News & Publications

Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s Federal Contracting Group, Michael Payne, was interviewed by David Hansen for his Bloomberg article, “Memo Puts New Focus on Execs in Fraud Probes, Analysts Say.” The article was published on ...

Accurate and comprehensive design plans are critical to preparing competitive bids and to successfully building safe structures that meet owner expectations. Because contractors rely on these designs, Pennsylvania law provides a remedy against ...

Are you starting to think about transitioning leadership and/or ownership to the next generation in your company? Is the next generation really ready to assume those responsibilities? Are you the only role model the next generation has to follow? Is ...

Imagine this common scenario: you have completed your work as a contractor on a construction project, your contract with the owner contains a liquidated damages (LD) clause, there are delays on the project, and you receive notice on behalf of the ...

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently considered an issue not yet addressed by established case law concerning the ability of a contractor to recover delay damages in the face of a “no damage for delay” clause in a construction ...

Jonathan Landesman has been a partner in the Firm’s Labor & Employment Group since 2008.  We sat down with Jonathan to ask him about his experience with the Firm, his practice, and some of his more notable cases from this past year. Q: When ...

Brief Note: Greetings from the Editorial Team at Construction in Brief! Do you know how a Board of Advisors could benefit your company? Roy Cohen provides some good advice when considering this option. This issue will also introduce our newly ...

Do you know how a Board of Advisors could benefit your company? Roy Cohen provides some good advice when considering this option. This issue also introduces our newly expanded Pittsburgh team and highlights the opening of our DC office!

Judge Gene Cohen (ret.) was quoted in The Legal Intellgencier article, “‘Receivership’ Ends With Elimination of Liaison Justice,” on January 30, 2016. The full article is available on The Legal Intelligencer website. The ...

As we discussed last summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new Confined Space in Construction Standard, which went into effect on August 3, 2015 and required heightened training, continuous worksite evaluations ...

Presidential adviser and overall renaissance man John W. Gardner once said, “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” While this may be an accurate description of the human condition, in the corporate world there is little room for ...

On January 21, 2016, Please join us for Ed Seglias and Jason Copley‘s seminar, “Ignorance is not Bliss: Construction Contract Provisions You Need to Know,” for the General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) in Philadelphia, ...

Arbitration has become a very common and effective way to resolve construction disputes in lieu of traditional litigation, and it is easy to understand why: The parties can select arbitrators with construction expertise who speak their language and ...

Partner Carol Sigmond was interviewed by Chris Glorioso for his NBC I-Team piece, “Whistleblower Claims Taxpayers Paid for No-Show Workers at WTC,” on January 12, 2016.

Jason Copley was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer article, “A Record Year for Law Firms’ M&A Activity,” on January 6th, 2016. Law firm mergers and acquisitions reached a record number last year as firms sought to overcome ...

Cohen Seglias is pleased to announce that Wayne Buckwalter, Chair of the Firm’s Wealth Preservation Group, has once again been named a Five Star Financial Services Professional. The Five Star Financial Services Professional and Wealth Manager ...

In August 2015, 16 New Yorkers died and at least 133 were made seriously ill by an outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease in the South Bronx. Legionnaire’s Disease or Legionellosis is a form of pneumonia, first diagnosed in 1976 following an ...

On December 28, 2015, Carol Sigmond was quoted in the New York Law Journal article, “County Clerk Looks Beyond ‘The Way We’ve Always Done Things,’” by Andrew Denney. Sigmond was quoted regarding the role of the New York ...

Ed Seglias was quoted in The Legal Intelligencer article, “Year of Mergers and Leadership: Changes in Midsize Firm Market,” on December 28, 2015. In what several firm leaders called a strong year, acquisitions and lateral hires ...

Five years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had charged GlaxoSmithKline vice president and associate general counsel Lauren Stevens with two counts of obstruction of justice and four counts of making false statements to the Food ...