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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a new retainage law applicable to most private construction projects that took effect on Nov. 6, 2014.

On November 17, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S.3539/A.4167, also known as the 5% Retainage Bill, into law.

New York's State Legislature has just passed a bill that would require a no-prejudice standard be applied in determining the application of notice provisions in public construction contracts.

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has released its long anticipated updated Technical Assistance Guide for Federal Construction Contractors and Subcontractors.

As a commercial construction firm or general contractor, you could take the view that handling a mechanics lien is the property owner's problem. But you know that if your vendors are causing trouble for your clients...

When business owners prepare to sell their company, they tend to focus on the headline items: purchase price, closing conditions, and transition plans.

Sometimes it is a race to the courthouse and dispute resolution for construction disputes can take many forms: litigation, mediation, arbitration, etc.

As commercial landlords in New York City look for ways to sweeten leasing deals for tenants who might otherwise be lured by the trappings of brand new, amenity-laden office buildings,

Construction project accidents and defects are costly and complicated and often result in hotly fought and extended battles over BRI coverage.

New York Project Development & Finance partner Howard Steinberg has a two-volume book, titled Understanding and Negotiating EPC Contracts, set for June 2014 release by the UK’s Gower Publishing Limited (www.gowerpublishing.com).

As U.S. states shift from aggressive competition for data centre investment to heightened regulatory scrutiny of energy, water, and environmental impacts, real estate transactions for these facilities face unprecedented complexity. This evolving landscape demands new approaches to due diligence, contract structuring, and incentive evaluation to ensure deals remain economically viable amid fragmented and rapidly changing state and local regulations.

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey denied a defendant architect’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the economic loss doctrine applies only to bar tort claims between parties to a contract.

At issue was a claim by Virginia Tech against Hensel Phelps (HP) for the alleged defective construction of a student health and fitness center completed in June 2000.

Last week, the Washington Supreme Court issued a decision finding that a contractual one-year limitation period buried in a residential construction contract was unconscionable and void.

Suppose you own a commercial building and intend to lease it to various tenants. But before you do, you need to make a number of improvements, so you hire a contractor.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has quietly rewritten the rules for who counts as a “limited partner” exempt from self-employment tax, replacing a taxpayer-friendly January opinion with a more restrictive standard that will make the exemption harder to claim for partners who are actively involved in running their businesses.

As a part of the so-called "Cromnibus" bill, Congress has extended dozens of expired "temporary" tax breaks for 2014.