Green Building Law Update
MARCH 8, 2020
This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S. Recent U.S.
Pro Builder
APRIL 21, 2021
California Master Planned Community Axed Due to Environmental Concerns. A judge blocked the development of a 6,000 acre, 20,000-home master planned community in California after a lawsuit suggested developers did not consider wildfire risk or greenhouse gas emissions. cbroderick. Wed, 04/21/2021 - 08:48. Read More. .
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Green Building Law Update
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
The rule is silent on ESG disclosures, including climate risk. Longstanding Federal law requires disclosure of “any material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which a [public company] or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is subject.”
Safety Services Company
MARCH 20, 2014
Currently twenty states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana. Two states (Colorado and Washington) have approved the recreational use of it, and Alaska, Arizona, California, and Oregon may join them this year. Can businesses continue to drug test workers and job applicants for a drug the state says is legal?
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
But regular readers of this blog will know that we believe any business claiming “zero” anything is indefensible, fraught with risk and likely to lead to litigation. a lot less than zero risk) as a level of exposure that would cause no more than 1 extra case of cancer in 100,000 people over a 70 year lifetime.
Best Practices Construction Law
JUNE 15, 2022
shifting the risk of nonpayment … “Payment from the Owner to the Contractor is a condition precedent to payment from the Contractor to the Subcontractor.”). Generally, most states that have addressed the issue allow “pay if paid” clauses so long as there is clear and unambiguous language shifting the risk of non-payment to the subcontractor.
Green Building Law Update
JANUARY 19, 2015
In California, marijuana production accounted for about 3% of electric use, according to the study. The growth since the data gathering for 2011 study has been significant with marijuana legalized for recreational use in four states and medicinal use in 19 states.
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