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How To Cope with Increased Whistleblower Complaints

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.22.21

In a recently published Law360 article, “How To Cope with Increased Whistleblower Complaints,” Preston Pugh, Trina Fairley Barlow, and Christine Hawes of Crowell & Moring discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has generated many challenges for employers who have been struggling since early 2020 to continue operating, paying their employees, and addressing health and liability concerns in the face of government restrictions, reduced business, and safety risks. One such challenge has been a rise in whistleblower complaints and government investigations since March 2020. In the article, they provide answers to important questions that employers have about whistleblower investigations. 

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 05.01.26

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration Policies Restricting Wind and Solar Permitting

A coalition of regional clean energy trade associations — including RENEW Northeast, Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Southern Renewable Energy Association, and Interwest Energy Alliance — along with the Green Energy Consumers Alliance (GECA), filed suit in December 2025 against the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the Army Corps of Engineers. The complaint alleged that five agency actions, issued in response to a series of executive orders and presidential memoranda beginning on January 20, 2025, violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by arbitrarily halting or restricting federal permitting for wind and solar energy projects. Plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of these policies while the litigation proceeds. See Renew Northeast, et al. v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, et al., No. 25-cv-13961-DJC,  (D. Mass. Apr. 21, 2026) ECF Dkt. 89....