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Project Finance Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on high-impact project finance deals and attorneys involved. Coverage includes major industrial, infrastructure, and public service projects, as well as related litigation and policy developments.
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Latest News in Project Finance
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January 17, 2025
Split 6th Circ. OKs FERC's Revocation Of Ohio Utility Grid Perk
A split Sixth Circuit panel Friday backed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to revoke an incentive for power companies that are required to be members of a regional transmission organization, ruling that federal law requires that utilities voluntarily participate in an RTO to receive the incentive.
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January 17, 2025
9th Circ. Backs Vacating Some Trump-Era Oil And Gas Leases
A split Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that an Idaho federal court, but not a Montana federal court, abused its discretion in striking down oil and gas leases sold during the Trump administration, but halted "surface-disturbing activity" while the federal government reconsiders the leasing decisions.
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January 17, 2025
Venezuela Says $2B In Bonds Can't Be Enforced
More than five years into litigation aimed at enforcing nearly $2 billion in defaulted bonds against Venezuela's state-owned oil company, the country is urging a New York federal judge to nix the case on the grounds that the bonds are illegal under its domestic law.
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January 17, 2025
FirstEnergy Execs Hit With RICO Charges Over Bribe Scandal
Two former executives of FirstEnergy Corp. have been hit with federal racketeering charges over their alleged scheme to bribe Ohio House of Representatives members for a billion-dollar bailout that has drawn scrutiny from government agencies and led to long prison sentences for others involved in the scandal.
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January 17, 2025
Michigan Justices Won't Answer Securities Test Issue
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday denied an appeal from a developer asking justices to find a state law test rather than a federal one should be used to determine if a promissory note is a security, leaving in place a ruling that keeps the developer liable for notes issued in a $6 million project.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Industrial, infrastructure, and public-service projects valued at $75MM or more
- Asset sales
- Concession agreements
- Deficiency agreements
- Off-take agreements
- Ore purchase agreements
- Production-payment financing
- Public-private partnerships
- Throughput agreements
- Tolling agreements
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
- Overseas Private Investment Corp.
- International development banks
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Environmental legislation and regulation
- Project finance lobbying
- International project finance legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Challenges to project approval or rejection
- Breach of contract suits
- Partnership and financing disputes
- Project-related environmental suits and toxic torts
- Land- and water-use disputes
- Labor and employment suits
- Shareholder suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving projects
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of project finance practices
Readership
- Project finance lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the project finance industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals