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Energy Enforcement

Lessons From FERC Staff Reversal In Footprint Power

This post recently appeared in Law360, available for subscribers here. Anyone practicing in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission enforcement arena should sit up and take notice of the recent developments in the Footprint case at FERC. The most public step in an enforcement procedure before FERC is the issuance of an order to show cause,… Continue Reading
Compliance

McGuireWoods Announces Updated Government Investigations Resource Guide

We are pleased to announce that McGuireWoods LLP has published the seventh edition of its Government Investigations Resource Guide. While Subject to Inquiry provides detail on the latest news and regulatory trends, this guide serves as a handy reference tool for in-house attorneys, compliance officials, and executives. The Guide features overviews for key areas of… Continue Reading
Energy Enforcement, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends, Fraud, Deception and False Claims

Court Holds FERC De Novo Review to Proceed as “Ordinary Civil Action”

Last week, a federal district judge ruled for the first time that the “review de novo” promised by section 31(d) of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), 16 U.S.C. § 823b(d), will be “treated as an ordinary civil action requiring a trial de novo.”  FERC v. Maxim Power Corp., Civ. No. 3:15-30113-MGM, at 2 (D. Mass.… Continue Reading
Energy Enforcement

FERC Market Manipulation Case Still Alive After Ruling in Silkman and Lincoln Paper Case

For the past several years, FERC has been investigating several energy industry participants under several theories of market manipulation, discussed previously here.  Gradually, these cases have moved from administrative proceedings to U.S. district courts, which have resulted in a small handful of written opinions, none of which have fully settled the substantive questions of what… Continue Reading

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