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Aug
2
2013
Imperfect Blend: Fourth Circuit Holds Lanham Act , May Preempt North Carolina Gasoline Blending Statute McDermott Will & Emery
Aug
2
2013
Congress Passes Legislation to Assist Small Scale Hydropower Development ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
2
2013
Third Circuit Holds that District Court Improperly Excluded Expert Testimony in Securities Fraud Case Katten
Aug
2
2013
7th Circuit Decision on Application of Statute of Limitations to Clean Air Act’s Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Violations Could Hinder EPA Enforcement Initiative Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
2
2013
Proposed California Legislation Seeks More Data, More Regulation for Hydraulic Fracturing, Acidization Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Aug
1
2013
Texas Railroad Commission Well-Plugging Program Audited Beveridge & Diamond PC
Aug
1
2013
California State Water Board Issues New Draft Industrial Storm Water Permit Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jul
31
2013
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) Adopts Procedures for Relaxing Eligibility for Net Metering Renewable Energy Facilities McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
31
2013
Federal Agency Approaches, or Lands On, Charlotte Airport Kerfuffle in North Carolina Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
31
2013
Energy and Environment Law Update - July 29, 2013 Mintz
Jul
30
2013
Department of Justice Launches an Antitrust Investigation into Pressure Pumping Services Used in Hydraulic Fracturing McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
29
2013
Natural Gas Generation to Cut Need for Coal in Michigan Varnum LLP
Jul
29
2013
San Antonio Water System Negotiates $1.1 Billion Clean Water Act Settlement Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
26
2013
Fights That Matter: Local Government and State Tangle Over Ownership and Control of an Airport Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
26
2013
New Federal Missouri Case Discusses National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 921 Russell v. Whirlpool Armstrong Teasdale
Jul
26
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Issues Report on Reliability Standards Audit of Salt River Project ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
26
2013
Follow-Up on Reliability-Related Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) Issued by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
26
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Assesses Record Civil Penalty But the Story Is Just Beginning Bracewell LLP
Jul
25
2013
Illinois’ Hydraulic Fracturing Tax Act McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
25
2013
President Obama Releases Climate Action Plan Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
25
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Order For Processing Rate Filings By Intrastate Pipelines ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
24
2013
Michigan Gas Generating Plant Certificate of Necessity Sought Varnum LLP
Jul
24
2013
Department of Energy (DOE) Approves a Second LNG Export Project: A Sign of the Future? McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
24
2013
Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Gerald R. Ford Lecture Series to Take Place July 30 Varnum LLP
Jul
24
2013
Illinois Set to Regulate Shale Oil and Gas McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
24
2013
Gina McCarthy Confirmed as EPA Administrator as Obama Completes Energy “Trifecta” Mintz
Jul
24
2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update - Week of July 22, 2013 Mintz
Jul
23
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Implements A New Company Registration Format Effective August 5, 2013 ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
23
2013
Backing Fracking: UK Government Announces Shale Gas Incentives Bracewell LLP
Jul
22
2013
S.S. Badger Saves Diesel Fuel by Carrying Wind Towers Varnum LLP
Jul
22
2013
Kentucky's Use of Public-Private Partnerships McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
Jul
21
2013
French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d'Etat) Orders Change to Rules Authorizing Hydrocarbon Exploration Drilling McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
20
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemakings Permitting the Sharing of Non-Public Information between Natural Gas Pipelines and Electric Transmission Operators ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
20
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Makes Several Reliability-Related Issuances at Its July Open Meeting ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
20
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Requires Filing of Additional Oil Pipeline Rate Base Information Bracewell LLP
Jul
19
2013
House Committee Prepares Sustainable Growth Formula (SGR) Legislation Faegre Drinker
Jul
19
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Orders $435 Million Civil Penalty to Barclays Bank and $1-15 Million to Four Traders ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
18
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Imposes Whopping Penalty Against Bank and Traders for Allegedly Manipulating Western Power Prices McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
18
2013
California Proposes Energy Storage Procurement Requirement McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
17
2013
New Energy Disclosure Requirement for Nonresidential Buildings in California ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
17
2013
Indiana Court Presumes Lack of Defect Due to Manufacturer’s Compliance with Federal Pesticide Law Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
17
2013
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Katrina Global Warming Suit on Res Judicata Grounds Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
17
2013
California Trial Court Rejects Defense Argument That State Must Establish Locations with Specificity in Statewide Lead Paint Suit Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
17
2013
Los Angeles County Nuisance Claim Survives on Grounds that Defendant Cities “Generated” Stormwater Runoff Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
17
2013
Testimony that Worker Used Product Sufficient to Defeat Manufacturer’s Summary Judgment Motion in Exposure Case Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
16
2013
The House Takes Action on Energy Legislation, and Senate Leader Forces Vote on Presidential Nominations Mintz
Jul
16
2013
Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Comprehensive Tort Reform Law Unconstitutional Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
16
2013
Colorado Appeals Court Rejects Lone Pine Order in Fracking Case Beveridge & Diamond PC
Jul
16
2013
New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) the Next Battlefield for Behind-the-Meter Generation Demand Response McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
16
2013
Study: Diluted Bitumen Poses No Greater Risk of Release from Pipelines than Conventional Crude Oil Barnes & Thornburg LLP
 

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