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The Future was on Display at Greenbuild

Green Building Law Update

Green Building Council’s Greenbuild 2016 convention in Los Angeles last week with more than 600 exhibiters from the green building industrial complex showcasing innovations and new products on the expo floor. Nearly 20,000 people attended the U.S. The zero waste principles will be aligned with GBCI’s certifications and arc.

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#109:  Liability Insurers' Duty to Defend

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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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#79:  Res Judicata and the Privity Element

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This principle finds expression in a legal doctrine called res judicata , also known as claim preclusion, which “prevents parties from relitigating matters actually litigated and matters that could have been litigated in the first action.” 128 (2016). Thus, the res judicata defense is unmistakably available to them.”

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

The European Union has gone in another direction with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation , applicable as of May 2018, updating and modernizing the principles enshrined in the 1995 Data Protection Directive which guarantee individual privacy rights in one’s personal data including “the right to be forgotten.”

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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. Done correctly our work for a client is also a defense of capitalism by limiting the need for future government regulation.

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Homeland Insecurity

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In the 2016 budget summary posted on its website, DHS proudly wants us to know that it’s on the front lines of the fight against climate change. What, you didn’t know that suspected terrorist wannabes we’re actually watching are legally permitted to buy weapons? So if a terrorist riding across the U.S.