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Brief Note: Welcome to the fall edition of Construction in Brief! In this issue, we provide the latest information on a number of legislative changes affecting your business. You will learn about new amendments to the Pennsylvania contractor and ...

On June 12, 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 566, which includes several amendments to the Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act, 73 P.S. § 501, et seq. (CASPA). The amendments take effect on October 10, ...

Welcome to the fall edition of Construction in Brief! In this issue, we provide the latest information on a number of legislative changes affecting your business.

My parents would only buy new construction; I prefer not to do so, at least in New York City condominium buildings. New buildings are fraught with issues, mostly in the nature of construction defects. Buyers of units in new buildings in New York ...

This past weekend, Governor Wolf’s office announced it was notified by the United States Department of Homeland Security that Pennsylvania residents can use their driver’s licenses to board domestic flights and enter federal facilities until ...

I’m a management-side employment lawyer. It’s my job to go to court and defend employers and executives accused of all different types of misconduct, including sexual harassment. Over the last 20 years, I have seen it all. Some of my cases ...

Joint employment has kept labor and employment lawyers busy in recent years. The concept of joint employment means that an employee can be simultaneously, or “jointly,” employed by two or more entities that exercise, or have the right to ...

On October 10, 2018, Pennsylvanians will no longer be allowed to board domestic flights or to enter federal facilities, such as federal courthouses and military bases, using their driver’s licenses. This change comes pursuant to the U.S. REAL ID ...

Effective October 1, 2018, general contractors with projects in Maryland will have a new headache to deal with. That’s when Maryland’s new law, the General Contractor Liability for Unpaid Wages Act, will go into effect. Under the Act, GCs will ...

Local Law 196-17 has been controversial from its inception as a legislative proposal, and the controversy remains as the New York City Department of Buildings (NYC DOB) begins implementation. The public presentation of the original bill was to ...

The fashion world has presented an interesting case of potential secondary liability for trademark infringement, targeting the distributors of allegedly infringing products to the retailers who sell the products to the public. IHF Ltd and ...

To commemorate Cohen Seglias’ 30th Anniversary, we are hosting a series of events benefiting charities in our communities. On Tuesday, August 21, the Harrisburg office celebrated at FNB Field. Despite the rained out Senators game, friends of the ...

For the third year in a row, Cohen Seglias is participating in the Philadelphia Heart Walk. On October 27, friends and family are welcome to join our team at Citizens Bank Park. The Firm’s goal is to raise money to support the American Heart ...

We are pleased to announce that seven Cohen Seglias attorneys are included in the 2019 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Lawyers are selected for inclusion based on an exhaustive peer-review process. Roy Cohen, Litigation – ...

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” Unfortunately, in a world where opinion often replaces fact, and one negative article or blog post ...

The recent proliferation of news stories about transgender students facing discrimination has brought an increased focus on universities and colleges claiming religious-based exemptions to excuse their compliance with Title IX as it applies to ...

The marketing department sat down with Mike McKenna, who recently joined our Newark, New Jersey office. Q: Tell us a little about your practice. A: For the last 38 years, I have almost exclusively practiced in the area of construction law. My ...

In order to ensure the financial health of construction companies working on federal jobs, Congress has provided first and second tier subcontractors and suppliers with a potent remedy. Under the federal Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. § 3133, prime ...

When a property owner claims damages due to defective construction, the first step for a contractor is to notify its commercial general liability (CGL) insurance carrier for coverage. In most instances, this process is straightforward. However, ...

Performance specifications in a construction contract can dramatically alter decisions about costs, pricing, and quantities, and therefore profits. Often they make a design-bid-build job feel like it is operating more like design-build, disrupting ...