ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2020

This project united a legal staff onto five floors with open floor plans, a conference center, flexible space, offices and California-themed areas.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

There has been little litigation to date, but as far back as 2016 we wrote a blog post about “net zero energy” in California, False Advertising Claims over Net Zero and LEED Certified Homes. We view our role as articulating and then mitigating for a business what is now termed “carbon asset risk” which includes a business claim of net zero.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Carbon reporting will be required by organizations, people, activities, information and resources involved in supplying a product or service in California. This is much more than only applying to Amazon and Walmart, and their supply chains. government and The Group of Seven. yes, this blog will continue).

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 24, 2020

This blog provides an overview of practical issues to consider related to your California construction projects in light of the ever-changing landscape. California’s list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” [1] exempts all construction work from the purview of California’s statewide “Stay at Home” Order. [2]

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

MARCH 24, 2020

This blog provides an overview of practical issues to consider related to your California construction projects in light of the ever-changing landscape. California’s list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” [1] exempts all construction work from the purview of California’s statewide “Stay at Home” Order. [2]

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 18, 2015

This type of workers' compensation is currently legally permissible in the following states: California, Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, Kentucky, New York, Hawaii and Minnesota. You may have also heard of collectively bargained workers' compensation referred to as "carve outs" in the traditional workers' compensation system.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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.” And this intentional omission is in a climate when the subject is hot.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 22, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog.

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Construction Law Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

As an attorney in multiple states ( California and Louisiana ) there are many overlapping rules and theory of law that are transferable from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The purpose of this series is to better educate anyone who gets involved in the legal process.

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Construction Law Monitor

AUGUST 24, 2012

I recently found a good article on JDSupra.com , always a great source for solid legal content, regarding California Senate Bill 474. It seems from the face of California Senate Bill 474 and many others like it across the country, that we are on a path toward heavy government regulation of our business relations.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Nevertheless, critics of the bill anticipate that it will ultimately increase building costs, and will only exacerbate the current shortage of affordable housing in California. Joint employment liability has been an ongoing trend in California. The bill also precludes recovery of liquidated damages or penalties. Section 2810.3

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Construction Law Monitor

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

One of my favorite places to find good content and expert opinion regarding construction and legal issues is JDSupra.com. In one of JD’s tweets last week I discovered a very informative article by Matthew Hicks regarding Workers’ Compensation Insurance law and jurisprudence in California. For further reading see Wesley E.

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Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 16, 2012

As an attorney in multiple states (California and Louisiana) there are many overlapping rules and theory of law that are transferable from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. California is a jurisdiction of forms. This blog post is a part of the California Civil Procedure Series written by Wolfe Law Group. Next is the Summons.

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Business Facilities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

California, New York City, and the District of Columbia will experience the biggest impact of minimum wage increases next year. Read: Minimum Wage Will Increase In Majority Of U.S. States In 2020 at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 1, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission issued a summary decision against California Naturel, Inc., But in this instance, California Naturel admitted that eight percent of its sunscreen formula is in fact dimethicone, (by its own admission triggering the summary decision without a hearing) a synthetic ingredient.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Beyond the general disclaimer below about the purposes of the blog, this blog post is not intended to give you criminal law advice or for that matter, any legal advice. . Despite that statement, be aware that possessing, using, distributing and selling marijuana are all federal crimes and may be state crimes.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Home > Green > Geothermal > California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. Championed by the new California Geothermal Heat Pump Lobby Coalition (CalGeo), AB 2339 (Williams/V.M. Related Articles California Geo Bill passes General Assembly. Project Management.

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Business Facilities

JANUARY 4, 2021

Many states will make changes to their minimum wage laws in 2021; greatest impacts will be seen in California, Washington and Florida. Read: Half Of U.S. States To See Minimum Wage Increases In 2021 at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

ENR California. Legal Fallout Spreads from Trainor Glass Default. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. Associations. Washington Observer. Economic Stimulus. Product Snapshot. Interviews. People on the Move. Obituaries. Multimedia. Annual Photo Contest. ENR Midwest.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2018

Any information provided it NOT intended as any form of legal guidance. California. This is list is for reference only and may not be complete or current. The JOC regulatory framework is evolving despite its long term use. AB-14 Public contracts: job order contracting. 2003-2004).

