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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 7, July 2025

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Welcome to our seventh issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address direct v. consequential damages in Florida, how the OBBB will fuel construction projects, China's construction of the world's largest...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

OP-ED: Catching Up on Oregon’s Updated Regulation of Architects

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Back in 2023, with little fanfare, the Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 224: long overdue legislation that modernized the regulation of the practice of architecture in the state. Though the changes have been in effect...more

Rumberger | Kirk

Win for Contractors on Start Time of Florida Construction Statute of Repose

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Last October, Rumberger attorney Jason Bullinger and attorney Dan Webster at Daniel J. Webster, P.A. obtained a win for Florida contractors, engineers, and architects in Florida by persuading a Volusia County Circuit judge...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Out with Lonergan, In with Spearin: Texas Legislature Provides Contractors with Limited Protection for Defective Plans and Designs

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As of September 1, 2021, in a change to Texas caselaw that had been in place for over a century, Texas contractors now have protection in certain circumstances from liability for defective plans and specifications provided to...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

New York State Legislature Considering Bill That Would Allow Licensed Architects or Engineers to Issue Building Permits

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Due to delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other factors, many municipalities across Long Island are experiencing significant backlogs of processing building permit applications. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

How Much Control Is Too Much Control? Federal Court In Florida Holds Designers’ Supervision of Project And Issuance Of Design...

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Suffolk Constr. Co. v. Rodriguez & Quiroga Architects Chtd., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42652 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 15, 2018) - This case arises out of the design and construction of a science museum in Miami, Florida (the...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

Nuisance Claim Against Architect Dismissed

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“Use the right tool for the job” is also a good bit of advice in litigation, as underscored by a recent decision out of the Connecticut Appellate Court. The case is Fisk v. Redding, AC 37537 (April 19, 2016)....more

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