The 2026 edition of Best Lawyers' "Best Law Firms" Directory has been published, with Hinshaw picking up 13 national and 56 metropolitan rankings in the guide.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has elected Hinshaw partner Craig Liljestrand to serve on the Defense Counsel Journal’s Editorial Board.

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.

Read the US chapter of RPC's 2026 Annual Insurance Review, authored by Hinshaw partners Scott Seaman and Pedro Hernandez, who address a wide array of critical insurance developments and topics.

Read the annual Mealey’s commentary by Hinshaw insurance attorneys Scott Seaman, Pedro Hernandez, and Jordan Evans, which looks back at significant insurance trends, regulations, and landmark case rulings from 2025, along with practical takeaways and predictions for 2026.

Read a new Mealey’s Commentary titled “2025 Updated Primer on PFAS/Forever Chemical Claims Regulation, Litigation, and Insurance Coverage Issues,” written by Hinshaw attorneys Scott Seaman and Gar Lauerman.

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 partner Scott Seaman—co-chair of the firm's global Insurance Services Practice Group— is scheduled to co-present a CLE webinar titled "Environmental Insurance Coverage Under CGL, Property, and D&O Policies for PFASs, ESG, NRS, CERCLA, RCRA, OPA, and Others" on January 7, 2025.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court has just severely cut back on the reach of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act (the Act). In an opinion issued on May 25, 2023, the majority opinion upholds contentions of the Sacketts, a couple who were threatened with orders to restore a filled portion of their Idaho residential back yard, which was near a ditch that was not far from, but clearly not part of, an intrastate lake on the grounds water seeping from their land was allegedly "waters of the United States" (WOTUS). (Sackett v EPA, Case no. 21-454, ___U. S.___ , 2023 U.S. LEXIS 2202).

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]