On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) into law. Congress passed the OBBBA through budget reconciliation, a special legislative process that allows Congress to advance…
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/ Business Organizations, Energy & Utilities, Taxation, Real Estate - Commercial
On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) hosted a roundtable on executive compensation disclosure requirements. As noted in prior Insights, the SEC convened the roundtable to evaluate the…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Securities Law
On July 1, 2025, a little over two weeks after the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title (the “Initial Senate Draft”), the U.S. Senate secured sufficient votes to advance its version of the “One Big Beautiful…
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/ International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Securities Law
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1 119th Congress) (“OBBB”) into law. OBBB made changes to various tax provisions – including tax rates, modification of treatment of state and local…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Taxation
As a part of Vinson & Elkins’ Texas Business Court Quarterly Update, the following update summarizes the Texas Business Court opinions—categorized by primary issue—that have been released since September 1, 2024 through the…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Since the FTC’s updated HSR rules took effect, merger filings have become more complex, time-consuming, and risk-sensitive.
In this brief video, Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz explains how the new framework is changing the way…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
The Texas Legislature was active this Session in proposing and passing bills that seek to restrict foreign ownership of real estate and businesses in Texas. Before this session, Texas did not have state-level restrictions on…
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/ Agriculture, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate - Commercial
The Delaware Supreme Court’s June 17, 2025 decision in In re Columbia Pipeline Group Merger Litigation reversed a $199 million damages award against TC Energy for aiding and abetting breaches by fiduciaries of Columbia Pipeline…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Torts, Securities Law
At a recent Practising Law Institute (PLI) webinar on antitrust, over 250 legal professionals joined to hear from three antitrust leaders: Nicole Castle, Zach Terwilliger, and Craig Seebald. In this Q&A, they explore what’s…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The California State Assembly recently unveiled legislation (“AB 325”) designed to strengthen California antitrust enforcement in two ways. First, the proposed statute would impose heavy restrictions on — and under some…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Science, Computers, & Technology
The federal government is continuing to implement President Donald Trump’s Unleashing American Energy mandate to promote domestic energy and infrastructure projects. On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
On June 5, 2025—in the midst of heightened scrutiny of diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) initiatives triggered by executive orders issued by President Trump as well as various federal agency guidance—the Supreme Court…
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/ Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
As we previously noted last month, the SEC is hosting a roundtable on the executive compensation disclosure requirements on June 26, 2025. In advance of the roundtable, the SEC has finalized and released a detailed agenda and…
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/ Administrative Law, Securities Law
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title for inclusion in the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBBA”). While the Senate draft…
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/ Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation
