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Massachusetts Legislature Passes Controversial Solar Energy Bill
After months of negotiation, the Massachusetts Legislature finally reached a compromise to raise the caps on the state’s controversial “net metering” program. The net metering program enables solar (and other alternate energy) producers to sell excess power their systems produce back to the grid for a credit on their account. However, the previous law capped […]
Déjà Vu for a Computer Programmer: A New York Statute’s Language Saves Him Again
A former Goldman Sachs computer programmer who had a federal jury conviction for illegally taking proprietary computer code from his employer overturned in 2012 was found guilty again—only to have the conviction reversed again by a judge. The verdict came in a New York state prosecution, People v. Aleynikov. This high profile case not only […]