Brightway Insurance Executives Earn National Recognition as Top Leaders in the Industry
Hawaii’s Shoreline: Legal & Regulatory Issues, Sea Level Rise and Adaptation
It’s Not Just the Millennium Tower That’s Sinking in San Francisco
Performance Bonds: Follow the Letter of the Bond and Keep The Surety Informed
New York Court Permits Asbestos Claimants to Proceed Against Insurers with Buyout Agreements
General Contractor Intervening to Compel Arbitration Per the Subcontract
OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Is in Flux
Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (11/03/21)
What You Need to Know About the Recently Enacted Infrastructure Bill
Indemnity Provision Prevails Over "Other Insurance" Clause
San Diego Appellate Team Prevails in Premises Liability Appeal
BWB&O Partners are Recognized as 2022 AV Preeminent Attorneys by Martindale-Hubbell!
Nerves of Steel Needed as Firms Face Volatile Prices, Broken Contracts and Price-Gouging
Not Pandemic-Proof: The Ongoing Impact of COVID-19 on the Commercial Construction Industry
Cities' Answer to Sprawl? Go Wild.
Harkins Welcomes Jayson Williams to Its Board of Directors
How to Address the Four Biggest Staffing Issues In Construction Industry
Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Bolt Factory Lofts Owners Ass’n (Colorado)
ABA Forum on Construction Law 2022 Midwinter Meeting
Disputes Will Not Be Subject to Arbitration Provision If There Is No “Significant Relationship”
Georgia Local Government Drainage Liability: Nuisance and Trespass
Miller Act CLAIMS: Finding Protections and Preserving Your Rights
Contractual “Pay if Paid” and “Pay when Paid” Clauses? What is a California Construction Subcontractor to Do?
Tenth Circuit Finds Appraisal Can Decide Causation of Loss Under Colorado Law
NJ Supreme Court Declines to Review Decision that Exxon Has No Duty to Indemnify Insurers for Environmental Liability Under Prior Settlement Agreement
Alexus Williams Receives Missouri Lawyers Media 2021 Women’s Justice Pro Bono Award
Traub Lieberman Partner Bradley T. Guldalian Wins Summary Judgment in Pinellas County Circuit Court
Novation Agreements Under Federal Contracts
What to Expect From the New Self-Retracting Devices Standard
Building Amid the COVID Challenge
World's Longest Suspension Bridge Takes Shape in Turkey
California’s Wildfire Dilemma: Put Houses or Forests First?
Meritage Homes Awards Mortgage-Free Home to Navy Petty Officer First Class and His Family in Time for Veterans Day
Input Prices Decline in September but Remain Higher on a Yearly Basis
For All of Modular Construction’s Appeal, Beware of Risks and Insurance Complications
AGC Construction Safety and Health Conference
Revisiting the CMO; Are We Overusing the Mediation Privilege?
Utah Digs Deep and Finds “Design Defect” Includes Pre-Construction Geotechnical Reports
Substituting Materials and Failure to Comply with Contractual Requirements
Illinois Supreme Court Rules Labor Costs Not Depreciated to Determine Actual Cash Value
Lewis Brisbois Successfully Concludes Privacy Dispute for Comedian Kathy Griffin Following Calif. Supreme Court Denial of Review
Traub Lieberman Partner Bradley T. Guldalian Wins Summary Judgment
Congratulations to BWB&O for Ranking in The U.S. News – Best Lawyers ® as “Best Law Firms”!
Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (10/27/21)
Retrofitting Buildings Is the Unsexy Climate Fix the World Needs
OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS Unveiled
Architect Norman Foster Tells COP26: Change 'Traditional' City Design to Combat Climate Change
Forget Palm Springs—Santa Fe Is the New Mecca for Modern Architecture
New OSHA Vaccination Requirements For Employers With 100 Or More Employees (And Additional Advice for California Employers)
U.S. Homebuilders Ask Congress to Lift Tariffs on Lumber, Metals
Bolster Diversity and Inclusion by Dispelling Myths About Construction Jobs
Court Finds Possible Sliver of Coverage for COVID-19 Claim
2022 CLM Annual Conference
Nevada Insureds Can Rely on Extrinsic Facts to Show that An Insurer Owes a Duty to Defend
How to Lose Your Contractor’s License in 90 Days (or Less): California and Louisiana
Eleventh Circuit Finds No Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Claims
US Appeals Court Halts OSHA Vaccine Mandate, Unclear How Long
Traub Lieberman Recognized in 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”
‘Hallelujah,’ House Finally Approves $1T Infrastructure Funding Package
Partner Yvette Davis Elected to ALFA International’s Board of Directors
Intellectual Property And Employment Law Best Practices: Are You Covering Your Bases In Protecting Construction-Related Trade Secrets?
