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Recent Legal Library Articles
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 ...
St. Petersburg is Bold in Mandating Envision
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:55-05:00Sunday, January 27th, 2019|Categories: Environmental Law|
The City of St. Petersburg, Florida passed a progressive ordinance last week mandating that City infrastructure projects and newly constructed and renovated City building be third party certified as green. The new Ordinance 359-H, passed by the St. Petersburg City Council on January 17, 2019 ...
Blockchain has come to U.S. Real Estate
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:10-05:00Sunday, December 16th, 2018|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Earlier this year a precedent setting property sale in Vermont was the first real estate transaction in the United States using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. Blockchain technology is an industry disrupter on the cusp of improving transactions ...