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You Should Not Contract With Your Environmental Consultant

Green Building Law Update

In an effort to mitigate risk you should not contract directly with an environmental consultant, but rather your attorney should contract with that consultant. What is described here is much more than simply good drafting of consultant contacts (e.g., And it may be much more than that.

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How to File a Lawsuit After an Injury At a Construction Site?

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You may wonder if you have legal recourse if you have been injured while working at a construction site. But first, it is important to understand that every case is unique, and you should always consult with a qualified construction accident injury attorney to get specific advice about your situation.

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Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk

Green Building Law Update

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. And we wrote in a blog post in 2019 about a claim some 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast in Maryland, Net Zero Lawsuit filed Against Home Builder.

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Ukraine is Now a Real ESG Issue

Green Building Law Update

This blog post is being written 9 days after Putin’s war began (although the Russian Duma just criminalized calling it anything other than a “special military operation”). We wrote in a blog just some days ago about a company’s relationship with supporting democratic values, The ESG Benefit of Paying Employees to Work at the Polls.

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The S in ESG may be the Most Impactful

Green Building Law Update

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).

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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

Green Building Law Update

Some consultants are already advertising they will use the new standard, but such is premature because the new standard does not currently meet the requirements to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, and that will only happen in the future after EPA approval. yes, this blog will continue).

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Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building

Green Building Law Update

The purpose of the blog post is not to argue whether or not arbitration works as well or better than litigation. Legal scholars can have at it. However, the Department of Defense Appropriation Act precludes expenditure of funds on contracts in excess of $1 Million that require subcontractors and employees to consent to arbitration.

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