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Southern California Fire Cleanup Considerations for Landowners

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Affected landowners may be able to avail themselves of certain protections under state and federal environmental laws. In the aftermath of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area in January 2025, a cleanup effort is...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New York State Amends 2024 Bed Bug Disclosure Law

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New York’s bed bug disclosure law, Real Property Law § 235-j, has been amended to provide landlords and lessors additional time to comply with the law’s disclosure requirements and to limit the tenants and lessees entitled to...more

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Dust Off Your Rulebook: EPA’s New Dust-Lead Standards

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EPA has published a Final Rule which will lower dust-lead standards in pre-1978 homes and childcare facilities. Under TSCA Section 403, EPA must identify and regulate lead-based paint hazards....more

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Update: CDC Nationwide Eviction Ban Faces Additional Challenge From Ohio Federal Court

Another federal court has ruled against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nationwide ban on residential evictions (the “Order”), which is set to expire on March 31, 2021. A target of the various lawsuits we...more

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CDC Issues Updated Guidance for Reopening Buildings After Prolonged Shutdown or Reduced Operation Due to COVID-19

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Seyfarth Synopsis: CDC explains that the shutdown or reduced operation of a building and reductions in normal water use can create hazards for returning occupants. It recommends in its updated Guidance for Reopening Buildings...more

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Harris County Judge Prohibits Outdoor Gatherings, Including Foreclosure Sales

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On July 3, 2020, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo issued an Outdoor Gatherings Order in accordance with Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-28 and in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases. The order...more

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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Issues Order Mandating that Building Owners Clean High-Touch Areas in Accordance with CDC...

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In its latest response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania has ordered mandatory cleaning protocols for large buildings throughout the Commonwealth.  On Sunday, April 5, 2020, Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine issued...more

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Does the Coronavirus Shutdown Trigger a Regulatory Taking?

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With the recent government mandates surrounding COVID-19, many businesses are completely shut down and are legally unable to open their doors to the public.  ...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Can State and Local Government Seize Your Private Property During a Global Pandemic?

Hotels, parking lots, convention centers and sports fields throughout the world are being used as field hospitals and to otherwise house people suffering from the effects of COVID-19. For example, one hotel in Hong Kong has...more

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Governor’s Use of Emergency Power to Commandeer Property Requires Payment of “Reasonable Value”

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As COVID-19 spreads throughout the globe and the United States, our national, state and local governments are taking wide-reaching but necessary actions to respond to this novel coronavirus....more

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Vapor Intrusion: Why Property Owners and Purchasers really need to pay attention

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An increasing degree of attention is being paid to instances of vapor intrusion, the process by which volatile chemicals migrate, in vapor form, from soil or groundwater into indoor air spaces of buildings. Even in the era of...more

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