It seems like we live in a tinderbox. The combination of the upcoming presidential election, emerging debates about social justice issues, and the ongoing pandemic seems to have created...

Recently, a Pennsylvania YMCA stopped showing cable news shows on the TVs in its gym because they were prompting political squabbles among its members.

It's been hard for employers to escape controversy in recent years. From Brexit to BLM, the US election to the current Russian "special operation" ...

Several of our previous posts have covered the trade secrets implications of laws that require disclosure of hydraulic fracturing fluid ingredients.

The last ten years have been confirmed as the hottest decade on record for the planet. Undeniably, this is caused by climate change.

In the midst of a pandemic, a reckoning with racial injustice and the biggest sustained protest movement in our country's history, many of our clients are looking for a way to take action and make an impact.

With the 2024 election quickly approaching, employers should expect an increase in political conversation and activity in the workplace.

On April 23, 2025, the Department of the Interior announced it will "accelerate" permitting procedures for energy projects by fast-tracking reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

Van Ness Feldman's Public Lands and Natural Resources Update is a regular summary of noteworthy policy, regulatory, and litigation developments relating to federal lands and natural resources.

There is an old adage, often heard upon the existence of an insurance policy, along the lines of "it is okay, it is covered by the insurance".

This past year employers in the United States have seen an increase in workplace political discourse as they try to balance offering freedom of expression, avoiding workplace division, and complying...

As wind and solar development faced political and regulatory headwinds over the past year, the Trump Administration signaled renewed momentum for geothermal energy development.

A recent case of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice illustrates the difficulties that a plaintiff may encounter when seeking to stop allegedly defamatory posts from being published on social media.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently considered two matters in which employees were discharged for their conduct at work. In one case, the employee...

As has been widely reported in the media, the Government has passed new regulations, approved by Parliament, extending the scope of mandatory vaccination for staff in the health and social care sector.

This practice note provides guidance on the recent trends in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), the #MeToo movement (#MeToo), and Black Lives Matter (BLM) impacting corporate governance and the workplace.

California's power curtailments have surged dramatically in early 2026, with 4.5 million MWh of solar and wind energy curtailed in just the first half of the year. Meanwhile, a federal court has upheld FERC's accelerated permitting process for grid connections, and new solar and battery storage projects totaling billions in investment are moving forward across California, Nevada, and Texas.

Following the widely publicised death of George Floyd in the USA, as a nation we have entered a period of protest, introspection and debate on the subject of racism and Britain's colonial past.

On July 6th, New York State Attorney General Letitia James followed California State Attorney General Xavier Becerra in calling on the Black Lives Matter Foundation to cease fundraising activities.

In 2015, I noted that the then-Governor of Alaska had decided that it was necessary to increase drilling for oil in Alaska to raise the money