ArticleCourt-Solicited Opinion Reportedly Concludes That Gurlitt Was Competent To Make WillOn the heels of the most recent restitution recommendation, there is more Gurlitt news.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleGermany Keeps Digging—Explanation For Excluding Jewish Member From Nazi-looted Art Advisory Commission Is Worse Than BeforeLast week Germany's Minister of Culture Monika Grütters made the astonishing statement that the Advisory Commission that issues recommendations for questions of allegedly Nazi-looted art in German museums would not be revised to include a member of the Jewish community because that Jewish member "would be the only voice who would be prejudiced."United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleHow A Forfeited Real Estate Deposit Is Treated For Tax PurposesTaxpayer signs a purchase and sale agreement to sell real estate to an unrelated buyer for $2,500,000.United StatesTaxSullivan & Worcester
ArticleNewly Codified Exemption For Private Resales of SecuritiesOn December 4, 2015, the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (the FAST Act) was signed into law. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawSullivan & Worcester
ArticlePuffery Statements And Investor RelationsWhen J.C. Penney stated in investor communications that "supplier relationships remain as strong as ever" was the company being hopeful or factual?United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawSullivan & Worcester
ArticleIs Preparing For An ITC Stepdown The Same As Preparing To Fail?The scheduled stepdown of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) from 30% to 10% at the end of 2016 has become a bit of a political football among the pro-solar crowd. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleA High Stakes Game—COP 21 And Climate Policy In The United States"Never have the stakes been so high because this is about the future of the planet, the future of life" notes French President Francois Hollande with respect to the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties.United StatesEnvironmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleCourt Enters Final Dismissal Of "Monkey Selfie" CaseAs anticipated, the judge presiding over the "monkey selfie" copyright case has dismissed the complaint for copyright infringement brought by PETA, ostensibly on behalf of a crested black macaque that PETA named "Naruto."United StatesIntellectual PropertySullivan & Worcester
ArticleNANOTAINER vs. MICROTAINER: Theranos Battles BD Over Trademarks, But FDA Draws First BloodMedical equipment manufacturer Becton, Dickinson and Company ("BD"), has been making its MICROTAINER blood collection containers since 1945. United StatesIntellectual PropertySullivan & Worcester
ArticleLitigation Holds And Spoliation IssuesWhen the company is a party to the litigation, spoliation sanctions can undermine claims and/or defenses. United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSullivan & Worcester
ArticleProposed Massachusetts Tax Changes: I'll Wait To See The MovieGovernor Charlie Baker wants to give the Massachusetts corporate income tax a makeover of Lady Gaga-like proportions: United StatesTaxSullivan & Worcester
ArticleThree Reasons To Use Self Evaluations In Your Legal DepartmentIt's that time of year again – in addition to year-end deals and pouring over your budget for the next year, you are tasked with putting together the performance reviews for your legal team.United StatesLaw Department PerformanceSullivan & Worcester
ArticleEDGE Advisory: Distributed Energy Finance Report—Highlighting Trends In An Evolving Energy MarketplaceS&W, in conjunction with the World Association for Decentralized Energy (WADE), recently released our EDGE Advisory: Distributed Energy Finance Report for May 2016.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticlePractical Tips For Litigation HoldsCan you identify events that trigger a requirement to implement at a legal hold at your company? United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationSullivan & Worcester
ArticleTime To Go—Flechtheim Heirs Withdraw From Limbach Commission That Has Outlived Its UsefulnessDr. Michael Hulton, Flechtheim's great nephew, issued a press release through his lawyers this morning in German, citing the opaque information involved and procedural irregularities before and during the February 12, 2016 hearing.United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentSullivan & Worcester
ArticleReport From The StatesContinued growth of the corporate renewables sector will be heavily dependent on favorable policies at the state level. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleAre Seesaw Share Prices Impacting YieldCo Buying Power?YieldCos have been hammered lately, both in the stock market (though things have recently been picking up) and in the press. The reasons are myriad with theories addressing MLP values, ..United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleHedging With Distributed Renewable Generation Sources In Times Of Fossil Fuel Price VolatilityThe contrast against traditional sources could hardly be more stark. United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleThe Future Of Electricity Markets? Corporations Directly Buying Renewable PowerAn increasing number of corporations are directly buying from clean electricity sources. For decades most Fortune 1000 companies did little more than seek to manage costs as they bought electricity and fuel.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester
ArticleThe New Gold Standard for Building Performance - PEERElectricity-grid vulnerabilities were deeply exposed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and its associated storm surge,United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesSullivan & Worcester