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The S in ESG may be the Most Impactful

Green Building Law Update

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. Human rights and ethical labor are becoming widely considered and articulated in ESG disclosures in 2021 by clients of this firm. companies selling in the EU.

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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

Green Building Law Update

I am excited to be presenting a fast paced and fun one hour virtual program, “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” for the Maryland State Bar Association, and Not just for lawyers, on December 14, 2021 at noon. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (.

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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

I wrote in a blog post last November, PFOA Contamination Found in 49 States , the “New York Attorney commenced a civil suit against the nation’s largest chemical manufacturers and several firefighting foam makers for what the complaint alleges is contamination of water supplies across the state with PFAS.” It passed legislation (.

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#109:  Liability Insurers' Duty to Defend

NH Construction Law

As I have noted elsewhere ( Blog # 37 ), the cost of repairing defective work itself (as opposed to the cost of addressing any resulting damage to other property) is rarely covered by the defendant’s insurance policy. ”) Parsing of claims and theories, and furnishing a defense to only the covered ones, is not allowed.

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DOD Announces CMMC 2.0; Cancels Rollout of CMMC 1.0

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

On November 4, 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced it is revamping the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The changes are intended to make the program more streamlined and flexible, which, in turn, will make it easier (and cheaper) for contractors to implement.

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Please Pass the Past Performance Rating: SBA’s Proposed New Rules to Help Small Businesses Become More Competitive

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

The proposed rules implement new provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021), which will permit a small business government contractor to use the past performance of a joint venture, of which it was a member, “provided that the small business worked on the joint venture’s contract or contracts.”

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Israel-Based Auto Supplier Selects Indiana for First North American Operations

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Omen USA , a subsidiary of the Israel-based Omen Casting Group, will initially invest $16 million to renovate and equip a 76,000-square-foot facility in Richmond, with plans to begin operations by the end of the year and invest an additional $7 million into the facility by 2021. The delegation also attended a briefing hosted by U.S.

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