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KBR Will Pay $13.7M to Settle DOD Contract Breach Whistleblower Suit

ENR Construction

agreement resolves claims of subcontracting kickbacks and bid rigging related to firm's past LOGCAP military operations support contract in Iraq Justice Dept.

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#95:  Are Miller Act Claims Arbitrable?

NH Construction Law

Because venue provisions can be waived, courts allow Miller Act claims to be litigated in a different court selected by the parties’ contract. The Federal Arbitration Act instructs federal courts to enforce arbitration agreements according to their terms. Industrial Lumber Co. , Enterprises, Inc. , 3d 35, 36 (1st Cir.

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Lawsuit over First LEED Platinum Building is Over

Green Building Law Update

With an Order Of Judgment, in favor of Permapost Products Company against Weyerhaeuser Company filed on November 17, 2015, resolving the final third party claims, the more than 15 year old disputes and differences over the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill Environmental Center, in Annapolis, Maryland, are over.

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#127:  Subcontract "Flow Down" of Prime Contract Terms

NH Construction Law

Commercial construction subcontracts frequently incorporate by reference provisions of the prime contract between the owner and the general contractor, often with language requiring the subcontractor to assume toward the general contractor all duties owed by the general contractor to the owner. Such was the case in Flatiron-Lane v.

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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

If the principal is a general contractor with a “pay-if-paid” clause in its subcontracts, must a subcontractor wait for the general contractor to be paid before it can collect on a payment bond? It is often said that a payment bond surety may assert all of the contractual defenses to payment enjoyed by its principal. 267 F.Supp.3d

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Contract Void Ab Initio: Key Insights into the KBR vs. Corps of Engineers Affirmative Defense

Best Practices Construction Law

The alleged misrepresentations include issues related to subcontractor quotes, firm fixed prices, subcontracting plans, and more. Misrepresentation of firm fixed prices and acceptance of subcontract terms. Misrepresentation of the scope and value of work subcontracted to a key subcontractor.

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Federal Court dismisses sub's claim against GC because of arbitration

Construction Lawyer

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Federal Court dismisses subs claim against GC because of arbitration provision. Liquidation Agreement did not supercede agreement to arbitrate. A federal court in Missouri, in LaSalle Group v.

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