Key Takeaways:
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will create a sea change in the healthcare landscape.
- This law will make significant changes to federal healthcare programs, especially Medicaid’s financing and eligibility…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance, Taxation
On July 28, 2025, the New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) revealed that they have taken inconsistent and positions with respect to measuring distances between dispensaries and sensitive locations in close…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
The most recent Maine legislative session produced a slate of new major energy-related legal updates. Ranging from sunsetting and recalibrating net energy billing to overhauling renewable portfolio standards and creating a…
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/ Administrative Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On July 28, 2025, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of New York State’s first bulk energy storage competitive solicitation. In this initial solicitation (the 2025 “Index Storage Credit Request for Proposals,” or…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Government Contracting
The U.S. regulatory landscape is quickly evolving and in flux, with the Executive Branch further increasing the use of executive authority to unilaterally and rapidly transform longstanding federal practices and policies. The…
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/ Business Organizations, Energy & Utilities, Indigenous Peoples, International Law & Trade
On July 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced a direct final rule and companion proposal extending several compliance deadlines related to coal combustion residuals (“CCR”). The direct final rule,…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
In the wake of headline-grabbing redomiciles many executives are reevaluating whether to form or maintain their companies in Delaware or to look instead to other jurisdictions such as Nevada and Texas. In this piece, we break…
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/ Business Organizations
We’ve previously covered the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (“DOER”) emergency regulations released last month for the SMART 3.0 Program, which significantly revise DOER’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Key Takeaways:
- On July 4, 2025, “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law, introducing significant expansions of the tax benefits of “qualified small business stock” (“QSBS”) issued on or after July 5,…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Taxation
Earlier this month, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) announced the completion of the RGGI Third Program Review, which resulted in several major changes to the RGGI Model Rule that will shape the program through…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law
As New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s commitment to renewable energy has been challenged both by Washington and by her own Administration’s evolving priorities, she has embarked on a new strategy to elevate the profile of nuclear…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Government Contracting, Science, Computers, & Technology, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
After Foley Hoag’s prior updates regarding the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co and its affiliated debtors (collectively, “23andMe”), the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (the…
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/ Bankruptcy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Privacy
The New York Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) recently took enforcement action against a retailer and manufacturer, resulting in a fine and heightened monitoring for the licensed operators. However, what is most notable is…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law & Contracts
Key Takeaways:
- Executive Order 14312 revokes the six executive orders that formed the foundation of the Syrian Sanctions Program, terminates the national emergency underlying those executive orders and waives and relaxes key…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
A recent decision of the Massachusetts Appeals Court sets an important precedent in favor of solar development in the Commonwealth. In Sunpin Energy Services, LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Petersham, the court unanimously…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
