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Additional Insured Status: Playing The Speak-Out Game On A Construction Project

Matthew DeVries | Best Practices Construction Law | February 21, 2018 Last weekend we played Speak-Out: Kids versus Parents, a game where you use a plastic thingy to obstruct your speech capabilities.  The winning team is the one that guesses the most phrases.  Reading and understanding an insurance policy on a construction project can be a… Continue reading Additional Insured Status: Playing The Speak-Out Game On A Construction Project

Federal Court Holds That, Under Louisiana Law, a Contractor Need Not Show a Total Work Stoppage to Recover Extended Home Office Overhead Under Eichleay

Jane Fox Lehman | Pepper Hamilton LLP | December 7, 2017 Team Contrs., L.L.C. v. Waypoint NOLA, L.L.C., No. 16-1131, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 162172 (E.D. La. Oct. 2, 2017). Waypoint NOLA (“Waypoint”) was the owner of a hotel construction project in New Orleans (the “Project”). Waypoint contracted with Team Contractors (“Team”) to serve as… Continue reading Federal Court Holds That, Under Louisiana Law, a Contractor Need Not Show a Total Work Stoppage to Recover Extended Home Office Overhead Under Eichleay

Construction Law Practice Tip: General Contractor Liability for Subcontractor Injury

Pierre Grosdidier | Haynes and Boone LLP | October 26, 2017 AIA Document A201TM, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (the “General Conditions”), is a form agreement often incorporated into a main contract between an owner and a general contractor.1 The General Conditions place project control squarely in the hands of the general contractor.… Continue reading Construction Law Practice Tip: General Contractor Liability for Subcontractor Injury

What Every Contractor Needs to Know About Withdrawal Liability

Jonathan Landesman | Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman PC | October 5, 2017 If you are a union contractor, you are probably making contributions into one or more union pension funds every month. These pension funds, known as multi-employer pension plans (MEPs), rely on a number of employers paying their share toward a common… Continue reading What Every Contractor Needs to Know About Withdrawal Liability

Assembly Bill 1701 Contemplates Broader Duty to Subcontractor’s Employees by General Contractor

Richard H. Glucksman, Esq. and Chelsea L. Zwart, Esq. | Chapman Glucksman Dean Roeb & Barger | August 4, 2017 AB 1701 recently passed the Assembly and is pending in the Senate’s Labor and Industrial Relations and Judiciary Committees. The Bill, if signed by the Governor, would create a new section in the California Labor Code(Section… Continue reading Assembly Bill 1701 Contemplates Broader Duty to Subcontractor’s Employees by General Contractor