Communications & Media Law, Energy & Utilities Law

Crowdfunding Renewable Energy Projects in Early Stages and Growing in the U.S.

by Laura Neumeister | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2013

Direct investment in renewable energy projects has been an anticipated financing option among editorialists and bloggers the past year, and seems to finally be gaining traction in the United States....more

Tennessee Business Tax: Locally Imposed Tax Revamped

by Brett R. Carter, Joseph Gibbs, Patricia Head Moskal, Brian Shelton | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/9/2013

The Tennessee General Assembly recently passed a significant revision to the Tennessee Business Tax, a locally imposed gross receipts tax on the sale of goods and services (SB183/HB177). This change follows legislation...more

CPUC Seeks to Revisit Controversial Decision on CEQA Process for Telecommunications Projects - Public Agency Participation is...

by Gail A. Karish, Charity B. Schiller | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/7/2013

After a pause of more than a year, the CPUC has revived its effort to determine whether and how it will conduct environmental review of certain telecommunications projects under the California Environmental Quality Act...more

Texas Court Allows Defamation Claim Against Landowner to Proceed

by Cassie J. Dallas | BakerHostetler on 4/26/2013

On Monday, Texas’s Second District Court of Appeals partially affirmed a District Court order allowing Range Resources Corporation’s (“Range”) defamation and business disparagement claims against a landowner to...more

Earth Matters - April 2013

by Kimberly Barnashuk, Jennifer Dougherty, Patrick Fitzgerald, Morgan Graham, Kevin Hogan, Susan Marriott, Donald Ross, Adam Walters | Phillips Lytle LLP on 4/19/2013

In This Issue: - Making Solar Power More Affordable for New Yorkers - Fracking Moratorium Leads to Termination of Oil and Gas Leases - New Water Withdrawl Permit Requirements - Update on Federal Trade...more

Utility Pole Not A Point Source Under The Clean Water Act

by Keith Garner, Alex Merritt, Robert Uram | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/19/2013

Last week the Ninth Circuit held that utility poles are not “point sources” of stormwater discharge nor “associated with industrial activity,” and therefore do not require an NPDES permit to comply with the Clean Water Act....more

NIST Holds First Workshop on Executive Order Cybersecurity Framework

by Michael Baader, Jamie Barnett, Dismas Locaria, Anthony Rosso, Sejal Shah, Jason Wool, Brian Zimmet | Venable LLP on 4/11/2013

On April 3, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a workshop at the Department of Commerce in which it offered a sneak preview of the Cybersecurity Framework required under the recently-issued...more

4th Circuit Issues Two Standing Opinions on the Same Day

by Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. on 4/11/2013

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals had the opportunity to consider constitutional standing requirements in two very similar cases. The opinions offer some insight into the application of the Lujan test....more

Advertising News & Analysis - March 28, 2013

by Edward Boyle, Emilio W. Cividanes, Michael Hartmere, Stuart P. Ingis, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Jacqueline Levasseur Patt, Michael A. Sartori, Ph.D., Janet F. Satterthwaite | Venable LLP on 4/1/2013

In this issue: - FTC Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Changes to EnergyGuide Labels - Venable’s Advertising Practice Named to Chambers USA Shortlist - Protect Your Brand Against New Top-Level Domain...more

Levick Weekly - March 15, 2013: Miracle Workers - How Utilities Can Generate More Goodwill

by David Bartlett, Gene Grabowski, Richard S. Levick | LEVICK on 3/18/2013

In This Issue: - Miracle Workers: How Utilities Can Generate More Goodwill - Z-Pack Pfizer Can’t Assume that Science Will Trump a Scare Story - The NYC Soda Ban: Another Solution in Search of a Problem -...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update: NIST Issues Request for Information on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Practices

by John Beahn, Antoinette Bush, Joshua Gruenspecht, Stuart D. Levi, Ivan A. Schlager | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/5/2013

On February 26, following close on the heels of the recent executive order setting forth the administration’s approach to the regulation of critical infrastructure network security, the National Institute of Standards and...more

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Upholds FCC’s April 2011 Pole Attachment Order

by James Ireland, John Seiver | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/27/2013

In a significant victory for cable and telecommunications providers, today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a unanimous opinion, upheld the FCC’s April 2011 decision (2011 Pole Order)...more

Executive Order Begins Process Of Strengthening Nation’s Cybersecurity And Critical Infrastructure

by Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 2/22/2013

During his State of the Union address on February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his signing of a long-anticipated Executive Order on cybersecurity. After months of discussions with technology companies the...more

Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 2-15-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/18/2013

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. If you would like more specific information regarding an item in this newsletter...more

Legislative Update Report No. 2013-03 -- Feb 8, 2013 .

by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 2/8/2013

In This Article: Federal Government; Alberta; British Columbia; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Québec/Quebec; Saskatchewan; and Yukon....more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Regulatory

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

Communications Law: The Relentless Pursuit of Broadband Competition - As the Obama administration enters its second term, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) is one of many federal agencies likely...more

New Hampshire PUC Addresses Pole Attachment Rates

by Maria T. Browne, James Ireland | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/18/2013

The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today issued an order approving a settlement of a pole attachment rate dispute between Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Time Warner Entertainment Company L.P....more

Levick Weekly - January 4, 2013: The Newtown Tragedy & Camera Chasing At Its Worst

by Gene Grabowski | LEVICK on 1/5/2013

In This Issue: - Global Regulatory Cooperation - Infographics Are The New Soundbites: A Look At Hydraulic Fracturing - The Newtown Tragedy & Camera-Chasing At Its Worst - Why Netflix Shouldn’t Back Down -...more

Green Marketing & Advertising Law Update

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 12/6/2012

In This Issue: - The Skinny: What's New? - So Who Now Has the Strictest Standards in the Land (World)? - Where the US Guide is Less Extensive - US Coming on Board with Other Guidelines - Green Advertising...more

Carbon Market Open for Business While Disputes Loom

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 12/6/2012

Results of California’s first cap-and-trade carbon auction are in and the results are mixed. The auction was for carbon permits that permit greenhouse gas emitting businesses the right to release carbon into the air. Each...more

CBb 6 juni 2012, Mediaforum 2012/11-12, Nr. 28 (Minister van EL&I en NDC/RATO c.s.) m.nt. H.P. Wiersema en J.J.R. Lautenbach

by Harald Wiersema on 12/5/2012

Deze uitspraak gaat over de verdeling van vergunningen voor het gebruik van frequentieruimte voor niet-landelijke commerciële radio-omroepen en de middengolf. Op 3 maart 2008 heeft de Minister van EL&I twaalf FM-frequenties...more

REGULATORY: D.C Regulatory: The FTC’s Revised Green Guides Provide Direction for Renewable Energy Marketing Claims by Harold Shaw...

by King & Spalding on 11/9/2012

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) recently adopted revised Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (“Green Guides”).[1] The 2012 Green Guides, which modify a 1998 version, are not binding regulations but are...more

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