Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog Governments throughout the world have issued “shelter in place” orders requiring that residents stay at home except for “essential” purposes. As a result, in the United States, more than a third of Americans have been ordered to stay at home. This, in turn, has had a direct impact… Continue reading A Few Things You Might Consider Doing Instead of Binging on Netflix
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Contractors: Its Time to Send Your COVID-19 Notice
R. Thomas Dunn | Pierce Atwood The day-to-day professional and personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is substantial. The global event will have dozens of common legal implications that we will address in this blog over the coming days, but for now I wanted to start with the basic starting point for any event of… Continue reading Contractors: Its Time to Send Your COVID-19 Notice
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?
Sometimes You Just Need to Call it Day: Court Finds That Contractor Not Entitled to Recover Costs After Public Works Contract is Invalidated
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog January was a tough month in the courts for Hensel Phelps Construction Company. Hot off the heels of Hensel Phelps Construction Co. v. Superior Court, a case concerning the 10-year statute of limitations under Civil Code section 941, comes Hensel Phelps Construction Co. v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,… Continue reading Sometimes You Just Need to Call it Day: Court Finds That Contractor Not Entitled to Recover Costs After Public Works Contract is Invalidated
Agency Protests: An Emerging Tool and Potential Threat for Contractors
Merle M. DeLancey Jr. and Michael Joseph Montalbano | Blank Rome | July 15, 2019 In May 2018, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) implemented a $350 filing fee for bid protests. There are differences of opinion regarding why GAO implemented the fee. GAO publicly states that the fee was implemented to cover the costs of… Continue reading Agency Protests: An Emerging Tool and Potential Threat for Contractors