Applications For Leading Edge Commercial Fabrication Facilities And For Current-Generation Facilities Accepted Beginning March 31, 2023 And June 26, 2023, Respectively -
On August 9, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden signed...more
On February 1, 2023, the U.S. International Trade Commission (the “ITC”) initiated an investigation into the impact of intellectual property (“IP”) rights on the production, supply, and availability of diagnostics and...more
On August 9, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (the “CHIPS Plus Act”). As enacted, the CHIPS Plus Act amends legislation and appropriates funding for semiconductor incentives originally...more
House Passage and President Biden’s Signature Expected This Week -
On Sunday, August 7, following an all-night voting session, the Senate approved the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) by a vote of 51-50. The IRA was...more
8/11/2022
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Biden Administration ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Clean Air Act ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Drug Pricing ,
Environmental Justice ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Price Inflation ,
Stock Repurchases ,
Tax Reform
Few issues in Washington have been as elusive as passage of legislation to address the nation’s aging infrastructure. For a number of years, the White House, Senators and Members of Congress have announced plans to spend...more
Few issues in Washington have been as elusive as passage of legislation to address the nation’s aging infrastructure. For a number of years, the White House, Senators and Members of Congress have announced plans to spend...more
Articulates Administration Policy And Creates New Made In America Office To Review Proposed Waivers Of “Made In America Laws” -
On January 25, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. signed an Executive Order on Ensuring the...more
With the majority in both the U.S. House and Senate, Democrats are poised to chair powerful investigative committees in the 117th Congress -
With the victories of Raphael Warnock over incumbent Kelly Loeffler, and Jon...more
1/11/2021
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diversity ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Georgia ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Oversight Committee ,
Relief Measures ,
Social Media ,
Technology Sector
On December 29, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis will extend its work into the 117th Congress under the continued leadership of Chairman and Majority...more
On June 5, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, H.R. 7010 (P.L. 116-142). While this law does not add any new funding to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck...more
Trump Administration and Testing Companies Receiving Scrutiny -
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, both viral and antibody testing have raised significant challenges for the government and private sector. As both federal...more
On April 23, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 212-182 to establish the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis (the “Subcommittee”) as a select investigative subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight...more
King & Spalding’s Healthcare Finance practice is working to keep clients informed of issues that may be of concern to lenders in the healthcare space. Providers are continuing to face financial difficulties due to spikes in...more
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is significantly altering legislative business in the nation’s capital, but the pandemic has not slowed congressional oversight of the Trump Administration. Congress is actively exercising...more
On March 18, President Trump signed into law H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), a second coronavirus, or COVID-19, response package. Funds in the Act are designated as emergency...more
3/23/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EFMLA ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FMAP ,
New Legislation ,
PREPA ,
Relief Measures ,
Sick Leave ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Credits
Last week, FDA submitted a report to Congress detailing the Agency’s progress on developing an enforcement discretion policy (i.e., a policy of not taking enforcement action) on hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). At the same...more
3/10/2020
/ Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Cannabis Products ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Farm Bill ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health and Safety ,
Hemp ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Public Hearing ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Management
On January 15, 2020, the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade.”
Government witnesses testified from:
• the Drug Enforcement...more
1/17/2020
/ Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Controlled Substances ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
DEA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dietary Supplements ,
Expungement ,
Farm Bill ,
Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Marijuana-Infused Edibles ,
Medical Marijuana ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Research and Development ,
Schedule I Drugs
On September 25, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives approved historic legislation to provide legalized marijuana businesses access to banking services. H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019 or...more
Shifting Dynamics in Latin America -
On March 5, 2019, King & Spalding hosted an Energy Forum, titled “Shifting Dynamics in Latin America”, to discuss the political and regulatory changes in Latin America and their impact...more
The contentious and partisan debate in Washington over climate change policy may be shifting in a new direction—one that is driven not by partisanship but by a group of bipartisan members of Congress and the engagement and...more
4/12/2019
/ British Petroleum (BP) ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Carbon Taxes ,
Chevron ,
Climate Change ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Energy Sector ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Federal Funding ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Scientific Research ,
Shell Oil
Godot never arrived to Vladimir and Estragon, but with Democrats in control of the House of Representatives, will this be the time that an infrastructure bill finally appears?
Amid stories of crumbling roads and bridges in...more
In 1996, the U.S. Congress enacted, and President Clinton signed, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act (Libertad) Act (the Helms-Burton Act or the Act).
The Helms-Burton Act was enacted, in part, to “protect...more
FERC Initiates Sweeping Reform of Ratemaking Treatment for Income Taxes -
On March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a series of issuances intended to address the need to reflect the lower...more
4/18/2018
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Clean Air Act ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EU ,
FERC ,
Income Taxes ,
Infrastructure ,
Member State ,
NAFTA ,
Section 232 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Reform ,
Trump Administration
Last week in Richfield, Ohio, before a large crowd of union builders, President Trump heralded his recently announced infrastructure plan. While shedding no new light on the details, he doubled-down on his commitment to make...more
Recently, we described the announcement of President Trump’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan (the “Plan”). Today, we report on what has developed since the ambitious proposal was unveiled.
Current State-of-Play -
Last...more