Legal Issues with LEED and Green Building: A New Frontier?
By Christopher G. Hill
Published: May 31, 2010
Tags: Going Green
Sustainable or “green” construction is here to stay. Future energy requirements, environmental issues and government mandates either require or will soon require that construction professionals and their attorneys deal with a brave new world of building.
The LEED rating system has become the leading method to determine the “greenness” of a building or neighborhood. Owners [...]
Practice as a LEED Accredited Professional
By Jonathan C. Kinney and Timothy R. Hughes
Published: May 31, 2010
Tags: Going Green
The current green building landscape is dominated by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. USGBC has seen a dramatic growth in its membership and the LEED program has become synonymous with green building.
Lawyers interested in developing a legal practice incorporating sustainability, land use, [...]
Protecting yourself, data when recycling
By dmc-admin
Published: May 31, 2010
Tags: Going Green, Law Office Management, Technology
When donating or recycling used computers, it’s important to keep your personal files out of the wrong hands.
Simply deleting files from your computer does not clear the information from your hard drive. Armed with the right tools, even an inexperienced crook can recover client data, legal documents, credit card numbers, browser history, passwords and e-mail [...]
Old computers can get new life through recycling
By dmc-admin
Published: May 31, 2010
Tags: Going Green, Law Office Management, Technology
As technology develops at a seemingly exponential rate, many small firms and businesses find themselves burdened with obsolete equipment. Limited resources and overall lack of awareness, coupled with concerns for the environment, have prompted some offices to hang on to old computers rather than throw them away.
Those environmental concerns, however, are not without merit. According [...]
Green practices at firms require coordination 
By Alan Cooper
Published: May 31, 2010
Tags: Going Green, Law Office Management
Green practices at a law firm can be the result of a coordinated effort by a 900-lawyer institution or a single lawyer following what she describes as her “hippy-dippy” inclinations.
Robert J. Couture, executive director of Richmond-based McGuireWoods LLP, said the firm has been recycling its paper since the 1990s but has greatly expanded its green [...]
Northern Virginia goes green without disputes
By Peter Vieth
Published: May 26, 2010
Tags: Environmental, Going Green
The world of green building standards has been largely free of lawyers and lawsuits, but the formerly peaceful world of sustainable development soon may be getting its first taste of litigation.
Pointing to a failed challenge to the environmental credentials of a Wisconsin high school, a Washington lawyer concludes the field is wide open for efforts [...]
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