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Be Certain of The Sum Certain

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 12.04.07

The ASBCA in Rex Systems, Inc. (Nov. 6, 2007), gave a painful reminder that, without a sum certain stated in a claim, it has no jurisdiction. After over two years of litigation in the appeal, the government raised in its post-trial brief that the claim, which requested a 15% license fee "at a minimum," does not state a sum certain, and the board agreed, dismissing the appeal at that stage.

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EPA Hands Over AI Data Center Regulation to States and Communities to Develop Best Practices

The nation’s power grid and infrastructure are facing increased pressure from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, prompting new questions around environmental regulatory design and compliance. As technology companies race to build and expand new data center factories, they face a web of permitting requirements as well as potential community opposition, and environmental litigation — all against a backdrop of rapid and still-evolving agency guidance....