Construction Law, Government Contracting, Business Organization

Victorian Government Reforms PPP Policy to Support Infrastructure Growth

by Catie Burdett, Kimberley Wilson | K&L Gates LLP on 5/16/2013

The Victorian State Government announced on 2 May 2013, significant reforms to its Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy to support infrastructure growth in Victoria (Policy). The Policy is aimed at encouraging private...more

Maryland Passes P3 Legislation

by Sharifa Anderson, Steve Park, Brian Walsh, David Winstead | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/9/2013

Legislation encouraging the use of public-private partnerships (P3s) to address Maryland’s growing infrastructure needs has been passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor O’Malley with bipartisan...more

New Federal And State Programs Will Boost Public-Private Partnership Development

by Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Eric Singer | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 4/8/2013

Last Friday, President Obama visited Miami and, speaking at the Port of Miami, detailed his proposals for increased public-infrastructure spending through public-private partnerships. Although the President envisions...more

Recognition for USA Infrastructure Continues to Grow on Global Stage

by Geoffrey Yarema | Nossaman LLP on 4/4/2013

As the 2013 award season heats up for 2012 successes around the world, the juries are increasingly finding the US market hard to ignore. Infrastructure Journal and PPP Bulletin International, the two London-based media...more

Al Dotson Is The Champion Of Public-Private Partnerships

by Albert E. Dotson, Jr. | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 3/29/2013

Originally Published in South Florida Business Journal, March 29, 2013. Albert E. Dotson Jr. is a partner with Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod and leads the law firm’s government relations and land development...more

Public-Private Partnerships – The Future May Be Sooner Than Thought

by Sean Sullivan | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 3/26/2013

Public-Private Partnerships, also known as P3, are evident in Florida. A P3 is a contractual relationship between a public agency and private entity that agree to share risk and rewards of a project. Historically, these...more

Construction Insurance Rates Rise

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 11/19/2012

Construction companies need experienced insurance attorneys to guide them now more than ever. That’s because the market for construction-related commercial general liability (CGL) insurance, and umbrella and excess liability...more

Retroactive Revival Of Liability By Legislation

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 10/23/2012

The US Supreme Court sometimes makes news by refusing to hear cases, not by taking them. That was certainly the case on May 29, 2012 when the Supreme Court declined to hear a case in which Minnesota’s high court upheld state...more

2012 Workers Compensation Reform In California

by Peter Bauman - Senior Associate at Tharpe &... on 9/12/2012

Workers Compensation reform is on the way. Cynics might ask, didn’t we do this several years ago? Yes we did. In the late 1990’s, overutilization of medical services, higher-than-normal indemnity benefit costs, and...more

Contractor Payment Protections in Public Private Partnerships Under Nevada Law

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/22/2012

On February 23, 2012, the Snell & Wilmer Infrastructure Development and Project Finance Industry Group hosted “Moving Nevada Forward,” its first annual forum on Nevada public private partnerships. The event was well attended...more

Asocierea in participatie in Noul Cod Civil

by Petru Hobincu on 1/20/2012

Asocierea in Participatie – o privire sintetica a reglementarii din Noul Cod Civil Prin aceasta abordare doresc sa motivez comunicarea opiniilor pro sau contra avand in vedere noutatea reglementarii dar si necesitatea...more

Contract administration - JCT, NEC3 and FIDIC

by BPE Solicitors LLP on 11/14/2011

An article comparing the contract administration and project management roles found in JCT, NEC and FIDIC. May be of most interest to those in the process engineering industries....more

8(a) Joint Ventures on Federal Construction Projects: More Work, More Hurdles and Likely Less Use

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 10/3/2011

A good portion of federal government construction contracts are still set aside for or give preferences to certified socio-economic small businesses, such as 8(a), HUBZone, social-economic disadvantaged, veteran or...more

How To File A Claim Against a Washington Contractor's Bond

by Douglas Reiser on 9/29/2010

This is an easy "How To" on filing a claim against a Washington contractor's bond. Washington contractors are obligated to register with the State Department of Labor & Industries and maintain a statutory bond (RCW...more

Unnecessary Government Spending: Courthouse Restorations

by joe Manak on 9/1/2010

Government Tax & Spend: Sometimes it’s not only beauty that’s in the eye of the beholder, but historical significance, as well. That’s how a proposal to restore the elaborate Medina County Courthouse in Hondo ended up in...more

Is Your Share of the Federal Budget Worth the Compliance Costs of Becoming a Government Contractor?

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 6/15/2010

Several hundred opportunities are posted by the federal government every day on www. fedbizopps.gov. These opportunities are not just for defense contractors. The federal government is an enormous player in commercial markets...more

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