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Mold in the John Hanson House: Court Preserves Government Immunity at the Expense of Human Health
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-07-12T18:44:30-04:00Saturday, July 12th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Candace McCarthy, environmental lawyer Maryland, John Hanson, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, mold, mold regulation, SB 856, Stuart Kaplow|
Earlier this month, the Maryland Appellate Court issued a controversial ruling in Candace McCarthy v. Board of Commissioners for Frederick County, Maryland, holding that Frederick County is immune from a negligence claim stemming from mold exposure in the historic John Hanson House. The decision, issued ...
How will Your Business Benefit from the One Big Beautiful Bill?
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-07-09T13:35:37-04:00Saturday, July 5th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: 179d, 25C, 45L, big beautiful bill, environmental attorney Maryland, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, new markets tax credit, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, opportunity zones, Stuart Kaplow|
We have been fielding questions about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed Congress last week and was signed by the President on July 4th, and thought that as this turns from a partisan debate to now being the law, this initial analysis would ...
Fireworks and the Law: A Rare Case of Regulatory Restraint in Environmental Protection
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-07-03T17:24:57-04:00Thursday, July 3rd, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental lawyer Maryland, fireworks, green building law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
In the storied words of John Adams in his July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time ...
Maryland Expands Bat Protections: New Law Shifts Approach to Biodiversity
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-28T18:53:10-04:00Saturday, June 28th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: bats, eastern small footed bat, Endangered and Threatened Species – Incidental Taking – Bats, environmental lawyer Maryland, green building lawyer, Indiana bat, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, northern long-eared bat, SB 946, Stuart Kaplow, tricolored bat|
Biodiversity degradation is an existential crisis affecting planetary and human health. Since the enactment of the federal Endangered Species Act in 1973, populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, and fish have dropped a shocking 68%. As scientists and policymakers grapple with addressing the rapid and widespread ...
All Electric Future Faces Legal Threat After Supreme Court Ruling
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-21T21:29:47-04:00Saturday, June 21st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: California EV, Clean Air Act waiver, Diamond Alternative Energy, environmental attorney Maryland, EPA, Kaplow, LLC v EPA, Maryland BEPS, Maryland environmental lawyer, Section 209, Stuart Kaplow|
In a pivotal environmental case with wide reaching implications, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a group of fuel producers have Article III standing to challenge the EPA’s approval of a waiver under the Clean Air Act permitting California regulations (.. adopted in 17 ...
Mold Testing in Maryland Real Estate under the New Law
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-14T18:25:40-04:00Saturday, June 14th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental attorney Maryland, green building law, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, mold, mold regulation, mold test, SB 856, Stuart Kaplow|
Landlords, property managers, and real estate professionals across Maryland are about to enter a new era of regulating mold. With the General Assembly’s recent passage of Senate Bill 856, Maryland has taken a significant step toward being the first state to codify fungal growth in ...
Energy Star: A Quiet Exit and a Bright Future Beyond Government
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-06-10T11:28:45-04:00Saturday, June 7th, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Energy Star, environmental attorney Maryland, EPA, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, Stuart Kaplow|
The FY 2026 President’s Budget delivers a clear message, Energy Star, as a federal program, is on its way out. Zero dollars are appropriated for the once innovative joint EPA and Department of Energy initiative, and the EPA’s June Budget in Brief confirms what many ...
Congress Blocks California’s Gasoline Car Ban
By Stuart Kaplow|2025-05-31T18:17:38-04:00Saturday, May 31st, 2025|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: BEPS, Congressional Review Act, electric vehicle, environmental lawyer Maryland, EPA, EVs, green building lawyer, H.J.Res.88, Kaplow, Maryland environmental attorney, Stuart Kaplow|
The Senate has approved three Congressional Review Act resolutions initiated in the House of Representatives that overturn Environmental Protection Agency waivers, which had effectively imposed a de facto ban on the future sale of gasoline powered cars in California and 17 states, as well as ...