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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 ...

Brief Note: Greetings from the Editorial Team at Construction in Brief! In this issue, you will learn valuable information regarding performance specifications, as well as for subcontractors on federal projects in Maryland, Virginia, ...

In this issue, you will learn valuable information regarding performance specifications, as well as for subcontractors on federal projects in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC, which represents government contractors, corporate clients, midsize privately held businesses and construction companies, has added a former acquisition law specialist from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate ...

Cohen Seglias Partner Michael F. McKenna and Associate Anthony J. Tavormina Represented Randolph Tennis Center and Grand Slam Tennis in large jury verdict. Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC, a law firm representing corporate clients, ...

Law360 published an article about Michael F. McKenna and Anthony J. Tavormina’s representation of Randolph Tennis Center and Grand Slam Tennis in a large jury verdict. A New Jersey jury has found three companies involved in the construction ...

For nearly 30 years, New York City property owners have been coping with the so called “drive by ADA violation” litigation. These cases are less about correcting ADA violations or improving handicapped accessibility than generating attorney fees ...

For the firm’s first build day of 2018, the Cohen Seglias volunteer team returned to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia‘s Diamond Park site. The volunteers, Anthony Bottenfield, Jeff Jakob, Megan Jaskolka, Michelle Marano, Joseph ...

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC has announced the hires of Michael F. McKenna and Anthony J. Tavormina as attorneys in the firm’s Newark office. McKenna is a Partner and Tavormina is an Associate, both in the firm’s Construction ...

We are pleased to announce that ten Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s Super Lawyers list and ten others were selected to the Rising Stars list. The Super Lawyers list recognizes no more than 5 percent of attorneys in each state ...

Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler is quoted in the collaboration piece between Undark and Retraction Watch. This story is a product of a collaboration between Undark and Retraction Watch. Sometime after 2010 — he isn’t exactly sure when — ...

With the most recent development boom and the inexplicable omission of the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) to ensure the safety of adjacent buildings from undermining by developers, it now falls to property owners to understand how to ...

Cohen Seglias partner Lisa Wampler is quoted in the BreakingGround article, “Managing Risk in a Boom Market”. Lisa gave advice for contractors on how to handle the 2018-2020 market boom for construction in Western PA. By: Jeff ...

Many, if not all, construction subcontracts contain a provision requiring the subcontractor to name the general contractor, owner, and others as “additional insureds” on the subcontractor’s liability insurance policies. Contractors include ...

On May 1, Cohen Seglias joined Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia at their annual Building HOPE Luncheon as a Block Builder sponsor. Cohen Seglias is committed to Habitat’s mission of creating safe, sustainable, and affordable housing with ...