Article"No Harm, No Foul": Who Will Referee Future White-Collar Prosecutions?On December 9, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that has significant potential...United StatesCriminal LawBracewell LLP
ArticleAdvance Of The Aggregators: Portfolio And Holdco Financing In The Renewables SectorMuch has been made in recent months of renewables no longer being in vogue. Upheavals in international trade, disruption to supply chains...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBracewell LLP
PodcastCan Nuclear Power The Cloud? Baseload Energy Options For Data Centers (Podcast)In this episode of Bracewell's Data Center Counsel podcast, Scott Segal and Andrew Shaw explore whether nuclear energy can meet the rapidly growing electricity demands...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBracewell LLP
VideoFERC And Interconnectivity Issues For Data Centers (Podcast)In this episode of the Data Center Counsel podcast, Jared Berg and Bryan Clark are joined by Josh Robichaud for a discussion...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBracewell LLP
ArticleOffshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: Energy Security At The Forefront Of The Government's Legislative AgendaOn 7 November 2023, the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill (the Bill) was announced as part of King Charles III's "King's Speech", outlining the UK Government's legislative...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBracewell LLP
ArticlePulse Check: Nuclear (Video)There has been significant bipartisan progress on nuclear energy over the last several years, dating back to the first Trump administration through the Biden administration.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBracewell LLP
ArticleBrownfield Data Centers: Environmental Due Diligence And Liability (Podcast)Brownfield redevelopment is emerging as a strategic option for data center siting, offering existing power infrastructure and grid proximity. However, these former industrial sites carry significant environmental liabilities and contamination...United StatesEnvironmentBracewell LLP
ArticleCalifornia Climate Disclosure Rules, ESG Compliance And Scope 3 Reporting Risks (Podcast)In this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by Shailesh Sahay and Stephen Wald to discuss how ESG compliance is evolving as California and international regulators...United StatesEnvironmentBracewell LLP
ArticleGreenwashing: Emerging Compliance And Cross-Border Legal RisksGreenwashing, or the use of green ‘claims' to improve a business' or product's environmental credentials with consumers, has come under significant scrutiny in recent years.United StatesEnvironmentBracewell LLP
ArticlePRG Pulse 2024 Post-Election Analysis: What Happened: Policy And PoliticsDonald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, becoming the first president since Grover Cleveland to serve non-consecutive terms. He secured both an electoral and popular vote victory, with significant gains across...United StatesGovernment, Public SectorBracewell LLP
Article"Special" Patent Update: USPTO Launches Pilot Program For Streamlined Claim SetsThere is something new to make your patent applications "special." The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just launched the "Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program"...United StatesIntellectual PropertyBracewell LLP
ArticleTariff Stability Needed For Projects To Move AheadTariffs are a hidden energy policy – difficult to predict and hitting the oil and gas industry in unexpected ways. Public debate on US energy policy is typically focused on fuel choices: oil, gas or renewables. United StatesInternational LawBracewell LLP
PodcastICC North America: A Decade Of Success (Podcast)In this episode of The Arbitration Acumen Podcast, J.P. Duffy sits down with Marek Krasula and Abbey Hawthorne, the director and deputy director of arbitration and ADR for the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in North America, to discuss the ICC's 10-year anniversary in New York.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBracewell LLP
PodcastInside JAMS International With Sherman Humphrey And Bob Davidson (Podcast)In this episode of The Arbitration Acumen Podcast, Sherman Humphrey, associate director of global practice development at JAMS, and Bob Davidson, a mediator based in JAMS' New York office...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBracewell LLP
ArticleThe Australian Centre For International Commercial Arbitration (Podcast)In this episode of The Arbitration Acumen Podcast, J.P. Duffy interviews Diana Bowman, secretary general of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBracewell LLP
PodcastThe LCIA With Kevin Nash: The Present And The Future (Podcast)In this episode, J.P. Duffy speaks with Kevin Nash, director general of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), about the institution's recent successes and future direction.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBracewell LLP
ArticleVeil-Piercing Update: Supreme Court Restores The Status Quo, For NowThe US Supreme Court unanimously declined to reshape the corporate veil-piercing doctrine when presented with the opportunity to do so in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBracewell LLP
PodcastBeyond The Usual Suspects: Emerging US Markets For Data Centers (Podcast)In this episode of the Data Center Counsel podcast, Scott Segal and Tamara McKinzie examine the shifting geography of US data center development.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBracewell LLP
ArticleThe Texas Legal And Regulatory Landscape For Data Center Development (Podcast)The Data Center Counsel Podcast returns for an episode on the evolving legal and regulatory framework governing large-load interconnections in Texas...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBracewell LLP
ArticleDiscovery Beyond The Basics: Using Checklists And Workflows To Ensure DefensibilityAs the e-discovery landscape grows more complex, practitioners must be prepared to look beyond the prototypical EDRM model towards consistent and repeatable checklists...United StatesTechnologyBracewell LLP