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Selling a House with Solar Panels is Not for the Faint of Heart
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:23:57-05:00Sunday, May 21st, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
It can be difficult if not dangerous to fail to properly address rooftop solar panels at the time of sale of a house.
Is the 2018 IgCC Doomed to Fail?
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:23:56-05:00Sunday, May 14th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
Last week the ICC and ASHRAE issued joint news releases on the status of the “unified green building code that could become the foundation for LEED certification” that will be published as the 2018 version of the International Green Construction Code. This blog regularly advances ...
New Alcoholic Beverage Laws from the 2017 Session of the Maryland Legislature
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:06-05:00Sunday, May 7th, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
More than 2,881 bills were introduced in the 2017 Maryland General Assembly session of which more than 361 bills were enacted, including more than a few that will provide business opportunities for those engaging in the sale of alcoholic beverages
New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:23:55-05:00Saturday, May 6th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
The new Sustainable Projects Exhibit is a potential game changer that could revitalize the now sluggish if not moribund domestic green building industrial complex, that suffers from the lack of regular involvement of the legal profession, and as I recently wrote the resultant, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted.
Zombie Liquor License is Really Dead
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:05-05:00Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017|Categories: Real Estate Law|
The transfer of a liquor license in Baltimore City often involves issues of life and death, and in some instances, zombies and phantoms.
It Appears that the “Growlette” a Smaller Growler is Coming to Maryland
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:25-05:00Sunday, April 2nd, 2017|Categories: Land Use Law|
It appears that the soon to be completed 2017 session of the Maryland General Assembly will establish a 32 ounce nonrefillable container permit in the State. The permit authorizes the sale of draft beer for off-premises consumption by packaging the beer in a nonrefillable container that meets specified standards.
FITWEL may be the Future of Building Sustainability
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:23:50-05:00Sunday, March 26th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
If LEED is going the way of the floppy disk, as is increasingly the consensus opinion, thought leaders in the environmental industrial complex commend that FITWEL may be the future of building sustainability.
The Opportunity for ENERGY STAR
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:23:48-05:00Sunday, March 19th, 2017|Categories: Environmental Law|
While much of the media hyperbole has focused on the Trump Administration’s 2018 Budget request of $5.7 Billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, a reduction of $2.6 billion, or 31%, from the 2017 level of funding, little attention has been paid to specific priorities including ...