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Energy - October, 2021

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• US, EU Strike Deal On Metal Tariffs With Eye Toward New Talks
• Dispute Over $40M Peru Refinery Award Heads To 11th Circ.
• Insurer Gets Claims Cut In Ga. Gas Explosion Liability Row
• EPA To Reconsider Ozone Standards Lowered In 2015
• Guatemalan Hydropower Developer Seeks OK Of $7.5M Award
• BLM Will Expand Climate Reviews Of Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• 7 Nations Back Ojibwe Tribe In 8th Circ. Pipeline Fight
• Oil Magnate Drops Bid To Seize Property In $506M Award Fight
• Fiat Chrysler Engineer Escapes Wire Fraud Charges
• Responding To Migratory Bird Law Uncertainty Under Biden
• Justices Will Review DC Circ. Power Plant GHG Rule Decision
• US, EU Circling Deal To Calm Steel Tariff Tension
• Chancery OKs $44.75M For Class In Alon-Delek Merger Suit
• Texas Bitcoin Miner Taps Kirkland For Market Debut Plans
• Canadian Mining Co. Lied To Drive Up Stock Price, Class Says
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, V&E, Gibson Dunn
• Lessons From Afghanistan Mining On Conflict Area Ventures
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Toyota Urges Toss Of Rav4 Hybrid Fuel Capacity Suit
• Climate Change Is Major Chunk Of $1.85T Biden Budget Plan
• DC Circ. Mulls Fate Of $10B Oregon Pipeline Project
• Brazil's Vale Says SEC May Sue Over Dam Safety Disclosures
• Oil Execs Face Hill Heat Over Alleged Climate Deceptions
• How Biden Officials Plan To Turn Tide On Enviro Justice
• Investor Sues Gas Co. Over Merger Details With Sinclair Oil
• Constantine Nabs Commercial Litigator From McGuireWoods
• Illumina Insider Trading Merits 10-Year Sentence, Feds Say
• White Stallion's $35M Coal Mine Sale Comes With Strings
• Texas Justices Must Define Pipeline In BlueStone Royalty Row
• Cleary-Led Chipmaker's $2.6B IPO Leads Trio Of Offerings
• Chancery Cuts Direct Class Claims From Musk Stock Suit
• NJ Rate Watchdog Fights $800M PSEG Nuclear Plant Subsidy
• Chinese Solar Co. Challenges Feds' Export Credit Ruling
• Biden Floats $1.85T Tax, Spending Plan To Break Impasse
• Shell Suit Over Nigerian Oil Spill Gutted By Evidence Woes
• Steinmetz, Soros Feud Over Guinean Mining Deal Is Ended
• Pakistan Says Miner's $6B Award Case Can't Proceed In US
• Ga. Court Upholds $525M Rate Hike For Coal Ash Cleanup
• EPA Asks Court To Sign Off On $5.7M Deal With Land O'Lakes
• Feds Can't Defend $2M Gas Royalty Payment Order, Oxy Says
• Texas Justices Dig Into Regulator's Coal Mine Permit Decision
• ITC Judge Rules Canadian Solar Infringes Solaria Patents
• German Co. Tells CIT Climate Change Taxes Aren't Subsidies
• Trade Court Backs Nearly 16% Duty On Chinese Saw Blades
• Southwest Gas Mulls Carl Icahn's $4.4B Takeover Bid
• NY Lawmakers Weigh Bitcoin Mining's Environmental Impact
• NY Cites Climate Law In Rejecting Power Plant Retrofits
• Lawyers Can And Should Commit To Climate Action
• Green Group Threatens Suit Over Pa. Methane Smog Plan
• Nixon Peabody Aided Solar Co.'s $1B Ponzi Scam, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Sends Vivint Solar Back To Arb. In 2nd Reversal
• Canadian Oil Co. Lied To Drive Up Stock, Class Says
• Thai Pipe Co. Says Feds 'Rewriting' Facts To Keep Steep Fees
• Latham, V&E Drive $3.4B Deal For Phillips 66 Takeover Of MLP
• 3M Inks $12M Deal To Put To Rest Water Pollution Claims
• Seadrill Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan That Drops $4.9B Of Debt
• Cybersecurity Rules Needed For Transpo Sector, Reps. Say
• Judge Recommends Dismissing 28 Claimants In BP Spill Suit
• Ojibwe Tribe Tells 8th Circ. Its Court Should Hear Pipeline Suit
• Wind Farm Says JPMorgan Can't Rush Force Majeure Fight
• Cincinnati Sees Case Tossed After Evidence Was Scrapped
• 9th Circ. Snuffs Dealers' German Car Co. Antitrust MDL
• Albright Ships Solar Power IP Suit From Texas To SDNY
• Construction Co. Urges Texas Justices To Undo $1.1M Award
• EPA To Designate PFAS As Hazardous In New Rule
• Business Groups Urge Stay On Vacating Trump Water Rule
• Full Dallas Appeals Court Debates ERCOT Immunity Status
• Investigate Trump Enviro Rollback's Harm To Communities
• 3 Firms Rep Crestwood's $1.8B Midstream Energy Biz Buy
• Judge Tosses Investors' Suit Against Chinese Electric Car Co.
