The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-1 on August 6, 2009 to approve a rule prohibiting manipulation in wholesale petroleum markets.

George Felcyn, senior director of government affairs in Bracewell's Policy Resolution Group, discusses the future of the wind industry under a second Trump administration.

The Texas Supreme Court has settled the issue of who owns the voids, known as salt caverns, created in subsurface salt formations (whether naturally occurring or caused as a result of salt mining operations).

The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2026-15 (Notice), providing long-awaited guidance on certain foreign....

As you are probably aware, companies that emit volatile organic compounds in southeast Texas – especially those with frequent upsets and toxics releases – will likely face much stricter scrutiny in the near future.

On March 11, 2024, EPA's "Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule" (the SCCAP Rule) was published in the Federal Register. See 89 Fed. Reg. 17622 (Mar. 11, 2024).

On October 26, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed rules on market manipulation and false reporting implementing new statutory authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced September 10, 2025, that it is withdrawing its "Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA") has consolidated NASD rule 3070 and NYSE rule 351 on reporting requirements into FINRA rule 4530.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA") has consolidated NASD rule 3070 and NYSE rule 351 on reporting requirements into FINRA rule 4530. FINRA rule 4530 incorporates most of the current reporting requirements under NASD rule 3070 and NYSE rule 351, pursuant to which member firms are required to report certain disciplinary events involving member firms and their associated persons.

FINRA has initiated a targeted examination focusing on broker-dealers' participation in small-cap offerings involving foreign issuers...

The recent shootings at Virginia Tech University have highlighted the struggle of school and college administrators to create safe schools without violating the student-privacy regulations mandated by the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act. In response to concerns expressed by educational leaders from across the country, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings recently announced the publication of a series of brochures that offer specific guidance on how schools and colleges can bala

This time of year, one is often reminded that certain rights are inalienable. For bondholders, the right to receive payment of principal and interest at a stated maturity date is one of those inalienable rights protected by the Trust Indenture Act (the "TIA") requirement that all affected bondholders, and not just a simple majority, need to approve modifications to payment terms.

Last week, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced an interim final rule which amends the recordkeeping and reporting requirements relating to the various economic sanctions programs it enforces...

Most Friday nights, my wife Jennifer and I order takeout from the Tex-Mex restaurant down the street, settle onto the couch in the den, and see what's good on Netflix or Apple TV.

The ICC International Court of Arbitration has reached a historic milestone with its 30,000th case registration in 2025, while simultaneously introducing groundbreaking rule changes that eliminate mandatory terms of reference for the first time in over a century. What do these developments mean for the future of international arbitration, and how are gender diversity initiatives reshaping the composition of arbitral tribunals?

The State of New York recently established the New York State Office of Medicaid Inspector General.

On this episode of The Arbitration Acumen Podcast, Neeti Sachdeva, registrar and secretary general of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA), joins J.P. Duffy about MCIA and its tenth anniversary.

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a tribe cannot protect non-Indian contractors from state taxation.

In its continued efforts to enhance the cybersecurity of transportation and other critical infrastructure systems across the country, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued...