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  • December 12, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    6 Ways the Sustainability Movement Will Affect Your Company

    Note: This story has been updated to correct the figures for Wal-Mart's net sales in fiscal year 2012. The global sustainability movement, with its strong constituency and sop

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  • Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield, 515498

    Publication Date: 2013-05-06
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    Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
    Judge: Before: Peters, P.J., Stein, Spain and Garry, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Scott R. Kurkoski of counsel, Thomas S. West of counsel, Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, Binghamton, and The West Firm, PLLC, Albany.
    for defendant: For Respondent: John J. Henry of counsel, and Town of Ulysses and others, amici curiae, Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, LLP, Albany. For New York Farm Bureau, amicus curiae, Cynthia Feathers, Glens Falls For American Petroleum Institute and others, amici curiae, Joseph R. Guerra of counsel, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, D.C. For Business Council of New York State, Inc. and others, amici curiae, Scott R. Kurkoski of counsel, Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, LLP, Binghamton. For Vicki Been and others, amici curiae, Susan J. Kraham, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., New York City. For Catskill Mountainkeeper and others, amici curiae, Katherine Sinding of counsel, Nancy S. Marks, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York City. For A&E Management & Contracting, Inc., and others, amici curiae, John L. Barone of counsel, Tooher & Barone LLP, Albany.
    Case Number: 515498

    Cite as: Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of Middlefield, 515498, NYLJ 1202598615925, at *1 (App. Div., 3rd, Decided May 2, 2013)Land use and Pla

  • January 7, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

    Two Power Companies Agree to Disclose Climate Change Risks

    For years, environmental and shareholder activists have pushed companies that generate greenhouse gases to disclose how climate change could affect their financial outlook. Now, two operators of co

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  • Praxis Energy Agents S.A. v. Allfirst Bank

    Publication Date: 2003-12-18
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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    U.S. District Court Southern District of New York Judge Patterson Appellant Praxis Energy Agents, S.A. ("Praxis") appeals, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §158(a), the orde

  • Postal Instant Press, Inc. v. Kaswa Corporation

    Publication Date: 2008-05-21
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    Date Filed: 2008-05-20
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Berry & Perkins and Kenneth L. Perkins, Jr., for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Palumbo Bergstrom and David B. Wasson for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: G038270

    Cite as 08 C.D.O.S. 6157POSTAL INSTANT PRESS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent,v.KASWA CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.No. G038270In the Court of Appeal of the

  • November 21, 2005 | Legal Times

    Former GC Disbarred for Alleged Misuse of Confidential Information

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't the kind of place where people go to make their mark. But when Dennis O'Keefe obtained a $150 million settlement with one of Japan's largest trad

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  • May 17, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Roundup of Tax Credits and Related Incentives for 2010

    Tax credits are more valuable to taxpayers than deductions because they reduce tax payments dollar for dollar; their value is not dependent on the taxpayer's tax bracket. In the past several years,

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  • December 28, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

    CAPITOL REPORT

    Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Dec. 21. House and Senate members return to Harrisburg Jan. 5. ENERGY RIGHTS The Pennsylvania Utility Commis

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  • June 18, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Climate skeptics could miss out on the money

    So you still think global warming is bunk An eco-Nazi plot to jack up your taxes and control the energy supply Get over it, my friend. Move on. A cap on carbon emissions is co

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  • February 6, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Businessman Sues Companies Over Unpublished Comments Allegedly Made by Lawyer

    Unpublished comments that an attorney allegedly made to a Forbes magazine reporter are the basis of a defamation suit that a Dallas businessman filed recently against two natural gas com

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