White House Proposal Returns to 1978 NEPA Review Procedures
Public Housing Takes Priority in Biden Spending Bill
ASCE Statement on House Passage of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Google’s Biggest Moonshot Is Its Search for a Carbon-Free Future
SFAA Commends U.S. House for Passage of Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Mattamy Homes Recognized as a Best Place to Work in Phoenix
Supply Delays and Staffing: Top Concerns in the Construction Industry
AXA XL Recognizes Three Contractors For Pioneering Tech Adoption
2022 ABC Convention
Replevin Actions: What You Should Know
Commencing of the Statute of Repose for Construction Defects
Waiving The Right to Arbitrate Under Federal Law
Montana Federal Court Upholds Application of Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause
Ready, Fire, Aim: The Importance of Targeting Your Delay Notices
Newmeyer Dillion Named 2022 Best Law Firm in Multiple Practice Areas By U.S. News-Best Lawyers
PSA: New COVID Vaccine ETS Issued by OSHA
Lorelie S. Masters Nominated for Best in Insurance & Reinsurance for the Women in Business Law Awards 2021
Haight has been named a Metropolitan Los Angeles Tier 1 “Best Law Firm” and Tier 2 for Los Angeles and Orange County by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2022
SEC Climate Change Disclosure Letter Foreshadows Anticipated Regulatory Changes
White and Williams Ranked in Top Tiers of "Best Law Firms"
Large Canada Employers and Jobsites Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines
South African Building Industry in Line for More State Support
Housing Market Can Look Forward to a More Boring 2022
Protection Against Escalating Material Costs in the Construction Industry
Insurance Rates: What to Expect in 2022
2022 NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS)
Three Recent Cases Strike Down Liquidated Damages Clauses In Settlement Agreements…A Trend Or An Aberration?
Boston Developer Sues Contractor Alleging Delays That Cost Millions
Contractor Entitled to Continued Defense Against Allegations of Faulty Construction
Eleventh Circuit’s Noteworthy Discussion on Bad Faith Insurance Claims
Defects, Delays and Change Orders
How You Plead Allegations to Trigger Liability Insurer’s Duties Is Critical
Two Years, Too Late: Time-Barred Hurricane Loss is Timely Reminder to Insureds
Project Delivery Methods: A Bird’s-Eye View
GA Federal Court Holds That Jury, Not Judge, Generally Must Decide Whether Notice Was Given “As Soon as Practicable” Under First-Party Property Damage Policies
Environmental Justice: A Legislative and Regulatory Update
At Least 46 Killed in Taiwanese Apartment Building Inferno
Sean Shecter to Join American University Environmental and Energy Law Alumni Advisory Council
Mexico's Richest Man Carlos Slim to Rebuild Collapsed Subway Line
U.S. Homebuilder Sentiment Rises for First Time in Five Months
ABC NorCal Actively Hiring Virtual Craft Instructors
Mitigate the Crisis of Unskilled Construction Workers
2022 Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Conference
Effective Allocation of Damages for Federal Contract Claims
Eighth Circuit Affirms Finding of Bad Faith, Award of Costs and Prejudgment Interest
Recent Regulatory Activity
Yet ANOTHER Reason not to Contract without a License
Fixing That Mistake
Planes, Trains and Prevailing Wages. Ok, No Planes, But Trains and Prevailing Wages Yes
Guarantor’s Liability on Partially Secured Debts – The Impacts of Pay Down Provisions in Serpanok Construction Inc. v. Point Ruston, LLC et al.
