As our colleagues recently published on our Trade Practitioner blog, on May 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the agency tasked with administering the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), published a Proposed Rule (
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) was enacted on November 15, 2021, yet the funding process is dynamic and evolving weekly. In fact, some programs have yet to be established. Unlike the COVID-relief packages in recent years, through which funding was
Walking through LaGuardia Airport in 2023, you might forget that just a few years ago the terminals were woefully out of date. Featuring leaky roofs and cramped waiting areas, the Wall Street Journal commented that the old terminal B at
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expanded its body of offshore wind energy rulings and held that the Jones Act did not prohibit a foreign flagged vessel from transporting and installing scour protection (i.e. rocks) on the bottom of the
Over the course of one week in mid-December, the Democrat-appointed majority members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) significantly altered the labor law landscape for employers by issuing a flurry of high visibility, much anticipated decisions.
A key federal rule was recently amended that will impact environmental due diligence in real estate transactions. Real estate developers, lenders, and others are working to adjust their approaches to conform to the new American Society for Testing and Materials (“ASTM”)
As we end the first quarter of 2023, it’s safe to say no one could have anticipated the myriad of challenges that now face public-private partnership (“P3”) deals. Inflation continues unabated, while interest rates continue to rise. Supply chains are complicated and
President Biden recently used his first veto to preserve the Department of Labor rule permitting ERISA retirement plan fiduciaries to consider ESG factors in their clients’ retirement investment portfolios so long as such considerations are relevant to a risk and
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently held that a foreign flagged vessel could install electric transmission cables without violating the coastwise laws. This decision reflects a growing body of CBP rulings that address whether a Jones Act compliant vessel
It has been well documented that the world is facing multiple environmental problems. One such issue is that of biodiversity loss as populations grow and urbanisation takes hold. England has sought to challenge this global threat at the local level
