Kevin Garrison | Baker Donelson | April 14, 2016 Drone usage on construction projects is ready to take off. With recent enhancements in performance and capability, it will soon be hard to imagine a large construction project without drones playing some role. Consider this vision of the construction site of the future: [D]rones would regularly… Continue reading The Rise, and Risk, of Construction Drones
Month: April 2016
What Is a Permissions Granted Clause and How Does It Affect a Carrier’s Ability to Disclaim Property Losses for Increased Hazards?
Jennifer Van Voorhis | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | April 13, 2016 Most home owner policies have a potential coverage defense for “increase of hazard.” An increase of hazard clause generally allows a carrier to disclaim coverage when “a new use is made of the insured property, or when its physical condition is changed from… Continue reading What Is a Permissions Granted Clause and How Does It Affect a Carrier’s Ability to Disclaim Property Losses for Increased Hazards?
Department of Labor’s Expansive Interpretation Of The Davis-Bacon Act Is Struck Down
Michael J. Schrier | Duane Morris LLP | April 14, 2016 In District of Columbia v. Department of Labor, No. 14-5132 (D.C. Cir. April 5, 2016), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board’s overly expansive and unsupported interpretation of that statute as… Continue reading Department of Labor’s Expansive Interpretation Of The Davis-Bacon Act Is Struck Down
How To Protect Yourself Against Surprise Parties To Contracts
Natalie Dolce | GlobeSt.com | April 6, 2016 Under classic contract law, if a party breaches a contract, in most cases only the parties to the agreement have the right to enforce its terms. However, courts are increasingly granting third parties the right to enforce a contract, even when they are a stranger to said… Continue reading How To Protect Yourself Against Surprise Parties To Contracts
California Court Rejects Primary Carrier’s Excess Other Insurance Position
Insurance Law Blog | April 12, 2016 In its recent decision in Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. Arch Specialty Ins. Co., 2016 Cal. App. LEXIS 275 (Cal. App. Apr. 11, 2016), the Court of Appeal of California for the Third Appellate District had occasion to consider the application of other insurance clauses in the… Continue reading California Court Rejects Primary Carrier’s Excess Other Insurance Position