Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 lawyers are recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, with ten receiving this honor for the first time. Additionally, 22 Hinshaw lawyers are included in The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is delighted to announce that partner Colleen Jarrott has been selected as a 2025 Leadership in Law Honoree by New Orleans CityBusiness. This annual list recognizes “area professionals in the field of law for their career and community accomplishments.”

The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is proud to announce that partner Colleen Jarrott has been elected to serve as Secretary on the Executive Committee of the Louisiana Bar Foundation for the 2025–2026 term.

In a recent article by Law360 Insurance Authority, Scott Seaman, a partner based in Chicago and co-chair of Hinshaw's global Insurance Services Group, addressed how the insurance industry will be impacted by the thousands of pending lawsuits alleging that manufacturers have caused environmental damage and health issues from exposure to PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances), commonly known as "forever chemicals."

Hinshaw partner Colleen Jarrott was recently quoted by Hart Energy on developments in Louisiana's carbon capture and storage (CCS) landscape. She highlighted the state's regulatory and legislative efforts to facilitate and incentivize CCS projects, which aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) underground.

Michele Hale DeShazo was quoted in an S&P Global Market Intelligence News article discussing a significant ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in a case challenging the Biden Administration's environmental justice policies.

New Orleans-based partner Colleen Jarrott will serve as a panelist at the Fourth Annual Carbon Capture USA 2025 conference on “The Challenges and Benefits of Implementing CCUS in Heavy Industry Sectors,” taking place October 27, 2025, in Houston, Texas.

New Orleans-based partner Colleen Jarrott will speak on carbon capture and storage (CCS) at the American Association of Professional Landmen's (AAPL) 2025 Gulf Coast Land Institute on October 23, 2025, at The Roosevelt in New Orleans.

New Orleans-based partner Colleen Jarrott will serve on a panel discussing legal issues related to carbon capture and storage at the Louisiana State University's (LSU) Energy Research Symposium on October 3, 2025, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Explore how Louisiana’s 2025 legislative session and the federal One Big Beautiful Bill are transforming carbon capture and storage development. Learn about key changes to the Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act, new agency structures, and the impact on Section 45Q tax credits.

As we have previously emphasized, businesses of all sizes and in all sectors should tune into sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regardless of the status of U.S. regulatory frameworks mandating ESG disclosures.

Yesterday, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") signed a final rule granting the State of Louisiana's request for primary responsibility for the permitting, compliance, and enforcement of Class VI (deep geologic sequestration) wells under the EPA's Underground Injection Control Program ("UIC").

Read our white paper, "The Ultimate Social Inflation Survival Guide," to understand the complexities of social inflation and learn effective strategies for insurers and corporate policyholders to navigate its challenges in today's economic landscape.

Read part two of our white paper to learn the components of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and the impact on insurers and corporate policyholders under the second Trump Administration.

Explore the evolving insurance landscape and the implications of ESG changes under the second Trump Administration in part one of our white paper by Scott Seaman.

The Occupational Health and Safety Act (the OHS) was signed into law in 1970 and established the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), as part of the U.S. Department of Labor.[1] Under the so-called "general duties" provision in Section 5(a)(1) of the OHS, all employers are required to "furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees."[2]