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On May 16, 2017, Philadelphia voters approved a ballot measure amending the Home Rule Charter (the Amendment) to allow the City to enter into contracts for certain goods and services based on “best value.” Best value contracting is the practice ...

With limited exceptions, nearly all states require that contractors purchase workers’ compensation insurance when performing work in that state. That seems simple enough, right? There are, however, at least 52 different sets of workers’ ...

Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit limited the ability of a public entity to arbitrarily (1) declare that a low-bidder on a project is “not responsible,” and (2) award a contract to the next-lowest bidder. In the ...

Every ten years, the American Institute of Architects (the AIA) revises the standard AIA Contract Documents to account for developments in the construction industry and changes in the law. 2017 marks the latest AIA Contract document update, with the ...

Our marketing department recently sat down with the partners in our Wilmington office, including its new addition, Cheryl Santaniello. Q: Tell us a little about Cohen Seglias in Wilmington. A: Ed — We opened the office in 2003, primarily to serve ...

We are excited to introduce our new Business Transactions Partner, Cheryl Santaniello. In the Wilmington Office Q&A, learn about the experience she offers the Firm’s clients.

Cohen Seglias partner Paul Thaler weighed in on the “honest error” defense for researchers involved in misconduct proceedings for the Science article, “Why would a university pay a scientist found guilty of misconduct to ...

On July 26th join Cohen Seglias attorneys Matt Gioffre and Dan Fierstein for their seminar, “Killer Contract Clauses for Construction & Service” for the Mechanical & Service Contractors Association (M&SCA) in Blue ...

Design professionals doing business in Kentucky beware: the Kentucky Court of Appeals recently held that a contractor may pursue a negligent misrepresentation claim against an architect for delays to a project resulting from allegedly defective ...

The federal government has a long-standing pref­erence for incorporating domestic materials and products into public construction projects. While a number of statutes and regulations promote this policy, the Buy American Act of 1933 (BAA) is the ...

Cohen Seglias Managing Partner, George Pallas, was quoted in the Delaware Online article, “Towns in quandary over Christie order on road construction.” As road construction crews across New Jersey prepared to leave work Friday – ...

On July 13, the Cohen Seglias volunteer team from our Pittsburgh office, consisting of Lori Wisniewski Azzara, Emily Lane, Brian Lawton, Jim McGraw, Jim McNally, and Lisa Wampler, joined Habitat for Humanity Pittsburgh at their build site in ...

We are pleased to announce that eleven Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to this year’s Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list and eight attorneys to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars list in the areas of Construction Litigation, Government ...

Cohen Seglias Partner Paul Thaler was quoted in the Retraction Watch article, “Career derailed, ex-prof to sue Montana State for wrongful termination.” The article is available on the Retraction Watch website.

Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that Lisa Wampler has been named a 2017 Distinguished Leader by The Legal Intelligencer. This inaugural award recognizes Pennsylvania-based lawyers who achieved impressive results in the past year and ...

Liability in Green Building On June 13th, join Lane Kelman and Jennifer Budd for their Delaware Valley Green Building Council Lunch & Learn on liability in green building. The Lunch & Learn will be held at the Philadelphia office of ...

We are proud to announce that Chambers & Partners has again recognized our Construction and Labor & Employment Groups in the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, the preeminent legal ranking of attorneys and law firms. Additionally, Chambers ...

Cohen Seglias Partner Chris Carusone was interviewed by Pat Cloonan for the Herald-Standard article, “Monongahela judge defends conduct, would accept ‘judicial diversion’.” Monongahela Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Wilson ...

On May 4th, Cohen Seglias kicked off its 2017 partnership with Habitat for Humanity at their annual Building HOPE Luncheon as a Block Builder sponsor. This year’s Luncheon successfully raised a record-breaking amount of $420,823 to keep ...

We are pleased to announce that eleven Cohen Seglias attorneys were selected to the 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list and eight attorneys to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars list in the areas of Construction Litigation, Government Contracts, ...