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LEED can Help Mitigate Legal Risks in ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

This blog post highlights the legal risk associated with ESG disclosures and proffers that with green building practices companies can mitigate their legal risk while still being responsive to the trend of investor demands for more disclosure. Make no mistake, there is no U.S.

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Does a Lien Affect Your Credit Score?

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There are several different types of property liens , which are legal claims against the property held by a debtor. EquiFax also provides three business scores: a payment index, a credit risk score, and a business failure score. Any legal financial-related data (judgments, liens, garnishments, etc.) What is a lien?

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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s Validity Is Challenged

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From 2001 to 2018, MZM made more than $500,000 in contributions to the Funds for MZM’s work at the Newark International Airport (which MZM completed in 2004) and other projects. However, in 2018, the Funds audited MZM’s contributions and concluded that MZM owed approximately $230,000 in outstanding contributions.

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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.” Because the U.S.

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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector

Constructlaw

During the project, the contractor submitted dozens of claims for additional time and money – all of which the project’s owner has rejected. The owner, however, says the disputed issues are the contractor’s, not the owner’s risk. Dispute boards also save time. That said, dispute boards are not without their drawbacks.

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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

A business saying though an ESG statement on their website that they are concerned about modern slavery may sound nice, but in 2021 when so many are talking about ESG, that claim will not resonate and quite frankly falls short of what a private enterprise should be doing to prevent these crimes. Additionally, it is suggested in the U.S.

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Job Order Contracts Require Owner Direct Management and Leadership

Job Order Contracting

FEB 22, 2018 | 6:00 AM. Going after the money was a high-risk move for the nation’s second-largest school system, which faces financial challenges so serious that some officials question its future solvency. The district’s legal costs in the cases exceed $1 million, although officials hope to get most of it back.

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