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852 Liquor License Violations Reported Across Maryland
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:32-05:00Sunday, September 16th, 2018|Categories: Land Use Law|
Given that a liquor license is “the” key asset in a business selling alcoholic beverages, be it a restaurant or package goods store, violations of laws associated with those licenses are of great import.
ESG, including Advantaged by Green Building, Requires Risk Oversight
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:47-05:00Sunday, September 9th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Investments by individuals and institutions driven by environmental, social and governance matters continue to remain front and center in the minds of boards of directors, government regulators and the media. Of course, there is no single or even widely accepted definition of ESG and some ...
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 ...












