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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Proposed Florida Public-Private Partnerships Law Continues To Move Through Legislature

by Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Eric Singer | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/19/2013

We recently wrote about the Florida House and Senate bills regarding public-private partnerships that are currently under consideration. As a brief update, House Bill 85 was approved on Tuesday by the House Appropriations...more

New Federal And State Programs Will Boost Public-Private Partnership Development

by Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Eric Singer | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/8/2013

Last Friday, President Obama visited Miami and, speaking at the Port of Miami, detailed his proposals for increased public-infrastructure spending through public-private partnerships. Although the President envisions...more

Kevin Kelly on Sequestration [Video]

by LEVICK on 2/22/2013

In this LEVICK Daily video interview, we discuss the potential impacts of federal budget sequestration with Kevin Kelly, a Vice President at Van Scoyoc Associates Inc. Should sequestration come to pass, it will trigger...more

New Addition to the Public Private Partnership Law of Florida - Another Level of Politics or a Cure for Political Games?

by Carlton Fields on 8/30/2012

The Florida Legislature has just enacted a bill that adds a new Section 339.2825 which took effect July 1, 2012. That Section deals with both Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)-generated projects and unsolicited...more

Year-End Legislation Extends Key Provisions for Businesses, Provides 100 Percent Expensing for Certain Assets and Enacts New...

by McDermott Will & Emery on 1/5/2011

As part of legislation enacted at the end of 2010, the U.S. Congress extended several beneficial tax provisions for businesses, including the research credit, active financing exception under Subpart F and look-through rule...more

Governor Signs Capital Access Company Bill

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 9/30/2010

Yesterday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law SB 1155 (Dutton). This bill amends California’s unique Capital Access Company Law. That law was enacted to take advantage of the exemption set forth in Section...more

Congress Passes Small Business Lending Bill

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/27/2010

The Senate and the House of Representatives have passed the small business lending bill. The legislation, among other things, creates a $30 billion fund to provide capital for banks with assets under $10 billion to increase...more