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Article from Waller Law.

Tennessee counties and municipalities impose ad valorem tax on tangible personal properly used for commercial and industrial purposes in the state.

"Transfer Of Partnership Interest For Services Revisited - Part I"

"Transfer Of Partnership Interest For Services Revisited - Part II," By Leigh Griffith, Taxes Magazine

Nearly a year after requesting comments on proposed changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification and report form, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice today published the final version of the new form and related final rules.

Earlier this week we saw the story on how stock funds investing in alt energy saw a 13.7% return for the first quarter, but today there's a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance that investments in clean energy fell by more than a third for the first quarter. Reduced European incentives and low natural gas prices are to blame apparently.

Under an Executive Order signed by President Obama in October 2009, federal agencies and departments are now required to release Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Sustainability and Energy Scorecards to "to target and track the best opportunities to lead by example in clean energy; and to meet a range of energy, water, pollution, and waste reduction targets."

In something of an about-face, the United States Navy will be dismantling old ships for recycling rather than using them as artificial reefs.

A builder in Connecticut is seeking to build a subdivision to National Green Building Standard on 122 acres.

This headline gave me pause, as I am not sure I have ever seen the words "gorgeous" and "sewage treatment plant" together: "World’s Most Gorgeous Sewage Treatment Plant Will be Put INSIDE an Office Building!"

On March 14, 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is reviewing its Erythropoiesis (EPO) monitoring policy for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are dialyzed in renal facilities.

The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE), along with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and the American Society for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM), have teamed up to produce a website featuring a Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals.

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Well, it wasn't quite that bad. On Wednesday, I had the privilege of contributing to a podcast on eugenics and North Carolina's recently announced restitution program for victims of involuntary sterilization on the Legal Talk Network with Alfred Brophy, a professor of law at the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill as moderated by J. Craig Williams.

How You File For A Patent Can Affect Your Bottom Line

We have seen an uptick in class action lawsuits against Tennessee banks concerning the posting order of debit card transactions.

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"Political Roundup - Registry Tosses Forrester's Complaint," Woody Woodruff and Lana Johnston mentioned in The Tennessee Journal.