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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

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There would have to be some agreement, that does not exist today of what it means to be net zero (e.g., And maybe that includes an agreement that zero is more like the historical absence in the number of columns counted by Sumerian scribes 4,000 years ago than a modern laboratory measure of non-detect?

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

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The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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No Longer in the Dark: A Primer on the Distinction between Delay and Disruption Damages in a Construction Dispute

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Triple B Services, LLP , decided on May 26, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Texas reviewed a contractor’s claim for damages on a road expansion project. The County entered into an agreement with the Contractor to expand a three-mile stretch of road. disruption distinction. In County of Galveston v. The Contract.

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Subcontractor’s Failure to Strictly Comply With Notice Provision Costs $200,000

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3d 930 (May 18, 2016), the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, reversed a trial court’s award of delay damages in favor of a subcontractor on a public contract. The general contractor entered into an agreement with the City of New York Department of Sanitation to construct a garage. In Schindler v.

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

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This is critically important in cases where the arbitration agreement selects the AAA without designating which of the various AAA arbitration rules the parties intended to apply (eg, the Commercial Arbitration Rules, Construction Arbitration Rules).

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NASA, NUAIR Partner To Grow Central New York Drone Industry

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NASA and the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) have formed a groundbreaking agreement to grow the drone industry in Central New York and the Mohawk Valley. ” In the past year, 645 test flights were conducted at the NUAIR-managed test site in Rome, a tenfold increase from the year before.

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Business Report: GEICO Expansion Brings 1,000 New Jobs To Katy, TX

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Execution of the state’s agreement is contingent upon finalization of a local incentive offer as required by program criteria. He has agreed to do so through the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Perry officially opened the office by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize a Sister State Agreement.

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