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LEED Prerequisite Now Prohibits Smoking Cannabis
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:57-05:00Sunday, February 3rd, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
The U.S. Green Building Council issued a LEED Interpretation in 2018 ruling, “smoking of cannabis is considered a form of smoking for the purposes of both the interior and exterior smoking provisions of the LEED Prerequisite Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control.” The LEED prerequisite prohibits smoking ...
St. Petersburg is Bold in Mandating Envision
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:55-05:00Sunday, January 27th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
The City of St. Petersburg, Florida passed a progressive ordinance last week mandating that City infrastructure projects and newly constructed and renovated City building be third party certified as green. The new Ordinance 359-H, passed by the St. Petersburg City Council on January 17, 2019 ...
Blockchain has come to U.S. Real Estate
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:10-05:00Sunday, December 16th, 2018|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Earlier this year a precedent setting property sale in Vermont was the first real estate transaction in the United States using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. Blockchain technology is an industry disrupter on the cusp of improving transactions ...
The State Not County has Authority to Regulate Solar Farms
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:54-05:00Sunday, December 9th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
At a time when solar panels are de riguere a recent decision by a Maryland appellate court limiting the authority of local governments to regulate the location and specifics of construction of a solar farm has broad implications far beyond this case. Perennial Solar, LLC ...
Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:54-05:00Sunday, December 2nd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Buried in the omnibus spending bill signed earlier this year were amendments to the Superfund law that for the first time make clear that tenants can qualify as bona fide prospective purchasers, protected from cleanup costs from the presence of hazardous substances on a property. ...
2018 IgCC – A Fast Paced Deep Dive
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:53-05:00Sunday, November 25th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
The 2018 International Green Construction Code was released on November 8, 2018 by the U.S. Green Building Council, International Code Council, ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society. Make no mistake, the 203 page document unveiled by the coterie of trade group authors and available from ...
Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But ..
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:52-05:00Sunday, November 4th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Despite that a frog told us all in a song lyric, “it’s not easy bein’ green,” it is easy to buy a green building, but .. And there are many good reasons for purchasing a green building that is LEED Certified. LEED gave us the ...
New Liquor Board Rules and Regulations in Baltimore County
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:32-05:00Wednesday, October 24th, 2018|Categories: Land Use Law|
The Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore County has issued new Rules and Regulations effective September 30, 2018.










