The election of President Donald Trump and Republican-held majorities in the House and Senate have far reaching effects on every aspect of the energy industry.

On 1 August 2025, the Illinois Appellate Court for the Third Circuit struck down a local ordinance purporting to ban construction of a wind farm as outside the village's statutory authority and contrary to Illinois public policy.

On 14 May 2025, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency's plan to address the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) finalized last spring, as discussed in our prior alert (22 April 2024).

It does this by telling us what does not work: contributions that are part of a plan designed to enable the investors to exchange the investors’ appreciated portfolios for shares of an ETF with a materially different investment thesis, which indicates that the ETF is merely being used a conduit through which securities are transferred from the investors to the ETF’s Authorized Participant pursuant to the plan.

On August 23, 2023, the SEC adopted sweeping new rules that will impose substantial regulation on the management and operation of private funds by investment advisers.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear FS Credit Opportunities Corp., et al. v. Saba Capital Master fund, et al. to resolve whether Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Act) allows private parties...

On 12 September 2024, the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (Final Rule) that significantly modified the standards...

On 28 August 2023, in its first enforcement action for securities registration violations brought against an issuer of NFTs, the SEC settled with media and entertainment company, Impact Theory, LLC (Impact).

On 17 February 2026 in U.S. v. Heppner, 1:25-cr-503 (S.D.N.Y., Feb. 17, 2026), Judge Rakoff held that a defendant's written exchanges with a public generative...

On 21 October 2024, the SEC's Division of Examinations (Division) published its 2025 Examination Priorities (Priorities) to provide insight into what the Division plans to focus on in the 2025 fiscal year.

On 29 August 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court) issued a decision siding with Grayscale Investments, LLC (Grayscale)...

From 1 January 2026, parties to acquirers of shares or assets in Australia (or affecting Australia) must notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) if the acquisition satisfies...

On 15 March 2024 the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued a new legislative instrument extending existing regulatory relief ....

When assessing how to comply with the new reporting obligations, reporting entities should recognise the differences in the enforcement approach that ASIC will take in relation to mandatory climate reporting...

The Australian Treasury released an Exposure Draft on 26 November 2024 (Amending Rules) proposing amendments to the Competition and Consumer...

The Full Federal Court (the Court) has ruled in favour of the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions' appeal as to whether BPS Financial Pty Ltd could rely on the ‘authorised representative' exemption in relation to issuing their ‘Qoin Wallet' product.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published information highlighting the challenges First Nations persons face in respect of identity verification...

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (Committee) has commenced an inquiry into the wholesale investor test for offers of securities...

The Full Federal Court recently issued a game changing decision in Aristocrat v Commissioner of Patents [2025] FCAFC 131, which has major implications for the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

The Australian Government has released the long awaited consultation paper on the review of the regulatory framework for managed investment schemes.