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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a March 9th Federal Register Notice referencing the availability of additional funding for brownfields. See 85 Fed. Reg. 13647. EPA states that it is going to make available...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and National Carbon Capture Center (“Capture Center”) entered into a February 13th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the Admin. Code related to asbestos. See Consent...By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,

The mysterious new virus first hit the headlines in late 2019, with several cases of viral pneumonia emerging in Wuhan, China. Less than three months later, the new coronavirus has infected over 116,000 people worldwide and caused more than 4,000...By: Cohen & Gresser LLP

On March 6, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) instructing the Chinese company Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shiji”) to divest its acquisition of StayNTouch, Inc., a U.S.-based software company providing...By: Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

They say that hindsight is 20/20. Who is they, anyway? The old proverb means that it is easy to understand something after it has already happened. In the world of construction contracts, preservation of claims made in hindsight does not always get...By: Burr & Forman

Let's dispel some myths. Force majeure clauses do not always relieve a party of its obligations. Not everything is an Act of God. There is no definition in Qatar law for what is force majeure. What does all this mean if you wish to rely on force...By: Dentons

We are in "unchartered territory" with the coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to the the World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The virus has been documented in more than 70 countries and territories across the...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

While the number of confirmed Coronavirus or COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) cases keeps rising worldwide, businesses of all sizes, industries and geographies can benefit from preparation and assessment during this unprecedented situation. The following...By: Thompson Coburn LLP

We are at the cusp of a COVID-19 pandemic. In our earlier articles on COVID-19, we focused on force majeure and the legal doctrine of frustration, specifically in the context of how construction delays may impact a contractor’s obligations to the...By: Dentons

In view of the current coronavirus epidemic, what are the implications of material supply chain disruptions and labor unavailability resulting from the epidemic under typical building construction contracts?  Although the answer will always depend on...By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP