- October 30, 2021C&A attorney, David Cook, recently spoke to a group of directors of telephone cooperatives about legal risks and privacy concerns. …
- January 14, 2021In a new ruling, the Service considered the period of historical patronage business that should be used to calculate the gain…
- December 7, 2020The Farm Credit Administration has issued an updated informational memorandum for the purposes of providing Farm Credit System institutions with…
- October 29, 2020October is National Cooperative Month. The USDA is holding a webinar about the resources available to support cooperative development in rural…
- October 2, 2020The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, serving 115 mostly rural towns, is trying again to add delivering broadband internet to its…
- March 24, 2020In 1998 the Digital Millennium Copyright ACT (“DMCA”) was designed to respond to the growing issue of file sharing websites…
- July 29, 2018Class-Action Lawsuit Focuses on Cooperative Board Compensation A South Carolina electric cooperative, Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc., was recently named in a…
- August 3, 2017The U.S. House of Representatives recently advanced two electric cooperative priorities, which are now headed to the Senate for full…
- October 15, 2015A Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a regulation that requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources, such…
- November 26, 2013USDA Magazine Article Discusses Management of Capital Credits and Patronage Dividends The USDA publishes a bi-monthly magazine, Rural Cooperatives, which…
- August 31, 2013Who is entitled to vote as a cooperative member when a facility is composed of separately metered units? Does it…
- February 11, 2013This guest post is from CFC's February 11, 2013 CFC Solutions Newsletter (Vol. 15, No. 6). FROM THE CFO'S DESK…
- August 11, 2012In another lawsuit concerning cooperatives' capital credit practices, a North Carolina trial court ruled in favor of a cooperative that…
- August 7, 2012Earlier this past July, the Texas Court of Appeals ruled on important aspects of the cooperative lawsuit concerning Denton County…
- April 26, 2012C&A attorney David R. Cook recently spoke to a group of cooperative accountants about the role of accountants in cooperatives'…
- April 10, 2012In the latest Cooperative Tax Brief, C&A Attorney David Cook discusses a recent ruling by the Service that an international…
- April 8, 2012This blog post was prepared by guest blogger Tim Madsen of Survey & Ballot Systems. A cooperative, by definition, is…
