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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...

In January, President Biden formalized multiple campaign pledges to bolster the role of Environmental Justice (EJ) across the government. Those include creating a White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council and a White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council to address “current...

In Joe Biden’s Diner, you can order whatever you like, but you’ll be eating climate change. Ann Navaro, Jeff Holmstead, and moderator Kevin Ewing will tour the federal kitchen to see how agencies are adding climate change to the pot...

Featuring: Leslie Savage, Chief Geologist, Oil and Gas Division, Texas Railroad Commission The topics discussed will include: Permitting CO2 injection wells in Texas; A status update on Texas' Class VI primacy efforts; and Permitting differences between Class II and Class...

The panel will discuss the steps that the Biden Administration has already taken, and initiatives it has already announced, under a variety of federal laws and to be carried out by a variety of federal agencies. The panel will also...

Businesses today are more focused than ever on building a more diverse workforce and inclusive corporate culture. At the same time, management and human resource professionals often worry that their enhanced efforts at diversity and inclusion could draw charges of...

On May 14, 2021, despite not having obtained official approval from federal antitrust authorities, 7-Eleven Inc., the largest convenience-store chain in the U.S., took the highly unusual step of closing its $21 billion purchase of the Speedway retail gasoline and...

Article originally appeared in the May 2021 issue of Project Finance International Introduction Project finance structures commonly involve project parties, such as construction contractors, suppliers, offtakers and O&M contractors, who are affiliated to a sponsor or help secure debt for...

The cyber landscape is changing once again, in terms of impact, policy and potential exposure. In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack, the Biden administration released a long-awaited Executive Order intended to strengthen US cybersecurity infrastructure. The order, released...

NOTE: Following this update, the EEOC published revised guidance regarding, among other things, confidentiality status of employee vaccine records. For updated information, please see Bracewell’s alert entitled “EEOC Issues Guidance Confirming Vaccine Incentives are Lawful, Among Other Updates”, which can...

Private equity and venture funds have been critical partners of the solar industry in recent years. Fund managers and the limited partners in their funds have sought broad exposure to solar assets—both utility scale and commercial and industrial scale—in search...

Join us for a special one-on-one conversation with Yasmin Nelson, the newest member of Bracewell’s Washington, DC-based Policy Resolution Group (PRG). Yasmin, who joined the firm as a senior principal in April 2021, is a former senior policy advisor to...

Article originally appeared in the April 2021 Project Finance International Global Energy Report Despite the challenges of 2020, notable regulatory steps have been taken in the United Kingdom to accelerate the growth in battery storage projects – with more expected...

Article originally published in the May 3, 2021 issue of Power Magazine The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for business. Utilities have had to quickly overcome the challenges associated with this crisis, without letting critical services such as heat...