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Mining Law Monitor - Volume 25, Issue 1 - (Summer 2009)

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.01.09


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Included Articles:

  • D.C. Circuit Upholds MSHA Jurisdiction On Mine Access Road
  • MSHA's Broken Plan Approval Process: A Call For Action
  • As If Things Weren't Already Bad Enough: Flagrant Violations Under The Miner Act
  • Major Supreme Court Victory For Mining Industry Under Clean Water Act
  • The Advantages To A Strategic Purchaser To Acquire Distressed Assets In Bankruptcy
  • Seven Senior Lawyers Join C&M's Environment and Natural Resources Practice

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.13.26

Amici Rally Behind Liberty Global, Urging Tenth Circuit to Rein in Economic Substance Doctrine

Following the 10th Circuit's April 21, 2026, decision affirming the disallowance of Liberty Global’s $2.4 billion deduction under the codified economic substance doctrine, I.R.C. § 7701(o), Liberty Global filed a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc on June 5, 2026. That petition has since drawn significant amicus support from various industry groups representing large taxpayers, as discussed below....