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Eco Terrorism is Not in the Headlines so Did it Ever Exist?

Green Building Law Update

In 2004, John Lewis, deputy assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee: “the FBI’s investigation of animal rights extremists and ecoterrorism matters is our highest domestic terrorism investigative priority.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

2004; Black et al., Partnering on defense contracts. The benefits of strategic collaboration vs. traditional construction planning, procurement, and project delivery are well documented and partially listed below (Chan et al., 2000; Grajek et al., 2000; Gransberg et al., Lower project related cost growth. Journal of Management in.

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Could Solyndra Happen To Green Building Policy?

Green Building Law Update

" To support the project, the developer applied for a $2 billion Green Bonds program that Congress passed in 2004. Destiny USA was a proposed $20 billion mega-mall that was supposed "to be not only the biggest man-made structure on the planet but also the most environmentally friendly."

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

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17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 2004); Gulf Petro Trading Co., 3d at 1446 (“[T]he Convention’s enumeration of defenses is exclusive.”). [13] 3d 15, 21 (2d Cir.

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Which Insurance Carrier Is Responsible for Damages on a Construction Project? Depends.

Best Practices Construction Law

Insurance Company #1 provided a commercial general liability policy (“CGL”) and an umbrella policy from 2000-2004, which covered the period when the house was built. From 2004-2005, Insurance Company #2 provided a different CGL policy. In 20015, the electrical subcontractor went out of business.

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Moon Express Opens Facility In Huntsville, AL

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Pickens reached public acclaim as the lead propulsion designer for SpaceShipOne, the world’s first private manned spaceship that won the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE in 2004 and led to Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic enterprise. space program.

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Another chapter in dispute over OSHA statute of limitations

FDR Safety

Those PHAs were conducted in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2004, and 2005. Recognize that, although it is expressly set out in the Act, the six month statute of limitations is, by no means, a “silver bullet” defense to citations.

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