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The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of two additional legal challenges to the Vineyard Wind 1 Project (the Project). On December 5, 2024, a First Circuit panel issued a consolidated.

It's been said that every lawyer who drafts a set of loan documents is a great lawyer-until that deal goes into default. Not until that point does everyone involved begin to pay close attention to what such documents really say.

On May 20, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") published its proposed changes (the "Proposed Amendments") to Rule 206(4)-2 (the "Custody Rule") promulgated under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act").

Judge Gold of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered an Order today granting the motions of the First and Second Lien Lenders (the Lien Lenders) to intervene in the appeal involving the Transeastern Lenders to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (the Transeastern Appeal).

The No Surprises Act's Independent Dispute Resolution process is undergoing a major technology transformation with a new centralized portal for open negotiations. This development introduces standardized procedures for billing disputes between healthcare providers and payers, but also raises critical questions about compliance, system capacity, and whether the portal adequately addresses persistent challenges in payment collection and claim eligibility determination.

On November 7, 2007, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) is now available for use. The revised I-9 Form seeks to achieve full compliance with the document reduction requirements of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Since the first Johnson & Johnson talc bankruptcy was filed in 2021, Judge Michael Kaplan has faced countless disagreements in the US Bankruptcy Court.

2023 was a banner year in the sanctions space and regulators seem primed to continue that performance in 2024.

There has been a noticeable uptick in sophisticated scam arrangements targeting corporates in the energy, infrastructure and broader commercial sectors, particularly in relation to purported financing...

Over the last 18 months, the UAE overhauled its competition regime through a series of legislative changes.

In a noteworthy Clean Air Act decision in the wake of Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), the Environmental Appeals Board avoided the key question of whether carbon dioxide is currently "subject to regulation" under the Clean Air Act.

On October 2, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced parallel prosecutions charging a carbon credit project developer and several of its former officers with fraud.

On May 19, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement (the Division) announced its new policy for crediting self-reporting and cooperation in settlement recommendations to the Commission.

On April 8, 2011, the Treasury and IRS issued Notice 2011-34 (the "Notice") which provides some, but not all, of the guidance foreign financial institutions need to satisfy their obligations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA").

Under a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule, employers must pay, with limited exceptions, for their employees’ personal protective equipment (PPE) when the gear is necessary to protect employees from job-related injuries, illnesses and fatalities

On June 6, 2011, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980 (a/k/a the Bayh-Dole Act).

On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NOPR") proposing changes to FERC's authority under section 216 of the Federal Power Act.

The Middle East has long been at the heart of the global energy story. For decades, the region's oil exports have powered the global economy and fuelled national development.