http://www.nelsonmullins.com/news/Articles-Speeches.cfmNelson Mullins Articles and Speeches RSS Feed The Panama Canal expansion project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2014, will significantly impact maritime commerce, global trade routes and North American supply chains. Upon completion, the Panama Canal will be able to accommodate massive Post-Panamax containerships, thereby increasing eff ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/environmentalists_pledging_to_halt_dredging 2012-05-15T00:00:00-04:00 Environmentalists Pledging to Halt Dredging Remarks to the House of Delegates Meeting, South Carolina Bar Good afternoon.  As the veterans of these House of Delegates meetings know, it is customary for the President of the Bar, as he or she leaves office, to report on what has been accomplished during that President's Bar year.  Yo ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/a-test-for-an-independent-judiciary 2012-05-03T00:00:00-04:00 A Test for An Independent Judiciary Remarks to Spartanburg County Bar Good afternoon.  What a great occasion! Congressman Gowdy, Grace, and I were law school classmates, so it's almost like a class of 1989 reunion.  Also, I feel compelled to mention Ken Anthony and congratulate him on his award.  Ken was the SC Bar Pre ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/no-courts-no-justice-no-freedom 2012-05-01T00:00:00-04:00 No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom Reprinted with permission of the Fulton County Daily Report Special to the Daily Report Erika C. Birg, partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: When I was a junior associate, the partner for whom I worked made clear that while I may dislike document review, it provided job security becaus ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/birg-coding 2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00 Voices from the field: Atlanta partner Erika Birg discussed whether predictive coding is the next best thing or a death knell for entry-level associates Reprinted with the permission of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation  In Technocom Business Systems, Inc. v NC Dept. of Revenue, the North Carolina Court of Appeals rendered a decision which substantially changed the ability of North Carolina taxpayers to obtain a credit, against certa ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/recent-changes-to-sales-and-use-tax-overpayment-credits-in-north-carolina 2012-04-30T00:00:00-04:00 Recent Changes to Sales and Use Tax Overpayment Credits in North Carolina As appeared in Law 360 In the months since the United States Supreme Court decided, in June 2011, its first two cases on civil procedure in over 30 years, not much appears to have changed. Lower courts with an opportunity to interpret these decisions tend to cite the new cases in conjunction with e ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/law360-goodyear 2012-04-27T00:00:00-04:00 Goodyear and McIntyre: The More Things Change... Reprinted with permission of the American Bar Association's Environmental Litigation This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or downloaded or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/the-long-winding-journey-of-boiler-mact-and-ciswi-rules 2012-03-20T00:00:00-04:00 The Long, Winding Journey of Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules As appeared in LexisNexis Communities Emerging Issues Law CommunityThis article quotes Atlanta partner Jon Neiditz  By Dylan McGuire As the number of people using social media websites - such as Facebook®, Twitter®, blogs and more - grows exponentially, corporations are faced with a n ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/the-explosion-in-social-media-creates-new-liabilities-while-broadening-companies-opportunities 2012-03-08T00:00:00-04:00 The Explosion in Social Media Creates New Liabilities While Broadening Companies' Opportunities As appeared in Law360. This article quotes Atlanta partner Jon Neiditz Law360, New York (March 02, 2012, 9:14 PM ET) -- Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill on Friday called on data brokers to be more transparent about the use and retention of so-called big data, but stopped short of saying  ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/neiditz-law36003-2012 2012-03-03T00:00:00-04:00 FTC To Ramp Up Privacy Protections In Big Data Arena As appeared in Law360 Law360, New York (February 21, 2012, 2:27 PM ET) -- Philip C. Thompson is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Atlanta office who practices in the areas of domestic and international business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliance ... http://www.nelsonmullins.com/articles/as-appeared-in-law360 2012-02-22T00:00:00-04:00 Q&A With Nelson Mullins' Philip Thompson