ArticleThe Changing Face Of Employment LawWith the last couple of years requiring employees to work-from-home (WFH), and normal working habits changing in the blink of an eye, the face of employment law has seen fundamental changes.United KingdomEmployment and HRBLM
ArticleWhat Happens To Business Interests In The Face Of Divorce?How do the family courts treat businesses in divorce proceedings? From a corporate point of view, how should shares be dealt with?...United KingdomFamily and MatrimonialBLM
ArticleEncouraging Judgment For Bovine FarmersBLM partner and equestrian specialist, Clare Garnett, has successfully defended civil proceedings brought against a bovine farmer under Section 2(2) Animals Act and in negligence...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBLM
ArticlePublic Comment Period For Proposed Federal Fracking Regulations Draws To A CloseThe public comment period for new federal regulations regarding fracking on public lands—the first substantive update to the rules in three decades—ended on Friday with over 1 million submissions from both critics and advocates evaluating the proposed rules. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBakerHostetler
ArticleIt's Going To Take A While To Get To Net ZeroSince I noted earlier this week the announcement by ConocoPhillips that its "ambition" is to reach net-zero carbon for its own operations by 2045-2055, it seemed appropriate also to note that BLM has now approved ...United StatesEnvironmentFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleEighth Circuit Clarifies When Employers May Restrict Employees' Social Or Political ExpressionOn November 6th, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that found...United StatesEmployment and HRBenesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
ArticleEmployment Law Guidance: ‘Plan B' RestrictionsDespite a nation's hopes, we find ourselves facing plan B. Following the prime minister's Wednesday night address last week, many businesses in England...United KingdomEmployment and HRBLM
ArticleQOCS Costs Set Off Limited To Damages And InterestAs the late, great Stephen Hawking once said, "one of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist…United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBLM
ArticleACLU Sues Denver For Police Violence Against ProtestersDENVER, June 25, 2020 — The ACLU of Colorado and Arnold & Porter filed a lawsuit today against the City and County of Denver on behalf of Black Lives Matter 5280 (BLM 5280)United StatesGovernment, Public SectorArnold & Porter
ArticleClaim Dismissed As Judge Describes Accidental Fall As ‘Fanciful'Following a four day liability trial BLM has successfully secured the dismissal of a claim under the Occupiers Liability Act. The claim arose from an accident that occurred in the early hours of the morning...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBLM
ArticleEmployment Law Update, February 29, 2024The 2024 legislative session has been a whirlwind for Utah employers but will conclude on March 1, 2024. Our next newsletter will provide an update of all the laws that were passed that affect Utah employers.United StatesEmployment and HRParsons Behle & Latimer
ArticleState AGs In The News - June 18th, 2015Doing Business in California? The AG Wants You to Know Your Supply Chain.United StatesConsumer ProtectionBlank Rome
ArticleCross Border Litigation: What's On The Horizon For 2022?The impact of Brexit cuts across many sectors, but perhaps nowhere is it more keenly felt than in cross border litigation. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBLM
ArticleJC Guidelines For General Damages 16th Edition Published This WeekThe new edition of the JC guidelines was published in hard copy this week and, as expected, makes across-the-board adjustments for RPI inflation to the recommended guidelines for all categories of all personal injuries.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBLM
ArticlePresident Trump Signs Executive Order Rolling Back Obama-Era Climate Change PoliciesOn Tuesday, President Trump issued an executive order (EO or Order), "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth," ...United StatesEnvironmentDentons
ArticleInterior Department Approves First Solar Energy Zone ProjectsWhen built, the three solar energy projects on public lands in Clark County, Nevada, will generate up to 440 megawatts of energy and are expected to create up to 1,900 construction jobs.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesTroutman Pepper Locke LLP
ArticleState Of North Dakota Intervenes In Wyoming’s And Independent Producers’ Challenge To Hydraulic Fracturing RuleThe state of North Dakota moved to intervene yesterday in the state of Wyoming’s challenge to the Bureau of Land Management’s new hydraulic fracturing regulations. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBakerHostetler
ArticleSage-Grouse Continue to Ruffle FeathersWe previously discussed the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service determination that the Greater Sage-Grouse does not require protection under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). United StatesEnvironmentFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleAre Claims Costs Involving Upper Limb Amputation On The Increase?Traditionally in the world of personal injury claims we are used to seeing the cost of prosthetic provision for a lower limb amputation significantly exceeding the cost for an upper limb amputation. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBLM
ArticleWind And Solar On Public Land Face New Fee Regime Under Landmark LegislationThe landscape of renewable energy development on federal lands is undergoing significant changes with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Act ("OBBA"). United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBaker Botts L.L.P.