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On November 14, 2012 — more than a year after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a joint effort to provide much requested guidance on the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that EPA had validly interpreted its regulations to hold that stormwater runoff from ditches along logging roads is exempt from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting under the Clean Water Act.

On August 31, 2012, the Federal Circuit sitting en banc held that a defendant may be held liable for induced infringement even if there is no single entity liable for direct infringement.

In recent weeks, the SEC has continued to provide private fund managers with important guidance regarding the SEC's enforcement and examination priorities.

The political shift in the U.S. Congress last November forced labor-union supporters to focus their efforts on federal regulatory agencies. Their efforts paid off this quarter.

In a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that EPA erred in issuing a final determination that Summit Petroleum Corporation’s natural gas sweetening plant’s emissions had to be aggregated for Title V permitting purposes with gas well and flare emissions occurring over an area of approximately 43 square miles.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ's) proposed rules regarding the Executive Director’s suspension or adjustment of water rights during drought or emergency water shortage were published in the Texas Register on November 4, 2011.

You are an investor who has just snapped up a distressed property that includes a lease with the federal government.

In Nitro Lift-Technologies, L.L.C. v. Howard, 568 U.S. ____, 2012 WL 5895686 (Nov. 26, 2012), the Supreme Court recently took the unusual step of summarily vacating a state court decision that did not enforce an arbitration clause.

Despite the growth of the Sukuk market, AYMAN H A KHALEQ and BARRY COSGRAVE believe that more creativity around asset classes in terms of soft ware and intellectual property rights is needed to encourage the introduction of Sukuk instruments as a viable option in western and emerging markets.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and State of Michigan against a health insurance provider for including most favored nation (MFN) clauses in contracts with Michigan hospitals.

In a case at the intersection of antitrust and energy regulation, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the "filed rate doctrine" did not bar the trial court’s jurisdiction.

On November 7, 2011, the Departments of State and Commerce each issued proposed rules that, together, would transfer jurisdiction of many lower-level aircraft parts and components from control under the more restrictive U.S. Munitions List (USML) to the less restrictive Commerce Control List (CCL).

On February 8, 2012, the Treasury Department issued detailed proposed regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

On December 13, 2012, the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announced that the current moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the UK was lifted, subject to the introduction of new regulatory controls designed to mitigate the risk of seismic activity from hydraulic fracturing operations.