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Commerce Department Proposes Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels

by Lewis and Roca LLP on 5/21/2012

Yesterday, the U.S. Commerce Department proposed tariffs of at least 31% on solar panels imported from China. The preliminary ruling found that Chinese manufacturers have been illegally "dumping" solar panels on the U.S....more

Record Highs and Lows in New Jersey’s Uncertain Solar Market

by Reed Smith on 5/14/2012

New Jersey’s solar market hit record highs on the development side in the face of record lows in Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) prices during the first quarter of 2012. A record 685 solar projects were installed in...more

Judge Reverses Own Decision to Extend the Texas Sales Tax Manufacturing Exemption to Include Oil and Gas Extraction Equipment

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

New Jersey Town Takes Verizon to Court for Unpaid Taxes

by Joseph Donegan on 4/25/2012

New Jersey Town Takes Verizon to Court for Unpaid Taxes By Joseph M. Donegan Verizon may soon be required to pay one New Jersey town hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes if the court rules that an old statute no...more

Texas Ruling Could Expand the Scope of the Manufacturing Exemption from Sales or Use Tax to Equipment Used in Oil and Gas...

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 4/20/2012

In a recent Texas bench ruling, in the case of Southwest Royalties, Inc. v. Combs, Case D-1-GNU-09-004282 (Travis County 250th Dist. Ct.), the court expanded the Texas sales or use tax exemption for manufacturing property to...more