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Allocating the Risk of Tariff Price Increases

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As the Trump Administration’s tariffs are now in effect, owners, developers, and contractors managing pending construction projects face questions about who is ultimately responsible for impacts (both time and cost) resulting...more

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Miami-Dade’s New Locally Headquartered Business Preference for A&E Contracts

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On May 7, 2024, significant changes were made to the procurement landscape for Architectural and Engineering (A&E) firms in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 24-47, which...more

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Suppliers Beware: US Government Continues Prosecution of DBE Fraud Cases Involving Supplies Passed Through DBEs

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On April 21, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of a painting subcontractor and its owner (defendants) under the federal wire fraud statute for conspiring to defraud the Department of Transportation...more

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Aerospace & Defense Insights | Roadmap for False Claims Act enforcement in 2021

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The federal government’s recoveries from investigations and cases involving the False Claims Act (FCA) fell in fiscal year (FY) 2020 to US$2.2 billion from US$3.05 billion in FY2019. However, with an influx of approximately...more

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Emergency Public Contracting Procedures, Part 1: Miami-Dade County

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The coronavirus pandemic is taxing government services and infrastructure in numerous ways, and many of the resulting shortages are well-publicized in the media.  Some of those needs are intuitive—increased hospital capacity,...more

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An Unintended Interruption to the Global Supply Chain

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The current outbreak of COVID-19 (the coronoavirus) will be a test of the global supply chain’s strength in the face of unintended interruptions, and can be a lesson on building-in supply-chain contingency plans.  As a result...more

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The United States Government issues additional Iran sanctions and a new Executive Order targeting the construction, mining,...

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On 10 January 2020, in response to missile attacks by the Iranian military targeting two U.S. bases in Iraq, the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a number of senior...more

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U.S. Expands Sanctions on Iranian Metals and Textiles Industry and Senior Officials

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The Trump Administration on January 10, 2020, issued broad new secondary sanctions with respect to Iran’s construction, mining, manufacturing, and textiles sectors in an effort to target additional sources of revenue used by...more

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Building bridges – Hong Kong construction professionals gain easier access to mainland market

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Structural engineers, building surveyors, planners, architects, and other construction professionals working in Hong Kong should find it easier to work in mainland China following changes to a key agreement signed on 21...more

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New Texas Laws Take Aim at Common Practice in Storm-Related Repairs

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Texas policyholders can no longer cut deals with storm repair contractors to pocket their deductibles for storm repairs.  The Texas Legislature has amended the Texas Insurance Code and Texas Business & Commerce Code,...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Court Expresses Public Policy Concern Regarding Economic Loss Rule

In Prestress Services Industries of TN, LLC v. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., 280 F.Supp.3d 908 (N.D. Miss. 2017), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi faced a “rather interesting...more

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