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Selling the Sun: Sale of a House with Solar Panels is Fraught with Peril
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-09T19:37:04-04:00Sunday, October 9th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, sale of a house with solar, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
There are more than 3 Million houses in the U.S. with solar panels installed on the roof. The Inflation Protection Act of 2022 extended the 30% federal tax credit for residential solar panels through 2034 which is predicted to more than triple that number of ...
SEC Longstanding Disclosure Related to Climate Change Remains
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-02-21T17:59:48-05:00Sunday, October 2nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, ESG, Kaplow, SEC, Stuart Kaplow, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors|
Whilst much of the popular media is all but obsessed with the March 21, 2022, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed ESG Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures that will among other matters require companies for the first time to disclose greenhouse gas emission ...
California Appeals Board Gender Diversity Loss
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-24T21:30:27-04:00Saturday, September 24th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: board diversity law, crest v padilla, ESG, female directors, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, women directors|
Last month, the California Secretary of State appealed the decision by a California Superior Court striking down as unconstitutional California’s board diversity law, which required all publicly traded companies headquartered in the State to include a minimum number of female directors. In 2018, Women on ...
179D Tax Deduction made Bigger and Better
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-20T16:23:50-04:00Tuesday, September 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: $5.00 per square foot, 179 d, 179d, hr 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has been much talked about in the 14 days since it was signed by President Biden, but little has been said about the provisions that modified the 179D energy efficient commercial buildings federal tax deduction making it bigger and ...
FTC Says Updated Green Guides are Coming
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-17T22:43:41-04:00Saturday, September 17th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, Green Guides, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
With allegations of greenwashing all but de rigueur, businesses should be on the alert for the soon to be released Federal Trade Commission’s updated Green Guides. This year companies are being publicly challenged and having their reputations tarnished for greenwashing, in some instances for deceptive ...
EPA Proposes Designating PFAS as Hazardous
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-10T21:30:20-04:00Saturday, September 10th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, yeet|
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law. The proposal applies to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ...
UN Human Rights Assessment of Uyghurs by China Drives ESG
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-20T16:22:13-04:00Saturday, September 3rd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: forced labor, Kaplow, modern slavery, Stuart Kaplow, Uyghur, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act|
We have blogged repeatedly that “the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor” is a key element, if not singularly the most important principle of a business’s practices. That point was driven home with the release last Wednesday, by The United Nations Human ...
New Maryland Regulation all but Shuts Down Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-06T06:44:21-04:00Saturday, August 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: COMAR 26.10.08.01, Kaplow, maryland department of environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, MDE notice, PFOA, PFOS, Phase ll environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow|
The Maryland Department of the Environment has adopted regulations for the first time requiring the person conducting an environmental assessment, even when they are not the owner of the property (e.g., possibly a prospective contract purchaser of land or a consultant engaged in a lending ...