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Senate Draft Tax Provisions Impacting REITs and Foreign Investors

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…more
 /  Elections & Politics, International Law & Trade, Real Estate - Commercial, Taxation

Updates to IRA Tax Benefits Found in Senate Finance Committee Draft of 2025 Reconciliation Bill

In the afternoon of June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee (“SFC”) released its proposed legislative text of the tax title for the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” H.R. Con. Res. 14, 119th Cong. (2025) (the “Reconciliation Bill”)…more
 /  Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Taxation

EPA Aims to Boost Biofuels Production in Proposed RFS Set 2 Rule

On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its proposed “Set 2” rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program (the “Set 2 Rule”). The Set 2 Rule proposes renewable volume obligations…more
 /  Agriculture, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law

DOJ Resumes FCPA Enforcement with a New “America First” Focus on Energy and Other Vital National Interests — Creating Opportunities for U.S. Companies to Seize

On June 9, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) will resume investigating and prosecuting violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the…more
 /  Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade

EPA Proposes to Repeal Biden-era Regulations Governing Air Toxic Emissions from Coal- and Oil-Fired Power Plants

On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule to repeal the amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (“MATS”) adopted by the Biden administration in 2024. These amendments…more
 /  Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law

File Early or Risk Denial: iRhythm IPR Institution Denial Underscores the Importance of Filing IPR Petitions Sooner Rather Than Later

On June 6, 2025, the Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), Coke Morgan Stewart, issued a decision denying institution of five inter partes review (“IPR”) petitions filed by iRhythm, Inc…more
 /  Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property

Power Move: EPA Proposes GHG Rules Repeal

On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule that, if finalized, would repeal all greenhouse gas (“GHG”) standards for the power sector. Further, the principles underlying the…more
 /  Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law

Commercial Considerations Related to the Shift in Syrian Sanctions Policy

On May 23, 2025, General License 25 (“GL 25” or the “General License”) was issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), suspending a wide array of sanctions against Syria. Similarly,…more
 /  Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade

Build Once, Comply Twice: The EU AI Act’s Next Phase is Around the Corner

The European Union has kicked off a new era of AI regulation. With the Artificial Intelligence Act (“the Act”), which went into force on August 1, 2024, the EU has established the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for…more
 /  Administrative Law, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology

Texas Progresses Toward CCS Primacy

This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took the penultimate step to granting Texas the authority to directly issue Class VI permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act’s Underground Injection Control (UIC)…more
 /  Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law

[Webinar] The Challenges of Innovating to Accommodate the Energy Demands of Data Center Projects Without Compromising Net Zero - June 24th, 9:30 am - 10:30 am CT

This webinar will cover the uptick in project investments in both the data center and carbon emission sectors, the competing demands and desire for vast and continuous power and the inevitable disputes that arise from these…more
 /  Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Science, Computers, & Technology

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Ownership of Salt Caverns

On May 16, 2025, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision ruling that, absent specific contractual language, surface owners retain ownership of the caverns created by salt mining operations. The issue of ownership of salt…more
 /  Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial

English Court of Appeal Dismisses Application for Judicial Review on Carbon Capture Project at Net Zero Teesside

In welcome news for developers and stakeholders in new carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) and fossil-fueled energy transition projects, on 22 May 2025, England’s Court of Appeal dismissed an application for judicial…more
 /  Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade

Justice Department’s “Civil Rights Fraud Initiative” Increases False Claims Act Risks Related to Alleged Discrimination

On May 19, 2025, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memorandum announcing the creation of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Fraud Initiative (the Initiative), which directs DOJ attorneys to utilize the…more
 /  Civil Rights, Education Law, Real Estate - Residential

SEC Chairman Decrypts the Regulatory Future of Crypto Asset Markets

On May 12, 2025, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”), Paul Atkins, announced his plan to “develop a rational regulatory framework for crypto asset markets” during his keynote…more
 /  Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
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