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 5, 2021

And just last Wednesday the California Department of Water Resources announced for the first time it is not going to allocate any water next year to local water districts. As weather induced droughts in the U.S. make interstate groundwater disputes increasingly likely in the coming years there are real implications for our future.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2022

While you are not legally obligated to offer health plans to these workers, you can still choose to. The level of control the employer legally has over how the worker performs tasks. Legally, employers are not required to provide the same benefits to their 1099 contractors as they do to their full-time employees.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that through green building practices, like the U.S. Recent U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

By analogy, nearly all businesses choose to include a warning label that nearly everything from a padlock, to jewelry, to a dish to a flashlight may cause cancer, to comply with California law that defines “no significant risk” (. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a blog www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue).

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Construction Law Monitor

JULY 26, 2011

The distinctions between the different types of entities that can be created are substantial and have a tremendous legal effect on how the business operates from year to year. In the absence of an operating agreement the business code ( Title 2 of the California Business Code ) has default rules on how this type of entity operates.

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Green Building Law Update

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This law firm has worked with businesses, non real estate and real estate alike, in their disclosures required by the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 describing their “efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from [their] direct supply chain for tangible goods offered for sale.”

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

s state Route 241 Foothills-South toll road through a coastal state park has been dropped following a legal settlement between the region’s toll-road authorities and a coalition of environmental groups. A controversial plan to extend Orange County, Calif.’s

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Natural Building

AUGUST 4, 2021

Quail Springs Permaculture , an educational non-profit in Southern California, built the houses over the span of a few months. That makes it a poor choice for, say, Alaska, but a great one for California, where the material can soak up heat during the day and release it during the region’s cold nights. “It Quail Springs cob house.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

While we all have been focused on the Presidential election results, cannabis law reform won in eight out of the nine states where it was on the ballot, from California to Massachusetts, on November 8, making clear the that the public is ready to put the harsh prohibitionist pot policies of the past behind us.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 10, 2021

FivePoint has worked on this project for nearly 20 years, an extended timeline due to legal battles between environmentalists and real estate planners, says CNBC. They are launching a methane capture program at a California dairy farm and installing rooftop solar in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 28, 2015

Against a backdrop of California experiencing the worst drought in its history and the U.S. Governments from Maryland to Colorado now regularly take the position that collecting precipitation is not legal, as a diversion of rainwater before it enters a water course. ” McNaughton v. Eaton, 1952.

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Green Building Law Update

JUNE 28, 2015

Against a backdrop of California experiencing the worst drought in its history and the U.S. Governments from Maryland to Colorado now regularly take the position that collecting precipitation is not legal, as a diversion of rainwater before it enters a water course. ” McNaughton v. Eaton, 1952.

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ENR Construction

JULY 31, 2012

ENR California. Officials Outline Preferred Path Forward on Californias Bay Delta. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar supports $14-billion proposal to transfer water from northern California to the Central Valley, but several lawmakers in the region to be tapped blasted the plan. ” Salazar and California Gov.

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ENR Construction

JULY 24, 2012

ENR California. California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real World Experiments. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. Associations. Washington Observer. Economic Stimulus. Product Snapshot. Interviews. People on the Move. Obituaries.

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Constructlaw

JUNE 30, 2021

This article summarizes the current landscape in Pennsylvania and California as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, and highlights important considerations for employers in the construction industry in relation to vaccines and navigating a post-mask mandate world. Current Restrictions in Pennsylvania and California. California.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

In an era when concern over legal liability for building claims is real, not only enforced by the FTC and state attorneys’ generals, but also in consumer class action suits, it is likely unwise to make the claim that a building is net zero energy use or the like, what does net zero mean?

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