• Calif. Judge Again Rejects 'Concerning' Solar Co. TCPA Deal
• Feds Propose Rescinding Trump-Era Species Habitat Rules
• Donziger Must Go To Jail During Appeal, 2nd Circ. Rules
• Navistar Will Pay $52M To Settle EPA Truck Engine Claims
• Insurer Says It Needn't Cover Ga. Solar Worker's Injury Suit
• Tribes Say Massacre Site Nationally Significant In Mine Fight
• DC Circ. Mulls Fight Over $115M Pension Withdrawal Penalty
• White Stallion Energy Gets OK For $35M Coal Mines Sale
• Parsing Boeing Decision In Light Of ESG, Caremark Trends
• Confronting Origination Credit: Why GCs Need To Speak Up
• PJM Blasts $2.5B Power Line Developer's FERC Fight
• What Evolution Of Public Nuisance Claims Means For Cos.
• Cryptocurrency's Rise Brings More Scrutiny To Miners
• Former LA Port Operator Pushes For Contamination Coverage
• Latham Snags Baker Botts Pro For New Austin Office
• EPA Sets Toxicity Guideline For Newer 'Forever Chemicals'
• Biden Administration Proceeds With Alaska Oil Lease Sales
• Gibson Dunn, Kirkland Lead $1.9B Clearway Thermal Biz Deal
• Honeywell Says It'll Pay At Least $160M To End Bribery Probes
• Colo. Jury Awards $8.4M To Worker After Electric Shock
• Princeton Lab Hit With Whistleblower Suit Over Project Safety
• Gibson Dunn-Led Pipeline Co. Prices $229M IPO Below Range
• Trump-Era Clean Water Rule Hit With Death Blow
• Oilfield Services Co. Creditors Fault Ch. 11 Disclosure
• Countries Agree To End Export Financing For Coal
• Okla. Court Extends McGirt Ruling To Quapaw Reservation
• U.S. Treasury Council Backs SEC's Climate Disclosure Plans
• Clean Energy Borrowers Ask Full 9th Circ. To Review Cert. Bid
• Oklahoma, Utilities Tell DC Circuit To Back Coal Ash Rules
• Blank-Check Co. Iconic Sports Leads 3 IPOs Totaling $761M
• FERC Says Redo Of Utility Power Deal Rules Was Warranted
• AXA Fund Launches $582M Green Bond Deal
• Truce Reached In Fight Over Oregon Hydropower Operations
• Ex-Giuliani Associate Convicted Of Campaign Finance Crimes
• Campos Mello Advogados Adds 5 New Partners In Brazil
• 7th Circ. Pauses Federal Suit Over Wis. Transmission Line
• GRM Energy Hits Ch. 11 Listing At Least $1B In Debt
• EU Leaders Order Carbon Market Fitness Review
• Ga. Judges Won't Revive City's Energy Purchase Suit
• Crow Tribe Asks 9th Circ. To Back Its Power In Utility Case
• 3 Standout Campaigns From 2021's Proxy Season
• Commissioners Clash Over FERC Power Market Plan Inaction
• Ex-Giuliani Pal Says Foreign Cash Isn't Linked To Donations
• Rail Cos. Want Their Conversations Left Out Of Fuel Plot Trial
• Morgan Lewis Adds Former Greenberg Traurig Partner
• ConocoPhillips Moves To Enforce $8.5B Venezuela Award
• High Court Urged To Reverse 'Impossible' Review Standard
• Calif. Proposes 3,200-Foot Community 'Buffer' For Oil Drilling
• Hawaii Judge Won't Reconsider Maui's Water Permit Order
• NM Rep. Floats Bill To Block Mining In Pecos Watershed
• Feds Say White Stallion Sale Undermines Enviro Obligations
• Enviro Groups Want Mont. Court To Axe Gas Plant's Air Permit
• Kumtor's $8M Ch. 11 Loan Approved With Lien Restrictions
• Texas Jury Awards Schlumberger Unit $960K In Drilling IP Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: Foundry, Zwicker Electric, Blackstone
• Bradley Arant Hires Ex-Squire Boggs Litigator In Dallas
