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Environment: Alert - November 18, 2009

Environmental justice – a mix of environmental and civil rights law and policy – is receiving in­creased attention in the Obama Administration, bringing with it challenges and opportunities for municipalities, facilities and others operating in low-income and minority communities. This alert discusses various aspects of environmental justice and the implications for the Obama Administration. Federal agencies, including the DOJ and EPA, have concluded that low-income and minority communities bear a greater environmental risk than the general population. Now is the right time to take stock of your environmental justice situation and take any prudent proactive steps.

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Government Contracts: Alert - November 12, 2009

On November 30, 2009, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson, a qui tam action brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) and appealed from a Fourth Circuit decision. The Court will use the case to resolve a split among the circuits over the scope of the FCA's "public disclosure" bar. A decision affirming the Fourth Circuit could increase qui tam litigation against any organization that does business with, or receives federal money through, federal, state and local governmental entities – and would further expand the reach of the FCA to any state or local program involving the use of federal funds.

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Holland & Knight Attorney Joseph Guay Receives Lawyers Alliance for New York's 2009 Cornerstone Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Legal Services to Nonprofit Groups
 
 Joseph "Joe" Guay- New York

New York City – October 27, 2009 – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Joseph Guay, a partner located in the firm's New York City office, was selected as an individual recipient of a 2009 Cornerstone Award presented by Lawyers Alliance For New York, in recognition of his outstanding pro bono legal services to nonprofit groups that are working to improve neighborhoods throughout New York City.

Joe is one of only eight individuals and two law firms who will be honored with this prestigious award at a ceremony in New York City. He was selected for assisting Bridge Street Development Corporation in creating affordable housing opportunities through his exceptional real estate guidance. Bridge Street's mission is to help residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn acquire affordable housing through public and private financing.

Joe's practice is focused in the areas of real estate, business and commercial lending with a strong emphasis in hotel and resort development and hospitality law including hotel acquisitions and dispositions, development and finance, mixed-use development projects, hotel management agreements, branded residential projects, restaurant agreements and general hotel operation matters throughout the U.S., Latin America, Caribbean and Asia. He primarily represents national hotel brands as well as owners, pension fund advisors and investment funds, and real estate development companies, institutional lenders and investment banks. Lawyers Alliance is the leading provider of business and transactional legal services for nonprofit organizations that are improving the quality of life in low-income neighborhoods throughout New York City.

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Aimee Steel, Holland & Knight LLP (202) 828-1895 or aimee.steel@hklaw.com
Kate Barth, Holland & Knight LLP (813) 769-4335 or kate.barth@hklaw.com

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