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In an important case for architects and design-builders, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) held that the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is liable for delays arising from design-reviewer comments that change the design process specified in the contract. Many architects and design-builders have seen it happen: they submit a design submittal in accordance with the requirements of the contract, only to have a Government design-reviewer cause a delay by demanding...B...

The Ballard Spahr Zoning and Land Use Team is continuing to monitor all aspects of the Philadelphia land use approval process during the COVID-19 emergency, including the issuance of zoning and building permits, regulation of construction work, and changes to relevant court filing deadlines....By: Ballard Spahr LLP

While most companies are adapting to the “new normal” that COVID-19 has forced upon us, there are still many challenges for businesses to overcome, particularly the way we now conduct due diligence in M&A deals. We outline below a few of the issues companies now face....By: Holland & Hart LLP

If the 2008 recession gives us the ability to predict anything about upcoming trends in commercial litigation, it is that healthy companies, which normally would not be targeted as defendants, will be sued because the primary wrongdoers are judgment proof. Businesses that are owed money from defunct companies are unlikely to accept substantial losses without exploring ways to collect their debt from third parties, whose liability may not be readily apparent. Under the law of most states, there.....

On July 29, 2020, the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) released draft Competitor Collaboration Guidelines (Draft Guidelines) for public consultation. The Draft Guidelines are intended to help businesses better assess whether a collaboration between competitors or potential competitors raises concerns under the criminal or civil provisions of the Competition Act (Act), and are described by the Bureau as “modest updates” to the Bureau’s 2009 guidelines....By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Effective August 7, 2020, Massachusetts removed Rhode Island from one of its “Lower-Risk States” COVID Travel Exemption. This applies to Massachusetts recently imposed travel restrictions that commenced on August 1, 2020....By: Pierce Atwood LLP

- Akin Gump is hosting a Webinar tomorrow, August 6, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss Section 889, the implementing regulations, and the grant and loan restrictions also effective August 13, 2020. - On July 14, 2020, the DOD, GSA, and NASA (“the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council” or “FAR Council”) published an Interim Final Rule (“Rule”), effective August 13, 2020, implementing Section 889(a)(1)(B) of the 2019 NDAA (i.e., “Part B” or the contractor “use” ban) (85 Fed. Reg. 4...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-181 on July 31, 2020, declaring a state of emergency due to Hurricane Isaias for the following counties: The declaration of a state of emergency concerning a natural emergency adds additional time for developers and other permit holders to toll and extend development orders, permits and other authorizations…...By: Holland & Knight LLP

Key Takeaways - On July 28, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), released the final rule to establish filing fees for CFIUS reviews of notices of transactions (“Final Rule”). ......By: Dechert LLP

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that $3 million is available in new funding opportunities for the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties all across Rhode Island, known as brownfields. Primary funding for the grants include $2 million from the 2018 Green Economy Bond, which was passed by more than 79 percent of RI voters. The remaining $1 million comes from savings realized from previous rounds of grants....By: Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP