziger Atty Calls Out Judges' 'Opacity'
• 9th Circ. Applies FLSA Standard To Contractor's FMLA Case
• Ukraine Can't Block Enforcement Of $81M Tatneft Award
• Shipbuilder Says Kinder Morgan Owes Asbestos Coverage
• Philly Refinery Lender Wants $1.3B Ch. 11 Ruling Flipped
• Russia Gets Enforcement Of $50B In Awards Put On Hold
• Calif. Law Limiting Review Of Gas Power Plants Struck Down
• Texas Justices Urged To Settle $820M Refinery Feud
• Ex-Mine Owner Tells DC Circ. Fraud Charges Time-Barred
• CIT Rebuffs Commerce's Calculation Of Korean Steel Duty
• Chesapeake Energy Floats Ch. 11 Pipeline Deal With Williams
• Harm Of Proposed DAPL Shutdown Too Great, ND Says
• How Federal, State Plans Could Bring Carbon Capture To US
• Biden Names John Kerry To New Climate Envoy Position
• Chancery Nixes Metals Co. Dispute Revived By Del. Justices
• Korean Steel Co. Says Commerce's Steel Duties 'Unsupported'
• Investor Says Oil & Gas Co. Hid Losses To Boost Stock Value
• Ethics Considerations For Law Firms Implementing AI
• Ill. Builders To Pay $370K In Toxic Dust Cloud Suit
• US Sawblade Makers Challenge 0% Tariffs On Chinese Cos.
• $1B Solar Plant Faces Feasibility Hurdle In Del. Ch. 11
• Creditor Fights 'Outrageous' Contempt Bid In Gem Row
• 8th Circ. Sides With Coal Mining Co. In ND Clean Air Suit
• No Extra Discovery For Engineering Co. In Oman Contract Suit
• OCC Pitches Rule Requiring Banks To Provide 'Fair Access'
• Delaware Wants Climate Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Texas Justices Clear Utility Of Liability In Injury Suit
• Steel Co. Fights 189% Duties After Missing Cutoff By Minutes
• SEC's Clayton Leaves Behind Market-Friendly Legacy
• EU Climate Goals Are Hard To Reach Without Carbon Capture
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink OK'ing FERC Pipeline Tax Policy Shift
• Picking The Right Location And Tools For Virtual Courtrooms
• Funder Claims Eni Doc Bid In Offshore Oil Fight Is Retribution
• Wind Outfit Seeks To Enforce $63M Award In Investor Fight
• 4th Circ. Refuses To Stall $5.5B Mountain Valley Pipeline
• FERC's Chatterjee Ties Demotion To Carbon-Pricing Support
• Ex-Fuel Exec Wants Justices To Review Tax Evasion Sentence
• Exelon Wants Investor Suit Over Bribe Investigation Tossed
• Carbon Capture Tech Offers A Fast Path Toward Climate Goals
• CIT OKs Higher Duties Over Japanese Steel Co.'s Missing Info
• SEC Chair Says Climate Disclosures Aren't One-Size-Fits-All
• Energy Co. Says Contractor's Incompetence Caused Blowout
• After Setbacks, Trump Admin. Can Expand Solar Panel Tariffs
• Gas Driller Ursa Piceance's $60M Ch. 11 Sale Approved In Del.
• 5th Circ. Sinks Ex-Ferrellgas Worker's Race Bias Case
• Insurer Wants Fellow Carrier To Cover $11M Death Settlement
• Beware Atty Ethics Rules When Reporting COVID-19 Fraud
• Pa. Justices Limit Ability To Order New Damage Trials
• Ex-ComEd CEO, Lobbyists Charged In Bribery Scheme
• Calif. Appeals Court Revives Gold Retailer's Arbitration Bid
• PG&E Judge Asks, 'What's Wrong With Negotiation?'
• 9th Circ. Asked To Revisit $32M Superfund Liability Ruling
• Del. Justices Say No Arbitration After First $372M Result
• Trump Admin. To Cut Down National Forest Protections
• White House Slams Groups' Challenge To Enviro Review Rule
• Ariz. Agency Can't Tax Power Plant On Tribal Land, Panel Told
• Looking For Judicial Activists? Check The Footnotes
• New FERC Leadership May End COVID-19 Flexibility For Cos.
