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This brief guide provides updates on the impact of COVID-19 on merger control reviews around the world. Please see full Publication below for more information....By: Latham & Watkins LLP

In our blog of 3 September 2020, we brought you news of the challenge to the recent changes to the Use Classes Order and the Permitted Development Rights (“PDR”) regime....By: Hogan Lovells

The results of a recently published study show that construction workers in Texas were more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to the general population. An equally problematic finding is that the increased hospitalization of construction workers resulted in greater community spread of COVID-19....By: Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

This is our Quarterly Corporate / M&A Decisions Update for decisions in Q3 2020. This update is designed to highlight selected important M&A, corporate, and commercial court decisions on a quarterly basis. Brief summaries of each decision appear below with links to more robust discussions....By: Hogan Lovells

Today, after remarking at a press conference that Pennsylvania will not return to its prior color-coded system of COVID-19 risk mitigation practices for counties ( i.e. red, yellow and green), the Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania issued two new statewide health orders affecting construction firms and construction activities. These orders, which apply to a full range of businesses throughout the state, are designed to address a rise in incidence of the disease and involve....

This presentation provides a general overview of market changes that have occurred in the upstream oil and gas space in 2020. It further identifies alternative structures for acquiring or divesting distressed upstream oil and gas assets. It also focuses on general market dynamics with respect to bankruptcy or 363 processes in the upstream oil and gas space....By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

Are you positioning your business for growth or consolidation opportunities in 2021? Join Balch & Bingham’s Houston lawyers to hear their perspectives on how to plan now to achieve next year’s goals and maximize potential opportunities in the energy/oil & gas sectors. During this one-hour webinar we will discuss: - The emerging trends in energy in Texa - The key drivers behind M&A activity today - Current landscape in capital markets for oil & gas companies - Latest on private equity -....

Earlier this week, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The Court did so with a two-sentence order stating that an opinion would follow. The order was issued hours after oral argument. Why the hurry?...By: Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Recently, in Cross v. L-M Asphalt Partners, Ltd., the Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a contractor’s immunity from suit for negligence, where the contractor complied with the contract and construction specifications provided by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Divisions of Construction Procurement (KYTC). The case arose from a collision between a motorcycle and a car at an intersection where construction was being performed......By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Chinese real estate lenders lift APAC high yield bond issuance after an active Q3 - Leveraged finance in APAC (excl. Japan) showed signs of recovery in Q3 2020. The high yield market drove the rebound, which was tempered by a drop in leveraged loan activity....By: White & Case LLP