<a href="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Law-Week-Logo-e1343400951602.jpg"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-123" title="Law Week Logo" src="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Law-Week-Logo-300x103.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="103" /></a>As the real estate market picks up, sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants alike, should be planning for any and all next steps - including environmental liabilities like cleaning hazardous waste or paying for a remediation.

Planning for any and every possibility before entering a purchase or lease agreement can help limit liability in the long run, said a group of attorneys from Ireland Stapleton Pryor &amp; Pascoe, PC at a continuing legal education course held last week sponsored by the firm and Law Week Colorado.  "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," they said.

[caption id="attachment_105" align="aligncenter" width="584"]<a href="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mmeier-mtnviews-08.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-105" title="Mountain View CLE Group picture" src="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/mmeier-mtnviews-08-1024x616.jpg" alt="Ireland Stapleton Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Practice Group" width="584" height="351" /></a> From left to right, Matthew Larson of the firm, Associate Counsel of Kroenke Sports &amp; Entertainment Daniel Catanese, Lukas Staks and Rebecca Almon of the firm.[/caption]
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