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Recent Environmental Law Articles
LEED v4 Delayed, Again
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:00-05:00Friday, October 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
This article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update blog. ...
Litigation Over First Ever LEED Platinum Building Requires Contract Changes
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:04-05:00Sunday, August 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week, a federal appeals court brought back from the dead, a more than $6 Million lawsuit filed over materials supplied for the first ever LEED certified Platinum building. Despite that the unpublished opinion is not binding precedent, it is having a chilling effect on ...
Baltimore City is Adopting the IgCC
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:13-05:00Tuesday, June 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
This article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just for lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update ...
Revocation of LEED Certification
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:02-05:00Tuesday, June 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
This article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just for lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update ...
LEED v4 has a New and Improved Registration Contract
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:21-05:00Tuesday, May 27th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
This article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just for lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update ...
Maryland Sidesteps LEED in Favor of the IgCC
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:15-05:00Tuesday, May 20th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
House Bill 207, approved unanimously in both the Maryland House and Senate and expected to be signed by Governor Martin O’Malley this Thursday, May 15, 2014 broadens the definition of a “high performance building” to include any building that complies with a nationally recognized and ...
Marijuana Smoking is Allowed in LEED Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:05-05:00Saturday, May 10th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
Today 20 states allow medical marijuana use and Colorado and Washington state have laws allowing recreational marijuana use. Colorado started allowing recreational marijuana use in January and Washington is expected to allow sales this summer. While there are a patchwork of current laws for legal ...
Green in the 2014 Session of the Maryland General Assembly
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:20:16-05:00Sunday, April 27th, 2014|Categories: Environmental Law|
During the 2014 session of the Maryland General Assembly, legislators introduced 2,672 bills and after adjourning at midnight on sine die, 90 days later on April 7 all that remains is the Governor Martin O’Malley’s determination of what bills to sign or veto. This was ...




