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Business Wire
27-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Adam Bass Member of the All-Star Faculty for Sandpiper Partner's Annual Los Angeles Legal Market Conference
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Buchalter is pleased to announce that Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter, will participate as a member of the all-star faculty of law firm partners during Sandpiper Partner's 16 th Annual Los Angeles Legal Market Conference 2025. Program highlights include, State of the LA Legal Market, State of the LA Real Estate Market, Financial Discipline and Profitability, and Why AI is Transformative. The conference takes place on Tuesday, June 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PDT at The Pavilion, 2000 Avenue of the Stars. Sandpiper Partners has decades of experience producing educational solutions for law firms, law departments, legal vendors, and information providers serving the legal industry. Sandpiper Partners presents Legal Market annual conferences in major U.S. legal centers from New York to Chicago to California and London.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
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Adam Bass Member of the All-Star Faculty for Sandpiper Partner's Annual Los Angeles Legal Market Conference
LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Buchalter is pleased to announce that Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter, will participate as a member of the all-star faculty of law firm partners during Sandpiper Partner's 16th Annual Los Angeles Legal Market Conference 2025. Program highlights include, State of the LA Legal Market, State of the LA Real Estate Market, Financial Discipline and Profitability, and Why AI is Transformative. The conference takes place on Tuesday, June 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. PDT at The Pavilion, 2000 Avenue of the Stars. Sandpiper Partners has decades of experience producing educational solutions for law firms, law departments, legal vendors, and information providers serving the legal industry. Sandpiper Partners presents Legal Market annual conferences in major U.S. legal centers from New York to Chicago to California and London. View source version on Contacts Tiffany A. Hughes, (213) 891-5082, thughes@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Bahrain News Gazette
12-05-2025
- Business
- Bahrain News Gazette
Minimum Deposit Casinos Warns of Sweeping Changes as States Crack Down on Online Sweepstakes Casinos
WATERFORD, Ireland, May 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minimum Deposit Casinos (MDC), a leading global online casino review hub and division of the OneTwenty Group, has released new insights into the tightening regulatory landscape for sweepstakes-based gaming in the United States. Recent moves by lawmakers in New York, Louisiana, and Montana suggest a coordinated push to eliminate or restrict these alternative online gambling models. In New York, Senate Bill 5935, introduced by Sen. Joseph Addabbo, has advanced through the legislative process and targets the operation and supply of sweepstakes-style platforms. The bill specifically addresses platforms that use two forms of digital currency — one of which can be redeemed for real-world prizes — a setup now under scrutiny by state regulators. Meanwhile, Louisiana has taken a similarly hard stance with Senate Bill 181, led by Sen. Adam Bass. The bill aims to ban all forms of sweepstakes games that mimic casino or sports betting experiences, including both the promotion and operation of such services. It passed the state Senate unanimously and is currently being reviewed by the House. Montana could become the first U.S. state to enact a full prohibition if Senate Bill 555 is signed into law. The bill, which has passed both chambers, seeks to clearly define and outlaw the operation of unlicensed sweepstakes gambling websites. 'States are clearly starting to zero in on grey-area gambling models,' said a senior analyst at MDC. 'These bills show how quickly the legal landscape can shift, and it's crucial that players and operators stay ahead of the curve.' About MDC Minimum Deposit Casinos (MDC) is a trusted online portal under the OneTwenty Group. MDC evaluates online casinos worldwide, assessing safety, licensing, game fairness, and payment security before recommending the best options to players. Contact Email: [email protected] GlobeNewswire Distribution ID 1001095989
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Louisiana wants to pave the way for small nuclear reactors, an untested technology in the U.S.
A small modular nuclear reactor is shown in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Last Energy) The Louisiana Legislature is working to speed up the permitting process to allow small nuclear reactors to be added to the state's portfolio of energy production. Although the technology is not yet in use in the United States, proponents see it as a low-emissions option to provide electricity in areas that struggle to get reliable power. Energy analysts say there are reasons why what are known as small modular reactors (SMRs) have not caught on yet in America – chief among them is the cost. Senate Bill 127, by Sen. Adam Bass, R-Bossier City, would allow the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to create an expedited environmental permitting process for building small modular reactors. That would position the state to be ready when the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows the projects to move forward. The bill advanced out of the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality and heads next to the full Senate. 'You have companies in states like Texas that are starting that process,' LDEQ Secretary Aurelia Skipwith Giacometto said Tuesday at the State Capitol after the Senate committee hearing on Bass' bill. Supporters of the proposal hope SMRs can be used by not only utilities but also industrial facilities that need an exclusive, on-site power source. Gov. Jeff Landry has included nuclear energy as part of an 'all of the above' approach he supports to meet the state's power needs. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, small modular reactors range from one-tenth to one-fourth the size of a standard nuclear reactor. They can produce between 10-300 megawatts of power. That's compared to an estimated 2,142 megawatts Entergy reports its two nuclear plants in Louisiana generate combined. The cost to build small nuclear reactors is steep. A study last year from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis found the cost to construct an SMR averaged $25,000 per kilowatt generated as of 2023 – more than double the rate in 2015. For a 10-megawatt reactor – the power level for the smallest SMR – the total cost comes to about $250 million. Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety for the Union of Concerned Scientists, said that in order for utilities to buy into small nuclear reactors, it will take government subsidies and tax credits to make the cost worthwhile. 'If you're trying to make them smaller, they're gonna be less economic unless you come up with some way to compensate for this penalty for making them smaller,' Lyman told the Illuminator in a phone interview. '… There's no one in the world that's ordering SMRs in the amounts that would be needed to start to see the benefit of central manufacturing.' Lyman noted there are two current applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for new nuclear reactors in the U.S, and both 'are half-funded by the federal government and the other half funded by rich people like Bill Gates.' 'So there's actually a lot less going on that meets the eye, and again, the bottom line is cost …' he said. 'Utilities and users know how expensive these things are.' After a strong of nuclear power plant shutdowns in recent decades, there has been a push to bring them back online to address increasing energy needs. This momentum has carried over to introduce SMRs in the United States. Gartias said there is industry interest in placing SMRs near petrochemical plants to reduce their carbon footprint by using nuclear power to run the plants and offset some of their emissions. Although nuclear plants do not produce carbon dioxide, their critics note their environmental impact in the form of uranium mining and waste storage. The Alliance for Affordable Energy, a Louisiana-based consumer advocacy group, is not taking a stance on the Bass bill but wants more answers on who will pay for small modular reactor projects – and whether those costs will be passed down to ratepayers. 'We stopped building nuclear for a long time, but now there are really vague and not very recent examples of us building nuclear on time and on budget,' Jackson Voss, the alliance's climate policy coordinator, told the Illuminator. When asked by committee member Sen. Patrick Connick, R-Marrero, what would happen to the waste created by small modular reactors, Bass did not give a clear answer. He said some companies use the waste to generate more power. Connick said he wants more information about the waste before the next vote on the bill on the Senate floor, which has not been scheduled yet. There are no current proposals to place SMRs in Louisiana. A few projects in other states are under licensing review with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the first are projected to be built within the next 10 years. Louisiana recently joined several states in suing the federal government to loosen its regulations around nuclear power. The lawsuit claims blanket rules are not equal for reactors that vary in size. SMRs are safer and create less nuclear waste, so they should have different regulations from the full-sized reactors, the plaintiff states argue. 'Ultimately, if you're looking at what we are doing on the legislative side, see what we are doing when it comes to litigation, that puts in companies' eyes that Louisiana is a desirable state' for nuclear power, Giacometto said. Giacometto said the governor is onboard with the lawsuit. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
