Dorsey As policy-makers and industry look for responses to the COVID-19 crisis, one tool is in plain sight: the Defense Production Act of 1950 (the “DPA”). The DPA, already on the books, is tailor-made for the national effort required to respond to COVID-19. And yesterday, March 18, 2020, the Trump Administration announced it will invoke… Continue reading The Defense Production Act: The Obscure Law that Industry and Government Should be Talking About Today (and for the Foreseeable Future)
Month: March 2020
Is Coronavirus a Force Majeure Event?
Michael Kelley | Shutts Coronavirus (or COVID-19) is already causing significant disruption to businesses around the world, including quarantines and travel bans affecting trade and commerce, manufacturing, construction, hospitality and service industries in an unprecedented way. Now the disruptions are impacting society-at-large, from the closing of restaurants and attractions to remote work models for corporate… Continue reading Is Coronavirus a Force Majeure Event?
Design-Assist Collaboration/Follow-Up Post
John P. Ahlers | Ahlers Cressman & Sleight Shortly after posting the blog article “Design-Assist an Ambiguous Term Causing Conflict in the Construction Industry,” I received an email from Brian Perlberg, the Executive Director and Senior Counsel for ConsensusDocs. He brought two ConsensusDocs forms to my attention: ConsensusDocs 541 Design Assist Addendum and ConsensusDocs 300 Integrated Form… Continue reading Design-Assist Collaboration/Follow-Up Post
You Cannot Arbitrate Claims Not Covered By The Arbitration Agreement
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Regardless of the type of contract you are dealing with, “[a]rbitration provisions are contractual in nature, and therefore, construction of such provisions and the contracts in which they appear is a matter of contract interpretation.” Wiener v. Taylor Morrison Services, Inc., 44 Fla. L. Weekly D3012f (Fla. 1st DCA 2019).… Continue reading You Cannot Arbitrate Claims Not Covered By The Arbitration Agreement
Builders Beware: Georgia Court Rejects Suit by Unlicensed Contractor for Unpaid Work
Kevin Levy | Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr Unlicensed contractors in Georgia recently were dealt a blow by the state’s Court of Appeals when three judges held that a contractor’s failure to possess a valid state contractor’s license precluded the contractor from bringing a lawsuit for unpaid fees. In Fleetwood v. Lucas, __ S.E.2d __, 2020… Continue reading Builders Beware: Georgia Court Rejects Suit by Unlicensed Contractor for Unpaid Work