Posted on September 24, 2010 by Chris Cheatham

Don't Miss This Green Building Legal Conference

Before we jump in to more substantive posts, I wanted to highlight an upcoming green building legal conference that is simply a must attend. 

The Green Legal Matters conference is running from October 13-15 in New Orleans.  I have never been more excited to attend a professional conference.  The speakers are a who's who of green building legal practitioners including many of my blogging friends, like:

The one presentation I am most looking forward to is Susan Dorn's "LEED From Where I Sit."  Susan is the General Counsel for the United States Green Building Council and she will have interesting thoughts on the future of LEED and the law.  In addition to green building legal topics, there will be presentations about other sustainability issues, like renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions.  I am speaking on October 15 and while my topic and co-presenters are up in the air, I promise I will make it interesting and innovative.

I am going to do my best to cajole my fellow bloggers out for a big night on Bourbon Street on October 14, and I hope you join us as well.  If you are interested, email me at chris@greenbuildinglawupdate.com. 

Go sign up for Green Legal Matters right now! 

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Mona Eigbrett, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainable Training Manager - September 24, 2010 10:03 AM

Hi, Chris - thanks for this information. I did want to note that when you use the name "United States Green Building Council" that usage is incorrect. The USGBC Trademark Policy lists the following as 'acceptable' or 'unacceptable':

Acceptable
U.S. Green Building Council
USGBC
NOTE: When using "USGBC" as a noun, do not precede with "the." For example, "the USGBC offers LEED
certification" should be changed to "USGBC offers..."
When using USGBC as an adjective, however, articles such as "the" or "a" may be used as appropriate. For
example, "Contact the USGBC Marketing Department..."

Unacceptable
U.S.G.B.C.
U.S. GBC
United States Green Building Council
US Green Building Council
GBC

Chris Cheatham - September 24, 2010 10:26 AM

Mona - Thanks for the information as well.

Christopher G. Hill - September 24, 2010 12:56 PM

Thanks for the mentions Chris. I look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!

Timothy R. Hughes - September 27, 2010 4:18 PM

Thanks for the shout out, it will be fun!

@Mona - Only USGBC could state it is a trademark violation to use its full name.

Chris, if you need help beating that rap, I have some good trademark and copyright folks on staff and have confidence we can defend you!

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