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Recent Legal Library Articles
GBI Acquires Green Globes Expanding Sustainability
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:26-05:00Sunday, January 14th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week Green Building Initiative announced that it had completed the bold and innovative acquisition of Green Globes from JLL and I had an opportunity to speak with Vicki Worden, President and CEO of GBI and Bob Best, Executive Vice President of JLL. In 2008, ...
2018 will be a Year for New Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:24:25-05:00Sunday, January 7th, 2018|Categories: Environmental Law|
2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. There has been no other single calendar year that has seen the breadth of substantive change that is before us. In 2018 there will be new versions of ...
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 ...











