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Labor, Employment and Benefits: Alert - February 6, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court recently denied an employer’s request for review of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which held that tipped employees spending more than 20 percent of their time performing related but non-tipped duties must be paid the full minimum wage for that time, without the tip credit.

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Construction: Alert - January 30, 2012

For almost 50 years, lessors have had the ability to limit their liability for liens that arose from improvements to the leasehold made by a lessee. However, in the most recent legislative session, the Florida Legislature enacted revisions to Florida Statute § 713.10 that provide a potential pitfall for lessors by inserting a provision that may allow a contractor to lien the lessor's interest even where there is a recorded document advising of the limitation of liens.

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Sustainable Development

Smart Growth Strategies for Sustainable Neighborhood Development
 
 March 26, 2009
 

Holland & Knight and The University of Maryland presented a seminar on Smart Growth Strategies for Sustainable Neighborhood Development.

Learn how Twinbrook Station became the first project in the Washington, DC metro area to be awarded a LEED Gold Neighborhood Development by the U.S. Green Building Council.


VIEW/DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION - Part One

VIEW/DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION - Part Two


Topics:

    • How developers can achieve LEED-ND certification
    • Benefits for developers under LEED-ND
    • LEED development standards
    • Evolving requirements for green development
    • Twinbrook Station project case study

Speakers:

Gerrit-Jan Knapp, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland

Robert Harris, Holland & Knight LLP

Shannon Sentman, LEED AP, Holland & Knight LLP

Sophie Lambert, LEED for Neighborhood Development, U.S. Green Building Council

Rod Lawrence, The JBG Companies

Anthony Greenberg, The JBG Companies

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