By: Mark A. Chertok and Elizabeth Knauer This article discusses considerations for developers contemplating the purchase or development of real property that contains or is likely to contain regulated wetlands. The presence of regulated wetlands on...

By: Po Yi , Venable LLP. When your client plans to create new content or use existing third-party content in a new work, it must conduct a review to ensure that it is permitted to use the material. This review is known as rights clearance. UNAUTHORIZED...

ADAPTED FROM ENERGY LAW AND TRANSACTIONS , David J. Muchow and William A. Mogel , General Editors, 3 Energy Law and Transactions 71.01-71.04 This article explains the regulatory framework under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA...

By: Anna Pinedo, Brian Hirshberg , and Raffi Garnighian, Mayer Brown LLP In connection with a registered securities offering, the underwriters of the offering typically enter into an underwriting agreement with the issuer of the securities and any selling...

By: Timothy Murray , Murray, Hogue & Lannis. There are innumerable articles, books, and seminars that offer guidance on contract drafting style. Among many other things, they typically counsel drafters to avoid legalese, redundancy, inconsistency...