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Executive Briefing: Latest Updates on Trump Executive Actions

As Trump administration directives emerge, it’s crucial for businesses and other stakeholders to stay informed and adapt their strategies accordingly. We will provide ongoing coverage of these developments and their potential...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Tax: Trump Exits Global Tax Deal and Freezes Green Energy Funds

Since assuming office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has prioritized tax policy, issuing a series of directives aimed at boosting economic growth and advancing the “America First” agenda. On his first day in...more

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President Trump’s Day One Executive Orders: Immediate Impact on U.S. Businesses and Multinationals

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On Monday, President Trump followed through on his promise to sign nearly 100 executive orders on topics ranging from energy and the economy to border security, federal workforce reforms and a host of social issues discussed...more

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Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — January 2025

As we step into the new year, the energy and sustainability landscape continues to shape up. Building on our December analysis, this month we highlight congressional leadership assignments, new legislative initiatives, and...more

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Climate investment is rising fast – but the financing gap to deliver Net Zero is rising faster

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Our second annual study into the scale of the financing needed to decarbonize the global economy reveals the challenge is bigger than previously thought. - Our research shows we are USD6 trillion a year short of what needs...more

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International Legal Developments Year in Review: 2023

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Notable Supreme Court Decisions - In 2023, the Mexican Supreme Court addressed several high-profile decisions asserting the limits between public branches and entities to preserve the constitutional order and to protect...more

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W&I Insurance Likely to Play Increasing Role in Energy and Infrastructure

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Stapled W&I policies and synthetic policies will likely be increasingly common features of E&I transactions, although their feasibility should be assessed case by case. Warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I) is a...more

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Nuclear Energy Agency Announces Publication of the Small Modular Reactor Dashboard

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Dashboard provides analysis of 21 SMR designs and their progress towards deployment and commercialization. The Dashboard looks beyond technology readiness level...more

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Energy Newsletter - May 2021

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Business and Human Rights: Energy and extractives in a changing landscape of new generation trade agreements protecting and promoting both trade and human rights - As allegations of genocide, forced labour, or widespread...more

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National Contact Points in OECD Countries Promote Business & Human Rights in the Extractives Sector

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For over 20 years, a little-known dispute resolution mechanism has facilitated conciliatory ends to numerous human rights and environmental grievances levied against multinational corporations. The OECD’s National Contact...more

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Tax Co-Sourcing & Outsourcing: G&A Considerations

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Outsourcing or co-sourcing tax functions can offer both qualitative and quantitative benefits so tax departments can focus on other areas that may be more beneficial for a company. ...more

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Climate Change & Human Rights Risks to the Energy Industry: National Contact Points & Project Financing

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An increasing number of lawsuits relating to climate change are being filed with courts all around the world. But there is another avenue for pursuing grievances related to climate change that has been relatively unexplored...more

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Bennett Jones Speaks before Senate Committee on Tax Issues for Energy Investments

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On May 29, 2019, Darcy Moch, Greg Johnson and Jared Mackey of Bennett Jones participated on a witness panel before the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade to discuss the application of Bill...more

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Africa Focus: Spring 2019 - Protecting energy sector investors in West Africa

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The Energy Protocol of the Economic Community of West African States seeks to attract power-sector investment - According to the OECD, "Investment treaties were developed to protect investors of one country when investing...more

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Japan Legal Update - Volume 43 | December 2018/January 2019

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Labor - Amendment to Immigration Control Act Introduces New Visa Categories - As of April 1, 2019, most provisions of the "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act," which was amended in part on December 8,...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - December 2018 #3

Energy Companies to Appeal Loss of Forest Service Permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline - "The builders of the $7 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline say they will appeal a federal court ruling that invalidated a permit allowing...more

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From Bull to Bear: What to Make of the Sell-Off in the Crude Oil Market?

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In the last month, crude oil prices have retreated from four-high highs amid concerns of rising oil production worldwide and weakening demand from developing countries despite the U.S. re-imposing sanctions on Iran. The oil...more

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EIA report projects fossil and nuclear fuels will provide 83% of total global energy in 2040.

EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2017 projects that world energy consumption will increase by 28% from 2015 through 2040.  The report provides energy consumption projections for 16 world regions, divided according to...more

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Bonn Climate Talks Discuss Litigation Trend Linking Climate Change and Human Rights

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Climate change has been in the news recently in the wake of the Bonn Climate Talks, which took place between November 6 and 17, 2017. One key take away from the Talks: energy companies must seriously consider potential...more

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Human Rights Considerations & Best Practices for Energy Companies

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International human rights laws and norms are increasingly playing a role in shaping how energy companies conduct their business all over the world. Shareholders increasingly demand compliance with human rights norms;...more

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Latin American Environmental Regulatory Tracker

Notable regional developments abound: Argentina has adopted new hazardous wastes storage rules; Brazil's dangerous good transportation regulations will go into effect shortly; the Chilean Senate unanimously passed a consumer...more

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Australian Infrastructure – The Challenges to 2031

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Released in May 2015 by Infrastructure Australia, the Australian Infrastructure Audit examines our asset base and sets out the needs and challenges facing the Australian infrastructure sector and its participants over the...more

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Federal District Court Ruling in Fukushima Daiichi Case Has Implications for Global Nuclear Liability Management

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A recent ruling in Cooper v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, No. 12-CV-3032, S.D. Cal., Oct. 28, 2014, one of three lawsuits filed in the United States related to the 2011 incident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant,...more

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