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Icy Hot: Texas Policyholders With Losses from Winter’s Late-Season Freeze Must Also Prepare for Early-Season Hurricanes

SEC Gets Cyber-Serious About Disclosures

UAE and Israel Sign Tax Treaty

Battery Storage Vision in the UK

May 6, 2021

Project Finance International

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...

100 Days in 60 Minutes: A Conversation With Yasmin Nelson

May 6, 2021

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...

Aligning ESG and 10-K Disclosures: A Perspective from a Chief Legal Officer

May 3, 2021

To say the SEC has signaled increased attention to ESG matters would be an understatement. Between February 24th and April 12th of this year, the SEC has posted on its website five public statements and two press releases that have...

Crisis Management for Utilities: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

May 3, 2021

Power Magazine

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...

OECD Announces Amendment to Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

April 30, 2021

Effective as of 20 April 2021, an amendment to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits (TAD/PG(2020)1) (the “Arrangement”) was announced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”), in relation to local cost provisions (the “Amendment”). Background The...

Artists Beware—Second Circuit Holds That Andy Warhol’s “Prince Series” Is Not a “Fair Use” of Copyrighted Photograph

April 29, 2021

In a recent decision, Andy Warhol Found. for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith,1 the Second Circuit upset conventional thinking regarding the concept of “fair use” with wide ranging implications for artists and copyright owners. The Court held that Andy...

Off Pitch – What the Super League Fiasco Can Teach Us About ESG

April 29, 2021

When twelve of the highest profile football teams in Europe announced that they were forming a European Super League, they sent shockwaves through the world of European football and beyond. The fallout was swift and expansive, and within 48 hours...

What In-House Counsel Need to Know About Insurance

April 29, 2021

This presentation covers key aspects of insurance issues from a legal standpoint. It begins by addressing how policies are structured and interpreted and then turns to how that plays out in practice through the claims process. Insurance is designed to...

Will Generic ESG Statements Lead to a Wave of Securities Litigation?

April 23, 2021

These days, it is commonplace for companies to commit to general concepts like “sustainability” or a “diverse workforce” in public statements and SEC disclosures. But when stock prices drop as a result of specific environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues...

Guarding the Grid: DOE Releases 100-Day Cybersecurity Pilot Program

April 21, 2021

Energy Legal Blog®

The February 2021 hack into Oldsmar, Florida’s water treatment system is a frightening reminder that critical infrastructure systems can be vulnerable to cyberattacks and that cyberattacks can...

Icy Hot: Texas Policyholders With Damage from Winter's Late-Season Freeze Must Also Prepare for Early-Season Hurricanes

April 20, 2021

Although many organizations in Texas are still grappling with the impacts from February’s winter storm, hurricane season is right around the corner. Officially, it runs from June 1 to November 30. But due to the steady increase of early-season hurricanes...

FERC Issues Carbon Pricing Policy

April 19, 2021

Energy Legal Blog®

On April 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued its much anticipated policy statement on carbon pricing in organized markets. The non-binding policy statement provides guidance regarding the manner in which FERC will evaluate proposals submitted pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal...

Winds of Change: Big Oil's Move into UK Offshore Wind

April 19, 2021

The rise of offshore wind Offshore wind technology is becoming increasingly mainstream. In 2009, offshore wind represented only 1% of global wind generation capacity, a figure which had grown to 10% by 2019.1 In recent times, the rise of the...

Biden's Selection of Doug Parker as OSHA Head Signals Aggressive Safety and Health Enforcement and Close Collaboration with Organized Labor

April 12, 2021

On this past Friday, April 9, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Doug Parker, the current chief occupational safety and health regulator in California, to serve as the United States Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and...

What Will the SEC's ESG Enforcement Look Like? Cyber Cases Offer Clues

April 8, 2021

As the SEC has become more vocal in its expectations for environmental, social, and government (ESG) disclosure, serious questions remain about how ESG matters will be investigated and what enforcement measures might look like. Indicators suggest that the SEC will...

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