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Today’s construction projects are larger and more complex than ever before. If you look across the Philadelphia skyline, as in most major cities across the country and around the globe, you will see throngs of tower cranes leading the way for ...

No one would have bet that the Department of Education would have released the new Title IX regulations amid a pandemic. As colleges were scrambling to adjust to the new normal of virtual learning—and all of the challenges that brought—the ...

Ed Seglias spoke with Construction Dive about key elements contractors need to consider before signing onto a project. The article, “5 Red Flags That a Job Might Not Be Worth the Risk” outlines potential red flags for those taking on ...

The job of a Custody Evaluator is to make a determination regarding the best interests of the child. Depending on the facts of your case, an evaluator’s determination regarding the “best interests” may include whether a party should have sole ...

Question: My tenants keep telling me that they are not responsible to pay the rent that was due during the COVID-19 emergency that Governor Wolf declared. How does the Governor have the authority to tell my tenants that they do not have to pay their ...

Contractors who have been following COVID-19 safety requirements now have all the more reason to do so in New York City. Starting July 8, 2020, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) resumed issuing penalties for non-compliance with current ...

Cohen Seglias partners Julie Grohovsky and Shanlon Wu obtained an important civil settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and numerous state attorneys general’s offices against Universal Health Services, Inc. and UHS of Delaware, Inc. ...

Pennsylvania landlords’ ability to proceed with evictions against tenants who have not paid rent has been furthered delayed by two recent actions. First, on July 9, 2020, Governor Wolf issued a new Executive Order that extends his statewide ...

Since the pandemic began, the backlog of cases in the New Jersey court system has more than doubled. Case backlogs are growing fastest in the Family Part. According to the Administrative Office of the Courts, which monitors this data, the backlog in ...

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 ...