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About a year ago, we wrote about a rise in enforcement of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") Vessel General Permit ("VGP"). In the words of one EPA attorney, that was "just the beginning" and we have continued to see more aggressive reviews of VGP compliance and penalty demands, particularly on the U.S. West Coast.

Over a two week period at the end of January and beginning of February, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) proposed new rules and rule amendments that...

There is an increasing legislative trend towards holding companies accountable for their own ESG practices as well as those of business partners within their supply chain. ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have quickly become a part of the Wall Street vernacular, but until recently, they were rare. In fact, the New York Stock Exchange went 10 years without listing a SPAC until 2017. The last year, however, saw a dramatic rise in their use, both in number and in profile. In 2020 alone, 248 public offerings occurred by way of a SPAC, representing 7...