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UK Budget 2026: What it Means for Our Clients
Chancellor John Healey delivered his first Budget on 28 October 2026, praising the UK economy’s resilience in the face of …
UK Budget 2026: Data Centres and Power Generation
The Chancellor, John Healey, promised to tackle “the big challenges in energy” with a 10 Year Plan. The Government’s headline …
Floating Wind in Italy: Ready to Build, Waiting to Start
The Offshore Wind Revolution conference (“OWR”), this year held in Taranto, Italy, gathered stakeholders from across the value chain to …
Federal Court Preliminarily Enjoins Enforcement of Section 3 of New York’s Algorithmic Rent-Setting Law
In October 2025, New York (the “State”) enacted Senate Bill S7882, adding Section 340-b to the New York General Business …
Powering Progress Episode 13 – Power Is the Product: Negotiating Data Center Leases
As demand for data center capacity continues to accelerate, the real estate agreements behind these projects are changing with it. …
A Blunted Spear: California’s New Single-Firm Conduct Law Falls Short of Its Billing
On September 30, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1776, known as the COMPETE Act (the “Act”), into …
OAL Approves CARB’s Initial Regulation, Locking In November 10, 2026 SB 253 Reporting Deadline
On October 12, 2026, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved the California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) California Corporate …
A New Era of Data Center Infrastructure
The market has been attracting extraordinary investment; new research shows the momentum is durable. Partner Eamon Nolan examined the outlook …
The Nuclear Regulation Bill: a New(clear) Era (Part 3 – Government Objective 2)
On 13 May 2026, it was announced that a Nuclear Regulation Bill would be introduced for discussion in the upcoming …