On November 12, 2019, more than 300 employees at the BLM's headquarters in Washington D.C. received letters saying they had 30 days to decide whether to move to Grand Junction, Colorado

In May 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM or the Agency) issued a final rule updating its renewable energy and right-of-way (ROW) policies. BLM is one of the largest landholders in the United States...

As more states continue to adopt and consider rules for renewable energy facility decommissioning, they do so against the backdrop of the existing federal financial assurance rules implemented by the Bureau of Land Management.

As I've noted previously, the fight over the Trump Administration's effort to change course on a number of Obama environmental initiatives is going to focus in significant part on FCC v. Fox Television Stations

Late last month, Judge Brian Morris granted summary judgment to plaintiffs on three claims alleging that the environmental impact analysis supported BLM's Resource Management Plans...

Writing for today's The Scotsman, BLM's Fiona McEwan examines the case of Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and Another, which has already made Scottish legal history.

Divorce is never a pleasant subject to address but it's a reality and it has to be faced. This begs the question of what separating couples need to keep in mind if they have children.

In September, the government announced a manifesto-breaking tax increase that would fund social care reforms and solve the NHS backlog caused by COVID.

BLM's Natalie Puce has authored an article for ALARM which examines the hardening of financial penalties to improve fire safety measures in buildings.

In a co-authored article for The Law Society Gazette, BLM partner and surrogacy expert Colin Rogerson talks about surrogacy in the UK compared to other countries, and the legal restrictions it also brings.

While the UK D&O market has undergone hardening since 2019, this is not the case everywhere. Some markets are seeing green shoots of recovery and prices look set to stabilise.

Welcome to our Property Damage podcast series on Modern Methods of Construction and the risk of fire.

Incidents involving vulnerable road users are a common feature of serious injury claims. It is worth noting two judgments released over the last couple of weeks, in particular to note the findings in relation to contributory negligence.

President Donald Trump has nominated Kathleen M. Sgamma, a 20-year advocate of the oil and gas industry, as the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

After a regulatory review process lasting more than three years, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued today a final rule purporting to govern hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands.

Yesterday, Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District of Wyoming held that the Bureau of Land Management did not have authority to regulate the environmental impacts of fracking.

Following up on President Obama's vow in his most recent State of the Union Address to more effectively manage federal coal and oil resources to "better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet," the United States Department of the Interior announced a moratorium on most new coal leases on federal lands while the Department undertakes a comprehensive review of its leasing procedures.

Reese River Basin Citizens Against Fracking filed a complaint in federal court, seeking to enjoin the Bureau of Land Management from holding an oil and gas lease sale.

Last week, Judge Scott Skavdahl vacated BLM's 2016 methane Waste Prevention Rule. The Judge spends 10 pages documenting the "loopty-loops" of the litigation

The rule has already spawned multiple legal challenges and garnered intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill. Keeping up with these legal and political headwinds will remain as important as the substance of the rule.