For multiple decades now, LNG export projects developed and constructed around the world have consistently appealed to lenders involved in project financings.

On December 19, 2018, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that forum selection provisions contained in the certificate of incorporation of Delaware corporations are invalid.

On October 30, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly invited comment on a proposed regulation.

New York City has enacted the nation's first municipal click-to-cancel rule, requiring businesses to provide clear disclosures, simple cancellation processes, and advance renewal notices for subscription services. With approximately 30 states already implementing similar regulations and the federal landscape in flux following the FTC's vacated rule, companies now face an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations. The rule takes effect October 1, 2026, and imposes penalties ranging from $525 t

In May 2011, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu charged his Advisory Board's Shale Gas Subcommittee, chaired by MIT professor and former CIA director John Deutch, to identify steps to reduce the environmental impact and improve the safety of shale gas production in the United States.

As recently noted, Saba Capital Management, L.P. (Saba) has begun to escalate its attacks on the closed-end fund asset class, at the expense of retail fund shareholders

Multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings comprise a large and growing portion of the federal civil docket. According to Lawyers for Civil Justice

What's new: The Fifth Circuit rejected the IRS' "passive investor" test for the self-employment tax exception, holding that a "limited partner"...

The IRS and Treasury have released new proposed regulations under Section 892, revising applicability dates for previously proposed rules from 2025 that govern debt acquisitions and the "effective control" standard for foreign government investments. These revised dates include transition rules designed to protect existing and committed investments from the more stringent 2025 standards, while the preamble signals potential substantive changes to address market concerns.

In 2018, a number of executive compensation issues made headlines, with trending topics including director compensation litigation, the impact of the recent U.S. tax reform on performance-based

On the heels of a widely reported decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holding that an insured was covered by a computer fraud policy for social engineering-related loss ...

What's new: New York's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act is now in effect, imposing a disclosure requirement on companies that use algorithms to set prices for goods and services based on consumers' personal data.

As political engagement becomes increasingly complex, companies face the prospect of heightened investigative scrutiny when congressional control shifts or new administrations take office after the 2026 midterms or 2028 presidential elections.

On July 17, 2018, less than two months after the GDPR went into effect, Japan and the European Union agreed to recognize each other's data protection regimes as providing adequate protections for personal data.

Antitrust treatment of no-poach agreements continues to evolve as private cases progress, state attorneys general ramp up enforcement efforts

Private equity (PE) fundraising in Europe hit €91.9 billion in 2017, the highest it has been since 2006.1 Of that amount, €71.7 billion was invested in European companies, an increase of 29 percent...

Legal battles over the antitrust treatment of no-poach agreements continue to escalate with new district court decisions and new pronouncements from two "titans" of antitrust policy

This high-level summary is intended to provide an overview of the current state of asbestos personal injury litigation in the United States.

The September 2018 edition of Employment Flash summarized the requirements of the U.K. Equality Act 2010 Regulations 2017

The Trump administration has announced two initiatives aimed at addressing U.S. national security risks arising from the use of non-U.S. technology generally