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Does Your Construction Business Need Employment Practices Liability Insurance?

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The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 84,254 discriminatory employment practices complaints last year. In addition to lawsuits filed by private citizens, claims filed by federal, state and city regulators are causing more businesses to purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI).

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GHG, SHG, SEC Regulations – Facilities Regs and Reporting Changes Coming Soon

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New GSG, SHG, SEC Facilities Regulations and Reporting Requirements on the near-term horizon. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal to require that public companies disclose climate-related information. Is your organization ready? SEC 17 CFR 210, 229, 232, 239, and 249). Organizational. Equity share. Operational.

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Green Building Codes Not Eligible for Copyright Protection

Green Building Law Update

A decision earlier this month by the Eleventh Circuit United States Courts Of Appeals goes further than other modern courts in describing that building codes when adopted by local government cannot be copyrighted. 10, as he argued for the ratification of the United States Constitution. Public Resource Org, Inc.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Federal Government Proposes Greenhouse Gas Disclosures from Certain Vendors

Green Building Law Update

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation which will require select government vendors, from landlords to defense contractors, to indicate if and where they publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions.

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Good ESG Guidance Available in a Matter of Days

Green Building Law Update

As I expressed in that blog post some weeks ago, today there is simply no regulatory guidance for public companies or other businesses in the United States. The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) plans to publish guidance for raters of corporate ESG performance in July. In the U.S.,

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In the Name of Clean Water Millions of Acres are Proposed for Federal Control

Green Building Law Update

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is quoted as saying the new rule will expand the scope of waters of the United States by “only about 3%” but that 3% represents millions of acres that are not today regulated. The rule is proposed to be effective 60 days after Federal Register publication.