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Trader Denies Guilt In Slimmed Spoof Suit
• Engineering Co. Says Biased Arbitrator Delivered $24M Award
• Best Practices For Legal Technology Adoption
• Senate Energy Panel Advances Pair Of FERC Nominees
• Valuation Uncertainty Could Prompt Increased Litigation
• Georgia Staffing Firm Didn't Pay OT, Suit Says
• Alaska Voters Reject $1.1B Oil Tax Ballot Measure
• Environmental Moves Biden Could Make Day 1
• Unaoil $1B Bribery Probe Leads To Arrest In Australia
• Texas Judge Nixes Bid To Enforce $18B Saudi Oil Award
• 4th Circ. Gives Refiner New Shot At Renewable Fuel Break
• Nuverra Creditor Can Pursue Recovery Alone, 3rd Circ. Told
• Mayer Brown Snags 2 Hunton Andrews Renewables Partners
• Iraq Claims Immunity In $53M Mineral Contract Fight
• ConocoPhillips Alaska Project Approval Unlawful, Groups Say
• NLRB's Bid For Rehiring Order Came Too Late, Gas Co. Says
• WTO Members Hope To Move Climate Issues Center Stage
• Keystone Developer Touts President's Power To OK Pipelines
• DC Judge Considers Pausing $10B Nigeria Award Fight
• Venezuela Cites NY Case To Support Dismissing $43M Row
• Energy Firm Looks To Revive $340M Kenya Claim
• DC Says Climate Suit A Matter For Local Courts
• Trump Admin. Tries To Save Oil And Gas Leases At 9th Circ.
• Dakota Pipeline Challenge Undermines Permitting Process
• The Pandemic's Long-Term Impact On Law Firm Operations
• Implications Of EPA Clean Air Act Cost-Benefit Rule: Part 2
• How Biden Might Dismantle Trump-Era Regulations
• Oil Industry Groups Look To Join Alaska Refuge Drilling Fight
• Bernstein, Saxena Tapped To Rep FirstEnergy Investors
• New Donziger Atty Immediately Asks For Judge Reassignment
• Trump Admin. Must Review Wyo. Oil And Gas Leases, Again
• Utility Worker Wants Judge DQ'd For Time As Cozen Partner
• Greens Seek To Undo EPA's Clean Air Act Loophole For Texas
• Energy Cos. Tell Justices Climate Torts Belong In Fed. Court
• Coal Magnate Slams Sanction Bid In $48M Arbitral Award Suit
• Permian Pipeline Must Hand Over Contracts To Landowner
• Paul Hastings Scoops Up Enviro Team From Baker Botts
• Guatemala Says Teco Can't Target NY Funds For $35M Award
• Implications Of EPA Clean Air Act Cost-Benefit Rule: Part 1
• Lack Of Access To Remote Court Proceedings Is Inexcusable
• EPA Softened Smog Regs For Texas Cities, Green Groups Say
• Commerce Slaps Duties On Concrete Wire From 7 Countries
• Travelers Unit Sues To Escape $7M Diesel Cleanup Bill
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Say Gov't Didn't Prove Spoofing Fraud
• Feds Sharpen Spoofing Claim Against Ex-Merrill Lynch Trader
• Exxon Says It Can't Be Sued For Climate Fraud In Connecticut
• Gulfport Energy Hits Ch. 11 With $1.25B Debt-Swap Plan
• W.Va. Loses Bid To End Mine Reclamation Fund Suit
• Why Attacks On Trump's Election Lawyers Are Problematic
• Mich. Sues To Shut Down Enbridge's Line 5 Pipeline
• 7th Circ. Mulls Supreme Court's Impact On Groundwater Row
• Dominion Faces Cert. Bid In Worker's FLSA Day-Rate Fight
• 5 Questions Energy Attorneys Are Hearing About Hydrogen
• Southland Can Reject Gas Gathering Deal In Ch. 11
• States Urge Justices To Overturn Biofuel Exemptions Ruling
• Saudi Co. Scores Atty Fees In $5.3M Arbitral Award Row
• FERC Won't Budge On Gas Contract Bankruptcy Order
• Texas Justices To Hear Apache's $15M Arbitration Row
• Lilis Energy Gets OK For $46.6M Asset Sale In Ch. 11
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Spain's Naturgy Inks $3B Sale Of Chilean Biz To Chinese Co.
