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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 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...

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...

Employers are charged with the responsibility of ensuring a safe and healthful environment for their employees, including a workplace free from violence. Unfortunately, OSHA estimates that more than 2 million individuals are affected by workplace violence every year and the...

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 you get often depends upon whom you ask....

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...

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...