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Laurie & Brennan, LLP
Two North Riverside Plaza
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Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312.445-8780
Fax: 312.281-9010
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Winter 2010 Issue
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Illinois recently amended the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, imposing new requirements for the disposal of CCDD (clean construction and demolition debris) and uncontaminated soil fill in quarries, mines or other excavated sites.
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The Illinois Appellate Court recently held that the implied warranty of habitability applies to contractors who build residential homes – regardless of whether they are in privity of contract with the plaintiff homeowner. 1324 W. Pratt Condo. Ass’n v. Platt Constr. Group, No. 1-10-0159, 2010 WL 3788057 (1st Dist. Sept. 28, 2010). Read more...
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Perhaps proving the old adage that no good deed goes unpunished, the U.S. Green Building Council (“USGBC”) has been named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit recently filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York entitled Henry Gifford, et al. v. U.S. Green Building Council, Case No. 10-cv-7747 LBS. Read more...
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