Contract Terms, State Contractors, Construction Industry

HB 497, Updating Several County Laws Including Those for Construction Projects, Is Now Effective

Bricker Graydon LLP on 5/29/2025

House Bill 497 (HB 497) took effect on April 9, 2025, and introduced various changes to the laws governing counties in Ohio. Below are some key changes in HB 497 that impact county construction projects....more

Prime Contractor Beware, No. 3: Tis The Season, but is your Retainage safe under the Tree?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 12/19/2022

Here’s the Scenario: Try explaining the concept of “retainage” to a businessperson unfamiliar with the construction industry at your next holiday party. Here’s the typical response as she spits out her eggnog: “Wait a minute:...more

Warning! Danger Ahead for Public Entities

Snell & Wilmer on 5/3/2019

Public entities are known to assert False Claims actions “to up the ante” to intimidate and aggressively address contractor construction claims. This strategy in the case of John Ross of Industrial Sheet Metal, Inc. (JRI) V....more

Federal Court in Pennsylvania Holds Pay-If-Paid Clause Unenforceable Where Prime Contractor’s Inadvertent Delays Contribute to the...

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/20/2018

Connelly Constr. Corp. v. Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123009 (E.D. Pa. July 24, 2018). The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of General Services undertook a project for the construction...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