ArticleCopyright Office Denies Registration Of Computer-Generated ArtSteven Thaler filed an application for copyright registration in a two-dimensional image entitled "Creativity Machine". United StatesIntellectual PropertyKean Miller LLP
ArticleBOEM Begins Key Environmental Assessment In Preparation For Offshore Wind Development In The GOMIn support of the Biden administration's goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") announced that it has been begun preparing its draft...United StatesEnvironmentKean Miller LLP
ArticleFinCEN Issues Guidance On The Corporate Transparency ActLast month, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") published proposed regulations to implement the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA"), which was enacted into law on January 1, 2021. United StatesGovernment, Public SectorKean Miller LLP
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ArticlePermit Requirements For Carbon Capture And Storage In LouisianaThe Louisiana Legislature adopted the Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act in 2009. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesKean Miller LLP
ArticleTaylor Energy Company Agrees To Pay Over $43 Million And Transfer $432 Million Decommissioning Trust Fund To The United States For Longest Running Oil Spill In U.S. HistoryOn December 22, 2021, Taylor Energy Company LLC ("Taylor Energy"), a Louisiana based oil and gas company, and the United States Department of Justice reached a settlement...United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesKean Miller LLP
ArticleUkraine Conflict Likely To Impact U.S. BusinessesRussia's unprovoked attack on the Ukraine has not been restricted to land. Ukrainian tech resources have been hit by cyber-attacks...WorldwideTechnologyKean Miller LLP
ArticleThe Winds Of Change & Louisiana's New Greenhouse Gas Reduction PlanThe first strategy on Louisiana's Climate Action Plan is the transformation of Louisiana's electric grid to clean and renewable energy sources.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesKean Miller LLP
ArticleEmployers Face H-1B Work Visa Challenges In 2018Companies that anticipate filing petitions for new H-1B visas to employ foreign guest workers in a "specialty occupation" should begin working now with their immigration counsel...United StatesImmigrationKean Miller LLP
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