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Protecting Against Environmental Risk in Changing Climates

Construction Business Owner

This is on top of the growing array of emerging contaminant liability claims that increasingly plague jobsites and the rise of nuclear verdicts in the casualty line sector that grew by 335% from 2012 to 2019 according to American Transportation Research Institute.

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On the Road Again! Announcing Our 2019 Digital Contractor Roadshows

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Announcing Our 2019 Digital Contractor Roadshows. This year we are thrilled to announce that we are launching a brand new Digital Contractor Roadshow series for 2019. This year we are thrilled to announce that we are launching a brand new Digital Contractor Roadshow series for 2019. Claim Your Complimentary Spot Right Away.

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EPA 2020 Enforcement Offers Insight

Green Building Law Update

Good for the agency, but disappointing for our society, in FY 2020 among the agency’s priority cases were an onslaught of violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by persons hoping to cash in on the fear of the coronavirus by making fraudulent claims that their products or devices kill that virus.

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When Does A Claim for Damages Not Require Notice? When It Is One For Liquidated Damages.

Best Practices Construction Law

I just blogged about asking for what you want and the importance of complying with notice provisions in pursuing a construction claim. A court in Oklahoma just reminded me that not all claims require notice. 21, 2019) (PDF), the U.S 21, 2019) (PDF), the U.S Here’s what I mean. In WinCo Foods, LLC v.

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Court Dismisses Suit Seeking Use Limits on Bonnet Carre Spillway

ENR Construction

Legal action was brought by communities that claimed business and environmental damage when the US Army Corps of Engineers opened the Louisiana spillway for 123 days in 2019.

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Nurdles are the Environmental Calamity of 2019

Green Building Law Update

But when released into nature, environmentalists now claim nurdles are the second largest direct source of microplastic pollution in the oceans by weight. Last month in Nairobi United Nations Undersecretary General Amina Mohammed called nurdles “an ocean Armageddon.”.

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No Free Warranty: Connecticut Court Adopts Correction or Repair Test

Constructlaw

a Connecticut court considered for the first time whether the performance of warranty work tolls the statute of limitations on payment bond claims. s (ALS’s) bond claim because ALS admitted that it last performed non-warranty work on the project more than one year before filing suit, meaning the statute of limitations barred its claim.