Green Building Law Update

MARCH 13, 2022

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler Tweeted about the future of ESG regulation. Continuing with the analogy to fat free milk, Gensler described that an investor in a fund making ESG claims should be like a supermarket shopper reading a food box label for the “ingredients underlying these funds.” Last week U.S.

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Construction Law

MARCH 1, 2024

Editor Nick Barrett says a Public Accounts Committee report on HS2 provides little cheer to anyone hoping that the UK could somehow successfully deliver infrastructure investment on the scale highlighted recently as essential by the National Infrastructure Commission. A key difference is the time during which claims can be made.

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 16, 2016

The word is “organic” as it relates to non-agricultural products is the topic of the October 20, 2016, roundtable sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. If a business makes environmental claims in its ads or on its products or in its building, the Federal government offers guidance through the FTC’s Green Guides.

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Construction Law Monitor

JANUARY 19, 2011

When an employee is terminated and claims unemployment benefits in Louisiana, the claim is associated with your business’ account and will affect your unemployment insurance rates in the future. In Louisiana, unemployment claims are administered by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Read the Avvo Legal Guide here.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 1, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission issued a summary decision against California Naturel, Inc., However, the FTC is clear that “marketers must identify all express and implied claims that the advertisement reasonably conveys” and “ensure that all reasonable interpretations of their claims are truthful.” 62125 (2012).

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Levelset

JUNE 3, 2022

Contractors on public projects aren’t allowed to file mechanics liens when payment problems arise, as both the federal and state governments explicitly prohibit private entities from claiming an interest in public property. Washington State bond claim laws. If payment isn’t received, the next step is the bond claim itself.

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FDR Safety

MARCH 19, 2020

Consulting with the company’s legal counsel about difficult or special problems, such as search warrants or subpoenas. Being courteous and polite, but firmly exercising the company’s legal rights. Unlike non-supervisory employees, the statements and admissions of a supervisor may legally bind the company.

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Green Building Law Update

JANUARY 16, 2022

A business that generates renewable energy, say, with solar panels, but sells the Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) for that renewable energy may not then claim it “uses” renewable energy. The Federal Trade Commissions has prescribed that such would be deceptive. The manufacturer’s claim is therefore deceptive.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Businesses making a net zero claim like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are misleading consumers. It is one thing when a political leaders in a government make an ESG claim. But it is another thing for a business to make ESG claims about net zero or otherwise that mislead customers.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 18, 2021

And that 10% loss doesn’t even factor in the costs associated with claims that can come from prolonged payment disputes. The first step is to track every part of the project to streamline reviewing legal terms and change orders, for example. Review legal requirements and ensure that all terms have been met.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

JUNE 5, 2015

If the work, for example, is hourly rated or guaranteed pay, we would pay a pro-rated guarantee for the work time; if it is for commission sales, we will pay commissions for sales achieved plus probably a bonus for milestone accomplishments, if the final work would be unlikely to be completed in within the test period.

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Constructlaw

JUNE 30, 2021

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made it clear that employers may do so. To ensure you have the proper support for any potential cost or schedule impact claim (if permitted by your specific contract), it is critical that you accurately and completely track them.

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Construction Cost Estimating

MARCH 25, 2014

CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) is a renowned association that provides the standardization of construction language related with building specifications. Technical Specifications Divisions 02 - 16 is known as the Technical Specifications.

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Construction Cost Estimating

MARCH 11, 2014

CSI (Construction Specifications Institute) is a renowned association that provides the standardization of construction language related with building specifications. Technical Specifications Divisions 02 - 16 is known as the Technical Specifications.

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Construction Test

MAY 7, 2020

” What does the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission say? In these situations consumers may be entitled to a refund under the terms and conditions of their ticket, or potentially may make a claim under a travel insurance policy.”

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Repeal of certain miscellaneous itemized deductions subject to the 2% floor: Under current law, employees may claim itemized deductions for certain miscellaneous expenses. Thus, under the provision, employees may not claim the above-listed items as itemized deductions for taxable years 2018 through 2025. Work-related education.

