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Environmental Compliance: Readiness for a Potential Change in Administration
While U.S. national elections are still three months away and inauguration day isn’t for well over six months, current national and battleground state polling suggests that a change in Administration seems more likely than not. Companies asking themselves how to...
PPP Reboot Likely to Include Second Round of Funding for Distressed Businesses
As Congress scrambles to craft the next phase of COVID-19 stimulus and relief legislation, both sides of the aisle appear to be in agreement on expanding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to include more funds for small businesses that have...
FERC Finalizes Reforms to PURPA Regulations
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued Order No. 872 , a final rule that the Commission explains is intended to implement its statutory mandate to update rules promulgated pursuant to the Public Utility...
Religious Education Employers see Two Significant Jurisdictional Decisions in Summer 2020
Educational institutions across the nation are grappling with decisions on returning teachers, staff and administrators to work for the academic year 2020-2021 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each institution must consider a myriad of factors to decide when...
Privacy Shield Invalidated by ECJ
On Thursday , July 16, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield is invalid. The ruling stems from the complaints filed with the Irish supervisory authority by Max Schrems regarding the transfer of his data...
Trump Administration Publishes Final Revisions to NEPA Regulations
On July 16, 2020, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published its much anticipated final rule revising the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). [1] Since taking office, the Trump Administration has sought to modernize NEPA...
Electric Transmission and Distribution Utilities and FERC COVID-19 Relief
On March 13, 2020, President Trump deemed the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States a national emergency as of March 1, 2020. [1] Due to the pandemic, certain electric transmission and distribution public utilities have experienced electricity demand that differs...
Clean Water Act Developments
Christine Wyman will discuss EPA’s final Section 401 Water Quality Certification Rule, which aims to provide structure and limits on how States consider whether discharges from federally permitted projects will impact water quality. Daniel Pope will provide an update on...
Webinar: M&A - Emerging From Crisis
On 13 July 2020, Bracewell and BDO hosted a joint webinar on the theme of “Emerging from Crisis” which included a thought-provoking session at who will emerge from COVID-19 as winners and losers and what the M&A landscape is likely...
Second Circuit Confirms U.S. Discovery Not Available in Private International Arbitrations
Special thanks to our 2020 Summer Associate, Meagan Maloney , for co-authoring this article. A ripening circuit split over the availability of U.S. discovery in foreign arbitration proceedings took another step toward a possible Supreme Court showdown with the July...
Antitrust Agencies Issue Final New Guidelines for Vertical Mergers
On June 30, 2020, the Department of Justice and a split Federal Trade Commission released the final version of their new Vertical Merger Guidelines , which outline how the federal antitrust agencies evaluate the competitive impacts of vertical mergers, as...
M&A - Emerging from Crisis
The first half of 2020 has presented governments, business and individuals with an unprecedented set of circumstances to grapple with. As thoughts start to turn towards emerging from the crisis, people around the world have started to consider what the...
Second Circuit Upholds Regulation BI
As we reported in a previous alert, Regulation Best Interest (“Regulation BI”) was recently challenged in the Second Circuit by seven states and the District of Columbia, as well as two groups of investment advisors. On Friday, June 26, 2020...
This month's topic: Texas Title V and Permits by Rule
On May 29, 2020, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced programmatic changes to the Texas Title V operating permits program relating to how Texas Title V permits incorporate Permit by Rule (PBR) preconstruction authorizations. Join Bracewell partner Whit...
Webinar: VAT and Customs Duty Increases in Saudi Arabia – Implications for Investment into the Kingdom
Saudi Arabia: VAT Rate and Customs Duty Changes Brian Conn (Partner, BDO) and Mohammed Mahmoud Madbouly (Senior Manager BDO KSA) The old adage that nothing is certain except for death and taxes has, until recently, told only half the story...