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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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The Impact of ASC 842 – The New Lease Standard Is Here

Construction Business Owner

Going forward there will be a long-term asset offset by a current liability and a long-term liability. According to ASC 842-10-55-12, these leases “should be classified in accordance with the lease classification criteria applicable to all other leases on the basis of the legally enforceable terms and conditions of the lease.”

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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

Green Building Law Update

Environmental Protection Agency as satisfying its All Appropriate Inquiry rule to obtain protections from liability under CERCLA, the federal Superfund law, something that is expected to happen by rulemaking at some point in 2022. Liability from old dry cleaners in retail sites that are beyond the boundaries of the “subject property” (.

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Mr Ethics

Dear Mr. Ethics, My partners are telling me we should be forming limited liability corporations for every project we do. s” will legally protect our personal assets and the assets of our regular company. Dear Undecided, LLC’s have been around for decades and are perfectly legal. They tell me that these “L.L.C.’s”

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Mr Ethics

Dear Mr. Ethics, My partners are telling me we should be forming limited liability corporations for every project we do. s” will legally protect our personal assets and the assets of our regular company. Dear Undecided, LLC’s have been around for decades and are perfectly legal. They tell me that these “L.L.C.’s”

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Undecided

Mr Ethics

Dear Mr. Ethics, My partners are telling me we should be forming limited liability corporations for every project we do. s” will legally protect our personal assets and the assets of our regular company. Dear Undecided, LLC’s have been around for decades and are perfectly legal. They tell me that these “L.L.C.’s”

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Advise and Consult: Expert advice from expert construction witnesses

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The Advise & Consult, Inc. The Advise and Consult (myconstructionexpert.com) blog focuses on legal matters relating to construction and provides us with plenty of food for thought. You’ll certainly want legal advice in dealing with and managing these limitations issues. can provide.