[WEBINAR] Planning in the Coastal Zone
[WEBINAR] The Cost of Doing Business: Best Practices for Public Works Projects - Part One
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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