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A GSA proposed rule, if adopted, will provide direction for the “construction manager as constructor” (“CMc”) project delivery method. CMc is widely used in the private sector – the American Institute of Architects (“AIA”) has an entire family of...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The question of categorizing high-tech companies as software industry companies arises in many due diligence inquiries. The operative meaning of this categorization suggests that the application of transaction terms set in expansion orders for...By: Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

IMPACT OF EQUIFAX, FACEBOOK SETTLEMENTS - Health care industry boards should give close attention to the governance implications of recent privacy settlements entered into by Equifax and Facebook. Their unique facts and circumstances...By: McDermott Will & Emery

A New York trial court recently upheld the enforceability of a no-damages-for-delay clause in a contract between a general contractor and its subcontractor. In Hailey Insulation Corp., v. WDF, Inc., the subcontractor (“Hailey”) filed a complaint...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

International construction arbitration welcomes FIDIC's latest standard form contract: the “Emerald Book”. Known more formally as Conditions of Contract for Underground Works the contract is designed to address issues that arise when dealing with...By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This summer has been punctuated by walkouts. We have seen walkouts in support of a $15 minimum wage and walkouts to protest the sale of goods to the government. Walking off the job is, of course, a staple of labor action, and generally speaking,...By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

The government has launched a consultation on ways in which government and employers can take action to reduce ill-health related job loss in the UK. ...By: Dentons

In the words of Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the Ninth Circuit, “[w]e have become an arbitration nation.” Nonetheless, arbitration is a creature of contract, and there are limits to what an arbitrator may do. In Aspic Engineering v. ECC Centcom...By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

On July 25, 2019, New Jersey became the latest state to join the movement banning salary history inquiries when Acting Governor Sheila Oliver signed NJ A1094 (“Law”). The Law, which becomes effective January 1, 2020 (i.e., first day of the sixth...By: Epstein Becker & Green

Prior to the California Supreme Court’s decision in Wilson vs. Cable News Network, Inc., California Courts of Appeal were split on whether California’s anti-SLAPP statute applied to an employee’s claims of discrimination and retaliation.  The Supreme...By: Stoel Rives - World of Employment