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The IRS has released Notice 2021-05, which extends the Continuity Safe Harbor detailed in Notice 2018-59 from 4 years to 10 years for offshore wind projects...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (which we discussed in a previous client alert) generally requires wind and solar facilities to begin construction before July 5, 2026, or be placed in service by December 31, 2027...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on May 29, 2024, released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the clean electricity production...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division, has issued its "Final 2015 Regional Compensatory Mitigation and Monitoring Guidelines."

THe U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) have revised LEED Certification Program to add for enhanced level of legal guidance for pursuing the benefits of the LEED certification.

The U.S. EPA Lead: Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule (RPP) requires contractors to be newly certified as of April 22, 2010, if they are performing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturb paint in certain buildings built before 1978, including buildings that serve as retirement communities.

Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced new investments in clean and efficient buildings. As part of her 2023 State of the State, Governor Hochul introduced a series of building...

Last week the first building in Los Angeles to be retrofitted with federal stimulus funds was announced: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilmember Herb Wesson attended today the unveiling of the first building – the Vineyard Recreation Center – to be retrofitted by workers trained through the Green Retrofit Workforce Program. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the first-in-the nation, workforce development retrofit program targets workers from low-income

As we have discussed on this Blog over the past several years, the Protocol for Broker Recruiting ("Protocol") allows for reciprocal poaching of brokers.

Last week OFAC extended its general license authorizing U.S. persons to wind down and divest from certain transactions with subsidiaries of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)

On February 2, President Obama released his fiscal year 2016 budget proposal.

The term “piggybacking” in public contracting refers to a municipality using another government’s existing contract instead of running its own competitive bid. In Daniel J. Lynch, Inc. v. Board of Education...

In StructSure Projects, Inc., ASBCA No. 62927, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (Board) granted an appeal seeking recovery for increased costs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction specifications translate design intent into enforceable requirements governing procurement, construction execution, quality control, and contract administration.

The Michigan Supreme Court held that home rule cities have the authority to enact an ordinance requiring that a prevailing wage be paid on public construction projects.

To achieve a construction delivery solution capable of securing non-recourse financing, certain fundamental risk allocation principles need to be recognized.

Data center construction is accelerating to meet growing demand for digital infrastructure, but are companies adequately prepared for the unique insurance challenges these complex operations present? As projects grow larger and coverage becomes distributed among multiple insurers, understanding policy adequacy and reducing coverage dispute risks becomes critical for organizations investing in this rapidly expanding sector.

A federal court in Mississippi allowed a property insurer's subrogation claim against its insured's subcontractor to proceed based on the Fifth Circuit's approach ...