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Determining Corporate Liability in the Context of Environmental Risk: Making Sense of United States v. Bestfoods
When is a corporate parent potentially liable for the actions or omissions of its subsidiary related to the release of hazardous substances? Hint: If a party is in a position to control the environmental risk, it could be held liable...
Macedonian Gold Mines and Greek Bonds
Bracewell's Ro Lazarovitch and Bagya Nambron join Natalie Kedikoglou, general counsel at Hellas Gold, Frank Herbert, EVP and general counsel, and Paul Ferneyhough, SVP and chief strategy and commercial officer at Eldorado Gold Corporation, to discuss the project financing facility for the Skouries Mine in Northern Greece.
Personal Devices and Messaging Platforms in the Workplace: Tips, Tactics and Best Practices for In-House Counsel
Federal regulators have cracked down on the use of texts messages and messaging platforms for business communications, using their broad authority to root out record retention violations, resulting in significant fines and sanctions. In 2022 alone, the Securities and Exchange...
Offshore Wind Litigation: Court Denies Fishing Groups’ Challenge to Major Offshore Wind Project
Judge Indira Talwani of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has rejected another challenge to federal permits and approvals for the Vineyard Wind Project (Vineyard Wind or the Project). Vineyard Wind is under construction off the coast...
New California Offshore Wind Legislation Addresses Procurement and Permitting
The offshore wind industry now has California’s answer to a pressing concern—how might the state procure this generation resource? California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a suite of bills that create a mechanism for the state to procure offshore wind...
SEC Modernizes Beneficial Ownership Reporting
On October 10, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) adopted amendments to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting. The amendments shorten the deadline for initial and amended Schedule 13D and 13G filings, clarify disclosure requirements for derivative...
Environmental Essentials: Shutdown Averted for Now: What Happens When SSM Hits EPA
As the threat of a potential government shutdown looms, it is important to understand the impacts on EPA’s permitting, rulemaking, enforcement and litigation. Pulling from his experience at EPA during the most recent and longest government shutdown in December 2018...
Current Year IRS Priority Guidance Plan Highlights Energy Transition
On September 29, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released their 2023–2024 Priority Guidance Plan (the Plan). The Plan describes the various guidance priorities of the IRS and Treasury for the period from...
EEOC Releases Proposed Workplace Harassment Guidance – 25 Years in the Making
On September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its long-awaited proposed guidance on workplace harassment. The last EEOC guidance on workplace harassment was issued in 1999. The public will have until November 1, 2023, to comment on...
FINRA Facts and Trends: September 2023
Welcome to the latest issue of Bracewell’s FINRA Facts and Trends, a monthly newsletter devoted to condensing and digesting recent FINRA developments in the areas of enforcement, regulation and dispute resolution. This month, we report on a case that sheds...
Does Your Arbitration Agreement ‘Matter?’: Recent Guidance From the English Supreme Court
It is often assumed that arbitration agreements will catch all possible disputes arising from a given relationship, with the result that those disputes will have to be resolved confidentially. A recent decision of the English Supreme Court highlights that this...
ICLG: England & Wales Renewable Energy 2024
Bracewell’s Oliver Irwin, Robert Meade, Nicholas Neuberger and Adam Quigley authored the England & Wales Q&A analysis chapter in the fourth edition of International Comparative Legal Guides – Renewable Energy Laws and Regulations 2024.
ICLG: The Rise of Co-Located Renewable Projects 2024
Bracewell’s Oliver Irwin, Ro Lazarovitch and Nicholas Neuberger take a brief look at the current state of the co-location market and the corporate structuring solutions being adopted, as well as certain bankability considerations in the Expert Analysis chapter in the fourth edition of International Comparative Legal Guides – Renewable Energy Laws and Regulations 2024.
A Chattering of Starlings – African Holdcos
Bracewell’s Tom Jamieson and Gordon Stewart along with NK Naginlal Modi, power and infrastructure senior relationship manager at Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited, discuss the emergence and intricacies of a holdco financing in the African landscape, combining project finance, acquisition finance and structurally subordinated holdco financing.
IRS and Treasury Department Release Proposed Regulations for Labor Requirements Under Inflation Reduction Act
On August 29, 2023, [1] the IRS and Treasury Department released proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) regarding the prevailing wage requirements (the Prevailing Wage Requirements) and the apprenticeship requirements (the Apprenticeship Requirements and, together with the Prevailing Wage Requirements, the...