Green Building Law Update

APRIL 28, 2019

The Maryland General Assembly, the state’s legislative body meets in regular session for 90 days each year beginning the second Wednesday in January to act on more than 2,500 pieces of legislation. Maryland has been described as having more pages of environmental statutes and regulations on a per capita basis than any other state.

Maryland 120

Maryland Permits Sewer Housing 120

Green Building Law Update

APRIL 26, 2020

A key lesson to be learned here is that even a landowner determined to be an “inculpable person” under a state voluntary cleanup program is still subject to a state law claim by some other impacted third party property owner. Among the reasons this is a significant decision is the impact on widely utilized state Brownfields programs.

Claims 156

Claims Montana Permits Liability 156

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 26, 2020

But that progressive political position fails to acknowledge that this is a highly regulated space by both the federal and state governments in a Faustian public policy attempting to take into account both energy industry and environmental interests. They still can do so under this order.”.

Commissioning 156

Commissioning Risk Maryland District of Columbia 156

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Businesses making a net zero claim like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are misleading consumers. It is one thing when a political leaders in a government make an ESG claim. But it is another thing for a business to make ESG claims about net zero or otherwise that mislead customers.

Risk 156

Risk Claims Legal Agreement 156

Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

And these questions are not unfounded because as of November 1, 2020, legal industry databases of state and federal litigation are tracking more than 6,100 cases involving Covid-19 claims. All of this begs the question if a business owner’s premises liability insurance covers such claims? With Covid-19 spreading across the U.S.

Liability 293

Liability Legal Claims Insurance 293

Green Building Law Update

MAY 30, 2021

A key component of our work is to provide counsel and advice in avoiding claims of greenwashing, or misleading communications, real or perceived, by business in their ESG disclosures. In 2021, EU based regulators began to fill the ESG disclosure void, but with the change in political climate in the U.S., If each country (.

Regulation 156

Regulation Sustainability IDEA United States 156

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

All these years later, Maryland now joins a majority of other states and adopted the Daubert reliability factors, overruling Frye. In place of Frye , the Supreme Court provided a list of flexible factors to help courts determine the reliability of expert testimony.

Maryland 156

Maryland United States District of Columbia Baltimore 156

Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Good for the agency, but disappointing for our society, in FY 2020 among the agency’s priority cases were an onslaught of violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by persons hoping to cash in on the fear of the coronavirus by making fraudulent claims that their products or devices kill that virus.

Claims 207

Claims Regulation Environment Products 207

Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And today environmental groups are alleging greenwashing and intentional misrepresentation, including claims in contravention of the Federal Trade Commission Green Guides, targeting companies making ESG assertions. By way of example, we recently penned a blog post about Maryland Enacting A Corporate Diversity Benchmark in ESG.

Legal 156

Legal Risk Green Claims 156

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Supreme Court squarely rejected Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee’s wells are stealing Mississippi’s ground water.

Mississippi 156

Mississippi New York New York City Memphis 156

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 28, 2015

Supreme Court having before it an interstate water dispute, where Florida seeks an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers over the claims of upstream Georgia, the issue of “who owns the rain” is of national importance. Maryland has the most stringent storm water (i.e., Eaton, 1952.

Albuquerque 120

Albuquerque Tucson Utah Maryland 120

Green Building Law Update

JUNE 28, 2015

Supreme Court having before it an interstate water dispute, where Florida seeks an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers over the claims of upstream Georgia, the issue of “who owns the rain” is of national importance. Maryland has the most stringent storm water (i.e., Eaton, 1952.

Albuquerque 120

Albuquerque Tucson Utah Maryland 120

Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 5, 2020

And significantly there is no defense for an issued permit or claim of preemption by other state or federal laws. The partnership’s complaint asks the court to declare the voter enactment unconstitutional on several grounds and also claims it violates a variety of state laws.

New Hampshire 218

New Hampshire Legal Claims DC 218

Green Building Law Update

MARCH 24, 2019

Documentary proof that the products are backed by a FLEGT license accepted under the European Union Timber Regulation. The European Union has similar timber regulation. Certified by a third-party legality verification program (see Annex 3). The entire credit can be accessed from this link. including that specify the country of origin.

Design 120

Design Products Certification Legal 120

Business Facilities

JULY 23, 2014

In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, CN, several states moved to toughen their gun regulations. In the months after the December 2012 atrocity, New York, Connecticut and Maryland enacted broad new bans on assault weapons. This week, the other shoe dropped in Maryland, where Beretta U.S.A.

Tampa 50

Tampa Colorado Maryland Regulation 50

Job Order Contracting

APRIL 30, 2022

Zero costs associated with disputes and claims. Fewer disputes and claims. Federal acquisition regulation. An analysis of the Maryland Department. Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration. Partnering: Tool for construction claims reduction. Increased quality satisfaction.

Construction 223

Construction Project Management Engineering Management 223

Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Van Metre Homes , which builds 400 to 600 single-family homes per year in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia, manufactures walls, roof trusses, stairs, and doors from its own factory on 26 acres in Winchester, Va. Local zoning regulations also can make modular problematic. million to the project’s price tag.

Roads 116

Roads Site Housing Industrial 116

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

To receive an abatement for property taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation. To receive abatement for any or all of these taxes, a project must meet certain qualifications and follow certain procedures, as determined by law and regulation.

Income 108

Income Finance Zoning Employment 108

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

The program is capped at 10,000 new jobs being claimed each year by all participants; whereas a taxpayer is limited to a maximum of 400 new jobs per year. The credit provided to the investor totals 39 percent of the cost of the investment and is claimed over a seven-year period. time permanent jobs paying above average wages.

Income 75

Income Finance Zoning Equipment 75

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 5, 2013

Massachusetts, New York and Maryland join NJ as states that have achieved leadership positions in solar power without the advantage of a Sun Belt location. Rick Scott’s pledge to drastically cut back on business regulations and red tape (Scott has pledged to create 700,000 jobs during his first term as Florida governor].

North Dakota 111

North Dakota Alabama Texas Louisiana 111