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Hot on the heels of recent updates to the DIFC employment law, DIFC Employment Law No. 2 of 2019 , the DIFC has announced proposals to bring about the end of the current End of Service Gratuity (“ EoSG ”)...

Bracewell is pleased to host a webinar about how the bills passed during the 86th Legislative Session affect Texas governmental entities, the debt issuance process and ongoing disclosure and transparency requirements. Please join us on August 14 to hear analysis...

This month, Associate Daniel Pope will run through highlights from this year's Texas Environmental Superconference. Topics covered at the Superconference run the gamut of state and federal environmental law issues and are applicable to legal practitioners across the country. This...

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (the “Act”), which suspends the federal debt limit through July 31, 2021, was signed into law on August 2, 2019. As a result, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that it will...

In March 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules amending Regulation S-K and related rules and forms to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for registrants. These amendments follow from the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, enacted in...

Contributing Author Dr. Raed Safadi, Chief Economic Advisor, Dubai Investment Development Agency On 23 September 2018, one of the most anticipated legal developments in the UAE was brought to life. The UAE issued Federal Decree-Law No. 19/2018 on Foreign Direct...

With all of the talk about the need for infrastructure legislation, public-private partnerships (or “P3s”) are receiving increased national attention. What exactly constitutes a P3 is an ever-evolving question, and the answer often depends upon who you ask. For us,...

On 30 April 2019, the UAE Cabinet issued the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 31 of 2019 concerning Economic Substance Regulations in the UAE (“Regulations”). Why has the UAE issued the Regulations? The implementation of the Regulations is a result...

In a major policy shift, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice recently announced that it will now credit companies for effective corporate antitrust compliance programs in making charging decisions and penalty recommendations. In conjunction with this change, the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Eighteen months after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or the Act), tax practitioners and taxpayers alike still are looking to Treasury for guidance to interpret and fill in gaps in the new tax laws. The...

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....