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12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 9 – The Economic Development Edge — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Practical IP Lessons From the Field Part Two: Navigating IP Risk in Oil & Gas - Energy Law Insights
Investing in Resilience: How Extreme Weather is Reshaping Infrastructure Investment and Risk
AI Boom and What the Future Holds - Data Centers Series
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup - Episode 6: Higher Education
Watt's Up, ERCOT? — Battery + Storage Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Solar Finance Under the Microscope — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Practical IP Lessons From the Field Part One: Protecting Innovation in Oil & Gas - Energy Law Insights
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Solar Finance Under the Microscope — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Project Catalyst: An Economic Development Podcast | Episode 18: The Triad’s Economic Momentum with Marvin Price of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Strategies for Mitigating Data Center Development Delays - Data Centers Series
Power Struggles: Innovating Around Energy Challenges in U.S./International Data Center Development — Data Centers Series
Are AI Data Centers the New Power Centers?
[Panel] Regulatory Crosscurrents: PFAS, CARB, and the Future of Environmental Enforcement
Power Play: Navigating EPA's New Rulebook - Energy Law Insights
NASA to Grid: The Journey of Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries With Majid Keshavarz, EnerVenue — Battery + Storage Podcast
New Upstream Pit Permitting Rules — Energy Law Insights
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California water right holders have until January 31, 2026 to electronically file their annual water use and diversion reports to the State Water Resources Control Board’s new California Water Accounting, Tracking, and...more
Pursuing a record high civil penalty from a pipeline operator involved in a major oil spill, the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) sent a powerful New Year’s message...more
Summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's monthly open meeting to be held on January 22, 2026, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on January 15, 2026....more
In an action widely anticipated by the regulated community, on January 6, 2026, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published in the Federal Register a rule (Final Rule) adopting, without changes, the interim final...more
Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR International Trade Report, Blank Rome’s monthly digital newsletter highlighting international trade, cross-border investment, and geopolitical risk issues impacting businesses...more
On January 15, 2026, National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) Chairman and US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, NEDC Vice Chairman and US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and the governors of the states located in the PJM...more
On January 14, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accepted new rules proposed by Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) regarding the interconnection of High Impact Large Loads (HILLs) and the interconnection of...more
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Cactus establishes a default rule that produced water belongs to the mineral lessee absent express lease language, but leaves unresolved critical questions that will drive future disputes over classification, conveyance, and...more
The removal of Nicolás Maduro is a major enforcement milestone, but it has not resulted in regime change in Venezuela. Instead, power has transferred to figures closely tied to the existing system, and U.S. policy appears...more
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In the first half of 2025, the Middle East’s M&A deal volumes grew by 19% — a significant growth relative to global M&A — according to analysis by professional services provider PwC....more
As the global data center and related power infrastructure build-out continues at an unprecedented pace, the magnitude of the required capital is measured not in millions or billions but in trillions of dollars. J.P. Morgan...more
Echoing recent rulings from the District Court for the District of Columbia, on January 16, 2026, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Dominion Energy’s request for a preliminary injunction, lifting...more
Welcome to the Shipping and Energy Year in Review 2025 from the London office of Haynes Boone. As editor of our quarterly newsletter, I am delighted to bring together, in one place, the alerts, articles, publications and...more
In Ageron Energy LLC v. ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD Justice Busby authored a concurring opinion in the denial of a petition for review to the Supreme Court in which he criticized the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals...more
RUSSIA - UK Government amends one entry to the UK sanctions list under the Russian regime: On January 16, 2026, OFSI amended the entry for John Michael Ormerod on the UK sanctions list under the Russia regime. This...more
Fairfax County, Virginia, advanced a zoning ordinance amendment that would for the first time define and regulate large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS). The Board of Supervisors scheduled public hearings on the...more
On 12 January 2026, the Australian Federal Government announced new details in relation to its proposed Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve (the Reserve) which will secure the supply of key minerals vital for Australia’s...more
On Friday, President Donald Trump—together with governors across key Mid-Atlantic Region states—announced a new initiative aimed at addressing soaring electricity demand driven by large‑scale AI and cloud‑computing data...more