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Risk Awareness and Mitigation in Disaster Recovery: During a Catastrophe

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In 2022, the United States experienced 18 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least one billion dollars according to NOAA. In 2023, that number rose to 28 separate billion dollar weather events. The frequency...more

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Back to School: Time to Study the OMB Final Rule Implementing BABA

Just in time for the season of new backpacks, lunch boxes, and school supplies, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned some homework to contractors looking to participate in Federal financial assistance...more

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White House Announces Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule - How This Will Impact Federal Government Contractors

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In accordance with the Biden administration's Federal Sustainability Plan, on November 14, 2022, President Biden proposed the Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule. The goal of the proposal, as described by the...more

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Perturbations des chaînes d’approvisionnement dans le secteur agroalimentaire et des produits alimen

Le secteur de l’agroalimentaire et des produits alimentaires et embouteillés figure au nombre des secteurs les plus durement touchés par la pandémie de COVID-19. Malgré l’assouplissement des restrictions et le retour à un...more

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Supply Chain Disruptions in the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry

The food, beverage and agribusiness (FBA) industry was among the most impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite restrictions easing, and the industry returning to a degree of normalcy, businesses operating in the space...more

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Contracting Issues for 2022 - Hahn Loeser

Contractors learned many lessons from 2020-2022 on material/labor availability, price escalation, and contractual allocations of risk. Prudent contractors will consider this in contracts moving forward....more

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US DOE: Clean Energy Supply Chain Poses "Immense Challenges" But Offers "Enormous Opportunity"

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In its recently released 76-page report, required under President Biden’s Executive Order 14017, “America’s Supply Chains,” the US Department of Energy (DOE) finds that “[t]he opportunity for US global leadership on clean...more

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Material Escalation: A Difficult Road to Recover Costs

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The annual inflation rate in the United States rose 7% in 2021, its highest rate since 1982. The construction industry has not been immune from this general trend, with steel prices rising 200% and lumber prices soaring as...more

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Cost Escalation - Are You Ready? Contract Tune Up for 2022

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Looming large on the 2022 construction landscape horizon is the specter of cost escalation claims. Over the past year, rising prices have become extreme, and the clauses governing cost escalation have come under greater...more

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Construction Cost Impacts Post COVID-19: Cost Escalation and Delay

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The current state of the construction industry as it concerns cost escalation and supply issues is one of uncertainty and time of performance problems resulting in increasing costs. There are major disruptions and delays in...more

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A Key Battleground: Material Price Escalations and Supply Chain Disruptions

Material price escalations and supply chain disruptions are hot topics in the industry, with many clients inquiring about their rights and how these risks should be shared. Some have even questioned whether their projects...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Measuring the Long Arm of Texas Courts: When Is an Out-of-State Supplier Subject to Texas Jurisdiction?

Suppliers of construction products and materials frequently find that their products and materials are used in projects located in states where the supplier may not have an office, factory, or production facility. Some...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.23.2021 | Top Story: Unanimous Supreme Court Strips FTC of Most Restitution Powers

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A unanimous SCOTUS ruling this week curbs the FTC’s “longtime practice of seeking to recover ill-gotten gains from companies and individuals who cheat or mislead consumers,” with the justices finding that the 1973 law that...more

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Impacts of COVID-19 on Automotive Suppliers

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...Given that the original epicenter of the coronavirus was the important worldwide manufacturing hub of Wuhan, China, the automotive industry was swiftly and seriously impacted in ways that continue one year later. The...more

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3D Printing Continues Making Inroads in Auto Industry

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Additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) has long been a growing part of the auto industry. Companies started out using 3D printing for prototypes and small batch production. As technology advanced, the role of 3D printing is...more

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USTR Requests Input on Impact of Trade Agreements on Government Procurement

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On August 21, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a request for public comment on the impact of government procurement provisions of U.S. trade...more

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Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die – New DFARS Clauses Target Counterfeit Electronic Parts

On August 2, 2016, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) rolled out new requirements for defense contractors that provide electronic parts and assemblies containing electronic parts. The new rules impose significant risks on DOD...more

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