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Recent Legal Library Articles
Modern Slavery Exists and We Must Stop It Now
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:46-05:00Sunday, September 2nd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
There is a lot of green building going on at BREEAM USA from a pilot program for BREEAM In-Use with multifamily properties to the certification of the first BREEAM USA In-Use office tower, but what is no doubt most impactful is the BRE Ethical Labour Sourcing ...
More Than One Restaurant Liquor License May Be Issued
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:09-05:00Thursday, August 30th, 2018|Categories: Real Estate Law|
A liquor license holder in Maryland may now be issued more than one restaurant liquor license. Effective July 1, 2018, House Bill 2018-1003, now Chapter Laws 225, authorizes a single individual to hold multiple Class B, beer, wine, and liquor licenses or equivalent licenses issued by different local liquor licensing boards for restaurants, hotels, or motels.
Green Globes New Multifamily Rating Systems Respond to the Market
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:45-05:00Sunday, August 26th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
On July 11 the Green Building Initiative launched the Green Globes Multifamily for New Construction and Green Globes Multifamily for Existing Buildings. While certainly there is a market in developers of newly constructed multifamily buildings, spending on multifamily construction was more than $61 Billion in ...
We Want to be Your Alcoholic Beverage Expert Witness
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:31-05:00Thursday, August 23rd, 2018|Categories: Land Use Law|
You may not yet know that you need an expert witness? But, in a public hearing before a Board of Liquor License Commissioners, expert witness testimony often is admitted, in the form of an opinion, if the Board determines that the testimony will assist it, as the trier of fact, to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue.
Mission Critical at the Department of Defense now includes Climate
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:45-05:00Sunday, August 19th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
On August 13 the President signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The $716 billion H.R. 5515, authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for procurement of everything from aircraft, missiles, ammunition, shipbuilding and space defense to military installation ...
SEC Assessment of Climate Change Risks Still Mandated
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-02-21T18:02:31-05:00Sunday, August 12th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
While I was on the Baltoro glacier making my way down from K2 in Pakistan earlier this month the Securities and Exchange Commission informed Exxon Mobil Corp. that it closed its investigation into whether the company had misled investors about the risks that climate change ...
Jury Awards Millions in Sustainable Hog Case
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:42-05:00Sunday, August 5th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week a jury in federal court awarded more than $470 million to six people who live from one-third of a mile to one mile away from a hog farm, run by Murphy Brown an affiliate of Smithfield Foods, in a rural patch of Pender ...
The Hottest Environmental Trend is Sustainable Business Practices
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:41-05:00Sunday, June 24th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
In a dramatic shift the fastest growing environmental issue in 2018 is sustainable business practices. At a time when many issues are politically charged, including environmental matters, a major shift in public opinion is happening. There are dramatic changes ongoing as a consequence of the ...












