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While the biodiesel industry's focus on environmental regulatory matters understandably has been drawn toward critical path issues relating to fuel standards, it is essential that biodiesel manufacturing, terminal and transportation companies not lose sight of the complex and burdensome environmental regulatory compliance requirements that apply to their facilities, much as they do to other fuel refiners and handlers.

While the biodiesel industry's focus on environmental regulatory matters understandably has been drawn toward critical path issues relating to fuel standards, it is essential that biodiesel manufacturing, terminal and transportation companies not lose sight of the complex and burdensome environmental regulatory compliance requirements that apply to their facilities, much as they do to other fuel refiners and handlers.

In his final opinion, Judge Robert D. Drain of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held that dividends paid from proceeds of safe-harbored transactions under...

In recent years, the United Kingdom has become increasingly aggressive in its approach to holding corporate persons criminally liable for the acts of their employees.

The UK Supreme Court's Finch and High Court's Whitehaven decisions mandate considering scope 3 emissions in environmental impact assessments for fossil fuel projects, influencing approval processes for oil, gas, and coal projects, potentially increasing climate-related legal challenges.

The unprecedented level of liquidity in the financial markets has permitted companies to issue public debt securities utilizing "covenant lite" indentures. There has also been a revival of "issuer option" coupons (now known as "PIK toggle" notes).

This week, Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Criminal Division at the US Department of Justice, issued a memorandum outlining the Department's renewed enforcement priorities...

The Supreme Court (8-1) in a January 13 decision confirmed that the "Mobile-Sierra presumption" that rates and terms of a wholesale power or natural gas contract are presumed to be just and reasonable applies as against all challenges and challengers, including non-parties to the contract, so long as the contract was freely negotiated at arm’s length.

The redevelopment of brownfield sites into sites for data centers offers unique advantages as well as environmental challenges.

The Edwards Aquifer is the primary source of drinking water for many people in central Texas. The deep caverns of the aquifer are also home to two species of blind catfish.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service have rescinded the longstanding regulatory definition of 'harm' under the Endangered Species Act, fundamentally altering how habitat modification impacts are treated in ESA enforcement and consultation processes. This regulatory change, effective September 12, 2026, adopts Justice Scalia's dissenting interpretation from the 1995 Sweet Home case, limiting prohibited 'take' to direct, affirmative acts against individual animals rather than

FINRA recently published an external review recommending sweeping reforms to its Enforcement program that could fundamentally reshape how broker-dealers navigate regulatory investigations. The proposed changes include new limitations on Rule 8210 information requests, enhanced Wells procedures with earlier engagement opportunities, formal statute of limitations periods, and expanded cooperation credit for firms that demonstrate proactive compliance efforts.

After years of suggesting that modifications were in the works, the Department of Justice recently proposed drastic changes to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) that would, among other things...

Generative AI tools have quietly entered the expert witness process, and recent litigation developments show how exposed that process can become. Experts who use AI tools like ChatGPT or other LLMs to help draft reports may be creating a detailed, time-stamped record of their reasoning that opposing counsel can obtain and use to undermine the expert at deposition or trial.

The LNG market in Latin America offers significant opportunities to producers based in other parts of the world, but these opportunities must be balanced against the region’s political risk.

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi is expected to release a report any day detailing the Justice Department's upcoming plans to combat "state overreach," which is seen as impeding the Trump administration's...

The week of June 30, 2025, will go down in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) history as another one for the books — federal agencies have begun their efforts to overhaul their NEPA procedures and Congress...

This past week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two documents that both signal an effort to align its environmental review practices with the sweeping National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)...