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New York Real Estate Law Reporter
Matthew Schneid
Local Law Number 97 was enacted by the City of New York to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is accomplished by requiring buildings to retrofit their systems with more energy efficient systems or purchase certain permitted carbon offsets.
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Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
The Impact of New York’s Greenhouse Gas Law
Matthew Schneid
New York City's Local Law Number 97 was enacted to amend the New York City Charter and Administrative Code to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is accomplished by requiring buildings to retrofit their systems with more energy efficient systems or purchase certain permitted carbon offsets.
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ESG ‘Greenwashing’ Litigation On the Rise
Shoshana Schiller, Alice Douglas and Brenda Gotanda
Increased attention paid to companies’ public promotion of their environmental and sustainability programs is likely to continue in 2023, with further developments in regulation and litigation pertaining to “greenwashing” — a marketing practice which involves unsubstantiated or exaggerated claims about the environmentally friendly or socially-responsible attributes of an organization’s products or services.
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Using Anti-Bribery and Corruption Regimes for ESG Concerns
Stephanie Yonekura, Ann Kim and Derek Centola
Compliance leaders recognize that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a growing concern for U.S. companies, but face challenges in determining how to embed compliance structures into their programs. One solution is to look to already existing anti-bribery and corruption (AB&C) compliance measures.
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Join Board of Editors member Jacqueline Wolff and David Smith of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips on Oct. 13 as they delve into the new SEC disclosure rules on climate change risks.
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Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Regulatory Compliance and Investor Demand for Transparency Driving ESG Efforts
Paul Bergeron
Regulatory considerations and investor demand for transparency are increasingly important drivers behind Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure and reporting frameworks, according to a report issued by The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) based on responses from its members.
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New York Real Estate Law Reporter
Enforcement of Obligations Imposed In SEQRA Findings Statements
Stewart E. Sterk
When, at the culmination of environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), a municipality resolves to require a developer to ameliorate environmental impacts, can anyone other than the municipality itself enforce the requirement?
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Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Enforcement of Obligations Imposed In SEQRA Findings Statements
Stewart E. Sterk
When, at the culmination of environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), a municipality resolves to require a developer to ameliorate environmental impacts, can anyone other than the municipality itself enforce the requirement?
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‘Fresh Start’ Leads To Bankruptcy Discharge of Environmental Contamination Claims
Andrew C. Kassner and Joseph N. Argentina Jr.
One of the powerful benefits of bankruptcy is the ability to obtain a “fresh” start by obtaining a discharge of most, but not all claims that arose prior to the filing of the bankruptcy case. But when does a claim arise? This issue is especially complex when environmental contamination claims are involved.
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Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy
Summary of Developments Under New York’s Environmental Quality Act
Michael B. Gerrard and Edward McTiernan
The courts issued 41 decisions in 2017 under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, and changes were made to regulations themselves this year. This article summarizes the most important of these cases and regulation changes, and the patterns they represent.
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