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Are kids allowed to use marijuana or drink alcohol? It may be easier than you think. After years of talk, it has finally happened: marijuana is legal in New Jersey. On February 22, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed three different bills that, ...

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 ...

New laws change the past, present, and future in New Jersey After years of talk, it has finally happened: marijuana is legal in New Jersey. On February 22, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed three different bills that, together, both legalized ...

Michael Metz-Topodas spoke with Construction Dive about the new law in New York that expands the definition of workers and puts more responsibility on contractors to report fatalities to a state registry of on-the-job construction deaths. Michael ...

In September 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the decision in Gregg v. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL). The issue before the court was whether a ...

Corporate clients rely heavily on their law departments when legal issues arise. This responsibility puts no small amount of pressure on our in-house counterparts, considering that outside counsel fees can be enormous, and few nonlawyer ...

Christopher Carusone is quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the firm’s representation of Michael Boffo and Nikolas McKinnon in the Mariner East pipeline bribery case. The security contractors were facing charges of conspiracy, ...

Despite the exhaustion and chaos that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the construction industry in 2020, turning the page to 2021 offers several reasons for cautious optimism, including two approved coronavirus vaccines (with a possible third soon ...

Christopher Carusone is mentioned in a Daily Local News article in regard to the firm’s representation of Michael Boffo and Nikolas McKinnon in the Mariner East pipeline bribery case. The security contractors were facing charges of conspiracy, ...

Over the past 30 years, Cohen Seglias has grown from a three-attorney construction-focused law firm to a firm with over 75 attorneys across eight offices offering a wide range of legal services. Managing Partner and CEO George Pallas spoke ...

President Joseph Biden has directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to revamp its efforts to protect employees from COVID-19, including workers in the construction industry. Among the instructions given in a January 21, 2021 ...

Please note, this article was updated on March 3, 2021. Rarely do corporate filings make a non-lawyer’s New Year’s resolutions list, but Pennsylvania businesses should be mindful about protecting their names and registered insignias or marks ...

Question: I am having trouble with my magisterial district judge (MDJ). She does not seem to know much about the law, and despite my attempts to educate her, she continues to do things her way without regard to the law or even the court rules. In ...

Most states have some form of Prompt Pay Act (PPA) for private and/or public jobs, and the language within these PPAs often mirror each other. The purpose of such PPA laws is to legislatively guarantee timely payment to general contractors and ...

After 15 years at 30 South 17th Street, we are excited to announce our move to 1600 Market Street, where we occupy all of the 32nd floor and half of the 31st floor. Our new space of 40,000 sq. ft., designed by L2Partridge and built by IMC ...

On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order mandating that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extend the current eviction moratorium until at least March 31, 2021. While the extension is not yet published in the ...

Every contractor, no matter how experienced or prepared, will confront delays on a project. Typical causes of delays are bad weather, change orders, re-designs or omissions, long lead time, and unforeseen or differing site conditions. A delay, ...

We are excited to announce the promotions of Daniel Fierstein, Kathleen Morley, and Jackson Nichols to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2021. Dan, Kathleen, and Jackson are all members of the firm’s Construction Group. Dan and ...

PHILADELPHIA – A new presidential administration always triggers discussion about what policies will change from the past administration and what new initiatives will be advanced. No doubt the new Biden administration will depart significantly ...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro made the point in a recent press conference, saying, “When you misclassify employees, let me be clear what you are doing: You are stealing.” Under the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (Act ...