Kentucky Court Reverses $10 Million Lender Liability Verdict
The Kentucky Court of Appeals recently reversed the largest Kentucky lender liability jury verdict in recent memory. The decision reversed a jury verdict from the Jefferson Circuit Court awarding a real estate investor over...
Are you prepared for the upcoming implementation of ICD-10?
This month—January 2011—is the time Covered Entities should begin internal testing of Version 5010 standards for electronic claims of the new ICD-10 coding system. All payers, providers, and other Covered Entities under the Health...
Enhanced tax incentives for conservation easements renewed through 2011
Enhanced tax incentives for land conservation easements have been extended with the recent enactment of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010. This Act extends the 2006 Enhanced Easement...
EPA issues guidance for controlling greenhouse gas emissions
With the January 2, 2011 start date for regulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) under the Clean Air Act fast approaching, the United State Environmental Protection Agency, on November 10, issued its much anticipated GHG...
"Green" marketing under FTC scrutiny
It has been more than ten years since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) revised its guidance to American industry regarding what are appropriate claims of “eco-friendly” products. Since then, substantial marketing efforts by manufacturers...
Disappointed bidders should file timely bid protests
Disappointed bidders who are not awarded public contracts and wish to protest the procurement must file timely bid protests. In some jurisdictions, the disappointed bidder must also seek injunctive relief in order to preserve...
Fast track to Clean tech US Patent protection gets green light to expand
Last December, the US Patent Office implemented a pilot program that permits patent applications pertaining to green technologies to advance out of turn for examination. On October 20, the program was extended until December...
Preparing Your Company for Life after Recovery
“Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!” — Thomas A. Edison This...