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Lost Profits Available For Long-Term Contract Breach

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.28.06

After finding that the government had breached by not honoring the exercise of a 50-year option by a lessee, the Court of Federal Claims in California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. v. U.S. (Nov. 6, 2006) rebuffed the government's argument that lost profits were too speculative to recover. The court pointed out that the lessee had previously rented out the land and could make a factual showing to support profits from the leasehold into the future.

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.23.26

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....