December 14, 2022
Volume XII, Number 348
December 14, 2022
– U.S.Department of State to Update Design on Nonimmigrant and…by: Ashley K.Kerr
– Cannon Fire: Newly-Famous Judge Stays All Discovery in TCPA Class…by: Eric J.Troutman
– EPA Announces Proposed RFS for 2023-2025, Will Hold Public Hearing in…
by: Lynn L.
Bergeson and Carla N.
Hutton
– Why Do Law Firms Need CRM? by: CRM News and Updates, Lawmatics
– This California Rule by: Keith Paul Bishop
– UK Parliament Considers Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill…by: Emma Thomson
December 13, 2022
– DOL Issues Final Rule Amending Investment Duties Regulation –…by: James Frazier
– Renewed Era of Crypto Assets Growth in Hong Kong by: Jay Lee
– Division I Universities Must Be Ready for Changes to the NCAA…by: Paul V.Kelly
– Damages in Pre-Certification Discovery are Premature, Discovery…by: Jenniffer Cabrera
– When Chains Change, Do NFTs Stay The Same? How Hard Forks May Affect…
by: Jason H.Finger
– COVID-19: A Roadmap to Fraud Investigations: Office of Inspector…by: Stephen D.Bittinger
– Update: OFCCP Plans to Disclose EEO-1 Data for Non-Objecting…
by: Abby M.Warren
– DOJ Antitrust Division and HHS OIG Enter into Partnership to Increase…by: Diane Hazel
– Can Discovery Be Compelled from a Party? Possession, Custody, Control…
by: Kathryn C.Cole
– Weekly Bankruptcy Alert December 13, 2022 by: Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
– All Things Chemical® Podcast: TSCA Regulation of Articles: The Saga…by: Lynn L.Bergeson
– Energy & Sustainability M&A Activity — December 2022 by: Thomas R.Burton, III and Sahir Surmeli
– Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — December 2022 by: Brad M.Scheller
– SEC Reopens Proposal on Stock Buyback Rules by: Erin Reeves McGinnis
– Chips Chatter: December 5-12, 2022 by: Pablo E.Carrillo and Ludmilla L.
Kasulke
– How Many Behavioral Advertising Trackers Do Websites Deploy Currently? by: David A.Zetoony
– FRB Proposes Climate-Related Financial Risk Management Principles by: Daniel Meade
– Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — December 2022 by: Jacob H.Hupart
– Cross Border Recognition, 25 years on: the view from each side of the…by: Michelle N.Saney
– A New Era of Technology in the Private Markets by: Louis Lehot and Christopher Converse
– New York City Postpones Enforcement of Automated Employment Decision…by: Simone R.D.Francis
– New Law Seeks To Curtail Coerced Debts by: Keith Paul Bishop
– Republican SEC Commissioners Continue to Criticize Proposed Climate…
by: Jacob H.
Hupart
December 12, 2022
– Raters gonna rate…but there’s a bright side! by: Daniel B.Guggenheim
– SEC Awards More than $20 Million to Whistleblower by: Mary Jane Wilmoth
– Estate Planning for Football Season Ticket Holders by: Katherine M.Szymanski and Rebecca K.
Wrock
– American Hospital Association Urges DEA to Issue Special Registration…by: Nathaniel M.
Lacktman
– EPA Announces $25.7 Million in Grants to Support Water Systems in…by: EPA
– Weekly IRS Roundup December 5 – December 9, 2022 by: Tax Practice Group McDermott Will Emery
– CMS Announces Strategy on Value-Based Payments for Specialty Care by: Anahita Anvari
– DOL Proposes Self-Correction Option and Other Changes to Voluntary…by: Justin S Alex
– The City of Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week Ordinance Requires…by: Tomi Oshita
– Recent Developments in Telehealth Enforcement by: Sara Helene Shanti and Danielle Vrabie
– ESG INVESTING AND PROXY VOTING: DOL’S NEW FINAL RULE by: Kristina M.Zanotti and Ruth E.Delaney
– IN A NEW YORK MINUTE, Telemarketing Laws Are Changing! by: Angelika Munger
– More Places, Less Spaces: California is Driving Down Development Costs by: Amanda S.Lee
– Bereavement Leave Becomes Mandatory in the Golden State by: Kaleb N.
Berhe
– New Year Brings New Laws for Illinois Employers by: Mikela T.Sutrina and Katherine H.Oblak
– Decision in U.S.
v.Holland by: Gabriel L.Imperato
– Top Five Labor Law Developments for November 2022 by: Jonathan J.Spitz and Richard F.
Vitarelli
– “Cold-Pressed Juice” Lawsuit Permanently Dismissed by: Food and Drug Law at Keller and Heckman
– USPTO Releases New Guidelines Shortening the Response Deadline in…by: Luna M.Samman
– ‘No Exit’: SEC Sanctions Investment Adviser for Impeding…by: Peter D.Hutcheon
– TradeTalk China: December 2 – December 9, 2022 by: Pablo E.Carrillo and Ludmilla L.Kasulke
– $10.3 Million in Grants Awarded to Improve the Health of Long Island…
by: EPA
– RE-STRUC: Tax Changes as of 2023 by: Thomas van der Vliet and Louisa van Isselmuden
– The CAC Assessment Collection – Part 2: What Must Be Done Before…
by: Amigo L.Xie and Dan Wu
– Here We Go Again: Lesser Prairie-Chicken Re-Listed Under the…by: Karma B.Brown and Linda Trees
– What’s more common: opt-in, opt-out, or notice cookie banners? by: David A.Zetoony
– An Unstoppable Force Meets an Immovable Object: Microsoft to Fight…by: Jonathan Rubin
– Who Qualifies As An Expert Witness? by: Keith Paul Bishop
December 11, 2022
EPA Announces Proposed RFS for 2023-2025, Will Hold Public Hearing in January
On December 1, 2022, the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a multi-part proposal that will build on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program and seek to advance the priorities of energy security, less pollution, and consumer protection.The RFS “Set” proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of modifications intended to strengthen and expand the program.
EPA states that this proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation’s fuel supply for 2023, 2024, and 2025.EPA notes that because the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) does not include volumes after 2022, this is the first time that EPA is setting these proposed biofuel volume targets without using those outlined in statute.According to EPA, when setting biofuel volumes for years after 2022, EPA must consider a variety of factors specified in the statute, including costs, air quality, climate change, implementation of the program to date, energy security, infrastructure issues, commodity prices, and water quality and supply.
EPA is seeking comment on the proposed volumes and how to balance appropriately these factors so that the program works for renewable fuel growers and producers, refiners and the union workers who operate these facilities, and fuel consumers.According to EPA, because the rule is an opportunity to take a “fresh look” at many aspects of the program, EPA is also seeking comment on how the rule can intersect with continued viability of domestic oil refining assets, including merchant refineries, how best to support novel fuels like sustainable aviation fuels and clean hydrogen, and how to account for the new and updated incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act.
EPA will also propose new regulations governing the generation of qualifying renewable electricity made from renewable biomass that is used for transportation fuel in electric vehicles.EPA seeks comment on this new component of the RFS program that would tie electricity generation from renewable biomass into the program for the first time.EPA has posted a pre-publication version of the proposed rule.
Comments on the proposed rule are due February 10, 2023.
EPA will hold a virtual public hearing on January 10, 2023, on its proposed rule.87 Fed.
Reg.76194.If necessary, EPA will hold an additional session on January 11, 2023.EPA asks that all attendees register by January 3, 2023..