Montana Federal District Court Finds for Insurer in Pollution Coverage Dispute
4 Ways the PRO Act Would Impact the Construction Industry
Construction Law Job Opps and How to Create Them
Bert Hummel Appointed Vice Chair of State Bar of Georgia Bench & Bar Committee
MapLab: Why More Americans Are Moving Toward Wildfire
White House Reverses Trump Administration NEPA Cutbacks
U.S. Housing Starts Rose by More Than Forecast in August
New York City Issues 1,500 Stop Work Orders at Construction Sites
Portion of COVID-19 Claim Survives Motion to Dismiss
Save the Date: 2022 West Coast Construction Law Symposium
No Damage for Delay? No Problem: Exceptions to the Enforceability of No Damage for Delay Clauses
Attorney-Client Privilege in the Age of Cyber Breaches
Five Frequently Overlooked Points of Construction Contracts
Measure Of Damages for Breach of Construction Contract
Updates to Residential Landlord Tenant Law
The Difference Between Routine Document Destruction and Spoliation
California Supreme Court Holds that Prevailing Wages are Not Required for Mobilization Work, for Now
Traub Lieberman Attorneys Recognized as 2021 New York – Metro Super Lawyers®
PSA: Virginia DOLI Amends COVID Workplace Standard
HHMR Celebrates 20 Years of Service!
Real Estate & Construction News Round-Up (10/06/21)
Flood-Threat Assessment Finds Danger Goes Far Beyond U.S. Homes
EEOC Sues Whiting-Turner Over Black Worker Treatment at Tennessee Google Project
3M Homeowner Survey Shows Strong Interest in Eco-friendly Construction Materials and Practices
COVID-19 Pandemic: Is it Over Yet? Not so Fast!
Viewpoint: Adjusting to the ‘Post-Truth’ Environment Driving Up Insurance Claims Costs
Upcoming “Bid Protests on Public Works Projects” CLE November 30, 2021
When Construction Defects Appear, Don’t Choose Between Rebuilding and Building Your Case
Eleventh Circuit Finds No “Property Damage” Where Defective Component Failed to Cause Damage to Other Non-Defective Components
Ninth Circuit Court Weighs In On Insurance Coverage For COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses
Broken Buildings: Legal Rights and Remedies in the Wake of a Collapse
Federal Court in New York Court Dismisses Civil Authority Claim for COVID-19 Coverage
Is Settling a Bond Claim in the Face of a Seemingly Clear Statute of Limitations Defense Bad Faith?
Difficulty in Defending Rental Supplier’s Claim Under Credit Application
Hurricane Handbook: A Policyholder's Guide to Handling Claims during Hurricane Season
Lewis Brisbois Ranks 11th in Law360’s Glass Ceiling Report on Gender Parity in Law Firms
Register and Watch Partner John Toohey Present on the CLM Webinar Series!
Corps Releases Final Report on $29B Texas Gulf Coast Hurricane Defense Plan
Subcontractors Eye 2022 with Guarded Optimism
Smart Construction and the Future of the Construction Industry
Preparing for Another Wave of Construction Project Demand
Hurricane Ida Could Cost Insurers as Much as $30 Billion, Swiss Re Says
CLE Bootcamp
Omnis Report Demonstrates Residential Construction Boom
Court Reminds Insurer that the Mere Possibility Of Coverage at the Time of Tender Triggers a Duty to Defend in a Defect Action
Delaware District Court Finds CGL Insurer Owes Condo Builder a Duty to Defend Faulty Workmanship Claims — Based on the Subcontractor Exception to the Your Work Exclusion
Pile Test Likely for Settling Millennium Tower
Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Owner’s Claims Based on Contractual One-Year Claims Limitations Period
Contractor’s Assignment of Construction Contract to Newly Formed Company Before Company Was Licensed, Not Subject to B&P 7031
Standard For Evaluating Delay – Directly from An Armed Services Board Of Contract Appeal’s Opinion
NYC Supertall Tower Condo Board Sues Over Alleged Construction, Design 'Defects'
Builders Association Seeks to Cut Down Grassroots Green Building Program (Guest Post)
Recommendations for Property Owners After A Hurricane: Submit a Claim
Cameron Kalunian to Speak at Casualty Construction Defect Seminar
Before and After the Storm: Know Your Insurance Rights, Coverages and Obligations
ASCE Statement on House Failure to Pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Flawed Welding Faulted in Mexico City Subway Collapse
