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The coronavirus crisis is just beginning to cause effects on the construction industry that should continue to reverberate for many months, if not longer. To help subcontractors and contractors navigate these treacherous waters, Cohen Seglias has ...

The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on everyday life for people across the globe. The World Health Organization has declared coronavirus a pandemic, and the President and Governors alike have declared states of emergency. Under ...

In the United States, there are about 24 million family businesses, and they account for about 90% of the business tax returns and employ 60% of the American workforce (80 million people). According to the Small Business Administration, small ...

Construction contract indemnification clauses may get turned topsy-turvy due to legislation making its way through the Pennsylvania Assembly. Currently, Pennsylvania’s anti-indemnification statute applies to certain, limited instances. The ...

This week, the United States Department of Education (DOE) announced a new Title IX enforcement initiative led by the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to combat the rise of sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, and sexual ...

Wire transfers are quickly replacing paper checks as the most common payment method on construction projects nationwide. Using wire transfers or other electronic payment offers convenience to the payor and nearly instantaneous payment for the ...

For their February legal minute in The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad Jones and Cody Phillips, John Greenhall and Lisa Wampler review payment remediations for contractors who are not getting paid on a job. About The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad ...

Buried at the end of last year’s mundane spending bill was the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Savings Act (the SECURE Act), which drastically changes the way retirement accounts function. It is important to understand not only the major ...

All too often, construction professionals ask about responsibility for jobsite safety violations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act when a project has multiple contractors working together. Whether it’s a private project with a general ...

Question: I have a home in my community whose owner (my tenant) has passed away. I do not know of any heirs and am at a loss about what to do with the home. It appears that all of the personal property has been removed (“under cover of ...

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its new guidance, “Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation under the Fair Housing Act.” In the guidance, HUD ...

Edward Seglias and Zachary Sanders of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC recently secured a significant victory for their client Silvi Concrete, which was wrongfully terminated by Thomas P. Carney, Inc. from the W Hotel Project in Center ...

Over 2,200 lawsuits were filed in 2018 against retailers and other companies who do business with the public because their websites were allegedly not accessible by persons with disabilities. While I am not currently aware of any landlord who has ...

Shawn R. Farrell has been named General Counsel for the National Utility Contractors Association – New Jersey Chapter (NUCA NJ), the nation’s oldest and largest association for the utility and excavation construction industry. NUCA represents ...

Now that we have ushered in the New Year, it is the perfect time to take a look back at how Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey legislature brought about a multitude of changes for New Jersey employers in 2019. In the last year alone, New Jersey ...

Employers in Pennsylvania should stay on their toes as the Pennsylvania attorney general (AG) announced charges against a major mechanical contractor engaged in numerous public works projects for crimes arising from a prevailing wage dispute. This ...

Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce the promotions of Matthew Gioffre and Michael Metz-Topodas to Partners of the firm, effective January 1, 2020. Cohen Seglias Managing Partner George Pallas commented, “On behalf of everyone at the firm, I ...

John Greenhall and Lisa Wampler host a monthly legal minute featured in The NEXT Academy Podcast with Chad Jones and Cody Phillips. For their inaugural legal minute, John and Lisa discuss how contractors can protect themselves from inefficiencies ...

In November 2018, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) proposed new Title IX regulations concerning sexual harassment, including sexual assault, and received over 100,000 comments during the public comment period. As of today, the regulations have ...

During the term of the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), we saw longstanding employer rules and policies upended. However, the current NLRB recently issued both a new rule and several decisions that revert back to those long-standing, ...