On February 15, 2012, FERC issued a notice announcing that it is establishing a docket to solicit comments exploring the extent to which the natural gas and electricity markets are interdependent and how FERC should oversee coordination between such markets.

A detailed background on the NRC's transition to CUI is available in our previous posts on January 24, 2019 and December 8, 2021.

President Obama announced on September 2 that his administration was withdrawing the draft ozone ambient air quality standards that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had prepared and was in the process of issuing as new regulations.

Under new requirements effective April 22, government contractors must now submit to the government information regarding past criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings when bidding for a contract or grant.

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its September 2010 Visa Bulletin.

On October 1, a New York appellate court held in RLI Ins. Co. v. Smiedala that an insured who prevailed in a declaratory relief coverage action brought by its excess insurer could recover its attorney’s fees in the litigation, even though the excess insurer’s coverage obligations with respect to underlying litigation had not yet been triggered.

In TiVo, Inc. v. EchoStar Corp., et al., No. 2009-1374 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 20, 2011), a recent en banc decision, the Federal Circuit vacated an Eastern District of Texas court’s ruling that EchoStar was in contempt of the district court’s permanent injunction.

Court finds that using technology to undertake more efficient document review is reasonable.

Hurricane Harvey leaves a legacy of unprecedented legal and business challenges.

Deferred compensation arrangements under which payments subject to Section 409A are contingent on a release must be brought into compliance with documentation requirements by December 31.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on December 27 entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Alcatel-Lucent, S.A. that includes a unique monitorship approach designed to ensure compliance with France’s blocking statute.

In a decision that potentially expands the scope of wrongful discharge claims in Pennsylvania to encompass claims for "failure to hire," a military reservist who claims he was denied the right to "reclaim" his civilian job upon returning from a deployment in Pakistan has won the right to pursue punitive damages in a claim under Pennsylvania common law for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy while concurrently pursuing claims under the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reempl

In the wake of the Supreme Court's Windsor decision, employers should review and, if necessary, revise their FMLA policies and procedures to ensure compliance.

This past year was an active year for developments in the fiduciary responsibility and disclosure areas of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).

New lactation laws in New York City, effective March 18, 2019, describe minimum requirements for lactation rooms, mandate that employers develop a written lactation room policy and provide notice of this policy to all employees.

On 13 October, the UK’s Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) handed down its decision in Todd v Care Concern.

On November 18, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued orders clarifying aspects of its policy on Return on Equity (ROE) determinations for electric transmission projects.

In the absence of new federal cybersecurity legislation, FERC uses its available authority in an effort to increase the resilience of the nation's critical electric infrastructure to cyber attacks.

On December 18, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling in Calpine Corp. v. FERC and affirmed FERC’s conclusion that it does not have the authority to regulate public-utility charges to independent generators for the generators’ use of station power.

On February 16, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order that reaffirms its existing policies regarding the analysis of horizontal market power when reviewing mergers and other transactions under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and when assessing eligibility for market-based rate authority under FPA Section 205.