The U.S. Justice Department has put the pharmaceutical industry squarely on notice that its overseas business dealings will be scrutinized through the high-powered lens of a prosecutorial microscope.

Just over a year ago, President Biden issued an Executive Order requiring federal agencies to amend all contracts to mandate compliance with Safer Federal Workforce Task Force...

NASA recently announced that it is reviving and updating its mentor-protégé program for those who do business with the agency.

On October 23, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security published a 100-page Supplemental Final Rule intended to “clarify” how employers can resolve discrepancies identified in “no-match” letters they receive from the Social Security Administration and otherwise ensure that they do not illegally employ unauthorized workers.

In an Opinion issued on December 2, 2009 in the Washington Mutual, Inc. ("WaMu") Chapter 11 case, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court held that Bankruptcy Rule 2019 clearly applies to "ad hoc committees," regardless of how they might try to disclaim collective action.

We have reported twice before on the infamous Sons of Gwalia decision in which the High (i.e. Supreme) Court in Australia concluded that a shareholder's claim against an Australian issuer for damages caused by defective disclosure practices should not be subordinated to the claims of legitimate unsecured creditors in insolvency proceedings.

Status Quo! This was the outcome following yesterday's ruling by U.S. District Court in Tafas, Smith Beecham Corp. et al. v. Dudas, No. 07-cv-846 (E.D. Va Apr. 1, 2008).

Recent executive actions portend a reduction – potentially a significant reduction – in the number of administrative patent judges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

The patent eligibility of claims involving the use of machine learning (ML) was recently considered by the US Court of Appeals...

Anna Karakitsos, a senior government affairs advisor in Bracewell's Policy Resolution Group, discusses the future of carbon credits and carbon capture utilization...

The Arbitration Acumen Podcast kicks off 2026 with a multi-part miniseries on mass arbitration. This episode offers a deep dive into CPR's Employment-Related Mass Claims Protocol. Host J.P. Duffy.

On May 18, 2009, the two federal agencies that will distribute $7.2 billion to support broadband projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act reported to Congress on their progress in implementing the new stimulus law.

On December 23, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") extended, on a temporary basis, Rule 206(3)-3T under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"), for principal trades with clients of investment advisers who are also registered broker-dealers.

In an effort to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at expediting the federal permitting process for data centers...

The Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewables Sources Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/243) applies the definition set out in Directive 2009/28/EC (Renewable Energy Directive)...

On January 7, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that crude oil producers XCL Resources Holdings, LLC (XCL), Verdun Oil Company II LLC...

On December 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce unveiled the highly anticipated, preliminary findings of its solar tariff anti-circumvention investigation

On January 13, 2023, the Department of Energy ("DOE") launched its Transmission Siting and Economic Development ("TSED") Grants program, which will provide $760 million in investment...

The Arbitration Acumen Podcast concludes its series on mass arbitration with a discussion with Adam Shoneck, vice president for business development and outreach at the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

On August 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS), in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA), the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Interior, released Notice 2026-50 (the Updated Notice), which modifies and amplifies guidance under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), that was introduced in December under Notice 2026-1.