The Louisiana First Circuit recently held that a Private Works Act payment bond surety cannot raise a pay-if-paid provision in its principal's contract as a defense to a claim against the bond.
Bear Industries, Inc. v....more
Contractors that bid public projects in Louisiana are familiar with the Public Bid Law's requirement that "[w]ritten evidence of authority of the person signing the bid for public works shall be submitted at the time of...more
Last month, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal issued two decisions in favor of unsuccessful bidders on public projects.
In Phylway Const., LLC v. Terrebonne Parish Consol. Government, 2013-1589 (La. App. 1...more