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While OSHA, like much of the country, has been preoccupied with COVID-19 safety and health concerns in the past 18 months, employers should expect the Biden Administration and its new team at OSHA will turn their focus to other occupational...

Daniel Pope is an associate at the firm who advises energy, infrastructure, and industrial clients on environmental permitting and transactions and represents clients in litigation and environmental enforcement defense under a number of environmental and natural resources statutes and regulatory...

Earlier this year, President Biden signed into law a resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that disapproved amendments adopted by the prior administration that made significant changes to 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Subpart OOOOa – the federal New Source...

Daniel Pope is an associate at the firm who advises energy, infrastructure, and industrial clients on environmental permitting and transactions and represents clients in litigation and environmental enforcement defense under a number of environmental and natural resources statutes and regulatory...

On August 13, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approved a settlement to resolve allegations that Tyson Foods, Inc. (“Tyson”) exceeded the CFTC’s position limits for soybean meal futures contracts and failed to comply with related reporting...

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, as President Biden announced his new six-pronged plan to combat the continuing spread of COVID-19, he acknowledged, what was readily apparent from his actions and tone, that his “patience is wearing thin” with unvaccinated Americans...

The day-rate tool pusher earning $963.00 per day is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) – in other words, he or she is entitled to overtime pay. So holds the Fifth Circuit. The...

This 60 minute webinar features experienced practitioners from Flashpoint and Bracewell LLP who will take you on a guided tour of the dark web to explain how cyber attacks unfold, and how you can mitigate the consequences of such attacks...

As a result of two new Texas laws (SB 45 and HB 21), sexual harassment claims will now be treated differently than any other type of discrimination or harassment claim filed under state law. The new laws went into effect...

The Navigable Waters Protection Rule was recently vacated by the Federal District Court of Arizona, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have signaled their intent to treat the district court’s vacatur as invalidating...

On this episode of Bracewell Covered, hosts Claire Cahoon and Vince Morgan discuss the world of insurance brokering with Bain Head, executive vice president of financial lines practice at CAC Specialty. Tell us about the CAC story over the past...

The Internal Revenue Service released helpful guidance in Revenue Ruling 2021-13, regarding the scope of carbon capture equipment and the requirement that a taxpayer own the carbon capture equipment to qualify for carbon sequestration credits under Internal Revenue Code Section...

The Saudi Ministries of Commerce and Justice, and the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (collectively the “Saudi Authorities”) have recently and significantly beefed up their approach to parties breaching anti-concealment legislation in the Kingdom, i.e. foreign entities unlawfully operating within...

On this episode of the Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Phil Bezanson talk with Stephen Braga about the ins and outs of Congressional investigations. Steve chairs Bracewell’s government enforcement and investigations practice. Over the course of his career, he...

On this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope is joined by Whit Swift for a discussion of developments at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Whit is partner in the firm’s environmental strategies group, who...