February 8, 2012

Legal Analysis and Law Articles on Construction, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Mechanic's Liens, Stop Notices, OSHA, Public Works

The National Law Review is a free resource of legal articles addressing the contractual obligations and disputes arising out of public and private construction projects and commercial real estate transactions. Legal topics include:

• Litigation, arbitration and mediations impacting owners, contractors, subcontractors, design professionals, governmental agencies, lenders, insurers and sureties

• Payment and bidding disputes and lien claims such as: bid protests, contract defaults, construction defects, extra work claims, changed condition claims, delay claims, mechanic's liens and stop notice claims, and homeowner and subdivision claims

• Public works issues such as: entitlements, development rights, permitting and variances

• Disputes involving: prime and subcontracts; design - build, architect - engineer and construction management contracts; and considerations involving industry standard form contracts such as, AIA, AGC or EJDC forms

• State and federal false claims actions and OSHA and Workers' Compensation Issues

Details of actions by state and local governments, and by other governmental agencies as well as mediation and arbitration and civil actions from across the U.S. are added daily.

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New Lakers Will Have Latest Emissions Scrubbing Technology Varnum LLP 2/7/2012
Q&A / Exploring Global Opportunities: Challenges and Resources for Midwest Companies Much Shelist, P.C. 2/7/2012
FERC Staff Proposes Process on Advising EPA on Extension Requests Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/7/2012
Report Recommends Great Lakes Separation to Address Asian Carp Varnum LLP 2/6/2012
Yes Auditors, Our Legislation Encourages “Deadhead” Travel Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/6/2012
Maryland Poised to Develop Offshore Wind Resources McDermott Will & Emery 2/6/2012
Presidential Commission Recommends Nuclear Waste Management and Funding Reforms McDermott Will & Emery 2/5/2012
EPA Offers a Regulatory Reprieve to Great Lakes Steamships Varnum LLP 2/5/2012
Avoiding Pitfalls in Home Mortgage Foreclosures: Recent Changes to Michigan Law Barnes & Thornburg LLP 2/5/2012
Landlords and Tenants: Tips to Maximize Office Leasing Much Shelist, P.C. 2/3/2012
More Plat-Created Headaches for Michigan Waterfront Property Owners Varnum LLP 1/30/2012
Italian Government Stops Incentives for Ground-Mounted PV plants on Agricultural Lands McDermott Will & Emery 1/30/2012
Loophole in Senate Bill May Create Nuclear Risks Center for Public Integrity 1/30/2012
Ozarks Electric Cooperative Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/29/2012
Texas Commission Requires Public Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals McDermott Will & Emery 1/29/2012
Cell Tower Emissions (or Radiation) - the Law Varnum LLP 1/28/2012
Henry Gifford’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Green Building Council Dismissed Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/27/2012
Avoiding an Uncapping of Property Taxes: Klooster v. City of Charlevoix Varnum LLP 1/26/2012
Michigan Initiates 2011 Ballast Water Reporting Program Varnum LLP 1/25/2012
LEED 101: A Look at the Proposed LEED Update – LEED 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/24/2012
Sanctions Imposed on Qui Tam Counsel for Failing to Meet Ethical Standards Relating to the Use of Privileged Documents Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/23/2012
Real Estate Development Dispute Over Copyright in Engineering Plans - State Court or Federal Court? Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/23/2012
What is an LLC and How Does an LLC Work? Varnum LLP 1/23/2012
Damage Caused By Water-Borne Debris Beyond Flood and Wave Exclusion in Homeowner's Policy Williams Kastner 1/20/2012
States Slow to Act Against New England Polluters Center for Public Integrity 1/17/2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/17/2012
Washington Covenant Judgment Scrutinized and Greatly Reduced Williams Kastner 1/17/2012
Congress Passes New Bill Aimed at Pipeline Safety Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/16/2012
New Federal Excise Tax Rates: New FET Rate Will Apply to Certain Aircraft Operators Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/15/2012
Wyoming: Work at Your Own Risk Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/15/2012
EC to Regulate Market Abuse in Wholesale Power and Natural Gas Transactions McDermott Will & Emery 1/15/2012
Top 12 Energy Issues for 2012 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/14/2012
Michigan Riparian Rights: 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Varnum LLP 1/14/2012
Default Judgment Is Not Available In Actions To Quiet Title Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/13/2012
SEC Adopts Revised Net Worth Standard for Accredited Investors Andrews Kurth LLP 1/13/2012
Equity vs. Non-Equity Club Dynamics Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/12/2012
Regulatory Update: SEC Adopts Final Rules Defining "Accredited Investor" Consistent with Dodd-Frank Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/11/2012
Insurance for 50 Years? Check Cell Tower Leases. Varnum LLP 1/7/2012
West Virginia Enacts Comprehensive Horizontal Gas Wells Statute Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1/6/2012
FERC Imposes Conditions on Proposed Duke-Progress Merger Poyner Spruill LLP 1/3/2012
Cell Tower Leases – What Does Your Bank Say? Varnum LLP 1/1/2012
Energy Center Planned for Site TBD on Muskegon Lake Varnum LLP 12/31/2011
Europe’s Cargo Theft Troubles: Risk Atlas Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/30/2011
Thirteen NC Counties Set to Revalue in 2012 Poyner Spruill LLP 12/29/2011
Joint Tenancy and Cottage Ownership Varnum LLP 12/29/2011
Governor Signs Law Preempting Municipal Landlord/Tenant Regulations Limiting Certain Landlord Rights Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/29/2011
Payoff Statements and Short-Pay Statements Poyner Spruill LLP 12/28/2011
No Countervailing Duties on Chinese Imports: Possibility of Refunds Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/28/2011
Michigan Retirement Facilities May Now Qualify for Liquor License Varnum LLP 12/27/2011
MSHA Announces Results of November Impact Inspections U.S. Department of Labor 12/26/2011
EEOC Sues Midwest ISO for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/26/2011
Michigan Coal Plant(s) Off the Table Varnum LLP 12/26/2011
Polluters in Your Area Center for Public Integrity 12/25/2011
D.C. Circuit Upholds Rule Change by National Mediation Board Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/20/2011
CEQ Issues Draft Guidance to Promote Efficient NEPA Environmental Reviews Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/20/2011
Treasury Clarifies 5 Percent Safe Harbor Ownership Guidelines for Section 1603 Grants for Renewable Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery 12/19/2011
Mercury Falling: Groundbreaking Power Plant Emissions Rule Imminent Center for Public Integrity 12/18/2011
Centro Properties Group Reorganizes: One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Australian Restructurings Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/17/2011
Paper Mill Air Pollution Standards 25 Years Out of Date, Environmental Groups Sue EPA Center for Public Integrity 12/16/2011
The New Jersey Supreme Court Extends The Powerful New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act To Foreclosures Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 12/14/2011
Status Updates Help Burglars Pick Their Prey Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/13/2011
Mortgage Electronic Registration System (MERS): A Twenty First Century Creation Navigating An Eighteenth Century Legal System University of South Carolina School of Law 12/13/2011
Condo Relief -- Extension of the Florida Distressed Condominium Relief Act ? Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 12/12/2011
Act Now to Secure Your Florida HB 7207 Development Order and Permit Extensions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/12/2011
Transit Pass and Vanpool Benefits to Shrink to $125 Per Month in 2012 McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2011
Contractors will not be Punished for Using a Sample Form in the Washington Mechanics’ Lien Statute: Common Sense Prevails Williams Kastner 12/10/2011
As Congress Tries to Wrest Control from Agencies, Questions on Safety and Health for Citizens Center for Public Integrity 12/10/2011
Commission Orders BPA to Provide Comparable Transmission Access Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/10/2011
To Golf or Not to Golf? That is the Residential Developer Question Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/9/2011
Task Force Established by President Obama Releases Final Strategy for Reversing Deterioration of Gulf Ecosystem/USDA $50 million financial assistance for restoration projects announced as Task Force efforts shift from planning to action U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/7/2011
Charting Supply Chain Risk in China – It’s Worse Than in Japan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/6/2011
Google, Microsoft Assume Roles of Judge, Jury and Executioner on the Web Ifrah Law 12/6/2011
Lead-Based Paint: What Lenders Should Know About Pre-1978 Housing Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/4/2011
DNR Receives Petition to Adopt Rules on Silica Air Emissions Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/3/2011
Co-Ownership of Real Property – Your Co-Owner’s Fortunes Can Affect Your Own. Williams Kastner 12/2/2011
Limits on Mercury and Soot Could Save Billions, Improve Public Health, Studies Say Center for Public Integrity 11/27/2011
Flash Mobs and Black Friday: Retailers Prepare! Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/25/2011
The Cap-Ex Dilemma Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/23/2011
EPA Proposes Changes to Underground Storage Tank Regulations Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 11/22/2011
Your Bed Bug Response Plan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/21/2011
Housing Crisis to Deepen? Millions More Homes at 'Imminent Risk of Default' Study Says Center for Public Integrity 11/21/2011
The Top 10 Construction Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/20/2011
China’s First Merger Control Decision Approving a Joint Venture—GE & Shenhua 11/20/2011
Inexperience and Unproven Products: The Risks of Sustainable Construction Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/19/2011
Buyers and Sellers and Brokers -- Oh My! Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/13/2011
Recent Baylake Bank Case Questions a City’s Ability to Enforce Development Agreement Penalties as Taxes Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/10/2011
Design Professionals’ Lawsuit Challenging LEED Certification System Dismissed Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/10/2011
