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In an unprecedented move that is sure to please free market economists, Director David Kappos positions the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ("Patent Office") train solidly on the fast track path for patent examination, thereby allowing patent applicants more control over the timing of their application's examination simply with payment of an increased fee.

On June 23, 2011, in a strong show of bipartisan support, the House of Representatives passed House Bill H.R. 1249 (titled the "America Invents Act"). The Bill, which passed 304-117, now moves into conference committee where managers from both the House and the Senate will meet to reconcile a number of relatively minor differences in H.R. 1249 and the related Senate Bill S. 23 (which passed overwhelmingly in March).

J.P. Duffy interviews Niamh Leinwather, secretary general of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre, exploring VIAC's 2025 caseload statistics, the expansion of its VIACan ambassador network across 39 countries, and the institution's innovative 2021 rules designed for smaller investor-state disputes. The conversation delves into the delicate balance between transparency and confidentiality in publishing arbitral awards, and introduces a groundbreaking protocol from VIAC's legal tech think tank aimed at de

As the global economy increasingly digitizes, the infrastructure supporting this shift must evolve accordingly. In Africa, where the demand for digital services is surging...

As discussed in Bracewell's February 11 and February 26 updates, the executive branch is prioritizing the "total elimination" of cartels and transnational criminal organizations, both through edicts from the Oval Office...

On 29 December, 2023, Federal Decree-Law No. 36 of 2023 on the Regulation of Competition (the New Law) was issued, replacing Federal Decree-Law No. 4 of 2012 (the Old Law)...

According to a tendency report from the United Nations Environment Programme, investment capital flowing into renewable energy worldwide climbed from $80bn in 2005 to a record $100bn in 2006.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently upheld a civil enforcement action by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), which found that a New York Mercantile Exchange broker "knowingly" manipulated settlement prices for electricity future contracts on behalf of Avista Energy, Inc. in 1998.

When is a corporate parent potentially liable for the actions or omissions of its subsidiary related to the release of hazardous substances?

Amid ongoing political shifts and court challenges over the last several years, different administrations have promulgated multiple revisions to the Endangered Species Act's...

On this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, we look back at the significant developments in environmental and natural resources law and policy in 2023, as well as look ahead to what's to come in 2024.

On December 10, 2024, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, the first major National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...

Chad Whiteman from the United States Chamber of Commerce's Global Energy Institute joins Daniel Pope and Ann Navaro on this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor...

It just got much riskier to do business in Mexico. On June 25, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a novel set of orders finding...

To avoid the consequences of violating immigration and DOL regulations, employers of H-1B visa holders must be prepared to take proactive steps when conditions of employment or duties of the H-1B employee materially change.

The murky world of artificial intelligence-enabled inventions requires illumination. Did the USPTO's recent guidance provide this much-needed illumination, or merely leave a trail of breadcrumbs?

2024 continued the inexorable march toward state-level comprehensive privacy laws and the conspicuous lack at the federal level. Yet, an assumption that this treatment of comprehensive privacy legislation.

On May 11, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an Alert warning financial institutions about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC)...