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Why Should I Care About the Federal Review Process as Long as I get my Permit?

In this webinar, we discussed why it is critical to actively participate in and influence the review process leading up to a federal permit decision. Getting a permit quickly may not be sufficient if the agency has made basic mistakes...

San Antonio Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Will Not be Implemented on December 1

Today, San Antonio Judge Peter Sakai granted a temporary injunction preventing the City’s Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance from taking effect. The Ordinance’s December 1, 2019, effective date has been indefinitely delayed. Judge Sakai stated that a full trial to...

GREEN Act Update

House Democrats today released their long-awaited package of clean energy tax incentives, the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act . In a release accompanying the legislative text and section-by-section summary , Ways and Means Select Revenue Subcommittee Chairman...

Challengers to FERC's Storage Order File Briefs with the D.C. Circuit

On November 6^th, the last of three challengers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC’s” or “Commission’s”) Storage Order, Orders No. 841 and 841, filed briefs with the D.C. Circuit seeking to vacate the Commission’s determination that states may not...

Everything's Finally Clear: Agency Transparency Under FOIA

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...

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Environmental Enforcement Defense 101

Why Should I Care About the Federal Review Process as Long as I get my Permit?

San Antonio Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Will Not be Implemented on December 1

GREEN Act Update

Challengers to FERC's Storage Order File Briefs with the D.C. Circuit

Everything's Finally Clear: Agency Transparency Under FOIA

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

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