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"EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Thresholds for Clean Air Act Permit Programs"
Stacy E. Kray, October 28, 2009
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently taken another step toward the eventual regulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the federal Clean Air Act. On September 30, 2009, the EPA announced a proposed "Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse...

"Recent Developments in Private Equity Involvement in FDIC Resolutions"
David C. Ingles, William S. Rubenstein, William J. Sweet, October 28, 2009
In a transaction that establishes a new paradigm for FDIC auctions of failed institutions, a consortium of private equity firms consisting of Starwood Capital Group, TPG Capital, Perry Capital and a joint venture betweenWL Ross & Co. and LeFrak Organization recently completed the acquisition of...

Frontera v. SOCAR -- Overruling Its Own Precedent, Second Circuit Concludes That Foreign Governments Are Not Constitutionally Protected by the Due Process Clause
Timothy G. Nelson, Marco E. Schnabl, October 14, 2009
In an opinion issued on Monday, September 28, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit made a key ruling concerning the constitutional status of foreign governments in litigation before the courts of the United States. Overruling its own 1981 precedent, the Second Circuit...

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