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Lauren Collins is speaking on Dakota Ridge Capital's live virtual expert panel "Trump's Energy & Tax Policy 2025" on Thursday, December 5, at 11:30am ET.

After a three-year crackdown on the use of “ephemeral” electronic messaging platforms by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under Chair Gary Gensler, early indications are that the incoming Trump administration may abandon the Gensler-era practice of repeated industry-wide probes into employee use of off-channel communications.

When President-Elect Donald J. Trump takes office on January 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ” or the “Department”) is certain to be at the center of the action and conversation in Washington, D.C.—just as it was on January 20, 2017.

On November 19, Vinson & Elkins hosted an insightful program where we discussed the expectations and procedural steps involved in the transition to a new administration.

On November 14, Vinson & Elkins hosted an Energy Regulatory Conference in its Houston office.

On November 7, Vinson & Elkins hosted an Energy Transition and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Conference in its New York office.

As Vinson & Elkins prepares to host its “Energy Transition and IRA Conference” in New York on November 7, 2024 (just two days after the upcoming presidential election), we ask ourselves, where have we been and where might we be going with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the IRA)?