01/26/2015
Authored by attorney Ned Nicholas Everyone has a duty to exercise care in the use and management of his property. That duty is owed to people who come onto the property. So if you stack lumber outside your building, you should take care to prevent the stack collapsing and injuring an employee or visitor. What… Read more »
01/19/2015
Authored by attorney Anthony J. Mazzeo One of the most frustrating notices you can receive as a Government Contractor can come days after learning your company has won a contract award. In the days or weeks after an award, it is possible you may receive a “stop work order” and be advised that a competitor… Read more »
01/19/2015
Authored by attorney George Nicholos The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which accepts and investigates administrative complaints regarding alleged acts of discrimination from applicants or employees, recently released its final ruling implementing Executive Order (EO) 13672, signed by president Obama on July 21, 2014. Executive Order 13672 amends prior Executive Order 11246 to… Read more »
01/12/2015
Authored by attorney Casaundra Maimone It goes without saying that a contractor should carefully review all of the proposed terms and negotiate all of the final terms of a construction contract such that the provisions are best tailored to their role on the project. Nonetheless, attentiveness to warranty terms is especially important due to the… Read more »
01/07/2015
If you are a foreign owner doing business in the U.S. you should review the requirements by the Bureau of Economic Analysis/U.S. Department of Commerce (“BEA”). BEA is collecting data to measure foreign direct investments in the U.S., and they are doing so retroactively back to January 1, 2014. The BE-13 Survey form will have… Read more »
