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Baltimore’s Mandatory Green Construction Code Being Modified
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:30-05:00Thursday, August 27th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|
This article first appeared on my blog. My Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex, .. not just lawyers. Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update blog. Baltimore City Bill ...
Court Blows Away Permits for Wind Turbine Eagle Kills
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:28-05:00Wednesday, August 12th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|
On August 11, a federal court set aside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule allowing 30 year permits to “take” bald and golden eagles. In an industry born from tax credits and government energy policies an interruption of one of those key policies can ...
Climate Change Disclosures by Public Companies
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:16-05:00Monday, August 10th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|
In recent weeks this law firm has received more inquiries than at any time in recent years about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s disclosure requirements for public companies as they apply to climate change matters. Possibly the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for emission reductions ...
The First Green Building Litigation. The Rest of the Story.
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:32-05:00Monday, July 27th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|
It was widely reported that the first green building litigation in the country was the 2007 trial court case of Southern Builders, Inc. v. Shaw Development, LLC, in the Circuit Court of Maryland for Somerset County, case no. 19-C-07-011405. In the spirit of Paul Harvey’s ...
LEED Bird Collision Deterrence to be Required in Highland Park
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:33-05:00Monday, July 20th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|
his article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update blog. ...
IgCC will now be Powered by ASHRAE 189.1
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:19:31-05:00Friday, July 10th, 2015|Categories: Environmental Law|
This article first appeared on my Green Building Law Update blog. The Green Building Law Update blog is intended for the entire environmental industrial complex (not just lawyers). Please sign up for notice of new blog posts via email, at Green Building Law Update blog. ...
Federal Court Rules Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensary Cannot Deduct Business Expenses
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:47-05:00Tuesday, July 7th, 2015|Categories: Real Estate Law|
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Tax Court’s decision precluding a tax payer from deducting ordinary and necessary business expenses associated with a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco. This decision and the underlying position taken by the ...
Maryland Medical Marijuana Producing Real Estate Opportunities
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-01-22T15:17:43-05:00Tuesday, June 30th, 2015|Categories: Real Estate Law|
The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission published the long awaited draft regulations last Friday, June 26, 2015, and it is anticipated that applications for growers, processors and dispensaries will be accepted beginning in September. Noting the lesson that those who benefitted most from the California Gold ...