• Green Groups Want Maine Dams Shuttered In Salmon Dispute
• Nine Point Ruling Limits High Court Bankruptcy Contract Rule
• Trump-Era NEPA Overhaul Must Still Be Nixed, 4th Circ. Hears
• Maui Challenges $1M Atty Fees In Water Pollution Suit
• Regency Energy Unitholders Try Again For Merger Damages
• Aussie Mining Co. Asks DC Judge To Nix Pakistan's New Info
• Groups Tell 9th Circ. Feds Can Be Forced To Restore Nature
• Gulf Oil Says Climate Suit Is Too Speculative To Stand
• Donziger Flight Risk Is Only Increasing, 2nd Circ. Told
• FERC Commissioners Explain Split On Clean Energy Subsidy
• ESG Disclosure Mandate Faces Hurdles Regardless Of Path
• Commerce Ordered To Explain Korean Steel Tariffs
• Wind Farm Can't Take $71M Winter Storm Suit To State Court
• Williams Cos. Says Toss Of Del. Poison Pill Tilted Playing Field
• FERC Cases Lead Off DC Circ.'s In-Person Hearings
• Financial Planning Tips For Retiring Law Firm Partners
• Feds May Need Power To Take State Lands For New Grid
• Court Told To Nix 'Afterthought' Bid To Halt $500M Power Line
• ND's DAPL Protest Suit Survives Feds' Bid To Gut Claims
• V&E Steers Bitcoin Miner's Upsized $127M IPO
• SFO Accused Of Misconduct In Unaoil Case
• 5th Circ. Tosses 3 Deepwater Horizon Spill Injury Suits
• 3M To Pay $99M To End Tennessee River PFAS Claims
• Oil Co.'s Tax Debts Must Offset $393M Award, Ecuador Says
• Oil Co. Wins Discovery For Ukraine's Unpaid $112M Award
• Judge Asks Exxon Why Nixed NY Suit Also Dooms Texas Row
• FERC Nominee Touts Necessity Of Stricter Climate Reviews
• EU States Plan Energy Tax Cuts To Counter Surging Prices
• Eversheds Sutherland Snags Chevron Atty As Energy Partner
• Preparing Remote Deposition Defenses For Corporate Entities
• How To Mitigate Antitrust Risk In ESG Efforts
• FERC Got PURPA Eligibility Wrong, DC Circ. Told
• Cleary-Led Chipmaker Leads Four IPO Launches Totaling $4B
• DOL's Proposed Rule Doesn't Make ESG Investment Risk-Free
• Ameren Says 8th Circ. Air Permit Ruling Will Sow Uncertainty
• Energy Co. Investor Seeks Del. TRO For Preferred Offering
• 5th Circ. Won't Revisit Oil & Gas Firm Arbitration Ruling
• Steel Importers Take Another Swing At Security Tariffs
• Solar Co. Asks Fla. Justices To Ax Tax On Panels On Air Base
• Feds Seek $13.8M In Clean Coal Project Contract Breach Suit
• Draft Plan Illuminates EPA's Enviro Justice, Climate Priorities
• Cancer-Focused Biotech Xilio Joins Packed IPO Pipeline
• 5th Circ. Revives Pollution Claims Against DuPont
• Amplify's Class Action Woes Grow Following Pipeline Spill
• Biden Admin. Starts Governmentwide Effort To Combat PFAS
• Trade Court Pauses On Narrow Steel Tariff Ruling
• Mayer Brown Hires Former Oil Co. GC In Houston
• Cities' Lead Pipe Overhauls Need More Than Federal Cash
• Why Law Schools Should Require Justice Reform Curriculum
• US, Wind Farm Cos. Ask for Win in Okla. 'Mining' Suit
• Texas Justices To Review SandRidge Electric Shock Suit
• DC Circ. Mulls Whether To Nix $112M Tatneft Arbitral Award
• Steinmetz Ordered To Honor Year-Old Discovery Request
• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Ending Payout Stay In $50B Russia Saga
• Insurers Say GE Knew About Turbine Issues In Plant Failure
• Biden Officials Say Tracking Is Key To Enviro Justice Efforts
• ND Tribe Members Suing Over Oil Spill May Seek Only $1
