Bill Clineburg Joins Taylor English Law Firm

Taylor English Duma LLP announced today the addition of one of Atlanta’s most distinguished litigators, Bill Clineburg, to the firm.

“I was drawn to Taylor English because the firm is smaller, yet has an extremely talented core of attorneys,” Clineburg says. “Its reasonable billing rates enhance our ability to build a practice in this economy.”

As a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, Clineburg’s practice areas include Class Actions and other Complex Business and Commercial Litigation. For the past 37 years he has successfully litigated both jury and non-jury, individual and class action matters in state and federal courts throughout the United States, and argued in a number of state and federal appellate courts. He has also effectively utilized formal and informal means of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration.

Clineburg has been named a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, as well as a “Super Lawyer” by Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Trend. In addition, he served as editor of the Georgia Law Review and the Georgia Journal of International Law.

“I look forward to building relationships with clients and assisting them in resolving disputes,” Clineburg says. “My goal is to build a successful commercial litigation practice while operating in a unique business model.”

Clineburg lives in Atlanta with his wife of 34 years and has three daughters.

Cellulosic Biofuel Producer Credit: Guidelines for Qualification and Registration

The Internal Revenue Code provides tax credits for certain renewable and biofuels. Included in these credit provisions are income tax credits for alcohol fuels and cellulosic biofuel under Section 40 of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), income tax credits for biodiesel under §40A, and excise tax credits and payments under §§6426 and 6427 for alcohol fuel mixtures, biodiesel mixtures, alternative fuels, and alternative fuel mixtures.

The cellulosic biofuel income tax credit was added to the pre-existing §40 alcohol fuel income tax credits by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. IRC §40(b)(6) allows a $1.01 per gallon nonrefundable income tax credit for each gallon of qualified cellulosic biofuel production of the producer for the taxable year. “Cellulosic biofuel” means any liquid fuel that meets the following requirements:

1. The fuel must be produced in the United States and used as fuel in the United States;
2. The fuel must be derived from lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis and;
3. The fuel must meet registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives established by the EPA Renewable Fuel Standard Program, under §211 of the Clean Air Act (42 USC §7545);
4. The producer must either sell or use the fuel as:
   1. A mixture with gasoline or other internal combustion engine fuel its a trade or business (other than casual non-farm production),
   2. A fuel in its trade or business, or
   3. A retail fuel delivered into the consumer’s fuel tank.

Examples of renewable lignocellulosic or hemicellulosic matter include dedicated energy crops and trees, wood and wood residues, plants, grasses, agricultural residues, fibers, municipal solid waste, and other biomass residue (See Conf. Rep. 110-627). Alcohol may qualify as cellulosic biofuel provided the alcohol meets these requirements, and is at least 150 proof without regard to denaturants.

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