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Is mercury a local problem or not? For years, power plant operators have claimed that mercury deposition is really a global problem. Environmentalists have pointed to studies arguing that hot spots affected by local emissions do exist.

Yesterday, Massachusetts and the eight other New England and Mid-Atlantic states that participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative announced a proposed plan for the continued implementation...

While the litigation over the WOTUS rule wends its tortuous way through the courts, EPA and the Corps have not been idle.

There has already been significant attention devoted to whether EPA’s "train wreck" of rules affecting coal-fired power plants would affect electric system reliability.

As some of our clients know all too well, I am spending much time these days defending citizen suits.

An issuer relying on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D and resellers relying on Rule 144A may still rely on the exemptions for commodity pool operators.

Earlier today, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act").

On August 14, 2019, the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA") announced that it will charge a new fee on draws of committed SBA leverage made on and after October 1, 2019.

We expect that a handful of previously medical-only cannabis dispensaries that are awarded adult use licenses will be dispensing both adult use and medical cannabis on July 1 or shortly thereafter.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to actively target the healthcare industry for False Claims Act (FCA) and other alleged violations, and it took significant steps ...

The Food and Drug Administration issued a new guidance document on Dear Health Care Provider letters.

This three-minute podcast focuses on ANDA approval standards from a brand company perspective. Brand sponsors continue to submit comments on PSG product-specific guidance and citizen petitions to the FDA requesting heightened approval standards for ANDAs referencing their complex innovator drugs.

On November 29, a U.S. Tax Court judge confirmed that § 280E of the Internal Revenue Code prevents state-legal cannabis businesses ...

It's Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we've been monitoring.

This past summer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released another new version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, which went into effect on September 18, 2017.

On March 20, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will again suspend premium processing for all H-1B cap-subject petitions beginning April 2, 2018, the first day filing begins.

On April 1, 2014, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting new H-1B petitions for employment commencing on October 1, 2014.