• Transmission Co. Wants Justices To Review Minn. Grid Law
• Nuns Hit Pa. Pipeline With New Religious Rights Battle
• Avoiding 6 Common E-Discovery Production Pitfalls
• Building Owners Face An Even Stricter NYC Climate Plan
• Tenn. Airport Says Pipeline Using Legal Games To Avoid Move
• ITC Finds US Cos. Likely Harmed By Aluminum Foil Imports
• What To Expect From US Trade Policy In The Biden Era
• WPX Shareholder Sues To Block $12B Merger With Devon
• Texas Energy Fraudster Gets 10 Years, Must Repay $10M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, KPN, Boston Dynamics
• 9 Questions For Calif. Air Board Leader Mary Nichols
• JPMorgan Must ID Who OK'd $875M Payments In Oil Deal Suit
• Sierra Club Says Maine Power Line Construction Must Stop
• SFO Seizes £1.2M From Brazilian Linked To Bribery Scandal
• Biden Taps Obama Staffers, Greens For Agency Review Teams
• Oasis Petroleum Gets OK For $1.8B Debt Swap Ch. 11 Plan
• Enforcement Of $70M Spain Award Will Remain On Hold
• Commerce To Probe Wind Tower Imports From 3 Countries
• FWS' Gas Terminal OK Ignored Nearby Project, 5th Circ. Told
• Fuel Pit Stop Doesn't Break Transport Chain, DC Circ. Told
• Soros Looks To Duck Steinmetz $10B Mining Case
• Duke Energy Fights To Toss Proposed ERISA Class Action
• Elliott Urges Evergy To Review Potential $15B Takeover Bid
• Tribe's $2M Fuel Tax Suit Prohibited, Calif. Tax Director Says
• Navajo Citizens, Drilling Cos. Back BLM's Fracking Permits
• NLRB Says Paving Co. Erred In Shifting Union Members' Work
• Exxon Fights To Keep Minn. Climate Fraud Suit In Fed. Court
• High Court Seems To Seek Balance In Agency Draft Disclosure
• Law Firm Biz Development Tips For The Pandemic Era
• Black Atty Says Employer Saw Her As 'Lesser Human Being'
• Hyundai Steel Fights Tariffs Based On Unclaimed Port Profits
• Markets Emerge From Tumultuous Election On Solid Ground
• Copper Co. Gets OK To Collect Half Of $6B Pakistan Award
• US Blacklists Scores Of Syrian Officials In Sanctions Dragnet
• CORRECTION: FirstEnergy Top Attys Split Amid Bribery Probe
• Ex-PG&E GC Tapped As Canadian Pipeline Co.'s Top Atty
• State AGs Sue Feds Over Efficiency Standard Foot-Dragging
• ​​​​​​​Guatemala Must Pay Teco $7.5M In Energy Tariffs Dispute
• Iran Officials Call US Sanctions 'Illegal' And 'Illogical'
• Car Cos. Should Weigh Calif. Emissions Disclosure Deal
• FERC Says $380M Gulfport Gas Transport Deal OK As Is
• Bonanza Creek Announces $376M Merger With HighPoint
• Attys Win $70M Cut In Capacitor Price-Fixing Settlement
• Software Co. Must Pay Up For Withheld Shares, 3rd Circ. Told
• 2nd Circ. Dampens Discovery In Spanish Oil Spill Suit
• UK Gov't Won't Intervene In Bribery Whistleblower Case
• Rulings Show Limits Of Federal Agency Vacancy Law
• Pioneer Asks Texas Justices To Bar Discovery Of OSHA Docs
• 9th Circ. Told Ore. Hydro Project Violates Water Quality Limits
• 2 Firms Guide Casey's $580M Deal For Gas Station Chain
• 3 Firms Steer Asset Manager's $2.7B Liquid Storage Co. Buy
• BHP Gets £5B Suit Over Brazilian Dam Failure Tossed
• Attorneys Expect Enviro Policy Whiplash With Biden Win
• What Biden's Win Holds For Transportation, Infrastructure
• Biden's Win Puts Clean Energy Center Stage
• Election Puts Left's Big Legislative Goals Out Of Reach
• High Court Expansion Unlikely After Tight Election
• Biden Win May Lead To First Black Female Justice
• Biden's Win Means Big Business For BigLaw
• Biden Beats Trump At The Polls As Court Battles Continue
• Donziger's Criminal Contempt Trial Delayed To January
• GE, Canon Want To Arbitrate Data Breach Litigation
• Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Grows In Pa. With Pittsburgh Office
• Steel Importer Sues US For Rejecting Tariff Exclusion Bid
• Kazakhstan Seeks Assets To Cover Fees In Mining Dispute
• Union Says NRG Must Arbitrate Fight Over Retiree Benefits
• Extraction Gets Interim OK For $1.75B Del. Ch. 11 Disclosure
• GAO Finds Few Docs On Frozen $100M Naval Warship Project
• Fracking Co. BJ Services Gets OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation
• Pipeline Co. Sues Insurer For $5M D&O Coverage
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Navigating Inability-To-Pay Claims With DOJ Amid COVID-19
• Trump Demotes Chatterjee From FERC Chairman's Role
