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Litigation Daily

Construction Companies Agree to Pay $24M for Worker's Brain Injury

According to court papers, plaintiff Leon Oates, a construction worker, broke through a drop ceiling tile during the construction project and fell about 15 feet, before falling another roughly 15 feet down a concrete staircase, leaving him in a "semi-conscious, infant-like state, entirely unable to walk, communicate, or care for himself."
4 minute read

International Edition

3 Global Law Firm Partners in Australia Leave for Local Firms

It is fairly uncommon for partners to leave global firms for independent Australian firms.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

An Owner's Response to Potential Subcontractor Liens

In their Construction Law column, Kenneth Block and Josh Levy consider the scenario when your client is the owner of a construction project nearing completion when she is approached by her general contractor that he owes more money to his subcontractor than she will owe to him, and also a mechanic's lien has been filed by one of his subcontractors. What are your client's options if she doesn't want to increase the contract sum and continue working with the general contractor?
5 minute read

International Edition

CMS Snaps Up Morgan Lewis Duo in Singapore

Construction litigation partners Kelvin Aw and Lynette Chew, who have worked together since 2007, join CMS's formal law alliance in Singapore.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Skadden Lawyers Keep Winning These Cases (But I Wish They Wouldn't)

The litigation concerns roof shingles—a decidedly un-sexy product. But the underlying issue is a hot one: what constitutes a valid arbitration agreement?
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ruling Clarifies the Use of Pre-Suit Notice in Construction Defect Lawsuits

The application of the 10-year statute of repose for construction defect lawsuits in Florida became a bit clearer recently after one of the state's district courts of appeal found that the requisite pre-suit notice qualified as the commencement of an action under the state's limitation period.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Class Certification for NY Public Housing Residents Left Out in Cold Last Winter

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also told attorneys from Willkie Farr & Gallagher and the Legal Aid Society that the state court case regarding lost heat may become pre-empted by a consent decree in a federal lawsuit.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

After Hours: 37th Annual Latin Builders Association Awards Luncheon

The Latin Builders Association held its 37th annual LBA awards luncheon at the Hilton Miami Downtown.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Modest Proposal Concerning Some Regulations That Time Forgot

Construction Accident Litigation columnist Brian J. Shoot writes: Those of us who deal with the statute fairly regularly become inured to the basic illogic on which the entire §241[6] edifice rests. Yet, it did not have to be this way.
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Compromise Breathes New Life Into Uncertain Future of Phila.'s Tax Abatement Program

On Sept. 13, Mayor Jim Kenney struck a last-minute compromise with city council before its fall session began later that day, concluding the debates—for now—on two controversial real estate issues in Philadelphia: the 10-year tax abatement program and the proposed 1 percent construction tax on new construction and major renovations.
7 minute read

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