By: Annemargaret Connolly and Thomas Goslin , WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP Introduction Climate change is arguably the most high-profile and rapidly evolving environmental issue facing the global business community today. Governments of nearly every...

By: Juan M. Arciniegas and Daniel O’Rourke , Vedder Price. Recently, there has been a movement by larger community banks and their regional counterparts (Interested Banks) to engage in derivatives markets. Historically, this is banking space almost...

By: Rebecca G. DiStefano , GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. Overview The U.S. economy was spotlighted during an unprecedented national Presidential election in 2016 with campaign debate focused on the preservation and initiation of new jobs. This topic, of...

By: Christine N. Walz, Cynthia A. Gierhart, and Madelaine J. Harrington The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal statute that mandates public access to certain U.S. government and administrative agency records upon submission of a request...

By: Linda Curtis and Andrew Cheng , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. TAX CONSIDERATIONS—FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND foreign income taxes, as well as other types of taxes such as transfer and property taxes—are a major consideration when determining...