The surge of investment in construction – from new housing to infrastructure projects – may be an opportunity for legal professionals to help fight climate change. Brandon Moss, senior legal editor, Litigation, Practical Law, described what’s behind the construction boom in the United States: “The pandemic exacerbated issues in the housing market, leading to the …
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Earth Day Insights: How Lawyers Are Fighting Climate Change
Thomson Reuters has long supported The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP), a collaborative effort of lawyers worldwide working to develop new contracts and model laws to help fight climate change. Today TCLP is announcing the publication of 21 new clauses and three new model laws, bringing the total number of free clauses to 71. The clauses …
Engaging the next generation with Youth Perspectives
This article originally ran on the Thomson Reuters blog, the Knowledge Effect. Today, more than a billion people around the world will celebrate Earth Day. We recognize the importance of not only becoming more aware of what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint, but of how we can engage the next generation in …