On April 14, 2025, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) obtained a high-profile “wage-fixing” conviction under the Sherman Act against a former executive of multiple home health care agencies (“HHAs”). A federal jury convicted…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Criminal Law, Labor & Employment Law
Two parallel regulatory regimes for deep-sea mining have begun to emerge in recent years. On the one hand, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United…
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/ Environmental Law, International Law & Trade, Maritime Law
The Texas Legislature has been debating several bills aimed at boosting dispatchable power in ERCOT while erecting new economic and permitting barriers for renewables. Texas lawmakers have expressed their growing concerns about…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Not long after starting his second term, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced tariffs on numerous imports from some of the nation’s major trading counterparties, with tariff amounts varying depending on the country and…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts, International Law & Trade
The recent tariffs imposed by the Trump administration mark a significant shift in U.S. trade policy that is expected to have a wide-ranging impact across multiple sectors, including in the energy sector. While the…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
On March 1, 2025, the Texas Business Court (the “Business Court”) implemented new local rules aimed at enhancing the efficiency and fairness of business dispute resolutions. Key changes include new provisions involving…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Procedure, Science, Computers, & Technology
On April 8 and 9, 2025, President Donald Trump issued five Presidential Actions (four Executive Orders and one Proclamation, collectively “Presidential Actions”) for the purposes of ensuring adequate and reliable energy…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Protecting American Energy From State Overreach” (the “Executive Order”), which directs the United States Attorney General to identify and halt the enforcement…
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/ Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Please join Vinson & Elkins, Gray Analytics, and keynote speaker Stacy Bostjanick of the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer for a CLE discussing the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification…
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/ Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology
Delaware amended the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) to create safe harbors for transactions involving directors, officers and controlling stockholders and to limit both the documents subject to and the purposes of…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Securities Law
The below article is a summary of the Energy-related Executive Orders that have been issued this week by the Administration. Vinson & Elkins will provide a detailed substantive analysis of the Orders for clients in the coming…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Lithium continues to be a rising star of the natural resources world, and Texas is working to stay on top of the legal issues related to the extraction of lithium from produced water and brine. In this update, we discuss three…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
In a move that perhaps comes as no surprise, on March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “the Commission”) issued Press Release 2025-58 announcing it had voted to end its defense of its climate-related…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Securities Law
As we previously discussed and in alignment with the U.S. Treasury Department’s previous announcement, on March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that dramatically narrows…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, International Law & Trade
A series of recent actions undertaken by President Biden, near the end of his term, and President Trump, in the early days of his presidency, have called into question a key issue under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act…
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/ Constitutional Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
