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Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 2 years ago
Tax Law
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Pump the Brakes: North Carolina Supreme Court Determines that Brake-Pad Manufacturer Does Not Qualify for Special Apportionment Rule for Public Utilities
The North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that held that a manufacturer of brake pads used by railroads did not qualify for an exception to the state’s standard three-factor apportionment formula that allows “public utilities” to...
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 2 years ago
Tax Law
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Principally Engaged: New York Looks to 50% of Gross Receipts for Determining Filing Status
The New York Department of Taxation and Finance recently published an advisory opinion stating that a taxpayer’s New York corporate income tax filing status should be determined by “what activity [a taxpayer] is principally engaged in” and by whether...
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 4 years ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
Massachusetts ATB Finds that Indiana Utility Receipts Tax Not a Deductible Transaction Tax for Massachusetts Corporate Excise Tax
The Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board disallowed a deduction for Indiana utility receipts tax (URT) paid by a natural gas distribution operator with operations in Indiana. The deduction for the URT was disallowed, for purposes of computing Massachusetts...
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
over 4 years ago
Tax Law
News Headlines
Wind Farm Battery System Not Eligible for Manufacturing Exemption in Texas
The Texas Comptroller ruled that the purchase of a battery system did not qualify for the manufacturing exemption from Texas sales and use taxes because it was used to store electricity, not manufacture it. The taxpayer operated a wind farm and began...
Robertdickson
over 7 years ago
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Law Blog
Fixing the Location of a Floating Easement
An express easement is the written form of a nonpossessory right to use another party’s real property. (This is unique compared to prescriptive, necessary, and implied easements which form by the contextual use of property or by the relative ownership...
Babst Calland
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Supreme Court - EPA Must Consider Costs before Regulating Mercury Emissions from Power Plants
On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Michigan v. EPA, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to properly consider compliance costs...
Gabrielle Sigel
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates EPA’s Regulation of Mercury from Power Plants
On June 29, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis...
J. Wylie Donald
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
"Capacious" Term Dooms MATS Rule - Does It Say Anything About the Clean Power Plan?
By J. Wylie Donald The Energy Information Agency predicted the retirement of up to 60 gigawatts of coal-fired electricity generation by 2020. A significant contributor to that evolution was the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard or MATS Rule. Until...
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
Michigan v. EPA – Setting the Stage for The Clean Power Plan and WOTUS
On June 28, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court filed its 5-4 ruling on the challenge to US EPA Mercury Air Toxics (MATS) rule. Michigan, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 14-46 . http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-46_10n2.pdf...
J. Wylie Donald
over 7 years ago
Environmental
Clean Air and Clean Water
How the Supreme Court Just Delayed the Clean Power Plan
By Tricia Caliguire The Supreme Court’s decision in Michigan v. EPA , [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], holding that the Environmental Protection Agency should have considered costs when...
Ted Zwayer
over 9 years ago
Climate Change
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Troutman Sanders
over 9 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Troutman Sanders LLP: FERC Allows Non-public Information Sharing Between Gas Pipelines, Electric Utilities
By Troutman Sanders LLP On November 15, 2013, FERC issued Order No. 787, authorizing interstate natural gas pipelines and electric transmission operators to voluntarily share non-public, operational information with each other to promote grid reliability...
Duane Morris LLP
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
Duane Morris LLP: New York Public Service Commission Staff Supports Continuation of Net Metering
By statute, New York state utilities are required to offer net metering of electricity to generators of certain renewable energy resources, depending on the size of the project. Net metering means that, to the extent that there is surplus energy that...
DLA Piper
over 7 years ago
Energy
Energy Law Blog
DLA Piper Energy Bulletin
This regular publication by DLA Piper lawyers focuses on helping clients navigate the ever-changing business, legal and regulatory landscape. • Railroad industry leader sees jump ahead in volume of crude-by-rail. Are oil companies...
Dianne Saxe
over 7 years ago
Climate Change
Climate Change Blog
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: “There is such a thing as being too late”
In a passionate announcement last month (it’s worth watching ), President Barak Obama unveiled the United States’ plan for doing its part to combat climate change: the Clean Power Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan sets out to reduce...
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