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Green Building that Cleans the Air
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:40-05:00Sunday, June 17th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Today’s green building standards, rating systems and codes are stale, largely based in decades old science and do not go far enough to be efficacious for most business to invest in. This is no longer a genuine debate over the negative environmental impact that buildings ...
Your ENERGY STAR Score is About to Fall Precipitously
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:39-05:00Sunday, June 10th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Building owners that utilize ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager will see a dramatic change in the 1 to 100 ENERGY STAR scores after August 26, 2018. Every score model we reviewed saw a drop in ENERGY STAR score except hotels. You have 75 days to act. ...
Zombie Liquor Licenses Live Again in Baltimore County
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:30-05:00Monday, June 4th, 2018|Categories: Land Use Law|
The transfer of a liquor license often involves issues of life and death, and in some instances, zombies and phantoms. .. Effective July 1, 2018, as a result of HB 1410, the request for a hardship extension in Baltimore County automatically extends the life of the liquor license, ..
Alcoholic Beverages in the 2018 Maryland General Assembly Session
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:29-05:00Tuesday, May 8th, 2018|Categories: Land Use Law|
At the close of the just concluded 438th session of the Maryland General Assembly on April 9, 2018, 1,269 Senate bills and 1,832 House bills were introduced of which 889 bills were enacted, including more than a few that will provide business opportunities for those engaging in the business of alcoholic beverages.
European Data Privacy Law Applicable to Green Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:36-05:00Sunday, May 6th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
With the upcoming May 25, 2018 effective date for the new European General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union law drafted to provide greater protections for the personal data of individuals, it is a good time to review and consider the large quantity of data ...
The World is being Forced to Rethink Recycling
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:35-05:00Sunday, April 29th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Maybe not since Plato wrote about the value of reusing waste in the fourth century BC has recycling undergone the wide fluctuation, good and bad, that we are seeing right now. Today, the world has been forced to rethink its approach to waste. China is ...
The Last Straw for a Rational Environmental Policy?
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:34-05:00Sunday, April 22nd, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
In the wake of the 48th anniversary of Earth Day yesterday, among the hottest environmental issues of the day appears to be criminalizing the plastic drinking straw. The import of the “war on drinking straws” must be true because this week there is a viral ...
Green Globes 01-201X about to be Green Lighted
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:33-05:00Sunday, April 15th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
There is an electric charge running through the green building industrial complex with the announcement last week that “Green Building Initiative Launches New Green Globes Pilot Program.” And while the breadth of the pilots among building type and geographic location is impressive, the press release ...












