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PHMSA Publishes Long-Awaited Final Rules
Tomorrow’s Federal Register will include three final rules published by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that have been years in the making: (1) Safety of Gas Transmission Pipelines: Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure Reconfirmation, Expansion of Assessment Requirements...
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...
Broad U.S. Discovery Now Available in Foreign Arbitrations
In a decision that may significantly increase access to domestic discovery in foreign arbitration proceedings, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled on September 19 that courts may order individuals and entities within the United States...
Mexico's Agenda for 2020 in Energy and Infrastructure
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 Final ESA Rule: "Taking" Stock of the Changes and Challenges
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...
Pipelaws Team Authors Article on the Pipeline Safety Act for Law360
Pipeline partners Catherine Little, Bob Hogfoss and Annie Cook authored an article published in Law360 on the Pipeline Safety Act reauthorization legislation currently in the U.S. House and Senate. The current authorization of federal pipeline safety laws and funding of...
Highlights from This Year’s Texas Environmental Superconference
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...
UAE Foreign Direct Investment Law
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...
DOJ Changes Criminal Policy to Recognize Antitrust Compliance Programs
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...
Public Entity Construction Contracts: The Pivotal Dispute Provisions
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...
Oil & Gas Software Acquisition Challenged by Canadian Competition Regulator
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...
Transaction Tax Deductions Following Tax Reform
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...
Update on Infrastructure Policy Reform
The President’s recent Executive Order on energy infrastructure directed new measures to improve EPA’s program for state water quality certifications—often a serious impediment to energy infrastructure. Join us to learn about the (hotly anticipated) new guidance from EPA, viewed in...
DOT Issues Pipeline Safety Act Reauthorization Proposal
The Department of Transportation (DOT) released a legislative proposal to Congress on June 3, 2019, to reauthorize the federal Pipeline Safety Act (PSA or the Act) and continue funding the federal agency charged with implementing it, the Pipeline and Hazardous...
Gas Pipeline Safety Rule Clearing Final Hurdle: Operators Should Prepare
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is close to finalizing a rule applicable to the safety of natural gas transmission pipelines that has been nearly eight years in the making. Both Congress and the industry have urged PHMSA...