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DE Under 3: FAR Council Seeks to Require Federal Contractors to Report First-Tier Subcontractor Information, Including Potentially Executive Compensation Data
DE Under 3: Contractors Have Second Opportunity to Comment on OFCCP’s Supply & Service Contractor Portal Information Collection
Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
DE Under 3: What Federal Contractors Need to Know About OFCCP's New Audit Scheduling Letter
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Partnering to Win: Teaming, Subcontracting, Joint Ventures, and Mentor Protégé Agreements
Construction Roundtable: Top 4 Legal Risks for Federal Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: OFCCP's Modified Proposal to Revise Scheduling Letter & Itemized Listing Revealed Via Newly Proposed Documents
Flow-Down Clauses in Federal Government Contracts - Tutorial 1 (Fundamentals)
Joint Venture Basics for Large and Small Contractors
Webinar: Trademarks and Government Contracting
Bidding for Major Contracts? Compliance Requirements You Should Prepare for Now
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President Trump’s prospective assessment of 25% tariffs on certain materials coming from Canada and Mexico, and prospective 10% tariffs on certain material from China, may increase contractor costs in fulfillment of...more
Le 6 novembre 2024, la Loi de 2024 visant à bâtir l’Ontario pour vous (mesures budgétaires) (le « projet de loi 216 ») a reçu la sanction royale. Le projet de loi 216 apporte plusieurs modifications à la Loi sur la...more
On November 6, 2024, the Building Ontario For You Act (Bill 216) received royal assent. Bill 216 makes several changes to the Construction Act (Act) that will impact industry participants. While the changes are not yet in...more
In its recent decision in Quanta Canada Holdings II ULC v Bremar Construction Ltd, 2024 ABKB 317, the Alberta Court of King's Bench (the Court) established a principled framework for considering an application for permission...more
Dans l’affaire Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc. v. Fairway Recycle Group Inc. (l’« affaire Pinnacle Living »), la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») s’est récemment penchée sur la capacité d’un...more
In Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc. v. Fairway Recycle Group Inc. (Pinnacle Living), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court) recently considered the ability of an owner to obtain a discharge of a lien by...more
Q&A with the Carolina Small Business Development Fund - We are fortunate to have connected with Kevin Dick, the President & CEO, and Emily Blevins, Marketing & Communications Director, of the Carolina Small Business...more
In an attempt to reduce delayed payment periods in Alberta, on August 29, 2022, the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act (the PPCLA) came into force replacing the Builder's Lien Act (the BLA). Although most of the BLA was...more
The Alberta Government has now confirmed that the Builders’ Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act, 2020 (BLA) will come into force on August 29, 2022 when the Alberta Builders' Lien Act, will become the Prompt Payment and...more
On October 21, 2020, following other Canadian jurisdictions, Bill 37, Builders' Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act, 2020, passed its first reading in the Legislature of Alberta. If Bill 37 receives royal assent, it will,...more
This summer I had the pleasure of traveling to Toronto and meeting Canadian construction lawyers to discuss the introduction of a prompt payment and adjudication regime in Ontario on 1 October 2019. As Matt Malloy outlined...more
As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our second article for 2019 explores litigation developments in Canada, outlining the impact on business and the potential ramifications of recent...more
The British Columbia Supreme Court (Court) recently released two decisions regarding the application of the Builders Lien Act (Act), providing clarity on limitation periods for filing a lien claim and the circumstances where...more
In Chandos Construction Ltd. v. Twin Peaks Construction Ltd. (Chandos Construction), the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Court) held that once the certificate of substantial performance (Certificate) is issued and major...more
Courts in Alberta and Ontario have recently released two notable decisions on “pay when paid” clauses: Sprague Rosser Contracting Co. Ltd. v. EOS Pipeline & Facilities Inc., (EOS Pipeline) and 6157734 Canada Inc. v. Bluelime...more
On February 25, 2015, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its decision in Tervita Corporation v. ConCreate USL (GP) Inc. In that case, the court was required to determine whether a builders’ lien registered by Tervita...more
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