Commercial Real Estate – May 23, 2012

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/16/2012

The purpose of this white paper is to discuss key concepts in energy efficiency finance, with a focus on emerging solutions to long-standing barriers to financing projects in the United States, as well as the specific...more

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 5/3/2012

On April 11, 2012, Judge John Dietz issued a ruling from the bench in Southwest Royalties, Inc. v. Combs, Case D-1-GNU-09-004282 (Travis County 250th Dist. Ct.) to extend the Texas sales tax exemption for manufacturing...more

by McAfee & Taft on 4/18/2012

Owners of land on which petroleum underground storage tanks are located are responsible for the cleanup of gasoline released (In re Huntington and Kildare Inc. v. Grannis, N. Y. App. Div., No. 512100, 11/3/11). Huntington and...more

by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 4/12/2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released today the annual list of metropolitan cities with the most Energy Star certified buildings for 2011. To earn EPA’s Energy Star, commercial buildings must perform in the...more

by K&L Gates LLP on 4/4/2012

On March 26, 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in T.W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co. v. Jedlicka, ___ A.3d ___, Docket No. 19 WAP 2009 (Pa. March 26, 2012). In a major victory for Pennsylvania’s...more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/8/2012

Two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in PPL Montana v. Montana. The Court held that the Supreme Court of Montana had incorrectly determined that certain segments of the Upper Missouri, Madison,...more

by Bryan Cave on 3/1/2012

A number of local governments in New York State, in response to a highly publicized campaign to prevent the use of high volume hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation in the State,...more

by K&L Gates LLP on 2/29/2012

The United States Supreme Court gave the hydropower industry a major victory last week in the closely watched case of PPL Montana, LLC v. State of Montana, 565 U. S. ____ (2012). The Court sided with PPL Montana on the...more