Contract Disputes, Contract Terms, State Contractors

Bid Protests of State Procurements in the DMV - D.C. Procurements

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 6/27/2025

This is part one of a three-part series discussing state-level bid protests in the DMV. For a contractor who just expended significant time and money to bid on a DMV state-level government contract, only to watch the...more

Connecticut Superior Court Holds That “Slaughter Clauses” Cannot be Added to Public Works Subcontracts Under Connecticut General...

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone on 10/8/2021

While you may not have heard the term “slaughter clauses” to describe the provisions of a construction contract before, the metaphor makes sense when one considers the provisions to which the Connecticut Superior Court...more

Expect Careful Scrutiny of Contractually Shortened Statutes of Limitations

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 11/18/2020

The statutes of limitations set forth in the CPLR are default rules, and parties generally are free to modify default rules by agreement. But statutes of limitations also further the important public interests, such as...more

Single Contractor Not Precluded from Providing Both Design and Construction Services

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 12/4/2019

Case Provides Valuable Guidance for Public Agencies Wanting One Contractor for Two Phases - A contractor that had two separate contracts with a school district — one for preconstruction services and the other for...more

A Contractor That Intentionally And Materially Breaches Its Contract Is Not Precluded From Recovery Under Quantum Meruit;...

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/16/2018

G4S Tech. LLC v. Mass. Tech. Park Corp., 2018 Mass. Lexis 357 (June 13, 2018) - A state development agency (the “Agency”), received state and federal funding to build a 1,200-mile fiber optic network. It contracted with...more

[Webinar] Common Missteps Construction Contractors Make when Suing the State of NJ and How to Avoid Them - August 23, 12:00pm ET

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 8/8/2018

When a construction contractor decides to file a claim against the State of New Jersey, certain procedures must be followed. In this webinar, Cohen Seglias Associate Jennifer Budd will discuss common missteps contractors make...more

Massachusetts Supreme Court Declares That State Contract Principles, Not Federal Precedent, Govern The Interpretation Of...

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/20/2018

A.L. Prime Energy Consultant, Inc. v. Mass. Bay Transport Auth., 479 Mass. 419 (May 2, 2018) - In a case of first impression, the Massachusetts Supreme Court held that general contract principles, and not federal case law,...more

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