by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
A record 151,024 U.S. Patents issued in 1998. This was 33% more than the 113,720 that issued in 1997. Several reasons have been cited for this huge increase in U.S. Patents: Intellectual property, particularly patents, is becoming more important to both the bottom...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
For most landlords, the procedure is routine. A broker calls with a potential tenant, the landlord does some due diligence and sends over its fine-tuned landlord-drafted lease, the parties negotiate and the lease is signed with some modest modifications. When a...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The recent deregulation of the electric industry in Connecticut opens the door to companies from around the country to compete in the state’s energy market. One result has been a substantial increase in the number of proposed new electric generating facilities....
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
As some Connecticut towns have discovered, recent federal legislation further diminishes state and local control over the placement of telecommunication towers and antennas. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “Act”) limits the power of state and local...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On October 1, 1998, legislation became effective in Connecticut that aims at providing lenders with some comfort that, in the ordinary course, they will not be responsible for environmental liabilities occurring at property solely because the lender has encumbered the...
