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Election 2014: Tax Policy and Tax Reform in the 114th Congress
Taxes in a Nutshell! Policy Resolution Group senior counsel Curt Beaulieu, who recently joined the firm from Capitol Hill where he served as tax counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, discusses key tax issues facing Congress with founding partner Scott...
Election 2014: Geopolitics and LNG Exports
Eric Washburn*, partner in the Policy Resolution Group, discusses the prospects for increased LNG exports with founding partner Scott Segal. He analyzes several factors that may contribute to a bipartisan push in the new Congress for legislation to allow increased...
Election 2014: Explaining the “Wave”
Scott Segal, founding partner of the Policy Resolution Group and long recognized as a top lobbyist in Washington, D.C., gives an insightful analysis of the results of the 2014 midterm elections. Scott delves into a number of key issues, including...
Election 2014: Insights into the Next Senate Majority Leader
Fresh off the campaign trail with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), former U.S. Representative Anne Northup*, partner in the Policy Resolution Group, provides insights on what can be expected from a Republican-controlled Senate. In this discussion with fellow PRG partner Scott...
Election 2014: Outlook for Crude Oil Export Policy
Josh Zive, senior counsel in the Policy Resolution Group, and founding partner Scott Segal discuss the prospects for ending the ban on crude oil exports in the wake of the 2014 midterm elections. Laws and regulations relating to crude oil...
Bracewell & Giuliani and Schwartz Page & Harding Receive Favorable Private Letter Ruling Regarding Tax-Exempt Bonds from Internal Revenue Service
Acting as special tax counsel to a governmental entity that sells raw water at wholesale to governmental and nongovernmental customers (the “Issuer”), Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, together with bond counsel Schwartz, Page & Harding LLP, recently obtained a favorable private...
Africa Energy Update
The latest news on legal and regulatory developments in Africa’s energy sector. This first Africa energy update focuses on East Africa, a region of growing potential for sector participants. Future updates will focus on other regions as we seek to...
Oil & Gas Regulatory Symposium 2014
Oil and gas industry leaders and Bracewell attorneys discuss the most pressing regulatory issues facing energy companies today.
The Transparency Initiative: Are You Ready?
Introduction The UK is set to become the first EU member state to transpose the most recent EU directives on accounting and transparency rules in an effort to satisfy growing demands for a European-wide strategy to fight corruption in relation...
The Transparency Initiative: Are You Ready?
Are you a UK company that operates in an EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY? If so, do any 2 of the following apply to you: You have a balance sheet in excess of £18 million; You have net turnover of over £36 million...
New Municipal Advisor Supervision Requirements Adopted
Rule G-44, proposed earlier this year by the Municipal Securities Regulation Board (MSRB) and approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this month, requires that municipal advisors develop internal supervisory and compliance systems. The new rule will go into...
East Africa Licensing Update - Q4 2014
With Tanzania in the final stages of evaluating bids for oil and gas blocks offered in its latest bidding round which closed in Q2 2014, it was Mozambique's turn to announce its latest round in London on 23 October. Uganda...
Assets in Foreign Branches Off Limits to Domestic Judgment Creditors
New York’s high court announced last week that banking institutions with branches in New York are shielded from judgment creditors attempting to collect on customer assets held at foreign branches of the same bank. Specifically, the New York Court of...
Kenya's Lake Turkana Wind Power Project Lights the Way for the East African Power Market
Kenya is East Africa's largest economy, yet it faces a power supply crisis. Per capita, it generates barely 4% of the power generated by South Africa. Only 18% of the population has access to electricity and, even for this fortunate...
IRS Releases Private Business Use Guidelines for ACO Participants
On Friday, October 24, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2014-67, providing guidance regarding the circumstances under which participation by a hospital in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) will not give rise to private business use of the...