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Highlights from the Greenbuild Legal Forum

Green Building Law Update

This year, the US Green Building Council hosted the 2nd Annual Legal Forum at Greenbuild 2011. The green building community seems to understand that green buildings do present new risks that must be managed and attorneys can help. Attorney Dan Sheridan provided a thorough recap of the Legal Forum on his blog, Legally Green.

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SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

“By allegedly manipulating those disclosures, Vale compounded the social and environmental harm caused by the Brumadinho dam’s tragic collapse and undermined investors’ ability to evaluate the risks posed by Vale’s securities.”. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (.

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COVID 19 Commercial Building Liability

Green Building Law Update

a) knows or by the exercise of reasonable care would discover the condition, and should realize that it involves an unreasonable risk of harm to such invitees, and. (b) b) should expect that they will not discover or realize the danger, or will fail to protect themselves against it, and. (c) until there is a COVID-19 vaccine).

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

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2] The court’s decision overruled two of its prior cases, holding that Article V of the New York Convention and Chapter 2 of the FAA provided the exclusive grounds for challenging the enforcement of a nondomestic arbitration award. [3] Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. but involving a non-U.S. arbitration law. .; (2) arbitration law.

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Building a Great Safety Culture Takes a Commitment to Training

Construction Business Owner

The reasons are clear and fundamental: from staying alive to being there for family, and from avoid life-changing injuries to saving money, mitigating legal risk and gaining productivity. Why is safety so important? These are the basics of a good life for workers, and good business for construction companies.

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constructionattorneyblog: New York court holds that contractor.

Construction Lawyer

His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. The information provided here is not intended to be a solicitation for legal services, nor does it constitute legal advice. In other words, you use the stuff we post here at your own risk. A Legally Inclined Weblog. >.

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Smoking marijuana – even just occasionally – could increase the risk of suffering severe complications from coronavirus, doctors warn

Construction Test

Smoking marijuana even just occasionally could increase your risk of suffering complications from the novel. Pictured: A woman is loaded into an ambulance by paramedics Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in New York, April 14. And this is a problem because more Americans are using weed than ever before.

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