It can be difficult to keep track and make sense of all the activity under the EPA's Clean Air Act programs and regulations.

On this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, Jeff Holmstead joins Daniel Pope and Taylor Stuart to discuss greenhouse gas regulations, the controversial endangerment finding and the future of environmental policy under the second Trump administration.

The Biden administration's enforcement-heavy approach to cryptocurrency regulation has given way to the Trump administration's structured framework under the GENIUS Act.

On September 29, 2008 the U.S. Treasury Department opened its temporary emergency program to insure investor losses of amounts held in participating publicly eligible money market mutual funds as of the close of business on September 19, 2008.

Two recent events — one settlement and one executive order — have heightened the risk that the False Claims Act (FCA) will be used as a tool...

U.S. Government contractors have had a year to acclimate themselves to the business ethics and conduct compliance programs required of certain contractors and recommended for all others.

It is a common practice for employers seeking to protect their property rights to require employees to sign employment agreements in which the employees assign their interests in their inventions to their employers.

With controversy still enduring after two years, a District Court opinion, a Federal Circuit opinion, and a new Presidential Administration, it appears that the much-ballyhooed proposed patent rule changes may suffer an unlikely death.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") recently jumped into the social media craze with both feet by its launch of a new initiative to further advance the PTO's strategic priority of enhancing relations with its stakeholders.

Barriers have been lowered significantly for what now qualifies as "Green Technology" subject matter for patent applications pending before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("Patent Office").

Since the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (FACTA) became fully effective in December 2006, federal courts across the country have seen a tremendous spike in class-action lawsuits alleging violations of the statute.

In this holiday episode of the Environmental Law Monitor, Tim Wilkins, Jason Hutt, and Ann Navaro from Bracewell's Environment, Lands and Resources Practice Group join host Daniel Pope...

In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court held that pure omissions are not actionable under Rule 10b-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

As the 111th Congress begins its work, one of the first items to receive attention will be the Troubled Assets Relief Program, better known as TARP

On October 27, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services approved the Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 (to be reported as H.R. 3818) by a bipartisan vote of 67 to 1 (Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) opposing).

The economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), made major changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

On this episode of Crypto Bits, Ben Kincaid, a founding partner of Bridger Solutions, joins hosts Seth DuCharme and David Shargel to discuss crypto mining, including public perceptions...

Cryptocurrency in Celsius' Earn Accounts belongs to the bankruptcy estate, and not to the depositors who placed it there, according to a January 4 memorandum opinion from...

On February 2, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York affirmed the right of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") to seek disgorgement of profits for a violation of the Sherman Act.

As we wrote earlier this month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) made significant news at the recent American Bar Association White Collar Conference. But the Department didn't stop...