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Henry Gifford’s lawsuit against U.S. Green Building Council dismissed

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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USA
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January 23 2012

A New York federal judge has held that Henry Gifford and three other design professionals cannot sue the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for false advertising under the federal Lanham Act in connection with the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ratings system for buildings

Case summary: Pohlig Builders, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Board of Schuylkill Township

Fox Rothschild LLP
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USA
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August 8 2011

In Pohlig Builders, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Board of Schuylkill Township, 15 A.3d 563, 2011 WL 2084174, Pa. Cmwlth, March 17, 2011 (No. 782 C.D. 2010), the Commonwealth Court addressed the Schuylkill Township Board of Supervisors’ zoning appeal based on a variance granted to Pohlig Builders (the developers) to disturb an area of steep slopes such that the developers could construct their proposed residential development

First Circuit rules developer may not file federal takings claim over Native American archeological site

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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June 10 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that the developer of a coastal residential subdivision in Narragansett, Rhode Island, did not have grounds to file a federal takings claim after the state halted the project when an American Indian archeological site was discovered

Bain v. Vertex Architects: firm “failed to diligently pursue and obtain leed for homes certification from USGBC”

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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March 18 2011

An interesting green building litigation that was filed last fall last fall in Cook County (Illinois) Circuit Court has flown under the radar

Pointing to Gifford v. USGBC, British building scientist identifies global green building performance failures

Arent Fox LLP
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Australia, USA
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December 13 2010

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald suggests that Henry Gifford's class action suit against USGBC has resonated not only domestically, but across global real estate markets as well

What the courts are saying...

Bricker & Eckler LLP
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USA
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January 31 2008

We begin this month with a look at another case dealing with a public entity’s broad discretion in evaluating bids on public construction projects

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Henry Gifford’s lawsuit against U.S. Green Building Council dismissed

Case summary: Pohlig Builders, LLC v. Zoning Hearing Board of Schuylkill Township

First Circuit rules developer may not file federal takings claim over Native American archeological site

Bain v. Vertex Architects: firm “failed to diligently pursue and obtain leed for homes certification from USGBC”

Pointing to Gifford v. USGBC, British building scientist identifies global green building performance failures

What the courts are saying...

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