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Before You Cancel: The Risks of Suspending or Terminating Work

Over the past few months, an increasing number of owners have decided to halt, cancel or postpone their construction projects. Concerns about health and safety, decreased demand and changed financial circumstances have all prompted owners to sit down...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Construction After COVID-19: Mitigating Design-Related Risk in a Post-Pandemic Paradigm

Among various other disruptions and turbulence that COVID-19 has brought to the construction industry, it has also introduced new concerns about the way we use and design public spaces. These insights provide new and distinctive opportunities — and...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Standing to Protest P3 Award: The Clearwater Case and the Disappointed Offeror

A recent Pennsylvania case examined whether an unsuccessful offeror on a county project has standing to file a protest under Pennsylvania’s Public-Private Transportation Partnership Act (PA P3 Act) 74 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. § 9109....By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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COVID-19 Workforce Shortages Threatening Your Construction Project? Review Your Indemnity Rights

COVID-19 has created chaos in the construction world. Because of stay-at-home orders, a public and workforce concerned about job-site infection risks, and an already diminished construction labor force in many markets, many projects and contractors...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Addressing COVID-19 Related Delays in Construction Contracts

You signed a construction contract in February. Then, in March, the world as we know it changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you’re the project owner or the contractor, you may now face delays to your project due to government-imposed...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Text vs. Context: Why Construction Contract Interpretation Is Critical to Navigating COVID-19

Understanding a construction contract necessarily oscillates between text — what is written — and context — what is intended and meant. In today’s uncertain business environment, an appreciation for that inherent tug-of-war can help construction...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Do I Have a Claim? Enforcing Rights to Contribution or Indemnification During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Construction projects are slowed or disrupted all the time because of one party’s actions and omissions. Enforcing a right to contribution or indemnification because of that party’s failures or missteps can be challenging, however — particularly if...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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COVID-19 Impacts on the Copyright Office: What Does It Mean for Mergers and Acquisitions?

Like much of the federal government, the U.S. Copyright Office (the “Office”) is adjusting its practices and procedures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike registration and recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, copyright...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Bidder for British Menswear Company Moss Bros Seeks to Invoke COVID-19 MAC

Brigadier Acquisition Company Limited, controlled by Michael Shina the owner of Crew Clothing, is reported to have applied to the U.K. Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Panel”) to revoke its £22 million offer for British menswear chain Moss Bros,...By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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Hart-Scott-Rodino and Merger Control in the Time of COVID-19

COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus) has now spread to the premerger antitrust review process for reportable proposed acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and nonprofit membership changes....By: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
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