Whitney Judson | International Law Office | January 7, 2019 Introduction Construction project schedules are oftentimes the source of many disputes between project owners and contractors. These disputes notoriously evolve into the subject of litigation and arbitration claims that assign fault for delayed project completion to one party or another. A party finding itself in… Continue reading Floating on Assumption: Navigating Construction Project Float Ownership
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Connecticutt Class Action on Collapse Claims Faces Motion to Dismiss
Tred Eyerly | Insurance Law Hawaii | November 28, 2018 The federal district court dismissed some insurers from a class action suit alleging failure to provide coverage for collapse claims. Halloran v. Harleysville Preferred Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179807 (D. Conn. Oct. 19, 2018). A class of homeowners brought suit… Continue reading Connecticutt Class Action on Collapse Claims Faces Motion to Dismiss
Naughty or Nice. Contractor Receives Two Lumps of Coal in Administrative Dispute
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog | January 7, 2019 So, how were your holidays? Hopefully you were good and didn’t receive a lump of coal from Santa. For one contractor, 2018, wasn’t such a good year. And as its name, Black Diamond, suggests, it did indeed receive a black diamond from the courts.… Continue reading Naughty or Nice. Contractor Receives Two Lumps of Coal in Administrative Dispute
Contractual Waiver of Consequential Damages
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | December 1, 2018 Contractual waivers of consequential damages are important, whether they are mutual or one-sided. I believe in specificity in that the types of consequential damages that are waived should be detailed in the waiver of consequential damages provision. Standard form construction agreements provide a good template of… Continue reading Contractual Waiver of Consequential Damages
Proposed Changes to EPA’s Stormwater Permit for Construction Sites
Robinson & Cole | January 2, 2019 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced its intention to modify the 2017 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Construction Stormwater Discharges (2017 CGP). EPA implements the 2017 CGP in states and territories that have not yet received authorization to implement the NPDES Stormwater program.… Continue reading Proposed Changes to EPA’s Stormwater Permit for Construction Sites