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On March 12, 2025, EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a joint memorandum providing guidance to field staff on implementing the definition of "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) as it pertains to "adjacent wetlands."

On May 13, 2026, EPA published a proposed rule that would revise the New Source Review (NSR) air permitting regulations by clarifying that an owner or operator is not required to obtain an NSR permit to begin...

On December 5, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) issued a memorandum that directs all EPA staff...

On August 20, 2018, Noble House's yacht lost its port-side rudder while entering a channel in the Bahamas. The following day, Noble House advised Underwriters at Lloyd's...

On September 12, 2024, in In re Live Life Bella Vita LLC, No. 23-55613 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2024), the Ninth Circuit joined the majority of circuits...

The Louisiana Department of Revenue ("LDR") has issued Revenue Information Bulletin 25-032 to provide guidance on changes to the state's taxation...

On June 17, 2024, the States of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, and four oil and gas trade associations sued the Department of Interior ("DOI") and its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM")...

On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), "Protecting American Energy From State Overreach," aimed at "unleashing American energy" by directing...

On July 1, 2024, the United States Supreme Court extended the deadline for challenging agency actions under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), holding that the statute of limitations period does not begin to run.

On April 17, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued a Civil-Criminal Enforcement Coordination Policy ("Policy")...

n Estate of Spenlinhauer v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court addressed several estate tax issues arising from an extraordinarily late-filed estate tax return...

On March 12, 2024, in Santee v. Oceaneering International, Inc. et al., the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a published opinion reaffirming the law on several issues...

On October 3, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard published Change 1 to CVC Policy Letter 23-05 — Guidance on Surveillance Requirements for Certain Commercial Vessels That Do Not Carry Passengers (CVC-PL-23-05-CH01).

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in Carl v. Hilcorp Energy Company, —F.4th—, No. 22-20226, 2024 WL 137038 (5th Cir. Jan 12, 2024)...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its long-anticipated offshore wind lease sale for the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.

On July 17, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a Jones Act seaman's personal injury suit on forum non conveniens grounds.

A recent wave of pay transparency laws has left many employers apprehensive about recruiting across state lines. Pay transparency refers to the practice of making employee compensation figures...

The SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 ("SECURE 2.0"), signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022, is another round of retirement reforms that began with the original SECURE Act...