ArticleWhite House Broadens Support For Hydrogen In This Week's Clean Energy AnnouncementsThis week, the Biden administration announced several actions to expand its support for the clean energy economy.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleWhite House Releases FY 2023 Budget RequestThe White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request on Monday. Overall, it proposes $5.8 trillion in total spending, including a proposed $813 billion for defense and about $769 billion...United StatesTaxBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleBiden Administration Reopens Federal Lands For Oil And Gas Leasing Under Reformed ProgramThe Biden administration will resume federal oil and gas leasing in June with a large reduction in acres available for drilling and a historic royalty rate increase. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleCalifornia Offshore Wind Lease Sale Announced By Department Of The InteriorOn May 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced proposed auctions for offshore wind leases in two wind energy areas (WEAs) off California's north and central coasts...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleHealth Advisories And Funding For Forever Chemicals: PFAS Updates From The EPAToday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four health advisories for the group of contaminants regularly referred to as "forever chemicals"—perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleEmerging Class Action Litigation Trend Over Excessive PBM FeesA new litigation trend is emerging regarding fiduciaries of health plans and their duties to prudently evaluate fees being charged by pharmacy benefit managers ("PBM").United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleDC Bill Would Ban Algorithmic DiscriminationThe Council of the District of Columbia is currently considering landmark legislation that would impose significant obligations on many entities that use algorithms.United StatesGovernment, Public SectorBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleColorado Decision Results In Major Changes For Public And (Possibly) Private Construction ProfessionalsA recent Colorado Court of Appeals sent ripples through the Colorado construction industry. In Ralph L. Wadsworth Constr. Co., LLC v. Reg'l Rail Partners et al. the Court of Appeals interpreted Colorado's Public Works Act...United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleProxy Problems—Solving For Discrimination In AlgorithmsWith regulators increasingly focusing on algorithmic discrimination, human intervention in predictive model programming and artificial intelligence (AI) will be more important than ever.United StatesTechnologyBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleCrackdown On Consumer Fees Continues At Federal AgenciesA new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) concerning advertising, add-on products and new disclosures in the motor vehicle marketplace could have a major impact on industry participants.United StatesConsumer ProtectionBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleMajor Changes Ahead At The SEC In The Trump AdministrationUnder the second Trump administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is likely to see broad changes in regulatory and enforcement initiatives once...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleDOJ Updates Its Evaluation Of Corporate Compliance Programs GuidanceThe U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") has, once again, updated its guidance on corporate compliance. This document, known as the Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleColorado's PFAS Chemicals Consumer Protection ActIn 2022, Colorado joined a growing list of states seeking to regulate the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") in consumer products.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleThe FCC To Propose Major Changes To Its Rural Health Care Funding ProgramsThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is launching a major revision to its Rural Health Care ("RHC") subsidy programs.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleCOP And The Private Sector: How Industry Leaders Can Utilize The Climate ConferenceThe 27th iteration of the Conference of Parties (COP27) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, from Nov. 6–18, 2022.United StatesEnvironmentBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleU.S. Competitiveness Package: Recent Developments, Anticipated Timeline And ConfereesCongress is attempting to initiate a bicameral conference process to rectify the differences between the House and Senate competitiveness packages—the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA, S.1260).United StatesGovernment, Public SectorBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleRegulators Finalize New Approach To Bank MergersOn Sept. 17, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board met to finalize an updated approach to increase scrutiny of bank mergers...United StatesFinance and BankingBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleRecent Changes To Colorado's Workers' Compensation LawsThe Colorado legislature approved changes to the state's workers' compensation landscape during the 2022 legislative lession. The Workers' Compensation Injury Notices Act...United StatesEmployment and HRBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
ArticleFCC Announces Effective Date For New Revocation Of Consent OrderEarlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published a new report and order ("Order") concerning revocation of consumer consent under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).United StatesConsumer ProtectionBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Article100+ Employers Are Not Required To Comply With OSHA's ETS After Supreme Court Ruling, For NowYesterday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor and Ohio v. Department of Labor.United StatesEmployment and HRBrownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck