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Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Supreme Court Ruling Provides Public Agencies With Broad Discretion in Bidding Process

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The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued an important opinion providing clear guidance for companies seeking to do business with the state of New Jersey, that in public works projects, bid documents must be in full...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

General Municipal Law 103(16) and Cooperative Purchasing Agreements for “Public Work Projects”

This information memo is intended to provide an update on an area of law that affects many of our municipal and school district clients....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Colorado Decision Results in Major Changes for Public and (Possibly) Private Construction Professionals

A recent Colorado Court of Appeals sent ripples through the Colorado construction industry. In Ralph L. Wadsworth Constr. Co., LLC v. Reg’l Rail Partners et al. the Court of Appeals interpreted Colorado’s Public Works Act to...more

Miller Nash LLP

Retention Reform Bill Passed in Washington for Private Construction Projects

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A recent Washington Bill 5528, sponsored by the Northwest Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association and the American Subcontractors Association of Washington, along with many other industry trade groups, successfully passed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Statutory Payment Regime for Public and Private Works in Virginia

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For general contractors working in Virginia, 2023 marks the end of one of the more prolific contractual rights available—the pay-if-paid defense. Until now, pay-if-paid clauses were a valid means of shifting to subcontractors...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Governor DeSantis Signs Bill to Increase Cap on Continuing Public Works Contracts

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On June 26, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis signed fifteen bills into law, including HB 441, a revision to the allowable maximum dollar amount for continuing contracts for construction projects. Increasing the dollar cap from $2...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Pre-Qualification Belatedly Comes To New York City Projects

In the early hours of July 1, 2008, a comprehensive, multi-faceted piece of legislation was agreed upon in Albany between legislative leaders and our "accidental governor," David Paterson (i.e. elevated to the position as a...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Recent Supreme Court Opinion Serves as Call to Action for Contractors to Review Contract Notice Requirements

The Supreme Court of the State of Washington issued its opinion in Nova Contracting Inc. v. City of Olympia, Docket No. 94711-2 on September 27, 2018, which hammers home the need for contractors to review the notice...more

Snell & Wilmer

Tips for Suspending Work for Non-Payment without Getting Fired

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All work and no pay making you crazy? A temporary suspension of work may be an appropriate self-help remedy for an owner’s or contractor’s non-payment. Although termination of the contract for the material breach of...more

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