• Calif. Court OKs Warrant For PetroSaudi Arbitral Win
• High Court Won't Pause Ruling Axing Spire Pipeline Permit
• Proposed Mass. Enviro Regs Prompt Compliance Questions
• Texas Justices Won't Revisit PUC Purview In Injury Suit
• Solar Developer Fights Insurer On Pollution Policy Trigger
• Texas Justices To Review $820M Refinery Feud
• FERC Commissioner Splits Ramp Up Confirmation Pressure
• 5 Key Environmental Issues Facing Georgia
• Australian Regulator Lets AusNet Mull $7.4B APA Bid
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit Mongolia Mining Case
• Biden Officials Say Environmental Justice Is Top Priority
• Fed. Circ. Backs $5M Atty Fees In Fracking Patent Case
• IP Forecast: Amazon To Fight 'Jewish Stereotype' Claims
• FAR Council Ponders Rule To Mitigate Contract Climate Effect
• Corteva Unit To Pay $3.35M For Texas Pollution Complaint
• Del. Justices Uphold Mixed $6M Ruling On Solar Co. Breaches
• Citigroup Dodges Part Of Illinois Superfund Cleanup Suit
• Tribal Partnerships Could Supercharge Grid Development
• 4 Antitrust Risk Areas To Watch For Government Contractors
• US Solar Cos. Warn Of China Blowback If Anonymity Dashed
• Orrick, Cleary Hit With $310M Malpractice Suit
• Polsinelli Adds Energy Pro To Ranks In Chicago
• Subpoena Defense Cost Ruling Gets Insurance Law Wrong
• McDermott Continues Energy Hiring With Baker McKenzie Atty
• Judge Blocks Mont. Law That Restricts Coal Plant Closures
• Biden Admin. Plans 'Ambitious' Wind Farms On US Coastline
• Lyondell Strikes $53.4M Deal To Settle Texas Clean Air Suit
• Calif. County's Ban On Oil, Gas Wells Struck Down
• Pipeline Cos. To Pay $8.7M To End Ill. Oil Spill Suit
• EPA Will Broaden Asbestos Risk Review Under Settlement
• Crypto Miner, Winery Launch Plans For 2 IPOs Totaling $175M
• Vale Says Steinmetz Has Ignored Year-Old Discovery Request
• Girardi Scandal Provides Important Ethics Lessons
• ITC Lifts Restrictions On LG Attys In Solar Safeguard Review
• CEQ Leader Touts NEPA Reviews As Key To Climate Agenda
• FERC Split Opens Door For Southeast Power Market Plan
• Eco-Friendly Home Marketplace GoodLeap Valued At $12B
• EPA Wants DC Circ. To End Suit Over Okla. Coal Ash Rules
• 5th Circ. Upholds SEC Win In Fresh Test Of Liu Decision
• Zinc Biz Wants Out Of $25M Cleanup Fight
• Donziger Launches 2nd Circ. Appeal With Vladeck On Team
• US Says Wind Farm Developers' Lies Deserve Sanctions
• HollyFrontier Shareholder Sues Over $2.5B Energy Biz Buys
• DLA Piper Snags King & Spalding Global Arbitration Partners
• Oglala Sioux Tribe Won't Help Army Corps' DAPL Review
• Supreme Court Won't Revisit Equitable Mootness Doctrine
• Ex-Braskem CEO Gets 20 Mos. Over Massive Bribery Scheme
• Embracing ESG: Jabil GC Talks Compliance Preparation
• Insurers Can Pursue Coverage Suit Against Ex-Chemoil CEO
• DC Circ. Should Strike Gulf Of Mexico Leases, Groups Say
• Clean Energy Backers Aim To Keep Shine On Ga. Solar Boom
• Green Group Urges Justices To Skip Spire Pipeline Fight
• Bankrupt Entrust Sues Shell Over Texas Winter Storm Cutoff
• 3 Firms Seek $12M For $45M Deal In Alon-Delek Merger Suit
• Davis Polk, Skadden Design $11B Emerson-AspenTech Deal
• 9th Circ. Backs Class Rejection for PACE Borrowers
• Tesla Stockholders Seek Revamp For Musk Stock Suit In Del.
