Speaker: "Data Center Infrastructure Agreements," 2026 VWWAA Annual Meeting, April 13, 2026
Speaker: "Navigating Protest Response Law in Virginia," Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, 2026 Spring Conference, April 10, 2026
Co-author: "At a glance: key environmental legislation in USA (District of Columbia, North Carolina, Virginia)," Lexology, December 2, 2025
Panelist: Private Equity Task Force, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy Annual Meeting, October 27, 2025
Speaker: "Use and Misuse of Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Courts," Frank Dunham Criminal Defense Conference, April 11, 2025
Speaker: "Advanced Negotiation Skills," 56th University of Richmond Professional Executive Leadership School, March 18, 2025
Co-author: An Emerging Risk of Allegations of Insider Trading, Interglobix Magazine, April 30, 2023
Speaker: Far-Reaching Russian Sanctions in the U.S. and an unprecedented speed in enforcement, Webinar, April 2022
Author: "Legal Intricacies of Sustainable Energy," InterGlobix Magazine, September 2021
Author: "Energy, Environment and The Edge – The Decentralized Future of the Data Center," InterGlobix Magazine, December 2020
Author: "The Risk and Uncertainty of Current Times," InterGlobix Magazine, July 31, 2020
Speaker: Henrico Internet Infrastructure Webinar, July 30, 2020
Speaker: Internet Infrastructure Webinar: Data Centers Air Permitting and Compliance Considerations and Operational Challenges, June 17, 2020
Speaker: Business Interruption Coverage for the Internet Infrastructure Industry, June 10, 2020
Speaker: Internet Infrastructure Issues: The Future of the Data Center, May 20, 2020
Speaker: Internet Infrastructure Issues: Data Centers 101 Water Footprint and Consumption, Webinar, May 6, 2020
Speaker: Internet Infrastructure Issues: Data Centers 101 Environmental Health and Safety, Webinar, April 22, 2020
Author: Tax Act May Spur More Investment in RNG, Biogas Projects, Biomass Magazine, March 7, 2018
Author: Public Utilities - Renewable Energy, Handbook of Virginia Local Government Law, 2018
Panelist: "Who Decides?," U.S. Chamber of Commerce Joint Fall Committee Meeting, December 9, 2015
Co-author: "Unmanned Aerial Systems and the Utility of the Future," NACWA The Water Voice, June 17, 2015
Co-author: "The Utility of the Future at Work: Biomethane as New Sources of Energy & Income," NACWA The Water Voice, March 11, 2015
Panelist: Fertilizer or Solid Waste: How far does RCRA spread?, ELI Professional Practice Webinar, February 26, 2015
Co-presenter: EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard: New Pathways, New Opportunities?, Bloomberg BNA Webinar, November 6, 2014
Co-author: "Environment 2014: Water Issues," EPA Administrative Law Reporter, March 2014
Co-Presenter: "Biosolids: Legal Challenges to Land Application and Policy Considerations for Utilities of the Future," Hot Topics in Clean Water Law, NACWA Web Seminar, January 22, 2014
Co-author: "Requirements for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems In Virginia," Bill of Particulars, October 2013
ARTICLES
June 18, 2026
Why the Supreme Court and a Missouri Class Action Decide Roundup’s Price Together
Bayer is defending Roundup on two tracks at once, and the market should read them together. On one track, the Supreme Court will decide in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell whether federal pesticide law bars a state failure-to-warn verdict the EPA never required. On the other, a Missouri state court is weighing a proposed $7.25 billion class settlement that would resolve most of the remaining cases by contract. The ruling sets the rule. The settlement sets the number. Neither is independent of the other.
June 17, 2026
Edward D. Jones & Co. agreed to a $125,000 fine and a censure to settle FINRA charges that it had failed to report approximately 2.7 million fractional-share liquidations to a FINRA trade reporting facility. The matter resolved through a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver, and Consent, the negotiated procedure by which a firm consents to FINRA’s findings to resolve a disciplinary action without litigating it. The firm also paid the regulatory transaction fees owed on the unreported trades.
May 19, 2026
A contractor wins two awards from the Army. The solicitations arrive on the government’s commercial-items form and say nothing about performance or payment bonds. The contractor agrees to design a laundry facility and build a communications shelter, prices the work as a commercial buy, and signs. A month after award the contracting officer demands bonds the contract never mentioned. Two years of delay and a six-figure dispute follow, over clauses that appear nowhere in the executed agreement. The Federal Circuit held the bonds binding anyway. Because the work was construction, the bonding requirement expressed settled procurement policy and entered the contract by operation of law.
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[1]K-Con, Inc. v. Sec’y of the Army, 908 F.3d 719 (Fed. Cir. 2018).
May 19, 2026
On May 4, residents of Bristow gathered to tell Dominion Energy no. Their target was a single substation, expanded to push more electricity toward the data centers spreading across Northern Virginia. They called the rally “People Over Power.” Two weeks later, the utility they had come to protest agreed to be sold.
