Still No Insurance Coverage for Climate Change Nuisance Litigaiton -- At Least in Virginia by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 4/24/2012 Last week, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled (for the second time) that a CGL policy issued to AES Corporation did not require Steadfast Insurance to provide a defense to AES for claims brought again AES in Kivalina v. Exxon...more
Virginia Supreme Court Affirms Decision Finding No Insurance Coverage for Alleged Climate Change Liability by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 4/23/2012 After a brief detour, the Supreme Court of Virginia once again has concluded that insurance companies do not have to defend utility companies accused of intentional wrongdoing in connection with alleged climate change...more
Evaluating Wind Turbine Patent Infringement Risk Exposure by Philip Totaro on 3/17/2012 Major international corporations are increasingly becoming the targets of IP infringement suits. This has driven the need for indemnification of patent infringement liability in component/product supply agreements,...more
Florida Legislature Pre-Session Report on Economic Development, Insurance, and Energy by Akerman Senterfitt on 12/22/2011 Starting with the most recent 2011 Legislative Session in which entire sections of Florida’s Growth Management Laws were repealed, there will continue during the 2012 Session a deliberative effort to turn upside down...more
McNees Insights -- December 2011 by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/16/2011 IN THIS ISSUE: Year-End Tax Planning 2011; Planning and Paying for Long-Term Care; and Gifting and Marcellus Shale. Excerpt from Year-End Tax Planning 2011 Year-end tax planning is especially challenging this year...more
No, Virginia, There Is No Greenhouse-Gas Clause by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/1/2011 In This Issue: - Recent Decision – U.S. District Court Limits Coverage Available Under Employment Practices Liability Policy - Eleventh Circuit Upholds Trial Court Ruling that D&O Policy Does Not Cover Costs of...more
Nigerian Oil and Gas Local Content Act by Oserogho & Associates on 8/29/2011 The Nigerian Government recently consolidated into one legislation known as the Nigerian Oil and Gas Oil Content Development Act, which legislation is more commonly referred to as the local content law, various other...more
Defendants Win "Round One" of Climate Change Fight in United States Supreme Court by Richard Faulk on 7/9/2011 In American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut (“AEP”), the United States Supreme Court held that federal common law public nuisance claims seeking injunctive relief against emitters of greenhouse gases...more
Vangnet na een kernramp (Beursbengel juni 2011) by Patrick van der Vorst on 6/1/2011 In Dutch. De productie en het gebruik van kernenergie voor vreedzame doeleinden brengen, ondanks de strenge veiligheidseisen, gevaren met zich, bestaande in exceptionele risico's voor mens, dier en milieu. Op zichzelf genomen...more
Who Pays When Solar Modules Fail? by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 12/8/2010 With so many new companies entering into and competing in the renewable energy marketplace, how do the parties ensure that key components of a solar generation facility perform as intended? Rigorous commissioning and...more
PA Tax Law News- July 2010 by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 9/10/2010 IN THIS ISSUE: State & Local Tax Seminars; PA Reinstates Voluntary Compliance Program; Jim Fritz Selected for Inclusion in “The Best Lawyers in America”; Commonwealth Court Addresses Calculation of Insurance Company...more
The Brave New World of Doing Business With Iran by John Boscariol on 7/12/2010 Companies are facing an increasingly complex web of domestic and international sanctions regimes concerning transactions involving Iranian parties and investments in Iran. Developments in recent days suggest that Canadian...more
Nuclear Construction Contract Risk Management & Prudence by Bryan Kelly on 6/1/2010 Suggested Reading: This webpage was written for those with an interest in nuclear construction contract risk management. This may include owners, contractors, developers, regulatory bodies, third-party intervenors, consumers...more
Surety Bonds for Nuclear Energy Facility Construction Cost-Savings by Bryan Kelly on 6/1/2010 Suggested Reading: This was written for those with an interest in cost-savings for construction of nuclear energy facilities. This may include owners, contractors, financiers, regulatory bodies, third-party intervenors or...more
Cleantech Update: Public Companies in All Sectors: Now's a Good Time to Look at Climate Change-Related Disclosures (and D&O... by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/23/2009 Recent and upcoming developments underscore the need for public companies, and their directors and officers, to consider whether they may have exposure to a newly emerging source of disclosure-related litigation. There is...more