California’s Smart Plan to Let Homeowners Be Homebuilders
Tips to Identify and Mitigate Risks on Construction Sites
Vermont and New Hampshire Request $7M+ in Federal Disaster Relief for Infrastructure Storm Damage
9th International Society of Construction Law Conference
Billionaire Row Condo Board Sues Developers Over 1,500 Building Defects
Homeowner’s Claims Defeated Because “Gravamen” of Complaint was Fraud, not Breach of Contract
Under Privette Doctrine, A Landowner Delegates All Responsibility For Workplace Safety to its Independent Contractor, and therefore Owes No Duty to Remedy or Adopt Measures to Protect Against Known Hazards
Asserting Non-Disclosure Claim Involving Residential Real Property and Whether Facts Are “Readily Observable”
Pennsylvania Court Finds that Two Possible Causes Can Prove a Product Malfunction Theory of Liability
Federal District Court Dismisses Property Claim After Insured Allows Loss Location to Be Destroyed Prior to Inspection
Washington State Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision on Spearin Doctrine
Insureds Survive Motion to Dismiss Civil Authority Claim
Identifying and Accessing Coverage in Complex Construction Claims
Candis Jones Named “On the Rise” by Daily Report's Georgia Law Awards
When is Forum Selection in a Construction Contract Enforceable?
Seven Proactive Steps to Avoid Construction Delay Disputes
Project Team Upgrades Va. General Assembly
New Orlando Training Center to Open Doors for Careers in Construction
COVID-19 Emergency Standard to Exclude Construction
Personal Liability for Unpaid Industrial Insurance Premiums
Mark Oertel to Speak at National Bond Claims Association Seminar on Modular Construction
NJ Court Reaffirms Rule Against Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Claims and Finds Fraud Claims Inherently Intentional
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Re-affirms American Girl To Find Coverage for Damage Caused by Subcontractors
Court of Appeals Finds Arbitration Provision Incorporated by Reference Unenforceable
Contractor Succeeds At the Supreme Court Against Public Owner – Obtaining Fee Award and Determination The City Acted In Bad Faith
Understand the Dispute Resolution Provision You Are Agreeing To
Personal Thoughts on Construction Mediation
10 Haight Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in America© 2022 and The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2022
Pa. Contractor Pleads No Contest to Prevailing-Wage Charges, Pays Workers $20.7M
Congratulations to Partner John O’Meara for Being Named as One of America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators for Three Consecutive Years!
16 Wilke Fleury Attorneys Featured in Sacramento Magazine 2021 Top Lawyers!
Pandemic-Related Construction Materials Pricing Poses Challenges in Construction Lawsuits
Traub Lieberman Attorneys Burks Smith and Katie Keller Win Daubert Motion Excluding Plaintiff’s Expert’s Testimony in the Middle District of Florida
Can a Receiver Prime and Strip Liens Against Real Property?
Angry Evergrande Homebuyers Protest Against Construction Halt
Build Group to Use Buildots’ AI Technology for Three Construction Projects
Understanding Builder's Risk Insurance Coverages and Exclusions
The 27th West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar Approaches
California Supreme Court Declines to Create Exception to Privette Doctrine for “Known Hazards”
Hawaii Federal District Court Grants Preliminary Approval of Settlement on Volcano Damage
The Best Laid Plans: Contingency in a Construction Contract
Engineer Pauses Fix of 'Sinking' Millennium Tower in San Francisco
Governor Inslee’s Recent Vaccination Mandate Applies to Many Construction Contractors and their Workers
Wilke Fleury Attorney Featured in 2022 Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch!
Best Lawyers® Recognizes 38 White and Williams Lawyers
Supreme Court of Washington State Upholds SFAA Position on Spearin Doctrine
Traub Lieberman Attorneys Recognized in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®
Still Going, After All This Time: the Sacketts, EPA and the Clean Water Act
Congratulations to Partners Nicole Whyte, Keith Bremer, Peter Brown, Karen Baytosh, and Associate Matthew Cox for Their Inclusion in 2022 Best Lawyers!