Good News, Bad News On Prevailing Wages In Ohio Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/9/2011
Subcontractors Performing Work on Public Construction Projects in Illinois Must Satisfy Additional Notice Requirements to Perfect Claims on Bonds and Letters of Credit Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/9/2011
Michigan and Indiana Courts Address Mortgage and Construction Lien Priorities Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/8/2011
FAA Scrutinizes Non-Citizen Trusts Vedder Price P.C. 11/7/2011
How Can a State of Emergency Declaration in Florida Benefit Your Land Development Investment? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/7/2011
Allegations of Conspiracy to Fix Prices in Ohio Rock Salt Duopoly Flunk "Plausibility" Analysis Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/6/2011
Nebraska May Trip Up Pipeline: Canadian Company that Wants to Build Oil Pipeline Through Six States Increases Lobbying in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. Center for Public Integrity 11/6/2011
California's High Speed Rail Project: Business Plan Released Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/6/2011
Reregistering Vessels After Foreclosure Sale Vedder Price P.C. 11/2/2011
HS Football Playoffs = Use of Charter Buses Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/1/2011
New Proposed Regulation § 1.67-4 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 10/31/2011
No Need To Record An Assignment Of A Deed Of Trust Prior To Foreclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/30/2011
Prison Time and Export Controls: University Professor's Case Illustrates Dangers of Ignoring Export Compliance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/29/2011
Trade Commission Likely to Play Growing Role in U.S. Renewable Energy Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/28/2011
OFAC, BIS Double Up Flow Serve: What the Flowserve Settlement Says About Corporate Compliance Programs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/28/2011
Fifth Circuit Vacates Intrastate Pipeline Posting Requirements Under FERC Order Nos. 720 and 720-A Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/28/2011
Are Your Concealed Carry Signs and Employee Policies in Place? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/26/2011
Obama Housing Plan Gets Faint Praise Center for Public Integrity 10/26/2011
Florida Condominium Developers’ Potential Liabilities for Construction Defects Upon Association Turnover Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/25/2011
Tic Wyoming Agrees To Pay $135,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit For Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 10/25/2011
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds That Bad Foreclosure = Bad Title For Bona Fide Purchaser Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/25/2011
The Amended 2011 Finance Act (France) McDermott Will & Emery 10/23/2011
Illinois’ Not-So-Unique Struggle: Property Tax Exempt Status for Not-for-Profit Hospitals Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/23/2011
Dispelling the Myth of MERS as a "Sham" Beneficiary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/21/2011
GOP Candidates in Foreclosure Capital Say Government Not the Solution to Crisis Center for Public Integrity 10/19/2011
Inside Countrywide, a ‘Counseling Meeting’ Then Termination Center for Public Integrity 10/18/2011
HUD Revamps FHA Lending Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/18/2011
Environmental Law Alert - EPA Issues New Guidance for Certain CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/17/2011
The Perils of a Highway Bill -Boehner, Others Want New Road Spending, but Watch Out for Special Interests Center for Public Integrity 10/16/2011
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Issues Draft Guidance on the Aggregation of Air Sources Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/15/2011
New Change To Required Language For Foreclosure Notices Under California Civil Code § 2924c Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/15/2011
'Occupy Wall Street' Aims Ire at Foreclosures Center for Public Integrity 10/14/2011
California's High Speed Rail Project: Still on Track for 2012 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/14/2011
IRS Guidance on Travel Armstrong Teasdale 10/13/2011
The Top Five Real Estate Traps in M&A Transactions McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2011
Solar Energy Is Viable For Office Properties Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 10/11/2011
Common Attornment Provision Held Ineffective After Master Lease and Sublease Rejected in Bankruptcy by Debtor-Sublandlord Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/10/2011
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Announces December 8, 2011 Permitting Deadline Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/8/2011
Governor Corbett Outlines Plan for New Standards, Fees on Shale Drilling Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/7/2011
Ninth Circuit Declares that “The King” Is Dead (in Copyright Cases) McDermott Will & Emery 10/6/2011
California AB 32's Cap-And-Trade Program Developments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/6/2011
New York Issues Draft Fracking Regulations for Public Comment Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/4/2011
7 Ways to Manage Vacant Buildings Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/1/2011
CMBS 2.0: An Overview of Changes and Challenges Andrews Kurth LLP 9/30/2011
The Passenger Bus Safety Inspection Strike Force Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/29/2011
Guess Who May be the Best PURCHASER for Your Club? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/27/2011
Mortgage Industry to Face Centralized Repository for State Regulatory Enforcement Actions - Deadline for Comments is September 20, 2011 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/27/2011
Business Interruption Claims in the Hospitality Industry Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/26/2011
The Changing Landscape of the Business Records Exception under Florida Law and its Impact on Florida Foreclosures Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/25/2011
Shelved Ozone Standard Would Have Had Modest Impact on Business, Politics Center for Public Integrity 9/25/2011
Model Representations and Warranties and Dispute Resolution in CMBS 2.0; Rule 17g-7 Andrews Kurth LLP 9/24/2011
New GHG Regulations for Minor Sources Create Major Regulatory Challenges Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/24/2011
Executive Fired, Vindicated. Mortgage Industry Tanks, Fraud Continues at Countrywide Center for Public Integrity 9/24/2011
Top 10 Concealed Carry Questions and Answers von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 9/23/2011
Countrywide Protected Fraudsters by Silencing Whistleblowers, Say Former Employees Center for Public Integrity 9/22/2011
Too Little, Too Late For Plaintiff's Fraud-Based Mortgage Lawsuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/21/2011
House Republicans Scrutinizing Decisions Benefiting Obama Donors Center for Public Integrity 9/21/2011
Court Rejects Immunity Argument In Dispute Over Sewer Overflow Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/20/2011
A Liquid Layer Solution for the Grid U.S. Department of Energy 9/20/2011
Indiana Court of Appeals Rejects Tort Claims Acts Arguments In Dispute Over City Sewer Line Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/20/2011
Adjusting to China's Role in Global Hospitality Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/19/2011
Administration Technology Experts Slow to See Threats from Wireless Network Center for Public Integrity 9/18/2011
EEOC Sues Owner of California McDonald's for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 9/18/2011
Now Is the Time to Reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program- NFIP Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/18/2011
President Obama Returns Ozone Rule to EPA Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/18/2011
Mortgage Industry Whistleblower Wins Case Against Bank of America Center for Public Integrity 9/17/2011
New U.S. Government Trade Initiative with the Middle East McDermott Will & Emery 9/17/2011
Former EPA Fugitive Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison for Asbestos Training Scam U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/17/2011
Obama Administration Withdraws Draft Ozone Ambient Air Quality Standards and Reinstates 2008 Standards Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/16/2011
Lenders and Loan Servicers Take Note: You Must Now Secure and Maintain Vacant Buildings Under New Chicago Ordinance Much Shelist, P.C. 9/16/2011
Tenth Circuit Holds that "Forced Sellers" Resulting From a Squeeze Out Merger Lack Standing to Assert Claims Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) the Securities Act of 1933 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/15/2011
Corrected Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) For Second Half Of Calendar Year 2011 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/15/2011
WVDEP’S Emergency Rules On Horizontal Gas Wells Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/15/2011
Fuel Efficiency Standards of the Future Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/13/2011
Solyndra Investigation Expands as Agents Visit Executives’ Homes Center for Public Integrity 9/11/2011
9/11 Security Flaws Remain: Congressional Reform and Inoperability Still Plagued by Systematic Problems Center for Public Integrity 9/9/2011
Congressional Hearing to Focus on Obama Administration Loan to Failed Energy Firm Center for Public Integrity 9/8/2011
The California Court Of Appeal Again Rejects A Claim For Wrongful Foreclosure At The Pleading Stage Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/4/2011
Lanham Act Attorneys’ Fees Awarded in the Absence of Damages McDermott Will & Emery 9/2/2011
IHS Report Says EPA Greenhouse Gas Formula Flawed Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/1/2011
Due Diligence: What Does That Mean in Real Estate Deals? Williams Kastner 8/31/2011
U.S. Geological Survey Releases New Assessment of Marcellus Gas Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/30/2011
Risk to Nuclear Plants in Hurricane's Path May Not be What You Think -Industry Watchdogs Concerned About Power Supplies to Reactors Center for Public Integrity 8/29/2011
Fourth Fire this Year Strikes Refinery that Relies on Toxic Acid Center for Public Integrity 8/28/2011
Zoning Unique to 70-Acre Parcel Not Spot Zoning Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/28/2011
IRS Issues Final Regulations on Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/28/2011
Antitrust Agriculture Update: Mushroom Grower Direct Purchaser Litigation McDermott Will & Emery 8/27/2011
Aviation Alert - Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) For Second Half Of Calendar Year 2011 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/27/2011
