Agreement Bargains Claims 
Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 7, 2014
Earlier this week, a settlement was reached in dispute where the contractor and designer were alleged to have filed false claims with the U.S. The issue raises an important question: What should a contractor do during negotiations to allow for some “bargaining room” so as to avoid any appearance of filing a false claim?
Constructlaw
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit addressed the perennially thorny issue of whether the courts or arbitrators retain the authority to resolve questions involving the enforceability of arbitration agreements. After the project began, a labor union representative approached and asked MZM’s president to execute a “short-form agreement.”
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Constructlaw
JULY 12, 2022
(collectively DonRob) agreed to sell, and 360 Residential LLC, 360 Sugar Hill LLC, and 360 Capital Company LLC, (collectively 360) agreed to purchase 12 acres (Site) of a 37-acre parcel of property in Sugar Hill, GA (the Agreement). Between the Agreement date and the scheduled closing date, the parties’ relationship deteriorated.
Constructlaw
JUNE 17, 2022
Most frequently, the Economic Loss Doctrine bars negligence claims. Its outer bounds begin with intentional torts, and most jurisdictions do not apply the Economic Loss Doctrine to fraud claims. Dream Finders Homes claimed that Weyerhaeuser misrepresented the nature of the joists and claimed remediation costs and legal expenses.
Constructlaw
JULY 6, 2020
Department of State , 1 the Board rejected a contractor’s claim for additional costs related to demobilization and remobilization of the job site in Freetown, Sierra Leone, due to an Ebola virus outbreak. In Pernix Serka Joint Venture v. In mid-March 2015, PSJV remobilized to the site. 1 CBCA 5683, 2020 WL 1970843 (C.B.C.A.
NH Construction Law
MAY 20, 2023
Sometimes a nonpaying owner’s claim of breach by the general contractor as an excuse for withholding money is valid, sometimes it isn’t – but either way, the general contractor must decide whether to sue or settle with the owner. Quinn Construction, Inc. Skanska USA Building, Inc. , 730 F.Supp.2d 2d 401, 421 (E.D.
Best Practices Construction Law
MAY 20, 2016
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Contract recently addressed this issue in a government contract dispute where the parties’ agreement required the contractor to pay for fuel at the prevailing rate. What about the risk of escalation in material costs? In DG21, LLC v.
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