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When Trees Sue for their Own Environmental Preservation

Green Building Law Update

And we are now seeing that legal doctrine legislatively implemented such that Mother Nature is now a proper person to pursue adjudication. This may be the first time in America that an ecosystem has been given the legal status of a “person.”.

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#109:  Liability Insurers' Duty to Defend

NH Construction Law

1990) (applying New Hampshire law) (“If some of the claims against the insured fall within the terms of coverage, and some without, the insured must still defend the entire claim (at least until it is apparent that no recovery under the covered theory can be had).”) City of Keene , 898 F.2d

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#79:  Res Judicata and the Privity Element

NH Construction Law

How many bites at the apple is a litigant given to prove his claim? This principle finds expression in a legal doctrine called res judicata , also known as claim preclusion, which “prevents parties from relitigating matters actually litigated and matters that could have been litigated in the first action.”

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#64:  Recovering Attorneys' Fees as Damages

NH Construction Law

Legal fees incurred by A in the skirmish with B may be recovered from C as damages , i.e., as the natural and foreseeable consequence of C’s wrongful conduct. ” The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently had this “tort of another” doctrine on its plate in Halifax-American Energy Co., Partnership , 169 N.H.

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#125:  Pay-if-Paid Clauses and Contractor Default

NH Construction Law

A couple of years ago I blogged ( #101 ) on “pay-if-paid” clauses, which make a general contractor’s receipt of payment from the owner a prerequisite – a “condition precedent,” in legal terms – to its obligation to pay subcontractors. New Hampshire employs the same general rule.)

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The credit is valued at up to $9,000 over a 3-year period per each new employee and offers a 5-year carry forward provision for any unused tax credits. The program is capped at 10,000 new jobs being claimed each year by all participants; whereas a taxpayer is limited to a maximum of 400 new jobs per year.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

State Credits available against the Corporate Income Tax: Education Credit (AS 43.20.014): Taxpayers that contribute to vocational education programs or accredited Alaska universities or colleges for educational purposes or facilities may claim a tax credit for 50% of the first $100,000, 100% of the next $200,000, and 50% of further contributions.

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