The Murky Future of Stormwater Numeric Standards Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/26/2011
A Case Where CEQA Worked Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/26/2011
Indiana Appeals Court Finds Appeal of Ordinance Violation Not Moot Even After Fine Is Paid Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/25/2011
New Regime in France for Roof-Mounted Photovoltaic Panels McDermott Will & Emery 8/24/2011
Technology and Security--Too Much of a Good Thing? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/24/2011
What are the Risks of an Earthquake Beneath a Reactor Near You? Center for Public Integrity 8/23/2011
Bed Bug Insurance Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/22/2011
Foreign Responses To Climate Change May Impose Carbon Footprint On US Companies Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/22/2011
NYC Condo Refinance Collapses Because There Was No "Meeting of the Minds" Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/22/2011
The Basics of Hotel Security - The Same, But Different Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/21/2011
“Dashboard” Mark Merely Descriptive of Automotive Information Services McDermott Will & Emery 8/21/2011
Mandatory Residential Club Memberships - Strategies Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/21/2011
Construction Arbitration Clause Calling for Expanded Judicial Review Must be Explicit and Unambiguous Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/20/2011
Federal Fracking Response Could be Years Away Center for Public Integrity 8/20/2011
Understanding Security--Where Does All the Hotel Guest Data Go? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/19/2011
NJDEP Releases Final Rules for Its Site Remediation Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/18/2011
Power NY Act of 2011 Swings the Door Open for Renewable Development Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/17/2011
Green Groups Challenge EPA's Air Pollution Exemption for Biomass Power Plants Center for Public Integrity 8/17/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $102 Million Loan Guarantee to Record Hill Wind, LLC for Maine Wind Project U.S. Department of Energy 8/17/2011
Green Building Risks - What You Need to Know Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/16/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes a $967 Million Loan Guarantee to Support the Agua Caliente Solar Project U.S. Department of Energy 8/13/2011
Money, Money, Money...Money Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/13/2011
NLRB in Battle Against S.C. Boeing Workers Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/13/2011
Asbestos Litigation Case Questions Safety in the Workplace Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/12/2011
Avoid Unnecessary Real Property Taxes Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/12/2011
S&P not shy about using its clout politically Center for Public Integrity 8/12/2011
EPA Announces Top Contenders in Energy Star National Building Competition / In the first six months of the competition, participants saved more than $3.7 million on utility bills U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/12/2011
Swift Faces Class Action Over Background Checks Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/12/2011
U.S. Advisory Group on Fracking has Abundant Ties to Energy Industry Center for Public Integrity 8/11/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Delivers Win for Hospital Systems with Offsite Facilities Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/10/2011
White House Announces First Ever Oil Savings Standards for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses/Saving $50 billion in fuel costs and over 500 million barrels of oil U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/10/2011
Partial “Dirt-for-Debt” Plans in Chapter 11: the “Indubitable Equivalence” Debate Poyner Spruill LLP 8/10/2011
Q&A on Post-Catastrophe Fraud Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/9/2011
US Department of Labor’s OSHA announces measures to improve Whistleblower Protection Program U.S. Department of Labor 8/7/2011
Aviation Alert - Congress Extends FAA Authorization Through Mid-September 2011 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/6/2011
Club Membership Deposits - from Gold to Paper Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/5/2011
Republicans Adopt A More Nuanced Fight Against Wall St. Reform Law Center for Public Integrity 8/1/2011
Department of Energy Cites Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Violations U.S. Department of Energy 7/30/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Addresses Issues Concerning the Default Judgment Statute, the Direct Action Statute, and Personal Liability for Corporate Officers von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 7/29/2011
Hotel Sector Looks Up! Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/24/2011
Presumptive Prejudice to Sureties Defeats Owners' Rights Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/24/2011
Oil & Gas Activities – Agencies are “Up-in-the-Air” on Air Regulations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/21/2011
Insurance Issues in the Litigation and Settlement of Construction-Related Claims: Some Practical Thoughts Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/20/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses Covenant von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 7/20/2011
Thinking About Storage Options for Your Corn Crop? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/19/2011
Is this a Security? Tamer Salameh, et al, Plaintiffs v. Tarsadia Hotels Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/19/2011
Wisconsin and Ohio Appellate Courts Hold That Governmental Immunity Defense Bars Tort Claims Against Governmental Units and Government Contractor Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/18/2011
Texas Enacts the Texas Assignment of Rents Act Andrews Kurth LLP 7/18/2011
Environment Nearly one-third of U.S. cars won't be ready for 2013 switch to anti-pollution technology Center for Public Integrity 7/17/2011
Soaring Temps Bring More Risks for Workers Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/17/2011
Michigan Court Affirms That Contractor’s Defective Workmanship Does Not Involve An “Occurrence” As Defined In A Standard Commercial General Liability Policy Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/16/2011
BARR battle: Obama administration to make more corporate jet data public despite flak Center for Public Integrity 7/16/2011
The New Wave of Insurance Construction Defects? Four States Enact Statutes Favoring Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/15/2011
An Analysis of the Illinois Gaming Expansion Bill Vedder Price P.C. 7/15/2011
Construction Lenders Prevail in Controversial Illinois Mechanics Lien Priority Case Much Shelist, P.C. 7/14/2011
Up Up and Away - Things are Looking Up for the Global Hotel Investment Market Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/14/2011
IRS Defends Discretion to Withhold Section 1256 Exchange Designation for ISOs McDermott Will & Emery 7/13/2011
ASTM Releases Standard Guide for Identifying and Complying with Continuing Obligations under CERCLA -Environmental Law Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/12/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Village of East Troy’s High Capacity Well Permit; Finds WDNR Has a General Duty under Statute and the Public Trust Doctrine to Consider Impact to Waters of the State Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/12/2011
No One Knows if Texting While Driving Bans Have Prevented Car Crashes Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/11/2011
Pennsylvania To Amend Its Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/10/2011
Stimulus Funds for West Virginia's Handicapped and Poor Instead Goes for Lobbying, Consulting Center for Public Integrity 7/9/2011
California Air Regulators Move Forward With Carbon Trading Program But Delay Enforcement Until 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/9/2011
Concealed Carry Soon to be Law in Wisconsin Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/8/2011
Transferring a Right to Discharge on the International Registry: What You Should Know Vedder Price P.C. 7/8/2011
Mortgage Servicing Standards at the Top of Consumer Agency's Agenda Center for Public Integrity 7/7/2011
D.C. Circuit Limits the DOT’s Authority to Regulate Air Charter Brokers Vedder Price P.C. 7/7/2011
EPA selects Colorado, North Dakota sites as case study locations for national hydraulic fracturing study U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/7/2011
June Proves To Be A Busy Month For ARB And Its Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/6/2011
How to Handle Federal Income Tax Liens in North Carolina Foreclosures Poyner Spruill LLP 7/6/2011
Court Sets Aside County Commissioners’ Common Wage Determination Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/5/2011
Nevada Assembly Bill 273: Nevada Passes Legislation Adversely Affecting Lenders Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/5/2011
Update on Federal Response to Oil Spill Near Billings, Montana U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/5/2011
Choice of Law After England’s Blue Sky One Case Vedder Price P.C. 7/5/2011
Federal Authorities Warn of Terrorism: Three Steps Toward Comprehensive Risk Management for the Hotel Industry Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 7/5/2011
Watch For Vicarious Liability For Employee Negligence Williams Kastner 7/4/2011
"Good Faith" In Prompt Payment Disputes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/3/2011
Finance : Financial Reform Watch “Go tell a Republican,” Rep. Frank says to complaints that Congress has failed to curb foreclosures Center for Public Integrity 7/2/2011
NYSDEC Recommends Lifting Fracking Ban, Subject to Limitations Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/2/2011
Expanding Gambling in Maryland Beyond Simply Slots - It's a Crap Shoot Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/1/2011
Supreme Court Changes the Climate on Greenhouse Gas Suits Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/30/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Decides American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/27/2011
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Now Available to Private Water Companies Poyner Spruill LLP 6/26/2011
Did I Really Sign That? When Signed Affidavits Are Altered Before Filing Much Shelist, P.C. 6/24/2011
Legislative Update - Wisconsin Assembly Passes “Concealed Carry” Bill von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 6/23/2011
IRS Releases a Revised Form 8703---Longer and More Detailed Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/23/2011
FERC Punts on Generators' Appeals of NERC Registrations Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/23/2011
