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Partner Ryan Carney is speaking at PLI’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2025 taking place May 8 in New York.

Partner Lauren Collins is speaking at PLI's Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2025 taking place April 23 in Chicago.

Vinson & Elkins is a sponsor of the Edison Electric Institute's (EEI) 2025 Spring Legal Conference taking place in Chicago from April 9-11, 2025.

V&E lawyers will discuss a potential wave of DEI and ESG investigations, enforcement actions, and lawsuits from the federal government, state attorneys general, and class action lawyers.

As we previously discussed and in alignment with the U.S. Treasury Department’s previous announcement, on March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that dramatically narrows the reporting requirements for beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).

Join us as Hill Wellford and Mike Scarborough offer insights on antitrust developments affecting the technology industry.

A series of recent actions undertaken by President Biden, near the end of his term, and President Trump, in the early days of his presidency, have called into question a key issue under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) — whether the President can revoke a previous President’s withdrawal of areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) from oil and gas leasing.

The past few years have seen concerted efforts — both domestically and globally — advancing the reporting and disclosure of various climate- and sustainability-related metrics by businesses and investors.

Partner Jenny Speck is presenting an “Overview of Section 45Q, 45V, and 45Z Tax Credits and Applicable Monetization Rules” to the Texas Hydrogen Alliance membership on Tuesday, March 25 at 1pm CT.

On March 19, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued two technical assistance documents (the “DEI Guidance”) addressing the application of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) to employers’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) policies and practices.

The opening days of the 119th U.S. Congress have been marked with congressional action under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to potentially invalidate regulations that were issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the final days of the Biden administration.

On March 14, 2025, President Trump signed legislation disapproving the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation implementing the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.