• Feds Deny Solar Panel Duties Are A Game Of 'Whack-A-Mole'
• Donziger Trial Headed For Remote Criminal Defense
• Law Firms Sued For Allegedly Botching BP Oil Spill Claims
• Extraction Oil Gets Initial OK For $200M Ch. 11 Backstop Deal
• Texas Gov. Asks For No Permian Basin Nuclear Waste Storage
• DOJ Asks High Court For More Time In Refiners' Biofuel Case
• US Shields Mexican Transformers From Future Security Tariffs
• Oil Services Co. Settles SEC's $141M Fraud Claims
• BigLaw Must Drop The Billable Hour To Improve Diversity
• Swedish Court Won't Refer Questions On €39M Spain Award
• Deals Rumor Mill: TikTok, 7-Eleven, Airbnb
• US Will Probe Possible Dodging Of Chinese Steel Pipe Duties
• The Post-Election State AG Enforcement Landscape
• Baltimore Ditches Air Law Appeal After $40M Incinerator Deal
• 5th Circ. Won't Resurrect AIG's $15M Fracking Site Fire Claims
• Feds Say 'Cancer Alley' Plant Permits Need Second Look
• Energy Transfer Claims Against Pa. Protester Largely Tossed
• BP Gets Win In Oil Spill Florida Injury Cases
• Capacitor Buyers Lose 'End-Run' Class Certification Bid
• Trump Unleashes Barrage Of Lawsuits In Battleground States
• Latham Brings Back Project Finance Partner After DFC Stint
• Del. High Court Urged To Find New Route For Damages Claims
• W.Va. Justices Say First Energy Not Immune In Injury Suit
• Insurer On The Hook For $1M Defense Over La. Contamination
• CIT Sends Steel Investigation Challenge To NAFTA Panel
• Pause May Be Lifted On Enforcing UK Co.'s €28M Spain Award
• Taylor Energy Fights Immunity Finding At 5th Circ. In Spill Suit
• DC Circ. Suggests Dakota Access Permit Merits More Review
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Chevron's Loss In PTAB Interference
• FTS Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Fracking Sand Supplier Deal
• How Justices' Baltimore Ruling May Affect Other Climate Suits
• NJ Leads Nation With New Law Banning Carryout Bags
• EU Eyes Ethanol Restrictions In Scrutiny Of Surging Imports
• Senate Majority Still In Doubt As Races Tighten
• Puerto Rican Bank Wins $86M Loan Suit Against PDVSA
• Biden Campaign Plays Down Trump High Court Threat
• Nevada Voters Approve Renewable Energy Mandate
• Trump Vows To Contest Uncounted Ballots At High Court
• The BigLaw Attorneys Battling Over An Undecided Election
• Don't Look To Bush v. Gore For 2020 Blueprint
• US To Formally Abandon Paris Climate Deal, For Now
• Senate — And Pandemic Relief — Still Hanging In The Balance
• Denver Voters OK 2 Sales Tax Hike Measures
• La. Voters Approve Adding Gas, Oil Production To Well Values
• Ark. Voters OK $205M Sales Tax Hike For Highway Funding
• Insurer Prevails On Texas Law Firm's Bad Faith Claims
• CIT Wrestles Steel Dumping Case Away From NAFTA Panel
• Kinder Morgan Unit Settles With Mass. AG Over Pipeline Spill
• NY Atty Accused Of 'Shadow Counseling' After Gem Fight DQ
• Kan. Professor Can't Beat Chinese Talent Recruitment Case
• Maduro Can't Exclude Guaido Attys From $8.5B Award Fight
• Unión Fenosa Sues Egypt, BNY Mellon Over Funds Transfer
• FERC Nixing Of NY Renewables Plan Likely To Be Litigated
• DC Circ. Asked To Reverse Coal Ash Rule Rollback
• 8 Tips For Effective Oral Advocacy In Virtual Court Hearings
• Southern Green Group Brings On New Regulatory Policy Head
• From The Front Lines: The Attorneys Protecting This Election
• Judge Advances Pacific Drilling's $1.1B Restructuring Deal
• Energy Dept. Shirking Efficiency Standard Reviews, Suit Says
• Canada's Tax Authority Takes Mining Co. Fight To High Court
• Insurers Seek Reimbursement For BP Defective Pipe Suit
• EPA Botched Colo. Ozone Plan Approval, 10th Circ. Told
• Sidley Snags 2 Attys From McKool Smith For IP Team
• 5th Circ. To Rehear Welder's Jones Act Injury Suit
• NLRB Asks Calif. Court To Make Airgas Rehire Union Backers
• Gov't Asks Fed. Circ. To Let Trump Adjust Tariffs As Needed
• Where Renewable Energy Is Headed After Election Day
• Justices Search For Clarity In Cooling Water Intake FOIA Fight
• Trump Makes Election Day Play With Fracking Order
• UK Antitrust Arm Probing $300M Tronox Titanium Biz Deal
• 4th Circ. Asked To Reverse Coal Pollution Rule Rollback
• Energy Cos. Move Maui Climate Suit To Federal Court
• Justices Decline To Review HSBC Banker's Fraud Conviction
• A GC's Blueprint For Improving Legal Industry Diversity