Insurance for Hydrofracking Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/22/2011
Corps Drops Appeal Over Wetlands Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/22/2011
Application of Sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act to California Delta Smelt Does Not Violate Commerce Clause Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/22/2011
Environmental Law Alert - Climate Change Torts Thrown Out of Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP 6/21/2011
Taking a Bite Out of Bed Bug Litigation - A Strategic Plan May Be the Best Defense Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/21/2011
As Tornado Costs Rise, Congress Might Finally Pony Up Some Money to Look at Ways to Limit Damages Center for Public Integrity 6/20/2011
Foreign Investors Poured $13.37 Billion Into U.S. Real Estate in 2010 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/20/2011
Texas Legislature Permits Concealed Guns on Employers’ Property Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/20/2011
Deepwater Drilling: Offshore Oil Progress Delayed Under "Slowmatorium" Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/18/2011
More Teeth For The Tender Rule Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/17/2011
Court Affirms CEQA Does Not Require Cumulative Impact Analysis Where Project Makes No Contribution to Groundwater Impacts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/16/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds There is No Coverage for Negligent Entrustment of a Vehicle Because There Was No Coverage for the Underlying Negligent Operation of the Vehicle von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 6/13/2011
CERCLA Updates Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/13/2011
U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Federal Preemption in Asbestos Suit Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/10/2011
Developers Must Pay Prevailing Wages for Privately Financed Public Infrastructure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/9/2011
Obama Administration Takes Major Step toward Advanced Vehicles with New Fleet Management Practices and Launch of First Federal Electric Vehicle Pilot U.S. Department of Energy 6/8/2011
Workplace Fatalities and OSHA Investigations - Questions & Concerns Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/7/2011
China’s NDRC Delegates Powers to Lower Levels to Approve Overseas Investment Projects Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/3/2011
Tier 1 and Tier 2 WPDES General Storm Water Permits Reissued Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/31/2011
Another Fatal Bus Crash Highlights an Expanding Industry’s Lack of Oversight Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/31/2011
Federal Judge Orders California Waste Hauling Firm to Reinstate Two Drivers and Cease Anti-Union Activity National Labor Relations Board 5/31/2011
Next Stop: Better Bus Safety Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/30/2011
Non-Partisan Legislative Analyst Recommends Ceasing All Work on the Cap-And-Trade Program Until More Alternatives are Analyzed By Legislature Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/29/2011
Can I Sue My Neighbor Under Nuisance Law for Contributing to Climate Change? The Supreme Court’s AEP vs. Connecticut: A Case of “What Will Kennedy Decide”? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/29/2011
As Fannie, Freddie flounder, Six Top Execs Receive Handsome Rewards Center for Public Integrity 5/28/2011
West Virginia Dismisses Challenge to Marcellus Oil and Gas Development Clean Air Act Permits Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/26/2011
Prevailing Wage Laws: What Are They and How Are They Changing? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/25/2011
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Head Accused of Lying at House Committee Hearing Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/25/2011
Department of Energy Offers Conditional Commitment for Loan Guarantee to Support Solar Generation Project in Nevada U.S. Department of Energy 5/24/2011
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Expanded Partnership with Industry to Advance Next-Generation Automotive Technologies U.S. Department of Energy 5/23/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Safety and Personal Injury Developments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/22/2011
Emergency Transport Company Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/20/2011
State Department will Inherit Reconstruction Duties in Iraq When Troops Leave Center for Public Integrity 5/17/2011
Prem Kumar Added to EPA Fugitive List / Defendant Failed to Surrender after Indictment in Illegal Vessel pollution case U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/17/2011
Court Tosses Transpacific Air Passengers' Claims Based on Alleged Overcharges for Flights Originating in Asia Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/16/2011
EPA Takes Action to Protect Ground Water from Petroleum Contamination U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/16/2011
Building Code Lessons: In the Wake of the Quake Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/15/2011
Holyoke, Mass. Landlords Face Fines for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/14/2011
Bill Allowing More Offshore Drilling Introduced to Congress Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/13/2011
MSHA Releases Upper Big Branch Mine Investigation Interview Transcripts U.S. Department of Labor 5/13/2011
New Research Center to Increase Safety and Power Output of U.S. Nuclear Reactors U.S. Department of Energy 5/12/2011
1099-A Reporting Requirements May Apply to You Poyner Spruill LLP 5/12/2011
After Decades, Preventable Fire Hazards Persist at Alabama Nuclear Reactor Center for Public Integrity 5/12/2011
Clean Energy Standard, is That What We're Calling it Now? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/12/2011
Corporate Protection and Negligence Claims in the Construction Industry Poyner Spruill LLP 5/12/2011
Third Circuit Limits Continuing Nuisance Exception to Statute of Limitations (SOL) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/11/2011
Ohio’s Budget, As Recently Passed By The House, Contains Key Changes To Public Construction Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/11/2011
BP Alaska to Pay $25 Million Penalty for Alaskan North Slope Oil Spill U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/11/2011
Newt Gingrich Faces Questions About Consulting Job and Support for Biofuels Center for Public Integrity 5/10/2011
NLRB's Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon Releases Statement on Boeing Complaint National Labor Relations Board 5/10/2011
The New DOJ Working Group and What It Means to the Oil and Gas Industry Andrews Kurth LLP 5/10/2011
Wisconsin DNR’s New Phosphorus Rules: Are They in Effect? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/10/2011
How to Provide More Certainty in Financing Biomass Power Projects Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/10/2011
USDA and DOE Award Biomass Research and Development Grants to Reduce America's Reliance on Imported Oil U.S. Department of Energy 5/9/2011
Year after Tragedy, Mining Industry Seeks Some Self-Policing: Coal Companies Urge Government to Reward Safety with Fewer Inspections Center for Public Integrity 5/9/2011
National Biomass Debate Intensifies With New Limits in Massachusetts Center for Public Integrity 5/8/2011
Office Leasing in 2011: Signs of Life in Commercial Real Estate Much Shelist, P.C. 5/5/2011
Unique Retail Considerations of Branch Bank Leasing Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 5/4/2011
Coal is Back, Even as the Obama Administration Pushes Green Energy Center for Public Integrity 4/30/2011
EPA and Corps Issue Draft Guidance on Waterways and Wetlands That Fall Under Federal Jurisdiction as Part of Obama Administration’s Just Released Clean Water Framework Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/29/2011
Oil and Gas Fraud Working Group to Focus on Energy Markets Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/29/2011
Renewing the Debate Over Renewables Poyner Spruill LLP 4/28/2011
U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement With Company for nearly $1 Million at Anaconda Copper Mine Superfund Site U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/28/2011
TOUSA III: The Secured Lenders Take the Lead! Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/27/2011
Lenders Taking Title by Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu: The Advantages of Obtaining an Owner’s Title Insurance Policy Poyner Spruill LLP 4/26/2011
Potential North Carolina Utilities Commission "NCUC" Regulation for Sanitary Districts in North Carolina? Poyner Spruill LLP 4/25/2011
EPA Proposes Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Existing Facilities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/24/2011
IMPACT: In Philadelphia, Plea for Safer Alternative at Refinery Center for Public Integrity 4/23/2011
FTC and CFTC to Share Confidential Information, Increases Investigation Risks McDermott Will & Emery 4/23/2011
Purchaser May be Liable for Predecessor’s Unpaid Union Trust Fund Contributions Williams Kastner 4/23/2011
IRS Clarifies When 100 Percent Bonus Depreciation Applies McDermott Will & Emery 4/21/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Prevailing Wage & Employment Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/19/2011
Could Hydrofracking Cause Cancer? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 4/18/2011
Data Shows Deutsche Bank Was Key patron of Questionable Mortgage Lenders - Senate Report Reveals More of Bank's Toxic Deals Center for Public Integrity 4/18/2011
Unprecedented Enforcement Action is First in Mine Act History U.S. Department of Labor 4/17/2011
To Avoid Assuming Fiduciary Duties, Mortgage Lenders Should Take Care to Avoid Acting as Mortgage Brokers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/16/2011
DOE's Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs Join with Dow Chemical to Develop Next-Generation Cool Roofs U.S. Department of Energy 4/16/2011
Big Break for Big Oil, Larger Burden for Taxpayers Center for Public Integrity 4/15/2011
New Texas Rule Creates Liabilities and Obligations for Operators of Inactive Oil and Gas Wells Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/15/2011
Municipalities Are Responsible For Discharges Of Stormwater Regardless Of The Ultimate Source Of Pollution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/14/2011
A Borrower May Not Bring An Action To Determine Whether The Owner Of A Mortgage Note Has Authorized A Nonjudicial Foreclosure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/12/2011
"Pay Under Protest" Procedure for "Other Exactions" Is Not Applicable to All Development Exactions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/12/2011
April 4, 2011 Update on Ongoing Monitoring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/11/2011
