Green Building Law Update
MARCH 13, 2016
Green Building Council has just announced that all new projects registering for LEED 2009 beginning on April 8, 2016 will need to satisfy increased minimum energy performance thresholds. USGBC reported the results of the balloting with 78.6 percent of the consensus body voting in favor of this change to the 7 year old rating system.
Green Building Law Update
OCTOBER 11, 2015
Green Building Council is soliciting comments on its proposal to change the prerequisites of the current LEED 2009 rating system increasing the minimum energy performance thresholds. That extension from June 27, 2015, the original date LEED 2009 registration was to close, was occasioned by the delay in LEED v4.
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Construction Business Owner
MAY 22, 2013
There has been a long-running battle over the tax treatment of losses incurred by limited liability companies (LLCs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs). 19 (2009) (Garnett), is a case that could have broad implications for entrepreneurs, investors and small business owners.' The recent Tax Court decision, Garnett v.
Construction Business Owner
JUNE 29, 2012
Committing Intentional Project Communications » Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009. February 2009.
Green Building Law Update
FEBRUARY 28, 2016
With respect to the likelihood of legal liability associated with the application of insecticides or failure to apply, it is the failure to act properly that may have the greater likelihood for landlord liability. Similarly landlords are being increasingly held liable for injury arising from bedbug infestations.
Green Building Law Update
AUGUST 7, 2016
Given the large number of inquiries we have responded to about Zika, including about liability for building owners, this is a repost of an updated version of my February blog post on the subject. But where a building has an insect management plan, the negligent implementation of a plan may arguably give rise to liability.
FDR Safety
APRIL 9, 2013
Expanding criminal liability to make willful violations causing death or serious bodily injury a felony rather than a misdemeanor. Create new liabilities for “site-controlling” employers at multi-employer worksites. Place all federal and state government employees, and some local government employees, under OSHA’s jurisdiction.
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