PA Tax Law News -- May 2012 by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/22/2012 IN THIS ISSUE: Long Awaited Tech One Associates Decision; Philadelphia Common Level Ratio Drama Continues; Court Upholds IFTA Liability; PA Budget Watch; Goodwill Included in Subsidiary Valuation for Holding Company...more
Supreme Court Takes Up Hot Issues Of Public Employer Budget Woes, No-Fault Coverage, Takings Damages For “Loss Of Market... by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 3/26/2012 The Supreme Court granted three applications for leave of significance on March 23, 2012. The first raises the issue of whether courts may examine a public body’s stated budgetary motive in defending a whistleblower claim,...more
Two Officers Of The Company That Owns The Ambassador Bridge Will Both Return To Jail by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 2/8/2012 The Court of Appeals held yesterday that Matty Moroun, the director of the Detroit International Bridge Company, and Dan Stamper, DIBC’s president, will be imprisoned in Wayne County Jail until they can purge their...more
IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks - January 20, 2012 by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 1/23/2012 Table of Contents: •Golan v. Holder U.S. Supreme Court affirms decision of Tenth Circuit holding that federal law restoring copyright protection to foreign works previously in the public domain does not violate...more
Redevelopment Agencies: Dead, But Not Buried by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/6/2012 In California Redevelopment Assn. v. Matosantos, the California Supreme Court sealed the demise of the state’s nearly 400 redevelopment agencies. That decision, however, leaves myriad questions unresolved for communities and...more
Sauce For the Goose? Home Builders Lose a Standing Battle by Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 12/11/2011 Developers have cheered in recent years as the Supreme Court has tightened its standing rules. In a decision issued on Friday in National Association of Home Builders v. EPA, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...more
COA deals a double blow to DIBC in Ambassador Bridge litigation by Warner Norcross & Judd - Appellate Practice... on 12/9/2011 On December 6, 2011, the Detroit International Bridge Company (“DIBC”) lost two battles in its war for a second span to the Ambassador Bridge across the Detroit River and to maintain exclusive control over all international...more
Annotatie JB 2011/183 by Harald Wiersema on 8/19/2011 Algemeen verbindend voorschrift, Concretiserend besluit van algemene strekking, Geen zelfstandige normstelling...more
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Bill Funding $3 Billion for School Construction Projects by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 7/27/2011 The Illinois Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of legislation involving a $3 billion state construction program funded in part by the legalization of video poker, which would be permitted in bars and...more
Public Private Partnerships: Mechanic’s Liens, Payment Bonds and Stop Notices by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP on 5/27/2011 Introduction A public private partnership (P3) is a popular term used to describe the delivery of public improvements by transferring risk and reward from government to private parties. P3s are gaining increasing...more
Does a Builders Lien Apply To A Lease Of Airport Lands? by Thomas Heintzman on 4/25/2011 interjurisdictional immunity, leasehold interest, aeronautics, lien, federal The BC Court of Appeal held that the Act did not apply to the leasehold interest of the Vancouver International Airport Authority. The Court...more
The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/8/2011 This article is the fifth in a series summarizing construction law developments for 2010. In This article: A. Bidding 1. Great West Contractors Inc. v. Irvine School District, 187 Cal. App. 4th 1425 (4th Dist. Aug....more
Who Knew that Mary Carter was Involved in Construction Law? by Thomas Heintzman on 4/3/2011 A Mary Carter agreement is a settlement agreement between a plaintiff and defendant in which the defendant remains an active party to the litigation and the claim also proceeds against other parties. The Courts have always...more
Patrick McKillen -v- NAMA - High Court - Dellway Investments Ltd and others -v- National Asset Management Agency Ireland.pdf Patrick McKillen -v- NAMA - High Court - Dellway Investments Ltd and others -v- National Asset Management Agency Ireland.pdf by Cathal N. Young, O'Reilly & Co. on 11/1/2010 The court's task was to interpret the NAMA Act 2009 (National Asset Management Agency Act 2009), apply the Act to the facts of Mr McKillen's case and to determine whether the Act, as so interpreted, was within the bounds of...more
Rogers Towers: Judge Declares Senate Bill 360 Unconstitutional by Rogers Towers on 8/30/2010 A trial judge in Tallahassee has struck down Senate Bill 360, approved by the Legislature and Governor in 2009. As you may remember, Senate Bill 360 provided several forms of growth management relief in response to the market...more