Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce its recognition in the Best Law Firms® 2027 directory, receiving six National Tier 1 designations, along with 48 other national and regional recognitions in a broad range of practice areas and markets across the nation.

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. 

Read Hinshaw attorney Lucy Wang’s Law360 “Expert Analysis” discussing two new laws addressing how California’s insurance market has been reshaped by wildfires, concerns about coverage availability, and closer scrutiny of insurer practices.

Read Lucy Wang’s insights on what California’s new legislation, AB 1795 and 1642, means for wildfire-related insurance claims and its impact on insurers and consumers—as featured in Law360 Insurance Authority.

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.

Hinshaw partners Frank A. Mazzagatti, William (“Bill”) Schiller, and Ian Wagreich will present at the 2026 Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys (IAHA) 44th Annual Health Law Symposium on November 5, 2026. 

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.

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 commutations, run-off, loss portfolio transfers, and other tools insurers can use to shed legacy liabilities—read our full commentary.

Read our in-depth analysis of the most significant D&O liability trends in 2026, including the Trump Administration's impact, the shift to bi-annual reporting, DExits, investment scams, and key court decisions.

Read how a California court ruling affects insurer recoupment of FAIR Plan assessments and policyholder fee requirements.

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]

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).