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We are proud to announce that this year marks the highest number of Cohen Seglias attorneys acknowledged by Best Lawyers. 16 Cohen Seglias partners are listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers are selected based on an ...

Cohen Seglias is proud to announce that the firm and its attorneys continue to be ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the preeminent legal ranking of attorneys and law firms. The firm continues to increase its rankings ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. Each year, the Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than five percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania, ...

Some of the largest, and most lucrative, construction projects are those in the energy and power sector. Power plants, generating stations, oil and gas rigs, solar fields, and similar projects require complex planning and bidding, but if ...

We are proud to announce that Cohen Seglias is recognized in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the preeminent legal ranking of attorneys and law firms. The firm’s Construction Group is named a leading ...

Every contractor who bids on public projects in New Jersey knows the gut-wrenching feeling of spending weeks reviewing project specifications and drawings, performing site visits, attending mandatory bid meetings, and submitting a detailed bid, only ...

We are proud to announce that Cohen Seglias is ranked seventh in the latest national rankings in Construction Executive’s “The Top 50 Construction Law Firms® of 2021.” Construction Executive, a leading industry publication, surveyed hundreds ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than 5 percent of attorneys in each state and the Rising ...

Whether you are following the financial headlines or reviewing recent supply invoices, one thing is clear: the cost of materials is on the rise and far from slowing down as the rate continues to accelerate. Contractors are under mounting pressure to ...

Tony Byler is quoted in the Patch article, “Lawsuit Filed Against Upper Merion Over New HS Construction,” in regard to the firm’s representation of 10x Investments LLC in a suit against the Upper Merion School District. A lawsuit ...

Welcome to the Subcontractor’s Guide To Proving Delay. The goal of this guide is to help you understand how to prove that your work has been delayed and to recover costs associated with that delay. This guide will: Give you an understanding of ...

Attorneys are bound by developing ethical rules and duties relating to e-discovery. These rules and duties deserve emphasis because courts, and clients, are increasingly concerned about the manner in which attorneys conduct discovery and, ...

Virtually every transaction for the sale of construction materials involves an exchange of the contracting parties’ respective terms and conditions, along with several documents including credit applications, price quotes, purchase orders, order ...

While garnering less attention than the recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Lien Law, recent court decisions on both sides of the Delaware show that the failure to identify the proper date of last work can result in the forfeiture of valuable lien ...

Accurate and comprehensive design plans are critical to preparing competitive bids and to successfully building safe structures that meet owner expectations. Because contractors rely on these designs, Pennsylvania law provides a remedy against ...

Arbitration has become a very common and effective way to resolve construction disputes in lieu of traditional litigation, and it is easy to understand why: The parties can select arbitrators with construction expertise who speak their language and ...

Background In the first significant public private partnership (“P3”) infrastructure project in Pennsylvania, PennDOT recently selected Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners (“Plenary Walsh”) for award of the Rapid Bridge ...

In the construction industry, mediation has become an extremely popular vehicle for resolving disputes that develop during and after projects. It is particularly appealing because (i) it can provide an early opportunity for the parties to resolve a ...

By: Tony Byler and Kathleen Morley Mechanics’ lien claims are powerful tools for contractors and suppliers who are owed payment for work or materials. To be enforceable, the contractor or supplier (“Contractor”) must file a lien claim within ...

By: Tony Byler and Daniella Gordon Suppliers frequently provide supplies on lines of credit to contractor customers who are involved in multiple construction projects.  In an ideal world, both the customer and the supplier would maintain accounting ...