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There are More than 40 Million People in Modern Slavery

Green Building Law Update

Ignorance is not a defense. In a conversation I had with Barry Giles, a true green building pioneer, in 2018, he said, “to truly regard sustainable buildings in a holistic manner, it’s our obligation to start with the supply chain serving the construction industry.”. It is no longer acceptable to look the other way.

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#109:  Liability Insurers' Duty to Defend

NH Construction Law

”) Parsing of claims and theories, and furnishing a defense to only the covered ones, is not allowed. Withholding consent to a partial settlement solely to keep the insurer on the hook for defense costs might well be deemed unreasonable. City of Keene , 898 F.2d 2d 265, 269 (1st Cir. But settling them is.

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

Constructlaw

17] The court explained that its prior precedent erroneously “equated the defenses to recognition and enforcement with the grounds for vacatur” [18] and that this was “plainly and palpably wrong.” [19] 3d at 1446 (“[T]he Convention’s enumeration of defenses is exclusive.”). [13] FeeDx Holdings, Inc. , 4th 1232, 1240 (9th Cir.

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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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#64:  Recovering Attorneys' Fees as Damages

NH Construction Law

Legal fees incurred by A in the skirmish with B may be recovered from C as damages , i.e., as the natural and foreseeable consequence of C’s wrongful conduct. 569 (2018), but decided not to dig in. Partnership , 169 N.H. 469, 483 (2016) (quotation omitted). attorney fees. thereby suffered or incurred in the earlier action.”

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Rigger Boots Vs Wellies: What’s The Difference?

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Additionally, they offer defense against contaminants in agricultural settings and chemicals in chemical plants.    Are Rigger boots legally banned while working on construction sites or any other workplace?  STANDARDS: ASTM F2413-18, EN 13832-2:2018, EN ISO 20345, AS 221. Suitable for a variety of environments.

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Arbitration Update – The 2021 ICDR Arbitration Rules: A Welcome Update for International Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

8(1)(b)); or (3) in the event the arbitration arises out of different arbitration agreements, the arbitrations involve the same parties , the dispute arises out of the same legal relationship, and the consolidation arbitrator finds the arbitration agreements to be compatible. e) (1 Nov 2018). 4 2021 ICDR Rules, pp 5–6.