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Tax-Exempt Financing Provisions on the Table as Congress Considers Tax Reform

by Kathleen M. Nilles, Kenneth W. Parsons | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/26/2013

Recent legislative discussions concerning tax reform have included the potential elimination of several federal provisions long considered sacred to state and local governments and untouchable by federal policymakers. Those...more

Gaming Legal News - February 28, 2013 • Volume 6, Number 6

by Patrick Sullivan, Dennis J. Whittlesey | Dickinson Wright on 3/4/2013

In This Issue: - LATEST TRIBAL GAMING REVENUE REPORT: “TRIBAL GAMING IMPROVES DESPITE SLUGGISH ECONOMY”: The annual “Casino City’s Indian Gaming Industry Report” was released nationally on Wednesday, and the...more

Capital Thinking Update - June 18, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 6/22/2012

In This Issue: - General Legislative - Agriculture - Budget, Appropriations - Cybersecurity - Education - Energy - Environment - Financial Services - Health Care - International, Defense, Homeland...more

Gaming Legal News - July 13, 2011 • Volume 4, Number 21

by Dickinson Wright on 7/13/2011

In This Issue: - INTRASTATE GAMING LEGISLATION UPDATE by Robert W. Stocker II - THE RINCON DECISION AND WHY IT MATTERS by Dennis J. Whittlesey - DETROIT CASINOS’ JUNE REVENUES INCREASE FROM SAME MONTH LAST...more

Renewable Energy Update - May 12, 2009

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/12/2009

IN THIS ISSUE: *Obama Budget Would Increase Funding for Renewable Energy *Renewable Energy Focus ..California Energy Commission Applies for $226 Million in Stimulus Funding for Renewable Energy *Cities Look to New...more

How Lula Is Making Brazil into a New America and a World Power

by Antonio Lacerda de Barros on 4/4/2006

In 2006, we prepared a paper, initially published at site www.brazzil.com. We outlined the way we then perceived deep changes in a short term in Brazil and made a prediction on the evolution of Brazil in several...more