In Florida Zoning Case Participant’s Right to Cross-Examine Witnesses Denied Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 4/10/2011
EPA Awards Five Grants to Combat Bed Bugs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/10/2011
Pentagon Balks on Report About Rare Earth Metal Reliance on China Center for Public Integrity 4/10/2011
Climate Facts and Fancy: From God to Cows, Facts and Falsehoods Accompany Global Warming Votes Center for Public Integrity 4/9/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/8/2011
New ‘Pay to Play’ Rules for Companies Doing Business With Los Angeles Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/7/2011
In Re TOUSA: District Court Reverses Bankruptcy Court's Order Requiring Lenders To Disgorge $480 Million As Fraudulent Transfer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/6/2011
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds No Duty to Defend in Breach of Construction Contract Case von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 4/5/2011
Valuing Real Property for Bankruptcy and Foreclosure – A Lender’s Cautionary Tale Poyner Spruill LLP 3/31/2011
Five Quick Facts About Incoterms 2010 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/29/2011
J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc.(27-CA-21099 et al.; 356 NLRB No. 112), Salt Lake City, UT National Labor Relations Board 3/28/2011
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Radiation Monitoring Data from Fukushima Area U.S. Department of Energy 3/27/2011
Water Risk in the Middle East Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/26/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Mechanic's Liens, Lis Pendens and Construction Bonds (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/26/2011
The Psychological Hurdle to Earthquake Preparedness Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/23/2011
Quicken Loans Wins Unexpected Overtime Victory Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/22/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Contractor Licensing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/22/2011
Missouri Supreme Court Decision Provides Reminder Of Breadth Of Prevailing Wage Requirements On Construction Contracts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/21/2011
Dancing with Danger: Who is at Fault When Concertgoers and Bar Patrons are Injured? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/20/2011
Quake Concern Delays Nuclear Plant Extension in California Center for Public Integrity 3/19/2011
The Incredible Bulk: Has the Florida Condo Bulk Buyer Bill Lived up to the Hype? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/19/2011
Regulators Aware for Years of Understated Seismic Risks to Nuclear Plants -Despite Six Years of Study, Industry Collaboration, and a Missed Deadline, no Decision on Reactor Fixes Center for Public Integrity 3/18/2011
Reactors at Heart of Japanese Nuclear Crisis Raised Concerns as Early as 1972, Memos Show. Some Watchdogs Fear U.S. Regulators Complacent Then — and Now. Center for Public Integrity 3/17/2011
Energy Department Announces New Advance in Biofuel Technology U.S. Department of Energy 3/14/2011
Big Banks Can Fund Mortgage Aid Programs If Government Won’t, Says Democrat Barney Frank Center for Public Integrity 3/13/2011
How Japan’s Building Codes Prevented Casualties Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/12/2011
When is Enough, Enough? Whether the development was a success or failure, when can final distributions be made and the entity dissolved? (FL) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/12/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $50 Million Loan for Vehicle Production Group U.S. Department of Energy 3/12/2011
State Policy Barring Development Seaward Of Most Landward Extension Of Historical Mean High Tide Line Invalid As Underground Regulation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/12/2011
Residential Foreclosures: Lenders Become Landlords Williams Mullen 3/11/2011
Europe Just Cost Women a Bunch of Money on Their Car Insurance By Switching to Gender Equality Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/10/2011
Local Land Use Issues Arising In Foreclosure Williams Mullen 3/9/2011
Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu: What’s Right for You? Williams Mullen 3/6/2011
Witness Says He Rigged Bids in Property Tax Lien Auctions in Maryland Center for Public Integrity 3/6/2011
ANALYSIS — U.S. Interests at Risk in Six Mideast Nations Center for Public Integrity 3/4/2011
Government Accountability Office "GAO" Cites Billions of Dollars in Duplication, From Military to Highways Center for Public Integrity 3/2/2011
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes New, Reissued, and Modified Nationwide Permits Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/2/2011
The Forgotten Ones: Few Remedies for Injured Contractors Center for Public Integrity 3/2/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Design And Construction Defects Litigation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/1/2011
Taxpayers Foot Bill for Oil and Gas Well Cleanup on Federal Land Center for Public Integrity 3/1/2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/28/2011
Arkansas Earthquakes Due to Gas Exploration? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/28/2011
Will Washington Pull the Plug on the Home Affordable Modification Program "HAMP"? Center for Public Integrity 2/28/2011
EPA Issues Final Boiler MACT Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/25/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $96.8 Million Loan Guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project U.S. Department of Energy 2/25/2011
Beyond Tax Subsidies: Developing the Infrastructure for Ethanol Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/24/2011
Brokers - Thou Shalt Not Accept Payments From More Than One Source In Connection With a Mortgage Loan Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/24/2011
2010 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act "FCPA" Year In Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/23/2011
The Continuing Evolution in Mine Permitting -EPA's War Against Coal Reaches New Heights Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/23/2011
EPA Superfund Cleanup Costs Outstrip Funding Center for Public Integrity 2/22/2011
FCC Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/21/2011
Extreme Makeover: Arts Edition Paducah, Kentucky Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/20/2011
Bill Filed to Make Site-Specific, Risk-Based Clean-Up Standards Universally Available in Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites in North Carolina Poyner Spruill LLP 2/20/2011
Developer Must Pay Prevailing Wages for Privately Financed Public Improvements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/19/2011
Court Approves Disgorgement of Profits from Anticompetitive Behavior in Electricity Market Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/18/2011
Republican Duo Supported by Energy Industry Seek to Rein in EPA on Coal Ash Center for Public Integrity 2/17/2011
Fiscal Uncertainty and Recession Could Result in More Property Tax Appeals (NC) Poyner Spruill LLP 2/17/2011
Homeowners’ Claims Against Insurer for Hail Damage Will Not Be Treated As Class Action von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 2/17/2011
A Brave New World for Commercial Buildings: ASTM's "BEPA" Standard Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/16/2011
Judge Says Fannie Mae Whistleblower’s Lawsuit Can Go Forward Center for Public Integrity 2/15/2011
Court to Lenders: Strict Compliance with Local Recording Requirements Necessary Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/14/2011
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters (New Star General Contractors, Inc.) (27‑CC-877, et al.; 356 NLRB No. 88) Salt Lake City, UT, February 2, 2011. National Labor Relations Board 2/14/2011
Professional Liability for Engineers Under Kentucky Law: Know Your Risks Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/13/2011
Data Confirms That Securitized Mortgages Less Likely to Be Modified Center for Public Integrity 2/12/2011
New Alternatives to Condominium Structure for Florida Real Estate Developers Duane Morris LLP 2/10/2011
Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Coal Company’s Efforts to Exercise Surface Rights Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/9/2011
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 and its effect on the Energy Sector Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/8/2011
A Sputnik Moment for Renewable Energy or Another Failed Launch? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/8/2011
Combating the Pirate Threat: A Rising Risk on the High Seas Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/7/2011
Ensuring That Your Commercial and Industrial Real Estate is Properly Assessed for 2011 In Light of Declining Property Values Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/7/2011
Stream Conductivity: It's Not Just a Mining Issue Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/5/2011
‘Clean Energy’ Expansion Could Strain U.S. Power Grid Center for Public Integrity 2/5/2011
Call for Information on Inputs to Emission Equations Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule Andrews Kurth LLP 2/3/2011
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program Andrews Kurth LLP 2/1/2011
Crisis in Egypt: The Economical Repercussions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/31/2011
9th Circuit Abandons Federal Defendant Rule Prohibiting Intervention Of Right In National Environmental Policy Act "NEPA" Cases Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/30/2011
Provisions in CC&R's Requiring Arbitration of Claims Against Developers by Homeowners Associations or Owners Are Not Enforceable Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/29/2011
Lawsuit Settlement Will Allow Consolidation of Indian Lands Center for Public Integrity 1/29/2011
SEC Proposes Rules to Implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s Mine Safety Disclosure Requirements Andrews Kurth LLP 1/26/2011
Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements Now in Effect (For Now?) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/25/2011
CleanTech Opportunities On The Rise Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/25/2011
Lender Liability and the Exception to CERCLA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1/24/2011
Fannie and Freddie Were Followers, Not Leaders, In Mortgage Frenzy Center for Public Integrity 1/24/2011
Banks Lose Important Foreclosure Case In Massachusetts High Court Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/23/2011
Insurance and the Accidental Property Owner Much Shelist, P.C. 1/21/2011
EPA Defers GHG Permitting Requirements for Biomass Industries Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/18/2011
"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/17/2011
