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Recent Legal Library Articles
Fireworks Cause Air Pollution But
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:24-05:00Sunday, December 31st, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
In a very good example of striking the right balance between environmental protection and celebratory festivities, despite that fireworks degrade air quality with particulate matter, in the United States we have decided that the pyrotechnic show must go on. Fireworks have a storied history in ...
Yoga and Beer Event Permitted
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:28-05:00Tuesday, December 26th, 2017|Categories: Land Use Law|
Following a hearing it was determined two “yoga and beer” events were permitted at a brewery in Howard County, Maryland. Yes, yoga and beer is a Millennial ‘thing’ and more.
Migratory Bird Treaty Act Reform is for the Birds
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:23-05:00Sunday, December 17th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
There is now a proposal in Congress to clarify liability under the nearly 100 year old Migratory Bird Treaty Act, reflecting the significant changes over the last century, including the electrification of homes (.. in 1918 less than 30% of American households had electricity), not to mention how energy is produced, transmitted, and distributed.
Blockchain has come to Real Estate
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:08-05:00Sunday, December 10th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Earlier this fall an apartment in Kiev became the first real estate purchased using blockchain, portending a new era in the sale of land and improvements. It is suggested blockchain may do for the $217 trillion real estate market what the Internet did for communication. ...
Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:21-05:00Sunday, December 3rd, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
Green buildings generate large quantities of data. In an age when many have opinions about Edward Snowden’s disclosures, foreign state sponsored hacking, and Uber’s massive customer data hack, most people have not considered matters of data protection from their real estate, green building or otherwise. ...
Arc is Electrifying Green Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:20-05:00Sunday, November 26th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
Next week will be a year since the launch of Arc. Already approaching a Billion square of projects not only in the United States but also from India to Sweden and Israel to Bhutan, if you are not familiar with the Arc platform, that helps ...
LEED v4.1 Announced by USGBC at Greenbuild
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:20-05:00Sunday, November 12th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
The announcement of the upcoming release of the new LEED version 4.1 by the U.S. Green Building Council was no doubt the biggest story at Greenbuild 2017 in Boston last week. And that is saying a lot because Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and ...
Arbitration is Why There is So Little Litigation in Green Building
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:19-05:00Sunday, November 5th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
It is surprising to many in the environmental industrial complex that there has been relatively little litigation arising out of green building. There have been only a very modest number of cases commenced in courts across the country involving construction of green buildings. The reason ...











