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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

In a conspicuous example, language in the Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 for the first time requires the Department of Defense, the largest owner of buildings in North America to respond to sea level rise and flooding by constructing new mission critical buildings 3 feet above the base flood 100 year elevation.

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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From the July/August 2019 Issue. 15th Annual Rankings: 2019 Metro Rankings Report. Employment in the West Texas county is surging by nearly 12 percent, more than seven times the national average (Roper, 2019). By Business Facilities Staff. ATLANTA NO. 1 IN GROWTH POTENTIAL. NEW HAVEN-MILFORD, CT MSA IS A MAGNET FOR MILLENNIALS.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

Business Facilities

CHICAGO AIMS FOR THE TOP OF THE TECH CHART. Chicago is rising up in ranks to become the next big place for technology innovation. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co. Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDII), has partnered with McKinsey & Co.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

Business Facilities

recently released an Action Agenda 2014-2019 report which urges that North Dakota explore the creation of a “targeted immigration” program. Earlier this year, the Chicago-based aircraft giant came close to moving its primary 787 assembly facility from the Seattle area to Salt Lake City [a last-minute union deal kept the plant in WA].

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

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According to the US Supreme Court in First Options of Chicago, Inc. Many institutional arbitration rules give the arbitral tribunal the authority to rule on such defenses to enforcement, and specify that the tribunal’s award is final and binding. Competence of the Tribunal to Determine its Own Jurisdiction (2019).