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OSHA – The Year in Review0
- Construction in the Courts, COVID-19, Documentation, Legally Speaking
- January 25, 2022
What OSHA’s recent regulatory initiatives mean for the construction industry By Michael Metz-Topodas, Cohen Seglias Starting 2021 under a new administration promised significant changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations and enforcement, especially with the agency confronting a deadly and omnipresent virus. And the year unfolded as expected—at least for new safety requirements.
READ MOREDefending OSHA Citations – the Unpreventable Employee Misconduct Defense0
- Construction in the Courts, Documentation, Insurance, Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- July 27, 2021
By Ben Lowenthal, Hendrick Phillips Salzman & Siegel, P.C With the anticipated enhanced enforcement efforts by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) under the Biden Administration, subcontractors can expect a greater number of worksite inspections and, inevitably, OSHA citations. Subcontractors should always work to identify and eliminate safety hazards on jobsites. However, there are
READ MORESubcontractor Delay and Disruption Claims in the Time of COVID-190
- Best Practices, Construction in the Courts, Contracts, COVID-19, Documentation, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- July 28, 2020
By: Jim Sienicki and Ed Hermes, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Delay and disruption claims are always a risk in the best conditions on a construction site. Never more so than during the global pandemic brought about by COVID-19. Since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency on March 12, 2020, most contractors, subcontractors,
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Tennessee Court of Appeals Clarifies Subcontractor’s Rights to Recovery of $300/day Penalty for Contractor’s Violation of Prompt Pay Act Requirement to Place Retainage in Escrow Account0
- Best Practices, Claims, Construction in the Courts, Contracts
- February 24, 2020
By J. Timothy Crenshaw, Counsel, Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett, P.C. The recent decision in Snake Steel, Inc. v. Holladay Construction Group, LLC is significant for subcontractors’ rights with respect to retainage withheld on construction projects in Tennessee. Tennessee’s Prompt Pay Act (the “PPA”) includes a provision requiring that retainage withheld on projects involving $500,000 or
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ASA SLDF WINS BIG FOR OHIO0
- Construction in the Courts
- September 23, 2019
By R. Russell O’Rourke, Esq., Partner – Chair, Construction Law Practice Group – Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis In the January 2019 issue of The Contractor’s Compass, which focused on Construction Court Cases you Ought to Care About, we wrote about The Surprising Case of a Preliminary Notice that Wasn’t. This summer, ASA’s Subcontractors Legal
READ MOREBut We Did Everything Right!0
- Best Practices, Claims, Construction in the Courts, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- September 23, 2019
Challenging OSHA Citations with the Unpreventable Employee Misconduct Defense By Jonathan Landesman, Michael Metz-Topodas, and Christopher W. Sexton Despite the construction industry’s few areas of certainty, contractors can invariably count on facing an OSHA compliance inspection at some point. These visits are meant to ensure everyone on-site is complying with OSHA’s many and detailed construction-related
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