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Venable LLP

The Subcontractor Performed. The Prime Contractor Paid. But a Hacker Ended Up with the Money. Who Is Responsible?

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When hackers gain access to a subcontractor’s information systems and divert the prime contractor’s payment to themselves instead of to the subcontractor, does the prime contractor still have to pay the subcontractor?...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Sous-traitance irrégulière, quel préjudice réparable pour le sous-traitant ?

Cass. 3eciv., 7 mars 2024, n° 22-23.309 Par une nouvelle décision protectrice des intérêts des sous-traitants, la 3èmechambre civile de la Cour de cassation accentue la pression sur les maîtres d’ouvrage pour les contraindre...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Limitation of Damages Clause in Contract Held Inapplicable to Subcontractor’s Change Order Claim

Construction contracts often include clauses that purport to limit the liability of one or both parties. This includes clauses that completely prohibit any claims for certain types of damages such as lost profits and other...more

Snell & Wilmer

The Prevalence and Challenges of Loss of Productivity Claims in Today’s Construction Industry

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Losses of labor productivity issues and claims seem to have taken on more prominence in the last few years due to labor shortages, material shortages, and the quickly changing economics and supply change issues affecting the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Court Affirms Dismissal of Subcontractor’s Wrongful Termination Counterclaim and Clarifies Scope of Upcoming Trial on Damages

Back in April we examined the court’s decision in Boldt v. Black & Veatch, which dismissed a subcontractor’s counterclaim for wrongful termination on a 60-turbine wind farm project. As you may recall, the subcontractor hired...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Court Rejects Contractor’s Claim That COVID-19 Rendered Performance Impossible

A fundamental premise of contract law is that promises must be kept. If legally enforceable promises or “contracts” are not kept, courts may step in to enforce them by ordering performance, awarding damages, or granting some...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Damages in Construction Claims: Are “Actual Costs” Actually Required?

The golden standard for the measure of damages in a construction case alleging defective or incomplete work are the actual costs of completion or repair. That is to say, if there is a breach (or multiple breaches) of quality...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: September 2021 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Who’s On The Hook? Make Sure Your Indemnity Agreement Is Enforceable

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Consider the following scenario that frequently plays out in contract negotiations: You have spent days (if not weeks) going back and forth with the opposing party ironing out the terms of a lucrative deal. The bulk of the...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

[Webinar] Government Contracting Fundamentals Series: Key Considerations in Federal Subcontracting - September 16th, 12:00 pm -...

Obermayer is excited to introduce its new  “GovCon Examiner Live” webinar series, your resource for the fundamentals in government contracting and small business procurement. Over the course of 12 months, our experienced...more

White & Case LLP

Claims Against Subcontractors: Contingent Loss, No Recovery?

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A main contractor is often in a difficult position during project disputes, caught in the middle between its liabilities to the employer and its ability to recover those losses from its subcontractors. But, what happens when...more

Burr & Forman

Gobble Gobble First and Then You Can Put Up the Christmas Tree. Well, Kinda.

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In VVM Builders, LLC v. Atkins Construction Group, LLC, No. CV195021541S (Oct. 31, 2019), the Superior Court of Connecticut squarely addressed this precise issue in a case involving a change order dispute between a contractor...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

A Second Level of Protection to Indemnitees - Construction and Procurement Law News, Q2 2019

It is not uncommon for indemnitees to attempt to add language to indemnification provisions providing additional liability protections from the indemnitor. And courts and legislators are wary of language in indemnity...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Developer’s Failure to Plead Amount of Damages in Cross-Complaint Fatal to Direct Action Against Subcontractor’s Insurers Based on...

In Yu v. Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. (No. G054522, filed 12/11/18), a California appeals court held that a developer’s failure to allege the amounts of damages sought in its cross-complaint rendered default judgments against a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Casting the First Stone: Contractors Considering Default Termination Should Examine Which Party Committed First Material Breach -...

During a construction project, circumstances may arise that lead a general contractor to consider termination of a subcontractor’s right to proceed under the subcontract. The Randy Kinder Excavating v. J.A. Manning...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Subcontractor Not Required to Conduct Active Investigation to Show Justifiable Reliance in Miller Act Fraudulent Inducement Case

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that federal contract law does not require active investigation by a subcontractor to demonstrate justifiable reliance relating to a fraudulent inducement...more

Carlton Fields

Appeal it All! Guarding Against Multiple, Independent Grounds

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You’ve identified a killer issue for appeal, no doubt a winner. Congratulations! You still lose. How can that be? In Novum Structures, LLC v. Choate Construction Company, Inc., 698 Fed. Appx. 608 (11th Cir. 2017), the...more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Appeals Court Finds Manuscript Additional Insured Endorsements Ambiguous Regarding Completed Operations Coverage for Additional...

In Pulte Home Corp. v. American Safety Indemnity Co. (No. D070478; filed 8/30/17), a California appeals court found that manuscript additional insured endorsements on construction subcontractors’ policies were ambiguous...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Appellate Court Notes

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Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19516 - Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp. SC19516 Concurrence - Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp. SC19516 Concurrence - Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp. ...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Summer Tendering Update: Reasonable Expectations and Negative Contingencies

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A recent decision from the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and Court of Appeal in Elan Construction considered and clarified two aspects of tendering law....more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Did You Really Accept That Bid? – How Contractors Can Avoid Post-Acceptance Bid Disputes Over Contract Terms

When California general contractors submit bids to an owner, can they force their subcontractors to honor their bids? Can they recover damages if the subcontractor later refuses to do so? While the general rule in...more

Troutman Pepper

Alert to Contractors – California Court of Appeals (2d App. Dist.) Rules Subcontractor Price in Proposal Containing Material...

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Flintco Pacific, Inc. v. TEC Management Consultants, Inc., 2016 Cal. App. LEXIS 594 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. June 21, 2016) - There was an important California decision published on July 19, 2016 (decided June 21, 2016)...more

Williams Mullen

Money, Dirt and Steel: Spring 2016 Newsletter

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A snapshot of noteworthy cases from the Spring terms of the North Carolina appellate courts related to lending practices, property rights and construction in North Carolina - Money - FORECLOSURE: - Lender...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Services that are Worth Less Aren’t Necessarily Worthless

The Sixth Circuit brought a refreshing sense of reality to the government’s sometimes unreal calculation of damages in False Claims Act (FCA) cases. In this case the government had sought, and won at the trial level, an award...more

Carlton Fields

Construction Case Law Update - July 2015

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Involuntary Dismissal of Counterclaims – In a suit between a developer and general contractor, the trial court erred in dismissing the general contractor’s counterclaims, without a motion by the developer, before the...more

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