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DEI Executive Order Overview0
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- April 22, 2025
By James Yand, Miller Nash LLP The January 21, 2025, Executive Order (EO), titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” was released and carries significant implications for federal contractors. Some of the implications for federal contractors include: Pay applications will now require certification that the general contractor does not operate DEI programs that violate
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Breaking Barriers: Women in Construction, Construction Law and Beyond0
- Best Practices, Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends
- March 24, 2025
By Emily Martin, Saul Ewing In the long male-dominated construction industry, women have comprised only a small percentage of the trades workforce and leadership positions. Despite significant progress in broadening female representation in the industry, gender stereotypes, workplace discrimination, and legal barriers continue to hinder women’s full participation in the field. However, as more women
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President Trump’s Initial Immigration Actions and Potential Impacts on Employers0
- ADVOCACY, Construction in the Courts, Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends, SUBCONTRACTORS
- February 25, 2025
By Rebecca A. Winterscheidt, James P. Melendres, Benjamin A. Nucci, Jessica Van Ranken, and Courtney Moore, Snell & Wilmer Within the first few hours of his second presidential term, President Trump signed several new executive orders and rescinded many Biden administration executive orders concerning immigration. These orders, particularly those involving heightened scrutiny towards visa applications,
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Transforming Construction0
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- December 17, 2024
By Karalynn Cromeens, Cromeens Law Firm PLLC I occupy a unique place in the construction industry. As a construction lawyer who co-built a business, I understand my clients’ positions but have enough distance from their jobs to see how things could be different. What are things the industry struggles with or inefficiencies that could be
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Conflict Resolution: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas Between General Contractors and Subcontractors0
- Ethics, Legally Speaking
- October 22, 2024
Kate Strauss, Esq. and Trystan Melancon, Esq., Galvanize Law Group Successful construction projects coordinate the needs and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders—Owners, General Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Vendors. Each role is vital, but the relationships and interactions between the General Contractors and Subcontractors play an especially crucial role in a project’s successful completion. Successful navigation of
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New Year Forecasting 0
- LEGAL, Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends
- September 24, 2024
By Karalynn Cromeens, Cromeens Law PLLC It’s hard to believe, but Q4 is just around the corner. You might be thinking, “Hey, it’s only September.” But let’s level set: budget meetings typically happen in October and you need to research before allocating budgets in the new year. Plus, as business owners, we have to sit
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