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On October 31, 2012, China's National Development and Reform Commission announced the new Natural Gas Utilization Policy, which came into effect on December 1, 2012.

The patent law, through sections 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(b) and 271(c), provides a vehicle for patentees to hold indirect patent infringers liable.

Deferred prosecution agreements have been a feature of the U.S. legal system for many years.

China has recently revised its tax policies to encourage energy conservation and the efficient exploration of natural resources.

A discussion on the fast-growing arbitration industry in China.

The Supreme Court will soon consider whether the discovery rule applies to securities fraud claims under Section 2462.

In 1998, Congress enacted the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 to establish national uniform standards for securities litigation.

What is now commonly known as the Tri-state water war between Georgia, Alabama, and Florida recently reached its latest turning point in its decades-long unfolding.

On August 21, 2012, the D.C. Circuit issued a 2-1 opinion in EME Homer City v. EPA vacating the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). CSAPR, adopted in 2011, represented EPA’s latest effort to address the "good neighbor" provisions of the Clean Air Act, which prohibit emissions from one state from causing or contributing to violations of the national ambient air quality standards in downwind states.

In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and revelations concerning high-profile fraud, including insider trading and Ponzi schemes, securities industry regulators have come under increased pressure to enhance investor protection measures.

On September 19, 2024, The Advocates' Society held its 14th Annual Securities Symposium. As part of the program, Patrick Gadson (Vinson & Elkins LLP, New York) and Kelly Osaka (Dentons Canada LLP, Calgary)...

So far, 2012 is on track to be remembered as the Year of the "Super-PAC". President Obama and his Republican challengers each are supported by at least one Super-PAC, and the groups are proliferating among U.S. Senators and Congressmen.

Three Central and Eastern European countries have been recently suspended from international carbon trading for violating Kyoto Protocol emissions reporting rules.

While cost-benefit analysis has been a part of rulemaking analysis for federal agencies since the early days of the Reagan Administration.

As traditional lines of credit dry up and the crisis in Europe and elsewhere deepens, many corporates and investment institutions are increasingly turning to alternative modes of finance in order to fund acquisitions.

U.S. cellulosic biofuel obligations for 2012 will once again fall dramatically short of statutory targets. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA," or the "Agency") recently proposed cellulosic biofuel obligations for 2012 under the RFS-2 renewable fuel standard program.

The Supreme Court of the United States decided a long-anticipated and important securities-law case today, holding that plaintiffs in a federal securities-fraud class action need not prove materiality of a misrepresentation to obtain class certification.