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Rising Star Distinction for Reinhard von Hennigs

January 18, 2013

We are very proud to announce that Reinhard von Hennigs, partner at our BridgehouseLaw Charlotte office, has been named to the 2013 North Carolina Rising Star List by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers launched the Rising Stars for the first time in 1998 to honor the top up-and-coming attorneys in each state. Reinhard von Hennigs has…

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Driver’s Licenses for Young Illegal Immigrants – Not in N.C.?

January 16, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net President Obama announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program last June to prevent the deportation of people who were brought into the country illegally as children. The DACA program grants – under certain circumstances – two-year work permits for applicants. Young illegal immigrants have then the chance to get a driver’s license…

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Cloud computing – New report for the European Parliament warned of political surveillance on foreigner’s data

January 15, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net How safe is Cloud Computing? Researchers warned of political surveillance on foreigners’ data in a new report produced for the European Parliament: U.S. public authorities, perhaps unsurprisingly, have continually rejected claims of mass snooping on Europeans’ data if it is stored using U.S. cloud services like those provided by Google, Microsoft and Facebook.…

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North Carolina’s new Governor is former Mayor of Charlotte

January 15, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net The Republican Pat McCrory is the state’s 74th governor. He stepped into office on January 5th 2013, taking over as only the third Republican governor of North Carolina in a century and marking a dramatic turn to red in state politics. McCrory was sworn in at the old Senate chambers in the…

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US banks have undertaken to pay $ 8.5 billion in the course of foreclosure abuses

January 10, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net A lot of US banks are still confronted with claims of foreclosure abuses they have committed in times of the financial and housing crisis. Above all, they are blamed for the so called “robo-signing”, which means that plenty of times foreclosures against homeowners were made without examining the documents of each single…

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Solar panels in every home – why solar panels are cheaper in Germany

January 9, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.com The Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) has recently published a study that looks at the price differences in the solar panel industry in Germany and the U.S. By looking at pre-incentivized prices paid for customer-owned systems, they were able to pinpoint the major differences between the two countries. In the last five years,…

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Progress Energy obligated to grant current prices to solar developers

January 9, 2013

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net The prosperity of solar developers depends largely on the so called “avoided cost” rate. As solar developers are mostly small power producers, they are usually not allowed to sell their power directly to customers. Instead, they have to sell it to big utilities like Progress Energy Carolinas. The prices utilities owe, are…

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Russian Parliament Bans Adoptions by Americans

December 28, 2012

Dima Yakovlev Act vs. Magnitsky Act  (c) photo: freedigitalphoto.net The Upper House of Russia’s Parliament voted unanimously on a measure that would ban the adoption of Russian children by American families. In the Parliament 420 voted for, and only 7 members against the bill. Called the “Dima Yakovlev Act”, it was named after a Russian…

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End of Bush Era Tax Cuts

December 28, 2012

The Bush tax cuts, dubbed after former President George W Bush, enacted in 2001 and 2003 will expire by the end of the year. In 2010 the tax cuts have been extended by the Obama Administration and in order for them to remain in effect, Congress would have to vote on an extension. Additionally, a…

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How Private Are Your Emails?

December 28, 2012

(c) photo: freedigitalphotos.net Everybody knows that law enforcement can’t just storm into your house and rummage through your desks and drawers. They need a warrant that shows that they have probable cause to search your belongings. But how about your emails, facebook pictures and stored items in the cloud? Nowadays so much of our communications,…

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