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News & Analysis as of June 18, 2013

Virginia Court Declares PPP Toll Financing Arrangement Unconstitutional

by Edward Neaher, Jr. | White & Case LLP on 5/29/2013

In many ways, the state of Virginia’s Public-Private Transportation Act (PPTA), which allows new, innovative methods of financing from private sources to supplement state funding and public debt financing, has been a model...more

Cuba Practice Update -- May 16, 2013

by Matthew Aho, Pedro Freyre, Augusto Maxwell | Akerman Senterfitt on 5/16/2013

Law to Punish Companies with Cuba Ties Struck Down - Last week, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami declared unconstitutional a 2012 Florida law intended to prevent foreign companies with ties to Cuba — or...more

UPDATE: Charter City Not Required To Pay Prevailing Wage On Municipal Construction Projects

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 7/18/2012

In a decision strongly upholding the municipal home rule doctrine, the California Supreme Court held that charter cities are not subject to state prevailing wage requirements for purely local construction projects. The Court...more

California Supreme Court Rules That State’s Prevailing Wage Law Is Not Quite So Prevailing: Charter Cities Need Not Require...

by Littler on 7/13/2012

On July 2, 2012, the California Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in State Building and Constructions Trades Councils of California, AFL – CIO v. City of Vista, No. S173586. The court held that locally funded...more

Construction & Land Use Newsletter - March 2012

by Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 3/31/2012

In This Issue: - D.C. Jobs Bill Has Far-Reaching Implications for Contractors...Page 1 - Proposed Amendment to Virginia’s Constitution Could Limit Government’s Use of Eminent Domain...Page 2 - Meet Our Attorneys -...more

The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/8/2011

This article is the fifth in a series summarizing construction law developments for 2010. In This article: A. Bidding 1. Great West Contractors Inc. v. Irvine School District, 187 Cal. App. 4th 1425 (4th Dist. Aug....more