The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has recently adopted a revised version of the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the Court.

On December 3, 2024, Ontario's government announced that it is seeking feedback on important amendments proposed to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA)...

In this article written for Municipal Liability Risk Management, insurance defence lawyers, Kirk Boggs and Stuart Zacharias, revisit the tort of negligent police investigation after the pivotal decision...

On September 3, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed City Council Bill 130992, amending Philadelphia’s Fair Practices Ordinance.

The US Department of Energy has designated American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Standard 90.1 as the baseline energy efficiency standard for all new Federal commercial buildings.

On December 18 and 20, international trade authorities in the US and EU issued antidumping determinations on, respectively, wind tower and ethanol imports.

LEED for Homes is the U.S. Green Building Council green building rating system that is designed for evaluating single family, low-rise multi-family and mid-rise multi-family buildings.

On November 18, 2013, in a non-precedential decision, Linder v. SWEPI, LP, 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 23196 (3d Cir. Nov. 18, 2013), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s decision that the lessee did not surrender non-unitized acreage and that the oil and gas lease did not terminate as a result of a brief delay of a rental payment.

A prior Pepper Client Alert discussed the issuance of a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) titled "Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites."

An August 5, 2013 survey published by the Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change – a collaboration among four regional climate change investor groups – reported on trends among asset owners and managers.

The IRS released Notice 2013-29 on April 15th providing much anticipated guidance on methods for establishing "Beginning Construction" for purposes of qualifying renewable facilities for the renewable electricity production tax credit under Section 45 or the energy investment tax credit under Section 48.

This is the first NAS report to summarize and make recommendations on the use of "sustainable" remedy selection factors in the hazardous waste remedy selection process.

The Department of Energy has recently announced a new database that includes the results of environmental monitoring and research efforts on wave, tidal, and current renewable energy.

The SEC's final Conflict Minerals rule has a number of undefined terms and ambiguous provisions that require difficult interpretations of the rule's applicability.

As Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley Green Building Council gear up to host Greenbuild 2013 in November, the Greenbuild 2013 Host Committee is seeking volunteers for several Greenbuild committees.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States released the unclassified version of its Annual Report to congress for CY 2011.

Cleary Gottlieb partner Luke A. Barefoot and associate Daniel Soltman authored the article, "Are Special Revenues as Special as They Once Were?" which was published in the May edition of the ABI

On August 25, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order severely restricting transactions in debt and equity of the Government of Venezuela and of state-owned entities; including Petroleos de Venezuela; S.A. (PdVSA).

As we noted in a prior Estate Planning Update, 2013 brought with it a new 3.8-percent Medicare Contribution Tax on net investment income (interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, rents, capital gains, and passive activity income) for higher-income taxpayers.

A vaccination policy viewed as necessary to operate a business is most likely to be deemed reasonable.