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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

actually 3 separate bills) expressly permitting PFAS (. It has been suggested this legislation will put in jeopardy claims within Maryland in the national fire-fighting foam multidistrict litigation in South Carolina. But then, some days ago Maryland did what no other state (nor the Federal government) has done.

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3D-Printed Houses are Popping Up in America—the Moon Might Be Next

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Wed, 03/31/2021 - 09:48. Icon, a Texas-based 3D home printing company, created the country’s first fully permitted, fully 3D-printed home. These concrete layers claim to be sturdier than timber, faster, and cheaper. . 3D-Printed Houses are Popping Up in America—the Moon Might Be Next. cbroderick.

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Supreme Court to decide Climate Change Case

Green Building Law Update

Like a number of other state and local governments, Baltimore City filed this action against energy companies in Maryland state court, seeking to recover damages under state law for harms that it claims it has sustained and will sustain due to global climate change. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C.

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Pennsylvania Superior Court Places Time Limit on Good Faith Withholding Under CASPA

Constructlaw

1104 EDA 2021, 2022 Pa. In a subsequent bench trial, the court denied Silvi’s CASPA claim, finding that Carney had withheld payment in good faith. Silvi asserted that the trial court abused its discretion in denying its CASPA claim. Constructural Dynamics, Inc. Carney, Inc. , LEXIS 1500 (Pa. Carney, Inc.

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Test the Bounds of Job Order Contracting?

Job Order Contracting

By Garret Murai , February 15, 2021 (source: [link]. B291940 (October 26, 2020), 2nd District Court of Appeal, involved a JOC contract, a JOC contractor who charged rates higher than those specified in the unit price book, and the JOC contractor’s defenses against claims by the public entity that it had overcharged for its work.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

Exceptions are made for certain limited uses of chlorpyrifos, allowing them to continue until June 30, 2021, and, with specified authorization from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, until December 31, 2021. SB 300 / HB 229 makes Maryland the first state in the continental U.S.

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Maryland Enacts New Environmental Laws in 2020

Green Building Law Update

Exceptions are made for certain limited uses of chlorpyrifos, allowing them to continue until June 30, 2021, and, with specified authorization from the Maryland Department of Agriculture, until December 31, 2021. SB 300 / HB 229 makes Maryland the first state in the continental U.S.

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