Construction Law Now Blog

Last month we wrote about Virginia Senate Bill (SB) 550, which sought to amend VA ST §§ 2.2-4354 and 11-4.6 to prohibit the use of contingent payment provisions in public and private construction projects. Since then, SB 550 was formally enacted ...

The Virginia Legislature passed a bill that, if signed into law by Governor Youngkin, would amend VA ST §§ 2.2-4354 and 11-4.6 to prohibit the use of contingent payment provisions in public and private construction projects. It states that ...

Welcome back to our DMV Construction Law Series, where each month we examine a different set of legal issues important to contractors. This installment delves into the state laws that allow contractors to assert claims on payment bonds for public ...

As we embark on 2022, the world continues to weather the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the construction industry, the pandemic has spurred certain unique and daunting challenges that are, by now, unfortunately, familiar to industry ...

Welcome to the DMV Construction Law Series, where each month we examine a different set of legal issues important to contractors. Our fourth installment briefly examines certain key parts of Virginia’s Mechanic’s Lien Law that contractors should ...

Effective January 4, 2022, New York’s amended wage theft laws enable a subcontractor’s employees to obtain judgments for unpaid wages directly against a contractor that hired their employer. The New York laws aim to provide subcontractors’ ...

In a January 2021 memorandum, Pennsylvania State Representatives Todd Stevens and Michael Driscoll reintroduced a bill that, if passed, would amend 68 P.S. § 491 to significantly limit the breadth of indemnification provisions in construction ...

For contractors trying to navigate the construction industry’s current supply-chain battles, President Dwight D. Eisenhower once articulated advice that, although not about the industry’s problem, is still right on point: “In preparing for ...

In October, Governor Murphy issued Executive Order 271 (the order), imposing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on contractors who work on state projects. Specifically, the order requires that New Jersey state contractors who work “on or in connection ...

The recent passage of the infrastructure funding seems likely to lead to a significant influx in construction projects. Given the desire to get “work out on the street,” we anticipate that many owners will be looking to use design-build as the ...