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On July 27, 2023, the U.S. federal banking agencies released a nearly 1,100-page proposal that would overhaul the U.S. regulatory capital framework for all banks and bank holding...

On December 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Interior ("DOI") published the Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision...

On November 12, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (the "Court") issued an opinion that may reshape how federal agencies implement environmental reviews under the National Environmental.

On August 29, 2023, the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") held its first-ever offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico. After only two rounds, RWE Offshore US Gulf, LLC...

The False Claims Act ("FCA") is intended to fight fraud against the U.S. Government, allowing the Attorney General to enforce it but also enabling private citizens...

On July 21, 2023, the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a final sale notice (FSN) announcing the first-ever offshore...

The Delaware Governor recently signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) into law, bringing to an even dozen the number of U.S. states that have enacted general privacy laws.

On March 28, 2024, the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association (the "Council") approved its legislation proposing to amend the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware...

On December 12, 2023, the United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) in the Federal Register to auction...

On December 28, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a final rule granting Louisiana primary responsibility over Class VI wells in its state under the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program...

On June 3, 2023, President Biden signed a legislative package, formally known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, that raises the nation's debt ceiling, narrowly avoiding a default...

On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department (the "Treasury") and the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") published proposed regulations in the Federal Register...

In two related rulings issued on May 18, the Supreme Court left intact the broad liability shield under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act...

The Delaware Governor recently signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA) into law, bringing to an even dozen the number of U.S. states that have enacted general privacy laws.

On September 20th, the SEC finalized the Investment Company Names rule and, despite recent suggestions by Chair Gary Gensler that at the SEC they "try not to do things against a clock,"...

On June 18, Texas enacted the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), becoming the tenth U.S. state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.

On August 10, 2023, the IRS issued T.D. 9979 (the "Final Regulations") and Revenue Procedure 2023-27 (the "Revenue Procedure"). The Final Regulations and the Revenue Procedure address...

On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued proposed changes to the definition of "investment advice" fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").