Court Invalidates EIR's Use of a Baseline Predicated On Future, Post-Approval Conditions For Analysis of Project's Impacts - Sunnyvale West Neighborhood Assn. v. City of Sunnyvale City Council, No. H035135 (6th Dist., December 16, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/16/2011
Baseline Using Existing Entitlements Acceptable If It Corresponds To Conditions "On The Ground" - Cherry Valley Pass Acres and Neighbors, et al. v. City of Beaumont, E049651 (4th Dist. Div. 2, November 22, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/15/2011
Local Air District Rule Requiring Development Sites to Reduce Amount of Pollutants Emitted Not Preempted by the Clean Air Act - National Association of Home Builders v. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, No 08-17309, (9th Cir., D) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/14/2011
SEC Proposes Disclosure Rules for Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers Andrews Kurth LLP 1/14/2011
Mining Groups Seek to Delay SEC’s Conflict Mineral Deadline Center for Public Integrity 1/11/2011
Massachusetts Supreme Court Upholds Securitization Conveyance Practices Relating to Assignments of Mortgages Andrews Kurth LLP 1/11/2011
New Jersey Courts Place Roadblocks On Lenders' Ability To Enforce Mortgage Documents Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 1/10/2011
Landmark Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program Adopted in California Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/6/2011
After Oil Spill Cleanup, Mystery Surrounds Oil Remaining in Gulf Center for Public Integrity 1/4/2011
EPA Reminds Republicans Cap-and-Trade Used to be GOP Idea — and it Worked for Acid Rain Center for Public Integrity 1/3/2011
How Carjackers Celebrate New Year’s Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/31/2010
What’s So Smart About Smart Grids? Poyner Spruill LLP 12/30/2010
Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of Global Warming Litigation In American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/23/2010
Increase in Accidents Since Ban on Texting Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/22/2010
Size Does Matter - Impacts Of The Small Business Jobs Act Of 2010 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/20/2010
U.S. Department of Energy Announces up to $30 Million for Research to Advance Next Generation Biofuels Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/18/2010
SEC Moves Ahead On Oil, Mining, Derivatives Transparency Center for Public Integrity 12/15/2010
Fifth Circuit Update: Insurance, Real Estate and NLRB (Oh My!) Andrews Kurth LLP 12/15/2010
Billing Clients Interest Fees on Lawyer Loans Legal, but Uncommon Center for Public Integrity 12/14/2010
Draft Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium: Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System Andrews Kurth LLP 12/14/2010
Regulating the Regulators: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Forced to Issue Permits to Itself Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/12/2010
EPA Releases Final Renewable Energy Fuel Standards for 2011 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/11/2010
Capacity Transfers on Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines Andrews Kurth LLP 12/11/2010
Intellectual Property Traps When Using Federal Money for Renewable Energy Projects Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/9/2010
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds For Insurer Holding That Insured’s Alleged Negligence Was Not An Independent Concurrent Cause of An Accident von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 12/8/2010
Attention Walmart Shoppers: The DHS Needs Your Help Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/8/2010
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles; Proposed Rule Andrews Kurth LLP 12/7/2010
Independent Contractor Misclassification Cases Cost yet another Truck Delivery Firm Millions to Settle Pepper Hamilton LLP 12/4/2010
Financial Stability Panel Told of “Inexcusable Breakdowns” in Foreclosure Process Center for Public Integrity 11/29/2010
New York Joins Other States in Suing FEDEX for Misclassification of its Ground Division Drivers as Independent Contractors Pepper Hamilton LLP 11/29/2010
“Beneficial Use” of Coal Ash In Question As EPA Mulls Regulation Center for Public Integrity 11/26/2010
Rise in Foreclosures + An Increase in Mortgage Fraud = More Homeowner Fires Johnson & Bell Ltd. 11/24/2010
Director Kappos Gives Early Holiday Present to Patent Owners of "Green Technology" Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/23/2010
Lender Liability in Illinois: Steering Clear of Borrower Claims Much Shelist, P.C. 11/21/2010
Courts Clarify Local Agency Role In Mobile Home Park Ownership Conversions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/20/2010
No Private Right of Action for Violation of Statutes Extending Notice Period for Foreclosures Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/18/2010
FTC Proposes Changes to "Green Guides" Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/18/2010
Proposition 23's Failure Means Full Speed Ahead on AB 32 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/16/2010
EPA Issues Guidance on Permitting for GHG Emissions Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/14/2010
Even More Risky Than Texting While Driving? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/14/2010
USPTO Extends and Expands the Green Technology Pilot Program Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/13/2010
EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules Expanded to Oil and Gas - Update Andrews Kurth LLP 11/12/2010
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Foreclosure Sale Is Not An Arm's Length Transaction Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/11/2010
CFTC Proposes Anti-Manipulation Rules to Implement Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/9/2010
Next Wave of MBS Litigation Focuses on Issuers, Underwriters Andrews Kurth LLP 11/8/2010
Texas Railroad Commission, O&G Division, Clarification re Filing Application to Maintain and Use a Pit Andrews Kurth LLP 11/6/2010
Natural Gas Industry Challenges EPA's Costly Rule Targeting Emissions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/4/2010
Lawsuit Challenging Legitimacy of LEED Program Could Have Major Implications Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/3/2010
Two Recent Cases Shed Light on Liquidated Damages Vedder Price P.C. 11/2/2010
Ohio Supreme Court Update: Preparing Mechanic's Liens on Behalf of Others Without Supervision of an Attorney is Unauthorized Practice of Law - Ohio State Bar Association. v. Lienguard, Inc. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/30/2010
Moving Forward - CMBS 2.0 Andrews Kurth LLP 10/29/2010
New Accounting Rules on the Horizon for Leases Much Shelist, P.C. 10/28/2010
UPDATE: The Luxembourg Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Railway Rolling Stock Vedder Price P.C. 10/28/2010
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Concludes That Pollution Exclusion is Not Applicable Despite the Presence of Bat Guano On Residence von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 10/27/2010
Lender Environmental Liability Under CERCLA...and How to Avoid It Much Shelist, P.C. 10/27/2010
What Does a Surface Transportation Board (STB) Filing Tell You? Vedder Price P.C. 10/26/2010
Court of Appeal Upholds Previous Decision, Finding that the Requirements for Exhausting Administrative Remedies Before Challenging Ceqa Exemption Did Not Apply -- Tomlinson v. County of Alameda Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/26/2010
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Two Bills Providing Moderate CEQA -California Environmental Quality Act Improvements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/23/2010
Florida Growth Management Law Declared Unconstitutional Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 10/22/2010
FERC Introduces Tougher Rules on Credit Practices in Organized Electric Markets Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/22/2010
If Approved by Voters on November 2nd, California Ballot Initiative Would Suspend California's Climate Change Law Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/21/2010
EPA’s Draft Plan for Putting Contaminated Sites to Good Use: “RE-Powering America’s Land” Andrews Kurth LLP 10/17/2010
Sweat the Small Stuff: Building-Scale Renewables and Sustainability Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/13/2010
Can DoD Be "The Biggest Loser"? Gates Unveils DoD's New Fiscal Diet Plan Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/12/2010
Implementation Of CISADA: New FAR Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/9/2010
Inflation Adjustment Of Acquisition-Related Thresholds In The FAR Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/9/2010
North Carolina Legislative Update: Session Law 2010-190 - A Supplement to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Poyner Spruill LLP 10/8/2010
Ten Tips for Mitigating Risk in Construction Projects Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/6/2010
Clean Coal Technologies. Need for Meaningful Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/6/2010
Distracted Driving Policies: Improve Safety and Limit Exposure Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/5/2010
Whose Claim Is It Anyway? The CWCapital Case Explains the Role of a Servicer Andrews Kurth LLP 10/5/2010
Department of Interior Issues New Rules for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Andrews Kurth LLP 10/2/2010
Bedbugs Bite the Big Apple - City's Response. Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/2/2010
Assessing Your Current Leases for Implementation of LEED® Pepper Hamilton LLP 9/24/2010
Renewable Energy Financial Incentives: Interested Parties Scramble for More Time Pepper Hamilton LLP 9/22/2010
New Railroad Commission of Texas Rules re 10-Year Inactive Wells Andrews Kurth LLP 9/20/2010
Considerations for Design Services Agreements for Projects Seeking LEED® or Similar Certification Pepper Hamilton LLP 9/20/2010
Newly Constituted Board Holds that Bannering is Speech - National Labor Relations Act Williams Kastner 9/19/2010
Class Action Defense Cases–Hershey v. Energy Transfer Partners: Fifth Circuit Court Affirms Dismissal Of Class Action Complaint Under Commodities Exchange Act Holding Plaintiffs Failed To Adequately Allege Specific Intent Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell LLP 9/18/2010
When Are We Going to Get This Transmission Thing Right? Installations of Wind Turbines in the Second Quarter of 2010 are Down by Nearly 70%. Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/15/2010
Survey of State Laws Regarding Foreclosure Related Issues: The State Law Impact Project - Part 3 Andrews Kurth LLP 9/15/2010
Wisconsin Public Service Commission Approves Administrative Rule to Site and Permit Wind Farms Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/13/2010
Ruling Continues Trend of Courts Strictly Construing Terms of Construction Contract Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/12/2010
