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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Political Risk From Government Interference

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All investments are subject to shifts in business climate and geopolitics, and the whims of the investor and host government alike. For global businesses in 2024, government intervention is increasingly a real and critical...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Public Company Watch: December 2023

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In the December Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including a preview of the SEC’s latest regulatory agenda, an update regarding the Fifth Circuit vacating the SEC’s share repurchase rules,...more

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The Now and Next in International Trade: 5 Fast Facts About CFIUS – a National Security Agency You Should Know

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What does national security have to do with AI, real estate, and even climate change? All are recent focuses for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency body with vast powers to...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Navigating United States Trade Policy to Achieve Climate Targets

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Achieving the nation’s climate targets will require access to raw materials and components along the clean energy and technology supply chains at competitive costs. Currently in the US, these supply chains rely heavily on...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

U.S.-China Policy Update, July 2023 #2

Senate Adopts Outbound Investment NDAA Provision. On July 25, the Senate approved an amendment to the FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) filed by Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Bob Casey (D-PA) that would require...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Holland & Knight Defense Situation Report: October 2022

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Welcome to Holland & Knight's monthly defense news update. We are excited to bring you the latest in defense policy, regulatory updates and other significant developments. ...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Did Putin Sabotage His Own Pipeline? Perhaps He's Not the only Irrational Political Leader

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Blasts were heard at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline last week, and damage to the pipeline itself was detected underwater shortly thereafter. Russian sources indicated that the damage would further delay the delivery of natural...more

King & Spalding

Executive Order Directs CFIUS to Consider National Security Factors

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Ensuring a responsive CFIUS in an evolving national security landscape - On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National Security Risks by the...more

White & Case LLP

Policy shifts may signal a new chapter in the story of globalization

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Globalization may be evolving, as nations and regions reassert their regulatory powers on a wide range of issues including trade, competition and national security. The economic lessons of COVID-19 and growing concerns about...more

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EU/UK Merger Control - Five Trends to Watch in 2022

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2022 is shaping up to be another year of significant merger control and foreign direct investment (“FDI”) developments. The use of Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation (“EUMR”) might jeopardise the European Commission’s...more

Wiley Rein LLP

2BInformed: The EPA’s Impact on Supply Chains and Climate Change, and Defining “Unreasonable Risk”

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On this week’s episode of 2BInformed, Erik Baptist and Charlotte Bertrand discuss critical supply chains, climate change, and the meaning of “unreasonable risk” under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Erik and...more

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Climate Change as a National Security Issue

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Wiley’s Tracye Winfrey Howard, Erik Baptist, and Charlotte Bertrand explore President Biden’s climate initiatives as they relate to national security. They discuss the Administration’s efforts to address climate change...more

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Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch

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President Biden kicked off his administration with an agenda and a flurry of executive orders that will affect government contractors during his administration and potentially longer. The areas of focus impact many aspects of...more

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[Webinar] Biden Administration: The First 100 Days and Key Developments to Watch - August 24th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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President Biden kicked off his administration with an agenda and a flurry of executive orders that will affect government contractors during his administration and potentially longer. The areas of focus impact many aspects of...more

Williams Mullen

Super EO Covers the Climate and Environmental Justice Fields

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On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The order begins by noting that...more

Morgan Lewis

Energy and Climate Update: Day 7 of Biden’s Presidency

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President Joe Biden issued a series of executive orders on January 27 to further confront the “existential threat” of climate change, to reaffirm the executive branch’s commitment to evidence-based policymaking and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Biden Vows to Marry Climate, Jobs on “Climate Day”

As we previewed yesterday morning, January 27 was the Biden administration’s “Climate Day.” Yesterday’s actions—two executive orders and a presidential memorandum—provided further detail on the President’s roadmap for...more

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Environmental Deconfliction 2020: The National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020

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As in prior years, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 contains a variety of provisions setting U.S. Department of Defense priorities for energy, environmental, and natural resource issues. These...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, November 2020 # 15

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In Washington: President-elect Joe Biden began making announcements on who will be hiring for his key White House senior staff, members of his National security and foreign policy teams. Biden's selections include...more

Blank Rome LLP

[Webinar] The Energy Industry After the Election: What to Expect in 2021 and Beyond - December 1st, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET

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The energy industry has been at the forefront of the 2020 election, and energy development is an issue that polarizes Americans and our businesses and political leaders in choosing the path for the future. Energy developments...more

K&L Gates LLP

Trump v. Biden: What Might the Next Four Years Look Like?

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Quickly approaching November 3, 2020, we are in the final days of what is expected to be a contentious and consequential presidential election in the United States. With the whirlwind news cycles at the end of the campaign...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Is Pittsburgh International Airport’s New Energy Microgrid Sustainability In Action Or The Opposite?

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Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) announced this week that it is establishing a microgrid to supply power at the airport, connected to the main electrical power grid in case of emergency but otherwise separate from it. ...more

Hogan Lovells

NIA “In Search of a SpaceX for Nuclear” Talk on the Hill

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On Wednesday Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) hosted a meeting on the Hill about how to enhance the development of nuclear energy by finding its “SpaceX” moment.  The meeting relates to NIA’s new publication, In Seach of a...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Dispatches From Carbon (Fantasy) Land

Greenwire (subscription required) reported yesterday that the White House blocked testimony by Dr. Rod Schoonover of the State Department to the House Intelligence Committee on “The National Security Implications of Climate...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2019 #3

NY Natural Gas Moratorium Due to Lack of Pipelines, but Some in Denial - "The slowing of economic development resulting from New York's political actions is a testament to what happens when energy becomes politicized." ...more

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