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State Not County has Authority to Regulate Solar Farms

Green Building Law Update

The question before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals was whether existing state law, which grants the Maryland Public Service Commission general regulatory powers over electric generating stations, including a “solar energy generating system,” preempts local zoning regulation regarding the location and construction of such a generating station.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

We caution companies not to make unqualified general environmental claims because ‘‘it is highly unlikely that marketers can substantiate all reasonable interpretations of these claims,’’ the Federal Trade Commission standard for environmental claims. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

Revit OpEd

Editor’s note : This blog was originally published as a Client Alert by Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Fourth, the provision eliminates the exceptions for commissions and performance-based compensation from the definition of compensation subject to the deduction limit. Drizner and Michael Lobie. Republished with permission. .

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2018 IgCC is Not in Use Anywhere. A Detailed Analysis of Why?

Green Building Law Update

For purposes of this blog post highlighting the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, that new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version, which last version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted. so there was room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC. Sec 901.4.1.4. Sec 1001.3.2

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2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive

Green Building Law Update

For purposes of this blog post highlighting some of the significant changes in the 2018 IgCC, the new code will be contrasted with the 2012 IgCC and not the 2015 version (which later version we are only aware a single jurisdiction has adopted). So there is room for wider adoption of a 2018 IgCC. Sec 901.4.1.4. Sec 1001.3.2

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