Insights

ESG Considerations and Best Practices for Mergers and Acquisitions - Jo En Low & Ben Martin Quick Hits on ESG Issues in Different Disciplines Cybersecurity - Phil Bezanson Strategic and Crisis Communication - Scott Segal Labor - Becky Baker Environmental...

Earlier this week, Columbia Law School professor Lina Khan was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to fill the 5th seat on the Federal Trade Commission, giving Democrats a 3-2 majority on the competition and consumer protection agency. The Senate vote...

ESG-Related Legislative and Regulatory Developments - Scott Segal & Jason Hutt International Convergence on Approaches to ESG Assessment, Reporting, and Expectations - Jo En Low & Suyin Tan The Emerging Role of ESG in Corporate Valuation and Finance - Fernando...

This week Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law HB 3746, which amends the state’s data breach notification statute. Following states like Maine, California, and Washington, HB 3746 requires the Texas Attorney General (AG) to publish a public record on...

ESG Fundamentals – Origins, Drivers, Frameworks, Ratings, Commitments - Kevin Ewing & Tim Wilkins Litigation and Other Legal Risks in Corporate ESG Reporting and Disclosure Active State Enforcement - Kevin Ewing & Tom Kokalas SEC/DOJ Enforcement - Seth DuCharme &...

On June 10, 2021, shortly after issuing its Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for healthcare settings, OSHA updated its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (“Updated OSHA Guidance”), which is applicable to all employers not...

On June 3, 2021, the White House issued a memorandum announcing anti-corruption as a core national security interest. The memorandum explains that, “[c]orruption threatens United States national security, economic equity, global anti-poverty and development efforts, and democracy itself.” It directs...

On Monday, 31 May 2021, the UAE and Israel signed a tax treaty in order to boost economic cooperation. It is expected that, following ratification later this year, the treaty will come into effect on 1 January 2022. The move...

A recent decision in the Delaware Chancery Court broadens the risk of inter-corporate liability by endorsing the theory of “reverse” veil-piercing, where a plaintiff can reach down to the assets of a parent company’s subsidiaries.1 Although many plaintiffs in the...

Article originally appeared in MEED on June 3, 2021 A major development in Middle Eastern solar over the past two years has been the influx of Chinese engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors and suppliers into the sector. Developers have...

Article originally appeared in Insurance Coverage Law Center on June 2, 2021 Many Texas businesses and other organizations are still grappling with the effects from February’s winter storm. Unfortunately, this year’s hurricane season may complicate those efforts, so insureds with...

In the recent case of Apache UK Investments Limited v Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited [2021] EWHC 1283 (Comm), the English High Court has delivered an important ruling which addresses the extent to which a prior owner of an...

Earlier today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued its long-awaited guidance concerning the permissibility of employer vaccination incentive programs and, at the same time, provided further guidance related to other vaccination questions. EEOC Gives Okay to Incentive Programs -...

Join Kevin Collins, Tim Wilkins and former Acting U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of NY, Seth DuCharme, for a discussion on trends in environmental criminal enforcement and a frank discussion of how to approach prosecutors, what “rises to the level” of...