Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Responding to client email about impact of construction project change order on contemplated LEED certification, so that payment can be released today. Responding to consultant email and draft report of Phase II environmental site assessment. Drafting form contract for LEED consultant to use in responding to RFPs. 04:00 p.m.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 8, 2015

On July 23, 2015, the parties in the lawsuit The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., District Court for Maryland, filed a Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice following a confidential Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release. Weyerhaeuser Company, et al, pending in the U.S. a then new, LEED low emitting material).

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 8, 2015

On July 23, 2015, the parties in the lawsuit The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., District Court for Maryland, filed a Stipulation of Dismissal with Prejudice following a confidential Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release. Weyerhaeuser Company, et al , pending in the U.S. a then new, LEED low emitting material).

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Liability Maryland Green Agreement 120

Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 1, 2019

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. But arising from a 2014 confidential agreement signed by the U.S. Sec 901.4.1.4.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

And there is no question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Even the Green Business Certification Inc. LEED Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. Legal scholars can have at it. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

There is little question that a properly drafted provision in a contract requiring arbitration is enforceable. Even the LEED Green Building Certification Inc. Certification Agreement has a mandatory arbitration provision. The Supreme Court, in American Express v.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

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.

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