• NY Judge Dumps Challenge To Renewable Project Siting Regs
• EPA Begins Process To Restrict Use Of HFCs
• Holland & Knight Atty Calls New Calif. Housing Law Racist
• 3 Ways CLOs Can Drive ESG Efforts
• Commerce Readies Steep Duties On Indian Wind Towers
• Ute Tribe And Ex-Manager Dispute Tribal Court Jurisdiction
• Calif. Oil Spill Must Prompt New Drilling Review, Group Says
• ComEd Ruling Invites Plaintiffs To Bypass Filed Rate Doctrine
• Green Groups Blast Exxon's 'Tortured' Appeal Of $14M Award
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Latham, Boggs
• Paragon Shareholder Can't Reopen $2.4B Restructuring Plan
• Ex-SCANA CEO Gets 2 Years For Nuclear Project Coverup
• Energy Cos. Spar At FERC Over $1B Transmission Project
• Sudan Targeted In Malaysian Oil Assets Dispute
• Spain Tells DC Judge European High Court Decision Reigns
• Indian Conglomerate Sues In Del. To End Name Hijackings
• How Law Firms Can Rethink Offices In A Post-Pandemic World
• Kirkland, Locke Lord Rep Comstock's $154M Bakken Sale
• Ousted EPA Advisory Board Member Claims Anti-Industry Bias
• Texas Panel Reviews $89M Eagle Ford Accounting Fraud Row
• Wash. Supreme Court Denies Review Of Youth Climate Suit
• UAW Says It Didn't Cede Standing In 4th Circ. Benefits Case
• Commerce Slashes Indian Pipe Co.'s Tariffs Under Protest
• Federal Agencies Launch Plans To Reach Biden Climate Goals
• Feds Say La.'s Bid To Move Lease Suit Already Rejected Once
• Shippers Face Risk Even From Voluntary GHG Reductions
• Japanese Steel Co. Sues Over Security Tariff In Dumping Levy
• Ovintiv To Pay $19.5M To Settle Okla. Gas Royalties Row
• Projects Would Face Stiffer Scrutiny Under Biden NEPA Rule
• CCOs Play Key Role As Corruption, Supply Chain Risks Surge
• 6th Circ. Rules Fed. Law Preempts Ohio Nuke-Exposure Suit
• JPMorgan Says Texas Winter Storm Was No Force Majeure
• 9th Circ. OKs EPA Weighing Costs In Water Permit Exceptions
• Judge Says Haiti Central Bank Immune, Nixes Award Suit Stay
• US Metal Co. Wants Commerce Adjustments Thrown Out
• CIT Faults Commerce For Expanding Thai Pipe Duty Order
• John Wood Unit Asks High Court To Stop $700M Texas Case
• New Slew Of Calif. Laws Crack Down On Plastics, Chemicals
• Highland Capital Seeks End Of Shareholder Undervaluing Suit
• EU Floats State Aid Rules For 'Green' Digital Industries
• Trade Court Keeps Duties Off Foreign Structural Steel
• Behind The Curtain At Commerce's Operating Committee
• Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege In Human Rights Audits
• Judge Will Have Final Say On Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan
• Attys' Misdeeds Must End Enforcement Case, FERC Told
• White House Proposes Strengthening NEPA Reviews
• King & Spalding Nabs Dechert International Arbitration Atty
• Osage Nation Members Slam Feds In Oil, Gas Royalties Suit
• PowerPlan Can't Duck $47M Monopoly Suit Over Fake Threats
• Pa. Justices Will Weigh If 'Bad Faith' Factors In Fee Fight
• Canada Leans On Treaty In Fight Over Enbridge Pipeline
