Candidates on both sides of the U.S. political aisle have signaled a new direction for U.S. trade policy. The UK vote to leave the European Union will fuel the debate. Possibilities include increased tariffs on specific trading partners, and greater restrictions on movements of goods, services, capital and people. Such developments promise to significantly alter […]
Government shut-down, climate change, inverse condemnation, energy & commodity regulation and enforcement – 2019 looks to be a pretty tumultuous year with lots of change. Please join us for an in-depth discussion on evolving regulatory, transactional and business issues facing U.S. and international energy and commodities market participants. LUNCHEON KEYNOTE Dan Berkovitz, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures […]
Join representatives from three countries for a discussion of issues currently impacting energy trade among the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Led by representatives of BLG (Canada), Creel (Mexico) and Sidley (U.S.), this half-day program will explore: The prospects for eliminating transportation bottlenecks from Canada to the U.S., including Keystone XL and Enbridge Line 3 The […]
As of January 1, 2020, companies have new obligations to report releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) based on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Reporting Year 2020. The NDAA added reporting obligations for 172 individual PFAS chemicals. This potentially impacts any company using any of these […]
Companies are increasingly focusing on the “E” of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues to identify paths for addressing climate change risks and sustainability as part of their business models. Pressure from a wide array of stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers, governmental entities, and the communities in which they operate, are driving companies to […]
An ELI & Sidley Austin LLP Co-Sponsored Webinar The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has long governed federal pesticide law under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA has a broad reach, overseeing conventional insecticides, but also plant growth regulators, antimicrobial surface disinfectants, pesticide “devices” like germicidal ultraviolet light systems or ozone generators, and […]
Employers seeking to return workers safely must contend with a rapidly expanding marketplace of pesticide products advertised to fight SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19. Some of these products violate federal and state pesticide law and subject businesses to regulatory risk given intense scrutiny at federal and state levels. Use of products to treat workplaces […]