https://www.law360.com/projectfinance?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Project Finance Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Thu, 01 May 2025 21:00:26 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332989?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332989 There's plenty of hand-wringing at the Federal Communications Commission as a U.S. Supreme Court decision draws near over the legality of the revenue-raising scheme used to pay for more than $9 billion in broadband and phone service subsidies. Thu, 01 May 2025 10:21:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2305667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2305667 Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:14:55 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332475?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332475 Guatemalan and Texas energy companies and several Texas residents are pushing to join a petition from oilfield services company Schlumberger NV to try to avoid being dragged into an arbitration through which US Oil of Guatemala aims to seek $230 million in damages over an allegedly mismanaged hydrocarbon project in Guatemala. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:01:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332562?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332562 Amazon can sue a California-based private equity company and firms tied to a pair of Golden State solar energy developments for allegedly trying to sabotage the projects after signing long-term power purchase deals, a Washington state judge has ruled, rejecting jurisdictional arguments from the defendants. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:25:51 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332321?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332321 A key U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's nominee for the third Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329525?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329525 Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond. Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:25:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329969 K&L Gates LLP announced it has brought on a former White & Case LLP attorney as a partner for its energy, infrastructure and resources team in its Melbourne, Australia, office. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:01:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332013?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2332013 Deloitte and a certified class of SCANA Corp. investors told a South Carolina federal judge Tuesday they've settled claims accusing the accounting firm of issuing audit reports that misled investors about the progress the utility company was making on a $9 billion nuclear energy expansion project that never came to fruition. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:16:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330695 As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implements dramatic regulatory changes, companies seeking to use mediation to manage increased risks and uncertainties around environmental liabilities should keep certain essential considerations in mind to help reach successful outcomes, says Edward Cohen at Thompson Coburn. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:30:39 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2331407?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2331407 A federal judge in Seattle threw out a Las Vegas investment company's lawsuit accusing four businessmen of a $42 million fraud scheme, saying on Monday that the firm hasn't shown a "substantial part" of the allegations occurred in western Washington. Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:51:38 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2331089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2331089 The Washington Commanders will move from their current home in Maryland to a $3 billion stadium at the site of their previous stadium in D.C., team and city officials announced Monday, less than two years after the Commanders were bought by new ownership and less than four months after the federal government transferred control of the site to the city. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:30:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330380?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330380 The Texas Supreme Court found that a farmland-centered real estate investment trust's suit against a Dallas-based hedge fund could continue, but in a Friday opinion it also said a bid to dismiss the suit under the state's anti-SLAPP law could proceed on the merits. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:28:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330426 Exxon Mobil Corp. and ExxonMobil Oil Corp. can't use an $8.5 million settlement from 2012 to escape Pennsylvania's drinking water contamination suit, a New York federal judge has ruled. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:38:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330129?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330129 If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli. Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:26:12 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2303771?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2303771 While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:09:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330079 The U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday it replaced its defense counsel after the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York's Southern District accidentally filed publicly a confidential memo advising the DOT it's "very unlikely" to win litigation challenging the DOT's bid to kill New York's congestion pricing. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:38:09 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2330011 A Texas appeals court on Thursday questioned whether multiple commercial real estate funds had taken a vote before ousting a former manager accused of helping himself to company accounts, asking during oral arguments if the funds had followed correct procedures. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:36:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2328294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2328294 The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen. Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:44:00 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329551?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329551 The United States must pay the state of North Dakota $28 million in damages for its failure to control Dakota Access pipeline protesters, a federal judge determined, saying the judgment is a reminder to the federal government of its role in the larger picture of ensuring peace. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:57:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329286?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/projectfinance/articles/2329286 The U.S. Department of Commerce branch in charge of disbursing $42.5 billion in broadband deployment aid gave states an extra 90 days to finalize their plans due to federal changes underway that could impact how states spend the money.