New FAA Re-Registration and Renewal Rule Becomes Final Vedder Price P.C. 9/3/2010
New York State Amends Power of Attorney Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/2/2010
States to Re-evaluate Feed-in Tariffs After Recent FERC Ruling Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/29/2010
Building Better Bridges - Engineering Firm that Consulted on Minneapolis I 35W Bridge that Collapsed in 2007 Agrees to Pay Out $52.4 Million. Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/26/2010
The Next Frontier of Risk: Space Debris Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/26/2010
Ninth Circuit Rules that NPDES Permits Are Required for Logging Road Ditches and Culverts Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/24/2010
Improper Payments Elimination Act Provides Opportunities For Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/22/2010
The Transparency Monster Strikes Again: New Reporting Requirements For Executive Compensation And First-Tier Subcontract Awards Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/21/2010
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Settling Within Policy Limits Does Not Preclude a Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/19/2010
Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion and the Federal Response: Part Two How will Federal Actions Ultimately Impact West Virginia’s Coal Mining Industry? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/18/2010
Demand for Oil Companies To Prove Disaster Preparedness Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/17/2010
Coastal Commission's No Substantial Issue Determination Will Be Upheld Even If Project Technically Not Consistent With LCP Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/16/2010
Homeowner Associations and Members Not Necessarily Bound By Arbitration Provisions in CC&Rs or in Related Purchase Agreement Where Developer is Initial Declarant Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/15/2010
Three-Year Statute Of Limitations Applies To Inverse Condemnation Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/14/2010
Wisconsin Public Service Commission Presented Final Recommendations For Rule to Site and Permit Wind Farms Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/14/2010
Ruthless, or Just Rational? - Part II More Thoughts on Strategic Loan Defaults. Andrews Kurth LLP 8/13/2010
What are the Possible Legal Implications of the Passage of California’s Proposition 19? Donna Bader 8/13/2010
Spilling the Blame -System Failures Leading to the BP Oil Spill. Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/12/2010
Ruthless, or Just Rational? Thoughts on Strategic Loan Defaults. Andrews Kurth LLP 8/12/2010
Under CERCLA, "Owner" Means Owner When Cleanup Costs Are Incurred, Not When Reimbursement Is Sought Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/12/2010
Covenant v. Wauwatosa: A Taxing Decision for Outpatient Clinics von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 8/11/2010
A Retreat From Hard Line OCI Decisions? The COFC Overturns a Controversial GAO Ruling Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/10/2010
Project Labor Agreement Regulations are Published Williams Kastner 8/4/2010
Board Sets Aside Union Fine of Whistleblower Williams Kastner 8/4/2010
Tolling Period for Development Approvals Extended Through 2011 Poyner Spruill LLP 8/4/2010
Tax-Exempt Hospitals: Recent New Jersey Court Decision May Impact Property Tax Exemptions Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 8/3/2010
Forty Years in Commercial Real Estate: Weathering the Cycles of Boom, Bubble and Bust Much Shelist, P.C. 8/3/2010
Independent Contractor Prevented From Suing Jobsite Owner Williams Kastner 8/2/2010
The Gulf is Not the Only Place Experiencing an Oil Spill -Kalamazoo River, Michigan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/1/2010
One Way the Fed Could Have Mitigated the Housing Bubble? By Talking About It Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/31/2010
Analysis of the New Ohio Homeowner’s Association Law Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/29/2010
CMBS 2.0 Reps and Warranties Take Center Stage Andrews Kurth LLP 7/29/2010
Breach of Contract May Lead to False Claims Liability on Public Works Contracts (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/28/2010
Tax-Exempt Financing Available to Private Entities in 2010 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/28/2010
California Endangered Species Act Prohibits State Agencies From Taking Threatened and Endangered Species Without Permit Authority Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/27/2010
Mitigation Fee Act May Not Require Specific Identification of New Facilities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/27/2010
County Approval of Conditional Siting Agreement Not A Project Approval Under CEQA Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/26/2010
Recent Court Ruling Lowers Threshold for Obtaining Treble Statutory Damages in Class Actions Brought Pursuant to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/26/2010
Receivers and Assignees in Illinois: Minimizing Personal Risk While Fulfilling Your Duties Much Shelist, P.C. 7/24/2010
Ohio Federal District Court Rules That HUD's Sham Joint Venture Guidelines Are Unconstitutional Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/22/2010
New Los Angeles Ordinance Requires Banks And Lenders To Repair Vacant Residential Property Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/22/2010
No Creditors' Rights Endorsement - Alternatives Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/22/2010
Supreme Court Says Florida's Beach Preservation Activities Did Not Infringe Shoreline Property Rights; Justices Scrap Over Role Of Courts In Property Takings Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/21/2010
9th Circuit Upholds Corps Permit and Biological Opinion Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/20/2010
Ruthless - Fitch Ratings’ Weekly U.S. CMBS Market Trends Newsletter Release of July 9th Andrews Kurth LLP 7/20/2010
General And Special Benefits Of Special Assessments Must Be Separated And Quantified Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/19/2010
New Kentucky Law Bans Texting While Driving Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/19/2010
Notice Of Exemption Triggers A 35-Day Statute Of Limitations Under CEQA Despite Flaws in Underlying Approval Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/18/2010
Attention West Virginia County Boards of Education: Is "Proof" Required for Utilizing Charter Buses? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/18/2010
Distracted Driving on Company Time . . . Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/17/2010
CFTC Finds Two Monthly Mid-C Electricity Contracts Are SPDCs Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/17/2010
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules that Mortgage Holder Can Have a Shortened Redemption Period Without Jeopardizing Collection Against Guarantor Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/16/2010
Supercenters Do Not Automatically Trigger Requirement To Study Urban Decay Effects In An EIR Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/11/2010
Modified Total Cost Method of Proving Damages: Approved For California Public Works Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/10/2010
EPA Proposes 'Veto' of Section 404 Permit for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Project in West Virginia Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/9/2010
FAPIIS: The New Integrity Database For Government Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/9/2010
California Court of Appeal Limits Duties Owed by Construction Managers to General Contractors Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/7/2010
EPA's Climate Change Requirements Grow: Underground Coal Mines Added to List July 6, 2010 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/6/2010
Contractor’s Lien Waiver For Progress Payment Waived Date Of First Furnishing Poyner Spruill LLP 7/5/2010
After the Supreme Court's Free Enterprise Fund Decision, Could NERC's Level of Autonomy Face a Constitutional Challenge? Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/5/2010
The California Court Of Appeal Narrowly Interprets The Perata Mortgage Relief Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/4/2010
Solar City May Be Subject To “Light-Handed” Retail Regulation In Arizona Troutman Sanders LLP 6/30/2010
Wrongful Foreclosure – Verbal Assurance that Foreclosure Sale Will be Postponed May be Enforceable - Deliberate and Effective External and Internal Communication is Critical Holme Roberts & Owen LLP 6/18/2010
Sixth Circuit Throws Out Lost Profits Claim, Requires Disclosure of Cost Savings Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/16/2010
BP Oil Spill Claims Reach $1.6 Billion Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/15/2010
Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion and the Federal Response. How Will Federal Actions Ultimately Impact West Virginia’s Coal Mining Industry? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/13/2010
The Dangerous Driver Dilemma Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/13/2010
Oil and Gas 101: The Basics for County Boards of Education Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/12/2010
Vehicle Telematics: Risk Management at Every Turn Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/12/2010
Insurance Coverage for Gulf Oil Spill Losses Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/11/2010
Charting the BP Oil Spill in Infographic Form Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/10/2010
Does Saying “I Was Wrong” Help Repair the Brand? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/9/2010
How Not to Manage Your Reputation Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/9/2010
Gulf Oil Spill, Day 44 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/8/2010
The Risks of Oil-Producing Countries Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/7/2010
I-94W Paper Form for Visa Waiver Program Travelers to be Eliminated Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/5/2010
Florida District Court Ruling on Condo Buyers' Deposits Opens Door for Canceled Contracts and Refunds Duane Morris LLP 6/4/2010
Customs Reverses Course on Proposed Change to Jones Act Interpretation Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 5/25/2010
Condominium and Homeowner Association Board Member Fiduciary Duties. The Impending Statute of Limitation for Hurricane Wilma Claims. Risk Worldwide 5/24/2010
New Measures to Strengthen Aviation Security Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/21/2010
Obtaining Stimulus Funds Comes With "Green" Strings Attached Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/20/2010
New Federal Requirements for Coal Barges and Other Vessels Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/18/2010
The Emissions Trading Scheme in European Airspace Takes Shape—Can the United States Be Far Behind? Vedder Price P.C. 5/15/2010
