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Is the "S" in ESG Poised for a Breakout Year in 2022 for Sustainability-Linked Loans?
If last year was any indication, 2022 may be another record-setting year for the sustainable syndicated loan market. According to financial data provider Refinitiv, new issuances of sustainability-linked loans (“SLLs”) climbed to $717 billion in 2021, an increase of more...
KYC in a Digital World, How New Sanctions and AML Expectations Have Upped the Stakes and What You Need to Do About it
“Know your customer” is a bed rock principle of anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance programs, but it’s not always easy, particularly as more sophisticated and aggressive players have taken the field in recent months. For example, in response to Russia’s...
Executive Order Legitimizes Cryptocurrency Industry – Regulation and Legislation up Next
The White House Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets (the “EO”), is the policy statement that the industry was waiting and hoping for: one that recognizes the legitimacy of the cryptocurrency industry. The EO presents a balanced...
Snacks With Steve Melendi From Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi
On this episode of Bracewell Covered, host Vince Morgan visits with guest Steve Melendi from Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi who is in town for a hearing. How did you get into insurance, and how has your career evolved? The...
Navigating the Rapid Tempo of Evolving Sanctions and Export Controls
Bracewell Partners Michael Brooks and Anne Termine hosted a Flash Roundtable led by Seth DuCharme, a partner in Bracewell's government enforcement and investigations practice and the Former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. Seth explained how the...
A Second Life for Batteries
The surge in the deployment of utility-scale and electric vehicle batteries requires a regulatory regime to govern what we do with all these batteries once no longer fit for their initial purpose. The existing regimes in the EU and UK...
DOJ Announces the First of What Will Likely Be Many Settlements Under its Cyber-Fraud Initiative
The Department of Justice unveiled its Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October 2021, announcing that it planned to use its civil fraud enforcement authority under the False Claims Act to ensure compliance with contractual cyber-security requirements applicable to government contractors. On March...
The Future of NEPA
On this episode of the Bracewell Environmental Law Monitor, host Daniel Pope talks with Chad Whiteman, Andrew Varcoe and Ann Navaro about current rule-making from the Council on Environmental Quality, the agency that oversees the implementation of the National Environmental...
Five Take-Aways From Bracewell Seminar on the Strategic Use of International Arbitration and Mexico
International arbitration, when available and used strategically, adds leverage, especially in dealing with a government. Qualifying foreign investors in Mexico affected by the changes in the regulatory environment promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) for subcontracting/outsourcing and the...
Mandatory Arbitrations Now Banned in Sexual Misconduct Disputes
Today, March 3, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, which amends the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) by banning mandatory arbitration in sexual assault and sexual harassment cases...
Amid a Minefield of Sanctions and Export Controls, Here's How to Provide Aid to Ukraine
Over the past week, the Biden Administration has announced unprecedented sanctions and export controls against Russia in response to its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. As the State Department pledges an additional $350 million in military and humanitarian support for Ukraine...
Quick Hit: Russian Sanctions and Cybersecurity
On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, we look beyond Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the business and legal implications of the Russian sanctions, as well as at cybersecurity issues. What do companies, organizations and individuals need to know about...
Morgan v Sundance: How Taco Bell Could Impact Waiving Arbitration
Companies in the process of determining their dispute resolution policies should keep a close eye on an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case. On March 21, 2022, the Court is set to hear arguments in Morgan v. Sundance, which takes up...
Countering the Threat of Workplace Violence
Rebecca Baker, chair of Bracewell’s labor and employment group, Dr. Kostas A. Katsavdakis, one of the country’s leading experts on threat assessment, and Seth DuCharme, the former principal associate deputy attorney general of the United States who is now a...
More Focus on ESG Means More Scrutiny, Litigation and Enforcement, Too
Attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has reached a new high water mark in recent months and many companies’ level of concern about the potential legal ramifications of ever-expanding ESG reporting and disclosure is not far behind. An...