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Maynard Nexsen

Alabama Supreme Court Appellate Alert: Decision from December 5, 2025

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The Alabama Supreme Court issued its weekly release list on Friday, December 5th, which included one opinion of interest to the Alabama business community...more

Snell & Wilmer

California Appellate Court Reaffirms Subcontractor Substitution Statutory Requirements (Public Works)

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The California Transportation Agency awarded a contract to a construction joint venture (OC 405 Partners) for improvements to Interstate 405. OC 405 Partners then awarded subcontract work to Golden State Boring & Pipe...more

Jones Day

California Mandates Important New Rules for Private Construction Projects

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Beginning with contracts executed on or after January 1, 2026, two new California laws take effect: California Civil Code sections 8850 and 8811. Section 8850 has particularly significant ramifications for construction...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

NJ Supreme Court Ruling Provides Public Agencies With Broad Discretion in Bidding Process

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The New Jersey Supreme Court recently issued an important opinion providing clear guidance for companies seeking to do business with the state of New Jersey, that in public works projects, bid documents must be in full...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

General Municipal Law 103(16) and Cooperative Purchasing Agreements for “Public Work Projects”

This information memo is intended to provide an update on an area of law that affects many of our municipal and school district clients....more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

Connecticut Superior Court Holds That “Slaughter Clauses” Cannot be Added to Public Works Subcontracts Under Connecticut General...

While you may not have heard the term “slaughter clauses” to describe the provisions of a construction contract before, the metaphor makes sense when one considers the provisions to which the Connecticut Superior Court...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Expect Careful Scrutiny of Contractually Shortened Statutes of Limitations

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The statutes of limitations set forth in the CPLR are default rules, and parties generally are free to modify default rules by agreement.  But statutes of limitations also further the important public interests, such as...more

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