May 19, 2026
Parties do not usually surrender after they win. On May 18, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission did.
For fifty-four years, the SEC conditioned nearly every enforcement settlement on one promise: the defendant would never publicly deny the agency’s allegations. Settle, pay the penalty and move on. Never tell the public the case was wrong. Critics called it the gag rule.
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May 18, 2026
This Term, the Supreme Court will decide whether a farmer, applicator or homeowner who develops cancer after using a federally registered pesticide may hold the manufacturer liable under state law for failing to warn of that risk — or whether federal law forecloses the claim. The question in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, No. 24-1068 (U.S. argued Apr. 27, 2026), is narrow on its face and consequential in fact. Tens of thousands of Roundup claims are pending in state and federal courts. The answer will recalibrate the litigation exposure of every pesticide registrant and the regulatory latitude of every state. It will also leave a surprising amount unresolved — a point that matters as much for planning as the holding itself.
May 6, 2026
Virginia’s rooftop solar economics just changed in Dominion territory in ways that matter for capital planning and project design.
Last week, the State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved Dominion’s “NEM 2.0” tariff and set a new export credit rate of 5.829¢/kWh for customers who send more electricity back to the grid than they use over the annual netting period. That figure combines a 4.829¢/kWh avoided-cost rate with an additional 1¢/kWh to reflect avoided Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) compliance costs—explicit recognition that customer-owned solar reduces Dominion’s need to procure renewable energy to meet statutory targets.
March 26, 2026
Federal immigration enforcement is not theoretical. It is operational. Employers across Virginia, DC, Maryland, Delaware, New York, North Carolina, Florida and Kentucky should assume that Form I-9 inspections are occurring now and without warning.
A standard inspection starts quietly. A written Notice of Inspection arrives. It triggers a fixed response window. Three business days.
August 18, 2025
The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently terminated or suspended a number of high-profile energy grants, withdrawing more than $3.7 billion in commitments for projects involving carbon capture, decarbonization, and hydrogen production. While some of these awards were only partially funded at the time of cancellation, the decisions have immediate implications for recipients’ ongoing work, contractual obligations, and long-term planning.
July 31, 2025
Imagine a small, fast-growing tech company preparing to go public in 2025. The leadership team, relying on practices that were standard just a few years ago, drafts generic risk disclosures, leans on flexible governance structures, and assumes that their marketing materials and internal controls will pass muster as they always have. Confident, they proceed only to find themselves facing unexpected SEC scrutiny, delayed approvals, and personal liability risks for their executives and advisors.
July 22, 2025
The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) set aside an Emergency Cease Order issued by the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) against Billionico Academy, Auratus, and related respondents in Texas State Securities Board v. Billionico Academy et al. (SOAH Docket No. 312-25-18829). The decision, based on a lack of personal jurisdiction, underscores robust protections for nonresident entities and individuals operating in the cryptocurrency and global business sectors.
July 2, 2024
For companies whose operations are subject to strict federal regulations – and particularly those that are facing or may be facing enforcement actions – take note. The U.S. Supreme Court may have just leveled the playing field. On Friday, June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned a long-standing legal precedent that instructed courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous laws they administer. Instead, federal laws will be interpreted by the courts. Federal agencies will need to prove their cases, including enforcement actions where an arguably ambiguous statute is at issue. This is good news for businesses in the U.S.
July 2, 2024
The Virginia Residential Landlord Tenant Act, commonly referred to as the VRLTA, was initially enacted in 1974 and is a set of laws that govern the rental of certain residential property in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In addition to other obligations set forth therein, the VRLTA establishes the rights and responsibilities of both landlords and tenants in a residential lease agreement governed thereby. The VRLTA provides a clear legal framework for resolving disputes and to ensure fairness in those rental agreements. The VRLTA is amended from time to time, and it is important to understand those changes to ensure continued compliance.
September 28, 2022
As one of the authors noted in a previous alert, “the CARES Act provided that the forgiven amounts of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans would not be includable in a PPP borrower’s gross income at the federal level, and subsequent legislation provided that expenses paid with PPP funds would still be tax deductible.” Recent non-precedential guidance from the IRS’s Office of Associate Chief Counsel, however, has concluded that only properly forgiven amounts will not be treated as gross income by the IRS. In short, the IRS intends to reach its own determination regarding the propriety of the decision of the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) to forgive PPP loan amounts.
October 21, 2021
Recently, we’ve been hearing from clients that their Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans are being reviewed by the Small Business Administration ("SBA") and we are here to help respond to SBA inquiries and requests for information. This Client Alert discusses
the Interim Final Rule (“IFR”), effective September 14, 2021, promulgated by the SBA detailing the procedures for appealing adverse PPP forgiveness determinations. Note that these will only become relevant if the SBA formally denies (in whole or in part) a PPP forgiveness application by the delivery of a final SBA loan review decision document.
October 7, 2021
At a time when contractors are attempting to implement shifting and unclear cybersecurity requirements, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is now promising to wield the False Claims Act when it – in its sole discretion – finds contract performance wanting.
