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The coronavirus disease pandemic is an ongoing shock to the U.S. economic system and every-day life. The construction industry is on the front line of the tumult. Earlier this week, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh ordered the stoppage of construction...By: Verrill

The government and market response to the COVID-19 pandemic is presenting novel and difficult legal issues and challenges across all industries. In construction in particular, with projects of all types and sizes at risk, industry and project...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has updated the list of businesses that are considered life-sustaining to permit the construction of health care facilities and emergency repairs for construction. The governor's initial order to close the physical...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Construction workers are permitted to continue working in New Jersey, but projects must reduce onsite staff to the minimum needed and adhere to safety precautions, under the terms of two executive orders issued on March 21 by Gov. Phil Murphy that...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

Across the country, construction projects are closing down as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Contractors are leaving the sites and providing notice that a force majeure event has occurred. Specifically, contractors are citing the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On Monday, March 16, 2020, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that all active construction sites in Boston are halted. The Mayor told companies to maintain skeletal crews to make sure sites remain “safe and secure” and that only “emergency work”...By: McGlinchey Stafford

The coronavirus pandemic is causing ongoing instability and uncertainty to the global economy. Already, there is a profound alteration of worldwide business operations, including the U.S. construction industry....By: Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

As the spread of COVID-19 continues and the situation and circumstances surrounding COVID-19 seem to be changing by the minute, it is expected that the health and safety of people is on the forefront of everyone’s mind. ...By: Burr & Forman

State governments are issuing orders suspending the full or partial operations of “non-essential” or “non-life-sustaining” businesses. At the time of writing this post, these states include Nevada, Pennsylvania (Order of PA Secretary of Health), New...By: Pierce Atwood LLP

In 2017, Mid-America Apartment Communities Executive Vice President and General Counsel Rob Del Priore was tasked with leading the post-merger integration of his company and Post Properties, Inc. The merger made Memphis-based Mid-America the largest...By: Womble Bond Dickinson