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Navigable Waters Protection Rule Vacated—EPA & Corps to Treat Vacatur as Nationwide
The Navigable Waters Protection Rule was recently vacated by the Federal District Court of Arizona, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have signaled their intent to treat the district court’s vacatur as invalidating...
Texas Makes Big Changes to Sexual Harassment Law
As a result of two new Texas laws ( SB 45 and HB 21 ), sexual harassment claims will now be treated differently than any other type of discrimination or harassment claim filed under state law. The new laws went...
FERC Announces Members and Establishes First Meeting for Joint Federal-State Transmission Task Force
On August 30, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order advancing its efforts on the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission (“Task Force”) [1] initially announced in a June 17, 2021 FERC order . [2] The...
Brokering D&O: The Best Guest Ever With Bain Head, EVP-Financial Lines Practice, CAC Specialty
On this episode of Bracewell Covered , hosts Claire Cahoon and Vince Morgan discuss the world of insurance brokering with Bain Head, executive vice president of financial lines practice at CAC Specialty. Tell us about the CAC story over the...
Taxpayers Get Answers on 45Q Questions With IRS Guidance
The Internal Revenue Service released helpful guidance in Revenue Ruling 2021-13, regarding the scope of carbon capture equipment and the requirement that a taxpayer own the carbon capture equipment to qualify for carbon sequestration credits under Internal Revenue Code Section...
Anti-Concealment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Ministries of Commerce and Justice, and the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (collectively the “ Saudi Authorities ”) have recently and significantly beefed up their approach to parties breaching anti-concealment legislation in the Kingdom, i.e. foreign entities unlawfully...
Demystifying Congressional Investigations: A Conversation With Stephen Braga
On this episode of the Bracewell Sidebar , we talk with Stephen Braga about the ins and outs of Congressional investigations. Steve chairs Bracewell’s government enforcement and investigations practice . Over the course of his career, he has been involved...
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: What’s New and What to Expect
On this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by Whit Swif t for a discussion of developments at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Whit is partner in the firm’s environmental strategies group...
Bracewell Legal Bites: Government Enforcement and Investigation Trends Under the Biden Administration
The Biden administration is increasingly focusing its enforcement and investigation efforts in three areas: anti-corruption, environmental justice, and cybersecurity and breach response. Seth DuCharme, former Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and a partner in...
China's New Data Privacy Law Is Sweeping and Serious: Avoid the High Cost of Noncompliance
Last Friday, China passed the world’s harshest data privacy law, threatening violators with fines of up to 50 million Yuan (or about $7.7 million at the time of publication) or 5% of annual revenue. The Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”)...
Understanding Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act
Over two decades in the making, the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has become law and establishes a new reality for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The scale of the changes implemented by the PIA is widespread and profound – it...
LNG in Europe 2021: Current Trends, The European LNG Landscape and Country Focus
This report provides an overview of current trends in the European LNG market, describes the status of the European LNG landscape in 2021, and looks at current activities in individual LNG-importing countries in Europe. CURRENT TRENDS IN THE EUROPEAN LNG...
SEC Is Still Cyber Serious About Disclosures
On the heels of the First American enforcement action and settlement , this week, the SEC announced a settlement with Pearson plc in connection with a 2018 cyber breach. The SEC disclosed that Pearson, a London-based educational company, agreed to...
OSHA's Revised COVID-19 Guidance Adopts CDC's Latest Recommendation on Masks for Vaccinated Employees, Advocates for Vaccination, and Suggests Periodic Testing for Unvaccinated Employees
In response to the modified COVID-19 recommendations published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 27, 2021, on Friday, August 13, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing...
SEC Approves Nasdaq Board Diversity Requirements
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a Nasdaq proposal regarding new listing rules on board diversity, as described in a previous Client Alert, which can be found here . The new rules will require most Nasdaq-listed companies to...