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The Legal Intelligencer

New Horizons for DBEs: Understanding the Latest USDOT Regulatory Changes

Since the IIJA encourages the expanded use of design-build contracts, the rule prevents these projects from evading DBE participation obligations. Under the rule, design-builders submitting proposals on projects funded by the IIJA (or other applicable funding sources) must include a DBE performance plan. The contracting entities must monitor "good faith efforts" to comply with the plan and schedule.
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Daily Business Review

Cole, Scott & Kissane Keeps Transitioning More Resources Into Construction As Tort Reform Changes Loom

With the volume of insurance litigation threatened throughout Florida and construction practices booming, lawyers at the historically insurance-defense-focused firm are working to be cross-trained to fit into the construction practice.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Man Convicted of Running $55 Million Check-Cashing Scheme

He is represented by Jessica Layden and Randall Wade Jackson of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Jason Ser, Ilana Haramati and Henry Mazurek of Meister Seelig & Fein; Priya Pasricha of Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney; and Kaela Dahan and Mark Bini of Reed Smith.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Cheap Lumber, Stronger Hurricanes—Perfect Storm for the Strained Florida Insurance Market

These twin terrors of insurance hikes and ever-stronger storms are making Florida a rather pricey paradise. And we haven't even gotten to the cheap materials that far too many contractors are using to build new homes. Florida builders are continuing to construct new homes from wood, all but begging the next named storm to cause massive problems.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court to Eye Whether Workers' Comp Immunity Shields Company Owner From Jobsite Injury Suit

The defendants warned that the Superior Court ruling "would expose thousands of small business owners, who choose to organize their businesses into a corporation or limited liability company, personally liable to employees for work-related injuries, even though those employees were eligible for and received workers' compensation benefits."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Landlord's Failure to Repair Found 'Abhorrent'; Failure to Surrender Premises Claim Dismissed; Structural Damage Caused by Adjacent Construction: This Week in Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "294 5th Avenue Realty Partners LLC v. Jimenez," "677 Euromad LLC v. Levy Gorvy LLC," and "Moller v. 68 West 128th Street Partners LLC."
18 minute read

Daily Business Review

After Florida Bridge Collapse, Judge Rejects Companies' Suit

A U.S. district judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Tallahassee-based companies that could be prevented from working on federally funded projects after being affiliated with an engineering firm that designed a collapsed Florida International University pedestrian bridge.
2 minute read

Law.com

Foley Hoag Files Suit on Behalf of Wayfair's $2.1M 'Double Payments' to Unpaid Subcontractors

To save the project and maintain its opening date, Wayfair paid or is in the process of directly paying $1.99 million to subcontractors to cover the outstanding amount that Generis owed them. Wayfair claims it already paid Generis $1.49 million for invoiced work from December 2022 through the beginning of the year, in essence, requiring the retailer to "double pa[y]," according to the complaint.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Northern Virginia Law Firms Target 'Niche' Practices Amid Rising Market Competition

"There is still a thriving market for well-known, respected lawyers who have kind of niche practices, but it's harder for smaller firms. Now, the advantage they have is that the fee structures are a lot lower," said Nina Ginsberg of DiMuroGinsberg.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Plaintiff Failed to Show Defendants Had Control of Worksite or Notice of Hazards

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
2 minute read

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