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Levelset

MAY 25, 2022

Contractors on public projects aren’t allowed to file mechanics liens when payment problems arise, as the federal government (and most states) explicitly prohibits private entities from claiming an interest in public property. If payment problems come up, contractors file claims against this payment bond — not the property itself.

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PSMJ Resources

MARCH 23, 2010

PBS&J will make that payment to Zumwalt in 24 monthly installments, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He will be reimbursed $20,000 for legal fees incurred with negotiation and review of the agreement. The biggest chunk of the separation agreement is a $900,000 transition payment. Meanwhile, a St.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation requiring selected companies to articulate their basis for ESG disclosures.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 17, 2016

Green Building Council is to be applauded for the release last week of the new pilot credit MRpc102 – Legal Wood. What USGBC did do within the April 5, 2016 quarterly addenda to LEED was include a new temporary alternative compliance path credit, MRpc102 Legal Wood| Possible 1 point. So a Legal Wood pilot credit might be a misnomer?

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 28, 2018

confronting profound and difficult issues about the nature of law in our society and the rights of citizens to have unfettered access to the legal edicts that govern their lives” to hold that no valid copyright interest can be asserted in any part of a code adopted by government. This case is Code Revision Commission v.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Substantial financial penalties have been recovered by the Federal Trade Commission and the 50 state attorneys general, not to mention in private civil actions. It is the unsophisticated who will encounter legal issues and be left holding the bag. A claim pending against a major U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 17, 2016

Green Building Council is to be applauded for the release last week of the new pilot credit MRpc102 – Legal Wood. What USGBC did do within the April 5, 2016 quarterly addenda to LEED was include a new temporary alternative compliance path credit, MRpc102 Legal Wood| Possible 1 point. So a Legal Wood pilot credit might be a misnomer?

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Construction Cost Estimating

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

01650 Facility Startup/Commissioning. CSI ( Construction Specifications Institute ) is a renowned association that provides the standardization of construction language related with building specifications. Procedural. 01025 Measurement and Payment. 01035 Modification Procedures. 01050 Field Engineering. 01100 Special Project Procedures.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 9, 2016

The following applicants are eligible for grants/loans: A Small Business – a for-profit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, proprietorship or other legal business entity located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and having 100 or fewer full-time employees worldwide at the time of submission of the application. .

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Constructlaw

JULY 13, 2021

8(1)(a)); (2) all of the claims/counterclaims arise out of the same arbitration agreement (Art. A common criticism of international arbitration procedure is the lack of a uniform mechanism for the early disposition of claims akin to a motion to dismiss or even summary judgment as seen in US court proceedings.

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Best Practices Construction Law

AUGUST 23, 2012

pdf), the United States Court of Appeals reviewed a Title VII case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Boh Brothers Construction Company on behalf of the claimant, a male construction worker who alleged that his superintendent engaged in same-sex harassment. Boh Brothers Construction Co.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 15, 2014

Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regional Authority Grants: Federal-state partnerships that work with the people of 37 Appalachian counties in Alabama and the Mississippi Delta region’s twenty Alabama counties to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 31, 2016

The First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist church has appealed from a decision of the Historic District Commission of the Town of Bedford that denied First Parish’s application for a certificate of appropriateness to install solar panels on its Meetinghouse roof. Until 1954 the roof shingles were wooden.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MARCH 21, 2014

The program is capped at 10,000 new jobs being claimed each year by all participants; whereas a taxpayer is limited to a maximum of 400 new jobs per year. Applicants must meet the same qualification criteria as Advantage Arkansas and must be approved by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 7, 2012

Last month, a federal appeals court reversed a jury verdict and an award of $301,000 that Woods and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission won last year from contractor Boh Brothers Construction Cos. In effect, the ruling said the case did not meet the legal threshold because the victim exhibited traditional masculine behavior.

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Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

A term describing the inflated, and/or deceptive, claims of using or delivering Building Information Modeling services or products. Data useful for the description, administration, legal handling, technical functionality, use, or preservation of the primary data stored in an information management system or model of such a system.

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