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Shelter-in-Place (SIP) - A Shelter-in-Place order means just that, stay and shelter in the place you typically shelter, i.e., living quarters. The State of California has determined that construction is an “Essential Business” exempt from SIP but...By: Snell & Wilmer

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently found that a contractor infringed an architect’s designs and drawings. The contractor used similar architectural plans it had lawfully acquired in connection with one project for another development...By: Dentons

Many jurisdictions have allowed construction activities to continue through the COVID-19 pandemic. But the “stay at home” restrictions have varied from a state to state....By: Burr & Forman

COVID-19’s severe impact on some major metropolitan areas has been attributed to their density, infrastructure and inherent difficulty with “social distancing.” This same challenge with social distancing has led to either mandatory or pressured...By: Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

The United States District Court of Oregon (“Court”) addressed in an April 14th Opinion an action alleging violation of rights stemming from construction of a solar energy array. See Kristine Yates v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 2020 WL 1867384 (D. Or....By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on global public health systems, the financial markets, global supply chains, and aggregate production and consumption conditions, resulting in government mandated lockdowns across most of the world. As of...By: FTI Consulting

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt markets and shake the global economy, the full impact on private equity transactions remains unknown. Many businesses have had to shut down or drastically change their operations because of governmental...By: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Affordable housing and infill developers can benefit from recently enacted housing laws and Brownfields law and policies. These new laws along with national-caliber land use and environmental help can deliver affordable housing and infill projects...By: Holland & Knight LLP

On 17 April, the Competition and Markets Authority provisionally cleared Amazon’s acquisition of a minority shareholding and certain other rights in Deliveroo. This provisional decision highlights how the so-called “exiting firm defence” may apply in...By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Welcome to CEQA News You Can Use, a quarterly production of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP’s Natural Resources lawyers. This publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to your real-time business...By: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck