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EPA’s Enforcement Statistics and Priorities – the Trump Administration’s Shift in Focus Toward Collaboration and Greater Coordination with the States
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special thanks to our 2019 Summer Associate, Craig Jones , for co-authoring this article. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Over the last few months, EPA’s enforcement priorities under the Trump Administration have come into sharper focus. The Fiscal Year 2018 Enforcement Annual Results...
FY 2020 Sequestration Reduction Rate Set at 5.9%
According to the IRS website , the sequester reduction rate applied to payments made to issuers of direct pay tax credit bonds in fiscal year 2020 will be 5.9 percent . This percentage will apply to all subsidy payments scheduled...
Public Entity Construction Contracts: The Pivotal Dispute Provisions
Each year public entities spend billions of dollars on construction projects. As a result of these projects, time-consuming and costly complications such as construction project delay claims, defective workmanship, force majeure claims, lien issues, insurance issues, jurisdiction, payment issues and...
Highlights from the Trump Administration’s Rulemaking Agenda
The Office of Management and Budget’s Spring 2019 Unified Regulatory Agenda includes many items with significant implications for the energy and infrastructure sectors. This blog post offers highlights from the Agenda, with an emphasis on upcoming actions by the Department...
Oil & Gas Software Acquisition Challenged by Canadian Competition Regulator
Canada’s Competition Bureau (CCB) recently filed a challenge with the Canadian Competition Tribunal to unwind a U.S. private equity firm’s May 2019 acquisition of a company that offers reserves valuation and reporting software to Canadian oil and gas producers. Following...
Transaction Tax Deductions Following Tax Reform
In connection with the purchase and sale of the stock of a target corporation (a Corporate Target), the target often incurs various transaction costs (Transaction Costs) that may yield significant tax deductions (Transaction Tax Deductions). If such Transaction Tax Deductions...
New Insolvency Law for the Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC") Issued
On 13 June 2019, the much anticipated DIFC Insolvency Law No. 1 of 2019 and associated DIFC Insolvency Regulations 2019 (collectively the “ 2019 DIFC Insolvency Law ”), came into full force and effect, replacing the DIFC Insolvency Law No...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Scandalous, Immoral Trademarks
Brace yourselves – scandalous trademarks are coming! Today, in Iancu v. Brunetti , No. 18-302 (June 24, 2019), the Supreme Court struck down a provision of trademark law that bans the registration of immoral or scandalous words or symbols. In...
Appellate Court Affirms Decision to Block Medical Merger
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s issuance of a preliminary injunction to block the proposed merger of two North Dakota healthcare providers, Sanford Health/Sanford Bismarck and Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C. This decision...
New International AIPN Oil and Gas Farm-Out Agreement
In June 2019, the oil and gas industry body, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), published a revised version of its model form international farm-out agreement. The publication of this new model form agreement is a reflection of the...
Timely Use It, or Lose It: Recent Supreme Court Case Provides Reminders for Employers, but Employees Still Need to File a Charge Before Filing Title VII Lawsuit
In Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis (U.S. June 3, 2019), the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) held that the charge-filing requirement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) is not jurisdictional. The case involved an...
Update on Infrastructure Policy Reform
The President’s recent Executive Order on energy infrastructure directed new measures to improve EPA’s program for state water quality certifications—often a serious impediment to energy infrastructure. Join us to learn about the (hotly anticipated) new guidance from EPA, viewed in...
New Employment Law for the Dubai International Financial Centre Issued
The much anticipated and awaited DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019 (“ 2019 Employment Law ”) will come into full force and effect on 28 August 2019 (“ Effective Date ”). Between now and the Effective Date, it is...
SECURE Act Provisions
Major changes in federal law are in the works that could significantly impact employers’ qualified retirement plans, which could require amending such plans to reflect mandatory and elective changes. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Setting Every Community...
Battery Storage –Powering Future LNG Projects (including FLNG)
It is undeniable that a low carbon transition is taking place. One of the leading forces of this transition is battery storage. Battery storage technology that was, only a couple of years ago, immature and expensive is now beginning to...