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Daily Business Review

This Virtual Reality Real Estate Experience Was Like Stepping Into an Episode of Netflix's 'Black Mirror'

"It actually triggers your desire, and then the rational part of the brain is no longer involved. It's "I want this, I need this," said Alvaro Alesso, Co-Founder and COO at YUPIX,
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Tackles Ladders and Labor Law 240(1)

The decisions are refreshing anomalies amid the landscape of New York courts reflexively granting plaintiffs summary judgment on §240(1) claims in ladder fall cases and will produce significant ripples in the area.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Win for Contractors, High Court Upholds Tax Exemptions for Traffic Signal Components

The decision reinforces a trend in Pennsylvania courts toward broader interpretation of tax exemptions for construction materials and will provide better guidance to companies working for the state on whether their materials are subject to sales tax.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Split New York Court of Appeals Reverses Judgment for Plumbing Subcontractor Injured in Fall

New York's highest court, in a 4-3 split decision, took a narrow view of Section 240 of the Labor Law, which governs elevation risks, reversing a ruling from an appellate panel. The case turned on whether a fall was caused by elevation or by an electric shock.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Construction Law Update: What Else? Still COVID-19!

Pennsylvania has a long history of honoring the allocation of risk among contractual counterparties, and it would seem that COVID-19 will be no exception to this inclination. The early indication is that if you have a provision that addresses the pandemic, expect the courts to enforce it as written.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Burkhalter Law's Ewing Hired to Rep Berkshire, Windamir in Miller Act Suit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

Land use and climate change; the benefits of engaging specialized construction counsel; combating onerous requirements for public bidding; legal issues that affect real estate developers—statutes of limitations and prerogative writ actions.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Combating Onerous Pre-Qualification Requirements That Restrict Public Bidding

To protect prospective bidders for public contracts, recourse is available to challenge restrictive qualification requirements, provided that certain deadlines and procedures are followed. Here are the details.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Engaging Specialized Construction Counsel Is a Cost and Time Saver When Building or Renovating

The expertise of specialized construction counsel at the outset of a project results in a construction contract that sets the stage for bringing the project to a conclusion on time, on budget, and well-constructed.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

One of Nation's Biggest Homebuilders Taps Veteran Attorney as Legal Chief

Malissia Clinton is joining the nation's seventh-largest publicly traded homebuilder after serving as GC of The Aerospace Corp.
1 minute read

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