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Not So Severable After All: Third Circuit Lets Courts Determine Arbitration Agreement Existence When Underlying Contract’s Validity Is Challenged

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In 2001, New Jersey construction company MZM Construction Company hired workers from a local labor union for a construction project at Newark International Airport. From 2001 to 2018, MZM made more than $500,000 in contributions to the Funds for MZM’s work at the Newark International Airport (which MZM completed in 2004) and other projects.

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Plugging the Brain Drain

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In 1998, Congress increased the H-1B visa cap to 115,000; in 2000, the cap was increased again, to 195,000 for FY (fiscal years) 2001, 2002 and 2003. Then domestic security concerns in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 suddenly changed the way we viewed the growing number of foreign-born students in the U.S.

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New HTML Email Template language in MailChimp v4.3.

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To update any templates used in drafts, edit the draft and reapply the updated custom template. The draft will then reflect any changes you’ve made to the custom template–and keep whatever content you’ve added to the draft. You have to figure out which is the old one and then delete it.

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You Need a Green Building Consultant (Who Speaks for the Trees)

Green Building Law Update

Those responses are not inconsistent with and, in fact, should be considered concomitantly with the conclusion, having worked on LEED projects since 2001, that the second best way to mitigate risk and avoid liability in sustainable building is a green building consultant working for the owner.

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Ports And FTZs: Enter With Less Risk

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Even though they are located in two different geographic locations in Cameron Parish, combined, the ports service commercial fisheries, shall draft manufacturing and oilfield services. West Cameron Port is located on the Gulf of Mexico and provides deep water access, shallow draft capabilities and heavy infrastructure provisions.

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Construction Marketing Secret: Architecture Billings a Leading Indicator of Construction

Construction Marketing

Although decisions to build nonresidential structures are made by hundreds of thousands of private businesses, nonprofit institutions, and government agencies, the first comprehensive indication of planned development typically shows up on an architect’s drafting board. percent over the same month a year earlier.

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LOCATION FOCUS: California Dreamin’ – A Rebound Fueled By New Energy

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Updated May 9, 2001. After several months of work, the Draft EIR for the Super Wal-Mart project is now complete and is currently being circulated for review. It is anticipated that the Draft EIR will be brought before the Planning Commission for certification in March 2013.