Collateralization of Swap Obligations in Leveraged Financings Vedder Price P.C. 5/15/2010
Single-Purpose Entities and Independent Directors: Does the General Growth Ruling Change Structured Finance? Vedder Price P.C. 5/15/2010
CMBS 2.0: Springing Escrows (and Springing Recourse) Andrews Kurth LLP 5/7/2010
The Creditor's Rights Endorsement: What Its Extinction Means for Owners and Lenders Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/6/2010
Negotiating Away The Fears Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 5/5/2010
Changes in Labor Requirements on Public--Including School--Construction Projects Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/5/2010
Are We There Yet? Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Rule Just a Pit-Stop, But Don't Ask for Directions Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/5/2010
Must Investors Rush in Where Cops Fear to Tread? Andrews Kurth LLP 5/4/2010
Illinois Appellate Court Bolsters a Mortgagee's Right to Install a Receiver Much Shelist, P.C. 4/1/2010
Department of Transportation Prohibits Drivers of Commercial Vehicles From Texting While Driving Poyner Spruill LLP 3/30/2010
Strategies for Vacant Land in a Harsh Economy Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3/25/2010
Landlords' Rights: Protecting Your Financial Interests When a Tenant Files for Bankruptcy Much Shelist, P.C. 3/19/2010
Apartment Available - Perfect for a Single [Lawsuit] How to Avoid Legal Issues in Rental Advertisements Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/15/2010
Ohio Supreme Court Enforces Prevailing-Wage Penalties Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/13/2010
Pay When Paid Clauses - Sword & Shield Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/7/2010
Impact of State and Local Taxes on Foreign Investment in US Real Estate Wiggin and Dana LLP 3/3/2010
Made-Whole Doctrine Does Not Apply to Insurance Policy Deductibles Goldberg Segalla LLP 3/1/2010
Making the Case for Causation in Toxic Tort Cases: Superfund Rules Don’t Apply Schiff Hardin LLP 2/18/2010
Massachusetts Appeals Court holds that exception to pollution exclusion allows coverage for common law liability, even when such liablity overlaps 21E liability Nina E. Kallen Attorney at Law 2/16/2010
Court Validates Angie’s List Business Model of Consumer Protection Under the Communications Decency Act Ice Miller LLP 2/4/2010
How Does the New Federal Contractors Tax Directive Raise the Stakes for Independent Contractor Misclassification? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/2/2010
Building Green Without Losing Green: Managing Risks In Sustainable Design And Construction Contracts Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 2/1/2010
Large Tracts of Land Not Immune from Zoning Regulation Poyner Spruill LLP 1/6/2010
Foreclosure Mediation Program on Its Way to Cook County Much Shelist, P.C. 12/31/2009
One Planner’s Blight Is Another Man’s Treasure: Two New York City Cases Bring Eminent Domain Back to the Spotlight Bingham McCutchen LLP 12/30/2009
A Second Chance for North Carolina Development Poyner Spruill LLP 10/4/2009
Understanding the Federal Climate Change Legislation: The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, H.R. 2454 Ungaretti and Harris LLP 9/1/2009
General Growth Properties and the Boundaries of Bankruptcy Remoteness Bingham McCutchen LLP 8/30/2009
Little Errors Equals Big Losses with Deeds of Trust Poyner Spruill LLP 8/27/2009
Legislature Adopts New Laws Governing Land Use Appeals to Superior Court Poyner Spruill LLP 8/27/2009
Winning the Battle to Arbitrate: Was the Victory Real or Pyrrhic? Much Shelist, P.C. 8/27/2009
Your Policy Or Mine? Navigating the Shoals of Concurrent Insurance Much Shelist, P.C. 8/23/2009
When Tenants Go Dark: Negotiating Exclusive Use Clauses in a Tenant-Friendly Market Much Shelist, P.C. 8/19/2009
Construction and Real Estate Industry Clients Take Note: Modifications of Chapter 44A Materialman’s Lien Law Are Being Proposed Poyner Spruill LLP 8/13/2009
2008 Year in Review: The Supreme Court of North Carolina Poyner Spruill LLP 8/13/2009
Employers Should Have Written Policy for Employee Mobile Phone Usage While Operating a Motor Vehicle Poyner Spruill LLP 8/10/2009
Early Risk Assessment Reduces Receivable Problems Clark & Trevithick 8/5/2009
Recovery Zone Facility Bonds at a Glance Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP 7/31/2009
Abstention as an Alternative: Bankruptcy Court Is Not Always the Best Place to Be Much Shelist, P.C. 7/31/2009
The Latest Developments with the E-Verify Program Akerman Senterfitt 7/31/2009
New Developments on Federal Highway and Transit Programs Akerman Senterfitt 7/30/2009
Internal Control Compliance: It's More Than You Think. 7/30/2009
Appellate Court Decision Invalidating Unjustified "Affordable Housing In Lieu Fees" Is Now Final (BIACC v. City of Patterson) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/30/2009
Variations on a Timeshare Theme in Colorado Resort Communities Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/22/2009
Colorado Construction Defects Update: A Perspective Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/22/2009
Governmental Restrictions on Land Use Permits as Takings of Private Property Rights Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/22/2009
Forming the Mixed-Use Community How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Sharing Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/22/2009
Is the AIA's Mutual Waiver of Consequential Damages Really Mutual? Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/21/2009
Adverse Possession Claims in Colorado Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/21/2009
Green retrofitting existing bldgs. Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/21/2009
The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act When is a Condominium Project Exempt from Registration? Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/21/2009
Stabilization Of Housing Market Will Create Additional Public/Private Partnership Opportunities Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/20/2009
New Secondary Lending Market Terms Making It Tough On Condos Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/20/2009
Chinese Drywall Remediation: What Needs to be Imported into your Construction Contract? Akerman Senterfitt 7/1/2009
The Who, What and How of Additional-Insured Requirements: Part I Much Shelist, P.C. 6/30/2009
1031 Exchanges: Protecting Your Sale Proceeds from a Qualified Intermediary's Creditors Much Shelist, P.C. 6/30/2009
Department of Energy Outlines Funding for Solar and Geothermal Energy Projects Day Pitney LLP 6/29/2009
Additional-Insured Requirements (Part II): The Importance of Ongoing Program Coordination and Administration Much Shelist, P.C. 6/27/2009
Ten Ways to “Green” A Commercial Lease Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/27/2009
Successfully Managing A Troubled Construction Project Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/5/2009
New Jersey & Pennsylvania – Law Firms The New Jersey-Israel Connection: “Green” Buildings And Much More Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/3/2009
New Jersey & Pennsylvania – Law Firms The Path To New Jersey’s Future Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/3/2009
Brother Can You Spare Some Time? Foreclosure timelines in Illinois Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/3/2009
D3 : A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PLANNING FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/3/2009
CMBS -- (Cowboys May Be Surprised) Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/3/2009
A Group Approach To Coping With The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/2/2009
What The “Subprime Crisis” Really Means For Your Business Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/2/2009
Rolling Up and Recapitalizing the Distressed Tenancy In Common (TIC) Deal Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/1/2009
Obama's Environmental Programs Offer Business Opportunities Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC 6/1/2009
Developers Take Heed: Illinois Condominium Property Act Includes Buyer-Friendly Provisions Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
The Contractor Prompt Payment Act and How It Can Affect Your Construction Project Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
New Illinois Law Provides Penalties for Misclassifying Construction Workers as Independent Contractors Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
Employers Beware: New Illinois Employment Laws Take Effect on January 1, 2008 Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
Reminder to Retailers and Restaurant Owners: Truncate Credit Card Numbers and Eliminate Expiration Dates to Avoid FACTA Litigation Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
Avoid Class Action Litigation: Compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act When Faxing Advertising Material Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
Building Owners at Risk: Premises Liability, Insurance and Indemnification Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
Letters of Intent: Preliminary Negotiation or Binding Agreement? Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
In Search of Tax Relief: Incentives for Industrial and Commercial Properties in Cook County Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Loan Prepayment Penalties in Illinois: An Update on Enforceability Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Caution: Bumpy Roads Ahead for Your Securitized Loan Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Supreme Court Rules that a NJ Hospital’s Off-Campus Facility May Be Exempt from Property Tax Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 5/29/2009
The Mechanics Lien in a Troubled Market: What Property Owners Should Know Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Buyer Beware: Increased Chicago Real Estate Transfer Tax Takes Effect Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Are You an Additional Insured? An Oral Contract May Not Be Worth the Paper It’s (Eventually) Printed On Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Illinois Supreme Court Extends a Helping Hand to Homeowners and Lenders Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Liability Insurance and the Duty to Defend: When Does the “Eight Corners” Test Have an Extra Corner? Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
The Devil’s in the Details: Exercising Your Contractual Rights Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
Deeds in Lieu of Foreclosure: A Workout Strategy for Commercial Real Estate Owners and Their Lenders Much Shelist, P.C. 5/28/2009
Reduce Your Commercial Property Tax Assessment…and Save Money in the Process Much Shelist, P.C. 5/28/2009
Quick Action: Proposed Legislation May Adversely Affect Transfer Taxation of Closely Held Business Interests Much Shelist, P.C. 5/26/2009
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