The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the annual cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits applicable to certain employer sponsored retirement, welfare and fringe benefit plans for 2025.
A federal district court in Texas issued a preliminary nationwide injunction on December 3, 2024, blocking the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its associated regulations, which require U.S. business entities to report beneficial ownership information to the Treasury Department.
The injunction was granted by Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the U.S. District Court for
In 2021, the Biden Administration set a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (“GW”) of federal offshore wind projects by 2030, and in 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior (“DOI”) set an additional goal of deploying 15 GW of floating offshore wind by 2035.
In keeping with the Governor’s call for the Legislature’s 2024 Third Extraordinary Session, House Bill No. 25 was introduced on Monday seeking to adjust severance tax rates, eliminate exemptions, and modify administrative procedures and dedications of mineral revenues.
On October 26, 2024, Governor Landry issued a Call to Convene the Legislature of Louisiana into Extraordinary Session (the “Call”) to address state tax reform.
On October 29, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that certain businesses in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Francine will have an additional six months to submit beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports
This week, a Maryland federal district court amended its prior Biological Opinion (“BiOP”) vacatur judgment, extending the timeline for vacatur from December 20, 2024, to May 21, 2025, which averts for now a potential shutdown of Gulf of Mexico (“GOM”) oil and gas operations.
On October 9, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the final rule, Vessel Incidental Discharge National Standards of Performance (“VID-NSP”), establishing national performance standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (“VIDA”).
On August 19, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued its merits decision in Sierra Club et al. v. NMFS, API, et al., No. 8:20-cv-03060-DLB, which vacated the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service’s (“NMFS”) 2020 programmatic Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in
The Louisiana Supreme Court has declined to review the First Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling in Rise St. James v. LDEQ, essentially cementing the appellate court’s holding that an analysis of environmental justice (EJ) issues is required under Louisiana’s Public Trust Doctrine.
