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Direct Contractors In California Should Take Steps Now To Reduce Exposure For Unpaid Wages By Subcontractors

Construction and Infrastructure Law

AB 1701 “does not prohibit a direct contractor or subcontractor at any tier from establishing by contract or enforcing any otherwise lawful remedies against a subcontractor it hires for liability created…” Accordingly, direct contractors across California should take a closer look at the terms of their agreements with subcontractors.

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Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

In a recent review of contracts involving green building construction projects, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing green building matters. The contracts were each received by this law firm during 2016 from clients and prospective clients in matters involving a dispute at a green building construction project.

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N.C. Construction Law, Policy and News blog: Worthy insights regardless of where you live

Construction Marketing Ideas

Recently, the blog has not been updated frequently — and on checking, I discovered that we hadn’t received a nomination for this blog in the 2016 competition. We draft & review contracts (as well as construction forms) and provide counseling throughout the construction phase of a project and beyond.

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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, owners will only be able to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until October 31, 2016 and thereafter all projects must register under LEED v4. And that litigation predated the increased liability associated with materials including the new largely untested EPDs and HPDs. With the U.S.

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Now is the Time to Revise your Green Building Contracts

Green Building Law Update

Moreover, owners will only be able to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until October 31, 2016 and thereafter all projects must register under LEED v4. And that litigation predated the increased liability associated with materials including the new largely untested EPDs and HPDs. With the U.S.

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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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PACE in Maryland is Not Keeping Pace

Green Building Law Update

In the event of a default, the amount in default (but not the entire principal of the PACE loan) is a liability that is a property tax lien collected by the local government with the priority associated with other real property tax liens, so existing mortgage holder acknowledgment of a PACE loan is required. the top 10% of a building).

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