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Staying Compliant in 2020 and Beyond - Drug Testing, Marijuana, and CBD Laws & Trends

Bracewell Partner Robert Nichols tackled the layers of drug testing laws and regulations affecting employers. Our webinar explored trends we see across the country and explain how to stay complaint no matter where your business operates. Special emphasis was given...

When Does it Pay to be Absent From Work? Developments in State and Local Paid Leave Requirements

Leslie Selig Byrd and Amber Dodds discuss the increasing number of state laws and local ordinances requiring paid leave benefits to employees. Many of these require a minimum number of hours of accrued paid time off for illness or preventative...

Not Just a Hashtag: Legislation Created by #MeToo

On November 5, 2019, Bracewell attorneys Amy Karff Halevy and Becky Baker discussed the ways in which sexual harassment and discrimination laws are dramatically changing at the state and local level in the wake of the #MeToo movement. The webinar...

Proposed Rules Addressing LIBOR Phase-out Help Ease Reissuance Concerns

Since the 2017 announcement that the London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”) may be phased out after the end of 2021, the municipal finance industry has been concerned that changes to debt obligations and related financial products necessary to address the...

Environmental Enforcement Defense 101

The federal and state environmental agencies have a vast array of enforcement tools with which they seek to impose penalties or require significant capital and process improvements on the part of the regulated community in circumstances where the agencies identify...

Integrated Exploration and Extraction Service Contracts: the new model to be used by Pemex to reactivate fields and increase production

The 2019-2023 Business Plan for Pemex and its Subsidiaries (the “Business Plan”) provides that Pemex aims to promote partnerships between the public and the private sectors under a risk-sharing scenario that expects to achieve optimal exploitation and increase crude oil...

USDOL’s Final Salary Regulations: Impact on Exempt Employees and the Possibility of Future Litigation

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“USDOL”) announced its new Final Overtime Rule . The 2019 Final Rule comes in the wake of the heavily litigated salary threshold regulations issued by the Obama Administration in 2016. The...

Proposed Regulations Alter the Scope of the Section 382 Loss Limitation Rules for Recognized Built-in Gains and Losses

Proposed Section 382(h) regulations released this week (the Proposed Regulations) potentially would increase the scope of a corporation’s income – namely, cancellation of debt income (COD Income) - recognized after an “ownership change” that is subject to limitation under Section...

FERC Proposes Significant Reforms to its QF Regulations

On September 19, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing significant changes to FERC’s regulations governing qualifying facilities (“QFs”) pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended (“PURPA”)...

SEC Proposes Rules to Update Statistical Disclosure Requirements for Bank and Savings and Loan Registrants

On September 17, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules that would update the statistical disclosures provided by banking registrants in response to Industry Guide 3, Statistical Disclosure by Bank Holding Companies (“Guide 3”). The proposal results...

Broad U.S. Discovery Now Available in Foreign Arbitrations

In a decision that may significantly increase access to domestic discovery in foreign arbitration proceedings, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on September 19 that courts may order individuals and entities within the United States...

LNG in Europe: Current Trends, the European LNG Landscape and Country Focus

Co-authored by Ryan Pereira, Global Director - Gas & LNG at Gaffney Cline and Associates, this article provides an overview of current trends in the European LNG market, describes the status of the pan-Europe LNG landscape, and looks at recent activities in...

Mexico's Agenda for 2020 in Energy and Infrastructure

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico's president recently issued the general criteria of economic policy for the country's 2020 annual budget. The document describes several undertakings to trigger economic growth in Mexico in the upcoming year. One of the main items...

The Final ESA Rule: "Taking" Stock of the Changes and Challenges

The Endangered Species Act is a key, and sometimes controversial, environmental law with significant implications for energy and infrastructure development. The federal government recently issued final rules that change, in certain respects, implementation of the law. This webinar will explore...

Recent Florida News: Toll Road P3s and Autonomous Vehicles

1. Multi-use Corridors of Regional Economic Significance (“M-CORES”) - Three potential new Florida Public-Private Partnerships (“P3”). On May 17, 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law SB 7068 (the “Bill”), directing the Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”) to create...

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Environmental Enforcement Defense 101

Staying Compliant in 2020 and Beyond - Drug Testing, Marijuana, and CBD Laws & Trends

When Does it Pay to be Absent From Work? Developments in State and Local Paid Leave Requirements

Not Just a Hashtag: Legislation Created by #MeToo

Proposed Rules Addressing LIBOR Phase-out Help Ease Reissuance Concerns

Environmental Enforcement Defense 101

Integrated Exploration and Extraction Service Contracts: the new model to be used by Pemex to reactivate fields and increase production

USDOL’s Final Salary Regulations: Impact on Exempt Employees and the Possibility of Future Litigation

Proposed Regulations Alter the Scope of the Section 382 Loss Limitation Rules for Recognized Built-in Gains and Losses

FERC Proposes Significant Reforms to its QF Regulations

SEC Proposes Rules to Update Statistical Disclosure Requirements for Bank and Savings and Loan Registrants

Broad U.S. Discovery Now Available in Foreign Arbitrations

LNG in Europe: Current Trends, the European LNG Landscape and Country Focus

Mexico's Agenda for 2020 in Energy and Infrastructure

The Final ESA Rule: "Taking" Stock of the Changes and Challenges

Recent Florida News: Toll Road P3s and Autonomous Vehicles

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