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Appeals Court Construes Massachusetts Prompt Payment Act for First Time, Requiring Strict Compliance

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For the first time, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts has construed the Massachusetts Prompt Payment Act (the statute), requiring strict compliance on the part of owners and contractors who wish to withhold payments from contractors or subcontractors. Tocci Bldg. IRIV Partners, LLC , 101 Mass. 133 (2022).

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LEED Prerequisite Now Prohibits Smoking Cannabis

Green Building Law Update

In accordance with the GBCI Certification Agreement because “. 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. . Note, the now being piloted but not yet balloted among the members, LEED v4.1

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Verdant Checked Cannabis is Coming

Green Building Law Update

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. But the U.S.

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Feeling Rejected? MA Court Construes for the First Time the Provisions of the Prompt Pay Act

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A Massachusetts court recently held that an owner’s rejection of the contractor’s payment applications was not properly certified and, thus, violated the state’s Prompt Pay Act. In any event, the certification requirement is an essential component of the scheme set up by the statute. In life, rejection is often hard to swallow.

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Historic Church Appeals to Higher Authority in Solar Dispute

Green Building Law Update

The First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist church has appealed from a decision of the Historic District Commission of the Town of Bedford that denied First Parish’s application for a certificate of appropriateness to install solar panels on its Meetinghouse roof. Constitution.

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Companies are Preparing for ESG Disclosure Rules

Green Building Law Update

There is legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and I have assisted companies for years in mitigating their liability while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for these disclosures. and the legal adage that bad facts rise to bad law may certainly have been at play in those instances.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

The Green Business Certification Inc.’s offers the most comprehensive certification available anywhere for environmentally and socially resilient design. is similar to LEED in format with certification by GBCI based on a point system. trillion for Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with $1.9 The launch of RELi 2.0