The End of COVID Waivers and Exceptions: What Now?
I Wish I Knew What I Know Now: Conversations with AGG on FDA Issues - Fee Waivers for Small Businesses: Who Qualifies for the Small Business User Fee Waiver for Drugs and Biologics and How to Apply
NGE On Demand: COVID-19 and IP Waiver for Patent Protection with Kevin O'Connor and Olivia Luk Bedi
Prohibitions on Use of Chinese Telecommunications Equipment and Services, Complying with the NDAA
COVID-19: Where are we now?
Compliance Perspectives: Changes to the Physician Self-Referral and Anti-Kickback Rules
Value-based health care: fraud & abuse laws
What patients misunderstand about their right of informed consent
Bill on Bankruptcy: ResCap Report, a Bargain at $83 Million
Recent decisions from two court cases – Schreiber v. City of Los Angeles1 and Bankers Hill 150 v. City of San Diego2 – make California's Density Bonus Law a powerful tool not just for accessing increased density, but also for...more
Can contracting parties waive all common law fiduciary duties? That was one of the questions presented to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (the “Court”) in 111 West 57th Investment LLC, on...more
Construction owners and contractors in Georgia rely heavily upon the statutory protections provided by Georgia’s mechanic’s lien waiver law, O.C.G.A § 44-14-366. Beginning January 1, 2021, these protections will be narrowed...more
It happens all the time! The owner-contractor agreement contains a “no damages for delay” clause; a clause requiring that all changes be in writing before work is performed; and a clause requiring partial lien waivers and...more
Gables Construction, Inc. v. Red Coats, Inc., No. 23, 2020 BL 193791, 2020 MD LEXIS 264 (Md. May 26, 2020) - Upper Rock II, LLC (“Upper Rock”) contracted Gables Construction, Inc. (“GCI”) to construct a multi-building...more
Both the SECURE Act and CARES Act are filled with important changes related to estate planning. The Secure Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act), enacted in December of 2019, carries significant...more
If your head hurts, it might be because you are one of the many who have been thrown off the Life-Sustaining Business Roller Coaster, which has had more ups, downs, loops, and spin-arounds than any coaster at Hershey Park....more
What is this all about? Recent speculation on development land and residential area scarcity are no longer solely in the realm of experts. The general public has also been increasingly focused on the application of...more
Letter from the Editor - Welcome to the spring 2017 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope 2017 is off to a good start for you and your company. An issue that seems to commonly come up in cost-plus...more
On September 28, 2016, Governor Brown signed new legislation relating to the construction of affordable and market-rate housing. Although AB 2501 has drawn the most attention from commentators and the media, AB 2442 and AB...more
In an opinion published in September 2014, entitled Moorefield Construction, Inc. v. Intervest Mortgage Investment Company, et al., D065464, the California Court of Appeal held an original contractor can contractually waive...more
Last month, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an important opinion for lenders in this state. The opinion reversed the North Carolina Court of Appeals’ decision in RL REGI N.C., LLC v. Lighthouse Cove, LLC, which found...more
On September 27, 2014, Governor Brown signed AB 2222, which amended sections of the State Density Bonus Law (Gov. Code §§ 65915, 65915.5 ["DBL"]). The main purpose of the bill is to require developers to replace all of a...more