News & Publications

In our second issue of 2020, we give you the tools to decide whether to terminate a construction contract for cause. In addition, you will learn about how your company can avoid becoming entangled with disadvantaged business entity fraud.

Our newsletter team recently sat down with our new partners in Washington, DC, Julie Grohovsky and Shanlon Wu. They handle white collar investigations and defense for clients in a variety of industries. Q: What drew you to joining Cohen Seglias? How ...

Federal, state, and local government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), award billions of dollars’ worth of contracts every year. However, they often require contractors to share a percentage of the work with ...

It has been just over three years since Pennsylvania amended its Mechanics’ Lien Law and launched its Construction Notices Directory (the Directory), a standardized statewide system used to access, register, and file construction notices on ...

The old saying that “hindsight is 20/20” rings true in construction, especially with respect to contractor termination. Looking back, the downward spiral towards contractor termination sometimes appears obvious and usually involves either ...

In our second issue of 2020, we give you the tools to decide whether to terminate a construction contract for cause. In addition, you will learn about how your company can avoid becoming entangled with disadvantaged business entity fraud. You will ...

We are pleased to announce that Shanlon Wu and Julie Grohovsky have joined the firm as partners in the Washington, DC office. Shan leads Cohen Seglias’ new White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Group, which also includes Julie, ...

We are proud to announce that Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC has moved into the sixth spot (up from eighth in 2019) in the latest national rankings in Construction Executive’s “The Top 50 Construction Law Firms® of 2020.” ...

There has already been much said about the COVID-19 pandemic. The articles that we read, the email blasts we received, and nightly news shows all seem to agree that this pandemic is different from all others that have come before it. COVID-19 and ...

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 ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved, so too have OSHA policies, as seen in three recent OSHA announcements affecting the construction industry. OSHA issued new construction industry guidelines to protect workers from coronavirus. The agency also ...

While many individuals and organizations have provided commentary and criticism over the revised Title IX regulations (the Rules) released in early May amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, 18 states’ attorneys general have collaborated to file suit ...

Partner John Greenhall commented for Construction Executive’s “Executive Insights” for the June edition of the magazine, which also includes this year’s ranking of the Top 50 Construction Law Firms. John discussed what firms can learn from ...

On June 5, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPP Flexibility Act) became law. The PPP Flexibility Act includes significant changes for small businesses across the nation that received funding from the Paycheck Protection ...

Ed Seglias is quoted in the Law360 article, “$17M Philly Sewer Project Blocked Over Contract Dispute,” about the firm’s representation of C. Abbonizio Contractors Inc. in a bidding dispute on a city of Philadelphia sewer ...

Question: I have been getting complaints about a particular resident who repeatedly shows others a gun that he carries on his hip. He does not seem to be threatening anyone but just seems to be boasting. Even though he has a permit to carry a ...

For their May legal minute in The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad Jones and Cody Phillips, John Greenhall and Lisa Wampler explain the complexities of warranties. In this episode,  NECA Directors Chad Jones and Cody Phillips discuss construction ...

We are pleased to announce that numerous Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. The Super Lawyers lists recognize no more than 5 percent of ...

As an update to our May 8 article, on May 21, Governor Wolf amended his May 7 Executive Order that imposed a moratorium on all evictions. Under the amendment, the moratorium now only applies to tenants who have not paid rent and other amounts owed, ...

In October 2019, we wrote about the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh, in which the court vacated the Commonwealth Court’s earlier order declaring that the city could not require ...