In the world of AI, a month is an eternity. In my last article, just over a month ago, I wrote about the much-discussed proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state AI laws. Ultimately, the Senate voted against it,…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
On July 15, 2025, the Department of Interior (DOI) issued a memorandum titled, “Departmental Review Procedures for Decisions, Actions, Consultations, and other Undertakings Related to Wind and Solar Energy Facilities” (the…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
Last month, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) proposed changes to its rules on site certificate amendments in OAR 345 Division 27. These rules govern the process by which the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) and…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed ”An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (formerly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) (the Act), comprehensive tax reform legislation that…
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/ Business Organizations, International Law & Trade, Taxation
Since the Oval Office transition in January – and the rapid shifts in law, policy, and economic uncertainty that followed – my colleagues and I frequently field a variation of the same question: Is this a force majeure under my…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued Order 08-2025 and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a Bulletin explaining the Secretary’s Order. Importantly for federal contractors,…
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/ Administrative Law, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
In its recent decision in Waterkeeper Alliance v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 23-636 (9th Cir. June 18, 2025), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The White House today issued an Executive Order that requires the Treasury Department to “issue new and revised guidance * * * to ensure that policies concerning the ‘beginning of construction’ are not circumvented, including by…
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/ Construction Law, Energy & Utilities, Taxation
After weeks of negotiations and multiple rounds of changes and political negotiation, Congress today passed The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”). The Act makes a number of significant changes to the tax credits available…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Taxation
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas invalidated provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule To Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy (2024 Rule) in the case of Purl v. United States Dep’t of…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
If tracking AI legislation is giving you whiplash, you’re not the only one…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (the “Guidance”). This Guidance updates the 2019 guidance to federal antitrust…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications & Media Law, Science, Computers, & Technology
In the post-COVID world of construction, industry analysts and participants have focused considerable attention on material price escalation concerns and impacts caused by raw material shortages, supply chain issues, and…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Labor & Employment Law
A contract’s limitation of liability or “LOL” clause is often the subject of considerable attention and negotiation between contracting parties and frequently arises during the contract drafting process in which owners,…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Professional Malpractice
In a significant decision interpreting the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado on May 29, 2025. For certain…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
