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Offshore wind farms: Climate commitments and challenges in the U.S.
International obligations: climate change
At a United Nations climate conference in late 2023, participants championed the successes of climate commitments in previous years. Nevertheless, there was consensus that not enough action has occurred to enable participants to meet the goals…
Texas judge vacates NLRB’s new joint employer rule
In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that lowered the standard for companies to qualify as joint employers. You can read more about the rule here.
On March 8, 2024, a federal judge in…
New U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing enforceability of choice-of-law clauses in maritime contracts, subject to narrow exceptions
The Supreme Court’s decision promotes uniformity and predictability in the interpretation and implementation of maritime contracts.…
Was the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 Legitimately Passed by the House?
Not a question that we thought we would be asking more than a year after the large omnibus package was signed into law by President Biden. But here we are, with a federal judge in Texas ruling on Feb. 27…
Employers take notice: Union representation petitions are spiking in 2024
Employers in all industries should take notice that efforts to unionize appear to be spiking in 2024. Indeed, data made available by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) shows that, in just the first few months of the current fiscal…
SEC Approves Long Awaited Climate Disclosure Rules
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the long awaited and controversial Climate-Related Disclosure Rules. The proposed rules were originally published in March 2022 and have undergone significant revisions since then. Per the SEC,…
Big waves: global autonomous ships market on the rise
International shipping has the potential to undergo an evolution with developments in autonomy—these developments present opportunities to both increase safety and reduce risk to vessel operations. Zulu Associates, a Belgian company which describes itself as an innovator in marine logistics…
Antitrust and Health Care Fraud Enforcers Launch Inquiry into Private Equity Ownership in Health Care
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services jointly announced a cross-government inquiry into the impact of private equity investment and other forms of “corporate greed” in the…
Developments with the UK’s ‘fire and rehire’ clampdown: what’s next?
The practice of fire and rehire has hit the headlines and been the topic of political debate in recent years. While the current UK government has rejected calls to outlaw entirely the practice, in early 2022 it committed to introducing…