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BABA is the most expansive domestic preference law in American history, requiring all federal funding on state and local projects to meet minimum BABA requirements for (1) iron and steel,…
Read MoreThe Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) August 14, 2023, final guidance for the “Build America, Buy America” (BABA) Act requirements went into effect on October 23, 2023. OMB’s final…
Read MoreBy: Bradley Earl Sands, Associate, Jones Walker, LLP. A construction contract is the foundation of any construction project. But a foundation is only as strong as the ground it is built…
Read MoreBy: Robert A. Gallagher, Jane Fox Lehman, and Michael I. Frankel, Pepper Hamilton LLP Success in construction litigation often turns less on counsel’s ability to craft legal arguments and…
Read MoreThe 2024 Construction Super Conference (CSC) will occur at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas from December 9 – 11, 2024, and offer continuing legal education. This year’s Call for Presentations…
Read MoreAn Alabama appellate court decision held that an unlicensed contractor may not recover any damages from another party regardless of its conduct on the project. This begs the question: When can an…
Read MoreBy: Joseph L. Cohen Partner, W Mason Partner and Sean Milani-nia Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP. Consider the following scenario: the construction project is ready to proceed. The deal is done. …
Read MoreThe FAR Council has recently published two changes to commercial item contracting that clarify the definition of commercial services and simplify commercial item determinations (“CIDs”) for contracting officers (“COs”). Since…
Read MoreNadine M. Post Engineering News-Record, February 2, 2011 Earlier-than-expected changes to ConsensusDOCS, the three-and-a-half-year-old library of model contracts for building design and construction, have been welcomed by lawyers who say…
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