Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that 80 of its lawyers have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Chicago partner Daniel (“Dan”) McGrath has been re-elected to serve as a Senior Director of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC) for the 2026–2027 term. 

Hinshaw announces Robert L. Powell, has joined the firm’s Commercial Transactions group as a partner in the Miami office. He brings more than two decades of experience as a senior in-house counsel working for public and private companies.

Read Hinshaw partner Spencer Kook’s Claims Journal article analyzing the significance of California’s role as the country’s “insurance laboratory” and why claims executives should closely follow and adapt to these developments.

Lucy Wang was recently quoted in a Law360 article discussing the revised CDI regulation, updated on June 12, that would require insurers to disclose their long-term plans for managing climate-related risks to their solvency.

Read a Law360 Q&A with Hinshaw senior counsel Lucy Wang, who discusses California's insurance overhaul, catastrophe modeling, smoke-damage claims after the LA fires, and advice for the next insurance commissioner.

New Orleans-based partner Colleen Jarrott will present with panelists on November 13, 2025, in Washington, DC, to examine carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project development in Texas and Louisiana.

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.

Hinshaw attorney Scott Seaman will present at the BARBRI CLE webinar, “Environmental Insurance Coverages: CGL, Property, and D&O Policies for PFASs, ESG, NRS, CERCLA, RCRA, OPA, and Others,” on Tuesday, April 28, at 12:00 pm CST.

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").

In 2025, Hinshaw’s global insurance services team authored several resources on key developments and decisions that impacted the US insurance industry. From our timely commentary just published in Mealey’s to the third edition of our Duty to Defend 50-state survey and whitepapers covering a variety of areas that impact the industry, our team has you covered.

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.

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]