News & Analysis as of

Contractors Personal Liability

Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP

The Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Disagree as to What Section 385 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts Means

By: William L. Hallam The American Law Institute, a group of prominent judges, lawyers, and professors, publishes the Restatements of the Law.  According to Brooklyn Law School, “The drafting process of the Restatements is...more

Jones Day

Will Changes Reduce Confusion in New South Wales Security of Payment Laws? - Participants in the NSW construction industry need to...

Jones Day on

On October 21, 2019, significant changes to New South Wales ("NSW") security of payment laws come into effect with the commencement of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Act 2018 and...more

Troutman Pepper

The Completed and Accepted Doctrine: When the Majority Rule Becomes the Minority

Troutman Pepper on

The “Completed and Accepted Rule,” or the “Completed and Accepted Doctrine,” is a judicially created doctrine that is said to have originated in the United States with the 1919 Connecticut case Howard v. Redden, in which a...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Construction Law Alert: Proposed Legislation Would Make Contractors Liable for Unpaid Wages of Subcontractors

Stoel Rives LLP on

A bill proposed in the Oregon House of Representatives threatens to fundamentally alter the relationships between contractors, their subcontractors, and their subcontractors’ employees. Under the bill, a contractor on a...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Construction Alert: "Personal Liability for Fraudulent Pay Applications"

Porter Hedges LLP on

A false notarized payment application signed by a Contractor and submitted to an Owner may make both the Contractor and the person who signed the false application personally liable for damages suffered by the Owner. ...more

Littler

Key Changes to New York's Wage Theft Prevention Act Become Law

Littler on

After a delay of nearly six months, on December 29, 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into a law a bill (A 8106-C, S5885-B) that amends the state's Labor Law, including the Wage Theft Prevention Act (the WTPA), and...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide