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Wearing Many Hats
In this episode of Bracewell Sidebar, Shamoil Shipchandler joins us to look at government investigations from a prosecutor’s point of view. Shamoil is a former senior officer at the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Attorney’s Office for...
The Outdoor Network: Preparing for Claims with Jim Hughes
On this episode of Bracewell Covered, hosts Vince Morgan and Claire Cahoon are joined by Jim Hughes, CEO of Hughes Mediation & Arbitration and Hughes Risk Mgt & Insurance Services LLC and executive professor at the University of Houston, for...
Ransomware Victims Told to Think Twice Before Paying Hackers
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) issued an updated advisory warning all ransomware victims that if they succumb to ransomware demands and pay foreign actors who are subject to U.S. sanctions, the victims...
The New Rules: Liability Limitations for Construction Design Defects in Texas
Through Senate Bill 219, now codified in Chapter 59 of the Texas Business & Commerce Code, the Texas legislature has reallocated the risks for construction design defect liability in Texas by joining a majority of jurisdictions following the United States...
President Biden and OSHA Launch New Effort to Protect Workers from Heat Hazards, Indoors and Outdoors
Pointing to climate change and the number of workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses tied to excessive temperatures, the Biden Administration today announced more regulatory and enforcement efforts aimed at workplace heat hazards. OSHA previously signaled that the new rulemaking efforts...
What to Expect From a More Aggressive OSHA in the Next 12 Months
While OSHA, like much of the country, has been preoccupied with COVID-19 safety and health concerns in the past 18 months, employers should expect the Biden Administration and its new team at OSHA will turn their focus to other occupational...
Public Interest? Federal Court Questions USACE Review of Need for Hospital
On September 9, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in a case styled Friends of the Mahoning River v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , a...
The Methane Rule: What's Going On?
Earlier this year, President Biden signed into law a resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that disapproved amendments adopted by the prior administration that made significant changes to 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart OOOOa – the federal New Source...
WOTUS, the ESA, and Permitting through Changing Regulations with Ann Navaro and Brittany Pemberton
Daniel Pope is an associate at the firm who advises energy, infrastructure, and industrial clients on environmental permitting and transactions and represents clients in litigation and environmental enforcement defense under a number of environmental and natural resources statutes and regulatory...
Quick Hit: WOTUS after the Vacatur
Daniel Pope is an associate at the firm who advises energy, infrastructure, and industrial clients on environmental permitting and transactions and represents clients in litigation and environmental enforcement defense under a number of environmental and natural resources statutes and regulatory...
Biden's Plan to Combat COVID-19: Significance of Vaccination/Testing Requirements for Employers
On Thursday, September 9, 2021, as President Biden announced his new six-pronged plan to combat the continuing spread of COVID-19, he acknowledged, what was readily apparent from his actions and tone, that his “patience is wearing thin” with unvaccinated Americans...
Compliance Take Heed: CFTC Fines Tyson Foods $1.5 Million for Position Limits, Reporting, and Record Keeping Violations
On August 13, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approved a settlement to resolve allegations that Tyson Foods, Inc. (“Tyson”) exceeded the CFTC’s position limits for soybean meal futures contracts and failed to comply with related reporting...
Fifth Circuit Holds Highly Compensated Oilfield Workers Paid a Day Rate are Entitled to Overtime
The day-rate tool pusher earning $963.00 per day is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) – in other words, he or she is entitled to overtime pay. So holds the Fifth Circuit. The...
Surviving and Thriving in a Hostile Cyber Environment
This 60 minute webinar features experienced practitioners from Flashpoint and Bracewell LLP who will take you on a guided tour of the dark web to explain how cyber attacks unfold, and how you can mitigate the consequences of such attacks...
PF in the Early Stages of Hydrogen
Hydrogen, and especially green-hydrogen, is the current buzz word of the energy transition. The long-term theoretical potential of green hydrogen to be a major part of the energy transition and help decarbonise the planet is undeniable. However, the abundance of...