Contractors Pay Heed: The Federal Circuit Clarifies Two Important Issues For Bid Protestors
Federal Court Enforces “Limits” and “Most We Will Pay” Clauses in Additional Insured Endorsement
Home Prices in Three U.S. Cities Have Jumped 25% or More in a Year
Analysis: State Construction Unemployment Rates Down in 45 States From a Year Ago
Travelers Marks National Suicide Prevention Week with New Resources for Contractors
ABA’s Forum on Construction Law 2021 (Regional)
As Fracture Questions Remain, Team Raced to Save Mississippi River Bridge
Rather Than Limit Decision to "That Particular Part" of Developer's Policy Necessary to Bar Coverage, 10th Circuit Renders Questionable Decision on Exclusion j(6)
Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause Eliminates Loss from Hurricane
New York Court Rejects Owner’s Bid for Additional Insured Coverage
When is an Indemnification Provision Unenforceable?
Proposed Bill Provides a New Federal Tax Credit for the Conversion of Office Buildings
ACS Recognized by Construction Executive Magazine in the Top 50 Construction Law Firms of 2021
The Reptile Theory in Practice
Christopher Leise Recognized by US News – Best Lawyers 2022 "Lawyer of the Year"
Remote Depositions in the Post-Covid-19 World
How the Pandemic Pushed the Construction Industry Five Years Into the Future
On-Site Supersensing and the Future of Construction Automation – Discussion with Aviad Almagor
Maybe California Actually Does Have Enough Water
Sam Zell Partners With Toll on $1.9 Billion Apartment Deal
Create a Culture of Safety Within a Construction Company
Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill Would Give Disaster Resilience Loan Fund $500 Million
CLM Construction Conference
Agreement Authorizing Party’s Own Engineer to Determine Substantial Compliance Found Binding on Adverse Party
Certificates as Evidence of Additional Insured Coverage Are All the Rage, But You Deserve Better
Can a Home Builder Disclaim Implied Warranties of Workmanship and Habitability?
Waiver Of Arbitration by Not Submitting Claim to Initial Decision Maker…Really!
New York Climate Mobilization Act Update: Reducing Carbon Emissions and Funding Solutions
Best Lawyers Honors 48 Lewis Brisbois Attorneys, Recognizes Four Partners as 'Lawyers of the Year'
Breaking The Ice: A Policyholder's Guide to Insurance Coverage for Texas Winter Storm Uri Claims
Ten ACS Lawyers Recognized as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars
Building the Secondary Market for Reclaimed Building Materials
What Is the Best Way to Avoid Rezoning Disputes?
Lumber Drops to Nine-Month Low, Extending Retreat From Record
Progress, Property, and Privacy: Discussing Human-Led Infrastructure with Jeff Schumacher
'Right to Repair' and Fixing Equipment in a Digital Age
Las Vegas Train Bonds Will Go To California Housing
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator and Contractor Confidence Index Rise in June
Lifting and Related Injuries Now Second on Workers' Compensation Cost List
Cutting-Edge Issues in Condemnation Seminar
Difficult Task for Court to Analyze Delay and Disorder on Construction Project
A Classic Blunder: Practical Advice for Avoiding Two-Front Wars
What Contractors Can Do to Address Rising Material Costs
Unjust Enrichment and Express Contract Don’t Mix
Would You Trade a Parking Spot for an Extra Bedroom?
12 Newmeyer Dillion Attorneys Named to 2022 U.S. News Best Lawyers in Multiple Practice Areas
Washington, DC’s COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Expires
Traub Lieberman Team Obtains Summary Judgment in Favor of Client Under Florida’s Newly Implemented Summary Judgment Standard
Trade Contract Revisions to Address COVID-19
Updated Covid-19 Standards In The Workplace
The Roads to Justice: Building New Bridges
Pandemic Magnifies Financial Risk in Construction: What Executives Can Do to Speed up Customer Payments
How to Build a Water-Smart City

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