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Commercial Construction Industry Trends: The “Highs” and “Lows” that Shaped 2019

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With the countdown on to 2020 – and the start of a brand-new decade right around the corner – it’s time for our annual look back at the commercial construction industry “highs” and “lows” from 2019. And with recreational marijuana now legal in 11 states and Washington D.C. – High – Growing Opportunities in the Cannabis Sector.

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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

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Permitting : The best way to turn your permit review process around in a timely manner is to work with a qualified and experienced architect and engineer to produce the best documents possible. Food-and-beverage category sales topped one trillion dollars in the United States in 2022, up 24% from 2019 and 14% from last year.

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Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC: What the U.S. Supreme Court’s Upcoming Decision on 28 U.S.C § 1782 Means for International Construction Arbitration

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1782 and the “Foreign or International Tribunal” Section 1782 is a procedural device that permits an applicant to petition the U.S. However, in 2019 the Sixth Circuit reached the opposite conclusion in the case of Abdul Latif Jameel Transp. 18-CV-7187, 2019 WL 9698535, at *1 (N.D. 22, 2019), aff’d sub nom.

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#115:  Ushering In the New Building Codes

NH Construction Law

From September of 2019 until now, the 2015 versions have been incorporated into New Hampshire’s state building code, RSA 155-A. Every three years the International Code Council updates its building codes, which eventually become the basis for codes adopted by the states. But the law takes a while to catch up. That has just changed.

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Maryland Appellate Court Upholds Local Government Pesticide Ban

Green Building Law Update

Listed” permitted pesticides are defined to mean only pesticides that are recommended by the National Organic Standards Board or designated as “minimum risk pesticides” under FIFRA. It is widely accepted that a local government attempting to ban a legal substance is wrong. The circuit court issued a declaratory judgment that Bill No.

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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.