• Ill. Lakeside Residents Lose Cert. Bid In Oil Spill Suit
• FERC Urged To Undo Rollback Of Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• ITC Bashes Suit Over LG Atty Access In Solar Case
• Amplify Faces Putative Class Action For 'Catastrophic' Spill
• Shipper Strikes $5M Deal To End 2008 Oil Spill Suit
• 2nd Circ. Pauses Climate Suit Remand For Exxon Appeal
• Paxton Prosecutors Push To Keep Fraud Case In Houston
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Nix Future Claims Rep From Imerys Ch. 11
• Contractor Lobs Counterclaims In $7.9M Battery Plant Row
• US Biz Urges Fed. Circ. To OK Turkish Co.'s Upped Duties
• Pa. AG Charges Energy Transfer Over Spills As Pipeline Built
• States Urge Biden To Consider Climate In Coal Lease Review
• Holland & Hart Snags Colo. Energy Atty From Hogan Lovells
• Investors Want Musk To Repay Up To $9.4B For SolarCity Deal
• Calif. Oil Spill Will Ramp Up Regulatory Heat On Feds
• Spire Pipeline Urges High Court To Delay Permit Wipeout
• BP Drilling Rig Provider Looks To Nix Award Over Tax Law
• Simpson-Led Stonepeak To Buy Gas Carrier Co. In $6.2B Deal
• Embracing ESG: Baker Hughes CLO Talks Sustainability Team
• Congo Hit With Claim By Iron Ore Miner
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Antidumping Duty On Hyundai Transformers
• Trucking Co. Not Covered In Contamination Suit, CNA Says
• Justices Won't Review Pa. Coal Mining Takings Ruling
• High Court Denies Calif. Appeal In Ch. 11 Trustee Takings Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Tax Row Over Native Land Gravel Income
• Justices Won't Review Gulf LNG Win In $372M Arbitration Row
• West Texas Gas Reaches $5M Clean Air Settlement
• Supreme Court's Return Could Deliver Conservative Windfall
• House OKs Short-Term Patch Amid Stalled Infrastructure Vote
• FCC Aims To Boost Networks' Protection From Power Outages
• ConocoPhillips Can Start Enforcing $8.5B Venezuela Award
• Texas Justices Won't Rehear $100M Coal Cleanup Case
• Pro Say: A Supreme Court Term Packed With Landmark Cases
• NY AG Sues Syracuse Landlord Over Lead Paint Exposures
• FERC Attys' Emails Broke Regs In $229M Enforcement Case
• New Del. High Court Rulings Scuttle Chancery Merger Suit
• New PFAS Reporting Rule Could Be Tough For Businesses
• Pa. Utility Withdraws 'Zombie' Permit, Cancels Gas Plant
• Up Next At High Court: State Water Rights, CIA Black Sites
• What Mainstreaming Of Litigation Finance Means For Industry
• Great Lakes States Team Up For Electric Car Charging Grid
• DLA Piper Loses Bid To Revisit Key Appraisal Ruling In Del.
• EPA Again Bans Startup, Shutdown Air Quality Exemptions
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Kirkland, Latham
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Insurance Drives Ch. 11, Antitrust Cases
• Donziger Gets 6 Months For Contempt In Chevron Case
• Oil Services Giant Petrofac Cops To Failing To Stop Bribery
• Kavanaugh Tests Positive For COVID, Has No Symptoms