Michael C. Thelen | Womble Bond Dickinson Infrastructure fees are a common battleground between landowners/developers and local governments. The Supreme Court decided a case this week that counts as a “win” for the local governments, reversing a Court of Appeals decision. That is, the Supreme Court determined that the unambiguous language of a State law… Continue reading Supreme Court Construes Local Law To Allow “Availability” Fees To Be Charged Against Developed Property And Undeveloped Property
Month: March 2020
COVID-19 – From Construction to Development: Defaults, Deadlines and Dilemmas?
Lynette Khoo, Kia Jeng Koh and Pat Lynn Leong | Dentons Introduction We are at the cusp of a COVID-19 pandemic. In our earlier articles on COVID-19, we focused on force majeure and the legal doctrine of frustration, specifically in the context of how construction delays may impact a contractor’s obligations to the developer under the… Continue reading COVID-19 – From Construction to Development: Defaults, Deadlines and Dilemmas?
Contractors: Are You Protected From The Coronavirus Infecting The Project Schedule?
Christopher Cornwall and Stephen Richman | Dickinson Wright An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, so the old adage goes. Although contraction of the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) fortunately remains a relatively low risk in the United States, COVID-19 still has the ability to “infect” a project schedule simply by reducing the supply of… Continue reading Contractors: Are You Protected From The Coronavirus Infecting The Project Schedule?
The Effect Of The COVID-19 Coronavirus On Construction
Aaron Evenchik | Hahn Loeser & Parks The COVID-19 coronavirus is impacting every aspect of the economy, and construction will not be exempt. Materials and deliveries may be slowed, crews quarantined and unavailable, and projects delayed. We view COVID-19 as an event beyond the control of a party (an “act of G-d”), falling within the… Continue reading The Effect Of The COVID-19 Coronavirus On Construction
CGL Coverage and Coronavirus: Is Causing Exposure an “Occurrence”?
Randy Maniloff and Margo Meta | White and Williams There is only one thing that can be said for sure about the extent of consequences — human and economic — of the new coronavirus outbreak. Nobody knows. But, as things stand now, minor, and even moderate, have left the barn. History shows that, in the… Continue reading CGL Coverage and Coronavirus: Is Causing Exposure an “Occurrence”?