Scott and Garrett Reynolds launched their company, UpCodes, with the aim of using technology to help anyone engaged in a building project more easily comply with the myriad codes regulating the field, but along the way, they've repeatedly found themselves having to defend their efforts in court.
After the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to allow companies to make semiannual disclosures, attorneys who advise real estate investment trusts are skeptical that many REITs will opt for less frequent reporting.
Some companies in the data center space are thinking twice about how they use industry-standard nondisclosure agreements with local governments, as backlash rises from communities that say developers often cloak their projects in secrecy.