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Nurdles are the Environmental Calamity of 2019
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:25:04-05:00Sunday, April 21st, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
A year ago, I thought a nurdle was a cricket term for a score by deflecting the ball rather than striking it. But in the last twelve months I learned that a nurdle is also a term for a small, lentil size, pellet of plastic ...
Adult Beverage Delivery Trending
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:34-05:00Tuesday, March 26th, 2019|Categories: Land Use Law|
The most popularly delivered alcoholic beverage product in the U.S. is Veuve Clicquot champagne.
LEED Credit is Designed to Eliminate Illegal Wood in Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:25:03-05:00Sunday, March 24th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
The U.S. Green Building Council is being applauded for the release last week of the new pilot credit intended “to reduce the risk that illegally sourced, harvested or traded wood products are used in building.” The LEED BD+C: New Construction v4 MRpc127 – Timber Traceability ...
Resilience is the Future of Real Estate and USGBC Spells it RELi
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:59-05:00Monday, March 18th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last Friday, Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in the country opened, but what the $25 Billion project may become best known for is that is designed for resilience from its giant “submarine doors” underground that can be closed to keep out storm ...
If You Are Not Delivering Alcohol To Your Customer, Your Competitor Will
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:33-05:00Wednesday, March 13th, 2019|Categories: Land Use Law|
As grocery stores and restaurants deliver exponentially larger quantities of food, beer, wine and spirits sales by delivery are only a step behind. You cannot wait to deliver by autonomous vehicle or even drone. The market shift is happening now.
On the 25th Anniversary of Lead Based Paint Disclosures
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:58-05:00Sunday, March 10th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
Use of lead is not new. Lead was one of the first metals discovered by man and was in use before 3000 BC. Beginning in 753 BC, the ancient Romans used lead for making water pipes and kitchen cookware. Today many believe lead poisoning was ...
Participate in the USDA “Listening Session” on Hemp including CBD
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:11-05:00Wednesday, March 6th, 2019|Categories: Real Estate Law|
On December 20, 2018, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 was signed into law and among its most discussed provisions are those removing hemp from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The Secretary of Agriculture and the respective USDA agencies are working to implement ...
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 ...