Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 7, 2014
Earlier this week, a settlement was reached in dispute where the contractor and designer were alleged to have filed false claims with the U.S. The issue raises an important question: What should a contractor do during negotiations to allow for some “bargaining room” so as to avoid any appearance of filing a false claim?
Constructlaw
JULY 12, 2022
Days later, 360 filed suit for specific performance; breach of contract resulting in at least $1 million in damages, including damage to its reputation with investors; and undue enrichment for the rezoning, approximately $1.5 DonRob counterclaimed for breach of contract. million in Site improvements and other work.
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Constructlaw
JULY 6, 2020
The United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (the “Board”) recently issued a decision that may be particularly pertinent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 The contract included all necessary labor, materials, equipment, and services. 2 The contract included all necessary labor, materials, equipment, and services.
Constructlaw
JUNE 17, 2022
Most frequently, the Economic Loss Doctrine bars negligence claims. Its outer bounds begin with intentional torts, and most jurisdictions do not apply the Economic Loss Doctrine to fraud claims. Economic losses flowing from fraud related to such a contract are not recoverable.
Constructlaw
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
New Jersey Building Laborers Statewide Benefits Funds , [1] the Third Circuit held that the courts must decide questions of arbitrability in cases where a party challenges the validity of the underlying contract that contains the arbitration agreement — even when the putative arbitration agreement refers these questions to the arbitrators.
NH Construction Law
MAY 20, 2023
The Court relied on the general rule of contract law that “Where a promisor ‘prevents or hinders’ fulfillment of a condition which otherwise would have been fulfilled, ‘performance of the condition is excused’ and the promisor’s liability is ‘fixed’ regardless of the condition’s non-fulfillment.”
Construction Dive
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Under the statutes and/or case law in many states, unlicensed contractors cannot enforce the construction contract. Sometimes, however, parties knowingly contract with the unlicensed. Sometimes, however, parties knowingly contract with the unlicensed. What of the parties who do business with unlicensed contractors?
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