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Fair Payment Practices: Recent Developments

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In this Insight, first published in PLC, Jennifer Badham discusses various attempts to address late payments and long payment terms that are a common problem in construction industry supply chains, including two recent...more

Woods Rogers

Payments Due Subcontractors and Suppliers in Virginia

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Virginia’s law on the payment of subcontractors and suppliers just got some muscles. For years, Virginia had a statute that made it a crime for any contractor or subcontractor “with the intent to defraud” to retain or use...more

Dechert LLP

COVID-19: Suspension of Contractual Rights and Obligations in Singapore (and Possibly Soon Elsewhere)

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Contractual rights agreed in the past may look very different today and may not be enforceable tomorrow, but (strangely) could be in the future. Such are the historic times we are living through. ...more

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Reemergence of the Doctrine of Temporary Impracticality or Frustration Under Section 269 of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts...

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When trying to understand the full impact of COVID-19 on existing contractual obligations, parties will likely first consult force majeure provisions in their contracts to assess their rights or liabilities for continued...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

OFCCP Grants Exemption And Waiver For New Coronavirus Relief Contracts

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In a Memorandum issued this week, OFCCP has granted a three-month, national interest exemption and waiver from AAP obligations for new federal contracts “entered into specifically to provide Coronavirus relief.” In...more

Cole Schotz

Is Your Force Majeure Or Unavoidable Delay Notice Ready?

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As the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, and the associated illness spreads around the world and the number of confirmed cases in the United States rises, disruptions to construction projects are inevitable. These...more

Lowndes

Coronavirus – Does Force Majeure Apply?

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The coronavirus has disrupted the economy and business activity, making it difficult or challenging for some parties to honor their contractual obligations. In fact, it is apparent that parties are terminating their...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Managing Project Risk Associated with the Coronavirus Outbreak Through Force Majeure Provisions

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Globally, many developers and contractors are scrambling to identify available contractual relief as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disrupts cross-border supply chains. US businesses will recall a similar effort just eighteen...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Dear YouDig? You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Dear YouDig?, We were just hired to construct part of a stage and sound system for a concert by the management team of a famous rock n’ roll group that is coming to Ohio this summer (we can’t name the band but it sounds...more

King & Spalding

TRANSACTIONAL: Bankruptcy: Contractor Insolvency Issues in Large Project Transactions

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An issue that is often overlooked, but should be considered in the context of large project transactions, is the potential insolvency of contractors and subcontractors. A bankruptcy proceeding involving a key contractor can...more

Smith Anderson

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 will Change Small Business Contracting and Teaming

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Federal government contractors that contract or team with small businesses must become familiar with recent changes resulting from the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, signed into law in early January (the “NDAA”)....more

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