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SEC Chair Tweets about Upcoming ESG Regulation

Green Building Law Update

which is very different than the current Supreme Court challenge in West Virginia v. 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.”

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The Slow Grind of Justice for EPA's Carbon Emissions Regulations

Green Building Law Blog

A week or so later nine states — West Virginia, Wyoming, South Carolina, Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alaska, Alabama, and Kentucky — petitioned to join the Murray Energy suit. In essence, Murray is claiming that EPA and the states cannot double regulate power plants.

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How to Step Up Your Game on Loss Control & Claims Management

Construction Business Owner

How to Step Up Your Game on Loss Control & Claims Management. construction claims management. Achieving favorable terms in a hard property & casualty insurance market. Greg Ragsdale. Mon, 11/23/2020 - 19:11. Author Richard Kohn & William Lathem. Risk Management. Promote to rotator No. Main Image. Sponsored by. Section In the Office.

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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

2d 680 (2005), construing West Virginia law, held that it was. Pace Construction Corp. , 2d 404 (1990), construing Florida law, held that general contractor’s “pay-if-paid” defense was not available to a surety. Wellington Power Corp. CNA Surety Corp. , 33, 614 S.E.2d Foundation Constructors, Inc. ,

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The Slow Grind of Justice for EPA's Carbon Emissions Regulations

Green Building Law Blog

A week or so later nine states — West Virginia, Wyoming, South Carolina, Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alaska, Alabama, and Kentucky — petitioned to join the Murray Energy suit. In essence, Murray is claiming that EPA and the states cannot double regulate power plants.

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MSHA’s new pattern of violation rule takes aim at repeat mine safety offenders

Safety Services Company

Industry organizations, including the National Mining Association (NMA) and the West Virginia Coal Association characterize the new rule as disregarding the concerns of their members, and infringing on their due-process rights. Provides that, after receiving a POV notice, operators can request expedited temporary relief.

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States must follow supreme court precedent - arbitration and the faa

Construction Lawyer

21, 2012), came down hard on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in reversing a decision that denied arbitration. Here, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, by misreading and disregarding the precedents of this Court interpreting the FAA, did not follow controlling federal law implementing that basic principle.