Over the course of the last several years, interest in Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") financing has skyrocketed, leading to the growth of several financial products focused on this market.

Each registered investment adviser must file an annual updating amendment to its Form ADV to update its responses to all items and questions within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year.

As the world reacts to Russia's incursion into the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and awaits Vladimir Putin's next move on Ukraine, we think it prudent to review the sanctions that have already been announced and also to consider those additional steps being considered by the U.K., the U.S.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on April 25, 2022, that it is invoking a largely unused legal provision to examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers.

The IRS recently released long overdue guidance removing certain CARES Act tax-related obstacles to merger and acquisition transactions.

On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") proposed its long-anticipated climate-related disclosure rules that would require public companies to make disclosures of greenhouse gas...

In a first case of its kind, Health Discovery Corp. v. Intel Corp. on Dec. 27, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found claims of machine-learning patents invalid...

Through a short provision ensconced within thousands of pages of a Department of Defense spending bill, the Securities and Exchange Commission received dramatically expanded authority to seek disgorgement in its enforcement actions.

For example, how will the U.S. export the extra gas when its terminals are almost running at full capacity? Can European terminals cope with the extra imports? Are there enough LNGCs to ship the extra gas, ...

After discussion and approval by the Congress of the Union, on April 20, 2022, the Order to amend the Mining Law ("Order"),as proposed by the President of Mexico,...

With over 1,000 autonomous vessels in operation worldwide, and the value of this market expected to increase by 50% in the next decade, questions remain on how autonomous vessel operation...

Economic battles that spin out of control create the potential for oil to shoot up to $185/bbl—a level that experts say would trigger a global recession.

On April 17, 2022, the "Initiative to Amend Articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Mexican Constitution Regarding the Energy Sector" ("Initiative"), which had been promoted by the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on October 1, 2021, came to a vote in the House of Representatives.

Healthcare companies providing patient care during the pandemic must be vigilant, not only to prevent the spread of infection on their premises, but also to avoid lawsuits by patients, employees, and others who claim they contracted COVID-19 ...

Significant advancements in the car manufacturing industry have led to true self-driving vehicles.

Every five years, the Department of Treasury, with the assistance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FRBNY"), conducts its mandatory benchmark survey of U.S. ownership of foreign securities on its Treasury International Capital Form SHC.

Autonomous construction vehicles (ACV) can offer significant benefits in terms of safety and efficiency compared with conventional construction vehicles.

On February 4, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission approved resolution No. RES/163/2022, that modifies a prior resolution, RES/986/2016 dated September 21, 2016, ...

In the wake of financial sanctions by the United States, the United Kingdom, EU nations, and various other countries against Russia for its unprovoked attack on Ukraine...

The Department of Labor (DOL) has expanded tip pooling options for employers to include mandatory "nontraditional" tip pools.