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- 2013.05.17: G2G Friday Favorites - Demolition Edition
- 2013.05.08: NY 1st Department Affirms Duty to Defend Freezer Manufacturer for Unfrozen, Ruined Cakes Under CGL Policy
- 2013.05.07: Light at the End of the (PortMiami) Tunnel - Harriet Reaches Watson Island
- 2013.05.06: That's not what I meant either! -- Ambiguous drafting thwarts (one party's version of its) intent, again
- 2013.05.03: Friday Favorites
- 2013.05.01: Who's picking up good vibrations?
- 2013.04.29: Another Frye bites the dust -- Florida moving toward Daubert
- 2013.04.26: Friday Favorites
- 2013.04.25: P3s and America's Ports
- 2013.04.24: That's not what I meant! The drafter's (apparent) intent thwarted again.
- 2013.04.23: Sandhog view of New York's Second Avenue Subway Line
- 2013.04.22: Defects in an insured's own work are "unmistakably included" in the definition of "occurrence" in CGL policy, rules Second Circuit.
- 2013.04.12: Friday favorites -- To notarize, or not to notarize?
- 2013.04.08: America's Infrastructure GPA: D+
- 2013.03.11: Sequestration Is Here - Now What Happens to Government Contractors?
- 2013.02.15: FRIDAY FAVORITES - VALENTINE'S DAY EDITION
- 2013.02.14: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - New Procurement Rules Coming
- 2013.02.11: Trends in Single-Family Housing
- 2013.02.05: Prohibition on Contract Awards to Companies That Were Formerly Based in the United States
- 2013.02.05: Denying Coverage Based on the Insured's Lack of Cooperation - A Difficult Standard for Insurers to Meet
- 2013.02.01: California Contractors State License Board Confirms Asbestos Certification Does Not Authorize Universal Removal/Abatement
- 2013.01.25: Even Offerors Eliminated Before the Competitive Range May Have Protest Standing
- 2013.01.22: New CA Law Refines Law About Who is a "Contractor" to Bolster Consumer Protection
- 2013.01.14: CA Employment Development Department Now Authorized to Share New Employee Information
- 2012.12.20: Challenge Problems in Solicitation Amendments Before Award: A Friendly Reminder from the Federal Circuit
- 2012.11.29: Perspectives on Real Estate Newsletter (Fall 2012 Edition)
- 2012.11.26: Beware of Scam Targeting Contractor Licensees and Applicants
- 2012.11.11: Ohio Supreme Court Holds Defective Construction Not an Occurrence under CGL Policy
- 2012.11.02: Friday Favorites - Nov 2
- 2012.10.24: Public-Private Partnership Enabling Statutes
- 2012.10.17: FERC'S ORDER 1000 Aims to Power Up Competition
- 2012.09.21: G2G Friday Favorites - Sept 21
- 2012.09.11: World Trade Center Construction Progress on the Eleventh Anniversary of 9/11
- 2012.08.28: Shutting Down the Construction Project
- 2012.08.24: G2G Friday Favorites - Aug 24
- 2012.08.22: California Condominium Owners Association Bound by Arbitration Provision in CC&R's
- 2012.08.16: G2G Friday Favorites - Aug 16
- 2012.08.16: The efficiency of the South moves North -- charming, isn't it?
- 2012.08.10: The Green Olympics
- 2012.07.31: Illinois Finds Coverage for Additional Insured Despite Lack of Coverage for Named Insured Engineer Under Professional Services Exclusion; California Finds Fire-Sale Pricing of High End Goods May Trigger Personal Injury Coverage for Trade Disparagement
- 2012.07.27: G2G Friday Favorites - July 27
- 2012.07.26: Green Construction, Through the Roof
- 2012.07.20: G2G Friday Favorites - July 20
- 2012.07.12: Wisconsin Holds That Insurer's Failure to Reserve Rights Does Not Waive Its Ability to Deny Coverage Based on Coverage Clause
- 2012.07.09: California High Speed Rail Moves a Step Forward
- 2012.06.13: Oxford Aviation, Inc. v. Global Aero, Inc.: The First Circuit's Broad Interpretation of an Insurer's Duty to Defend
- 2012.06.06: The "Silver" Isn't Lining The Union Pockets -- Silver Line To Proceed Without Union Preference
- 2012.06.04: The quid pro quo of Texas' workers compensation statute bars injured employees of a general contractor from bringing suit against employees of a covered subcontractor, their deemed fellow employees.
- 2012.06.01: Does your subcontractor's certificate of insurance say too much or too little? New requirements for COIs for coverage for property, operations and risks located in Virginia take effect July 1, 2012.
- 2012.05.30: Ex-Im Charter Awaits President Obama's Signature
- 2012.05.17: Significant Changes to California's Mechanics Lien Law Coming July 1, 2012
- 2012.05.10: With or without you -- State and local governments aren't waiting for the feds; they're investing in infrastructure now.
- 2012.05.04: 5 Tips for Avoiding Settlement Traps
- 2012.05.04: America in the Dark
- 2012.04.19: Whither High-Speed Rail in California?
- 2012.04.17: Public-Private Partnership Legislation in Maryland and Pennsylvania
- 2012.04.10: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him enroll in your Wrap Up
- 2012.04.05: CASE NOTE: New Jersey v Perini Corp. - New Jersey's Statute of Repose as Applied to Phased Construction
- 2012.04.02: 2012 International Green Construction Code Announced
- 2012.03.30: LEEDing to Injury?
- 2012.03.29: "Build as Much as We Can, as Fast as We Can, Until It's All Done!" - P3s and Colorado's FasTracks Program
- 2012.03.28: Maryland moves to modernize its Public Private Partnership law.
- 2012.03.26: All Risk Property Insurance -- Is damage caused by Chinese Drywall Covered
- 2012.03.23: Leaning Tower of...Washington DC?
- 2012.03.23: Tappan Zee Replacement -- Which came first, the RFP or the PPP?
- 2012.03.22: The Tappan Zee replacement: Bidders must design to last 100 years, but do they have to design it to survive the rapture?
- 2012.03.21: The Yin and Yang of offshore wind power
- 2012.03.20: What if Your Insurer Goes Bankrupt and No One Tells You?
- 2012.03.19: Separation of Insureds Applies to Deductible Payments
- 2012.03.15: The East End Crossing: Indiana Plans to Take Advantage of its P3 Enabling Statutes
- 2012.03.12: The First Step to Dispute Avoidance: Execute the Contract BEFORE Work Commences
- 2012.03.09: Thirty Stories in Fifteen Days!
- 2012.03.05: Perspectives on Real Estate Newsletter (Spring 2012 Edition)
- 2012.03.01: The Tappan Zee Bridge: Hey brother, can you spare 60 billion dimes?
- 2012.02.24: Construction Employment Below Peak Levels in 98% of Metro Areas
- 2012.02.16: What is all this hyPPPe about Public-Private Partnerships?
- 2012.02.08: New York Appellate Court Adopts Federal Preservation Standards for E-Discovery
- 2012.01.27: Does More Construction Workers = More Construction Work?
- 2012.01.19: New York's DiGuglielmo Rule is No Longer
- 2012.01.10: Need a new background for your monitor? Click here.
- 2012.01.04: New Year "ins" and "outs": Stanford is "out"; Cornell is "in"
- 2011.12.22: Public Comment Period Opens for the Atlantic Wind Connection
- 2011.12.20: You won't find Jimmy Hoffa in this concrete
- 2011.12.15: Where do you get your water? ASCE Gives Low Marks to U.S. Water Systems
- 2011.12.15: Is the bottom behind us?
- 2011.12.14: There is Light at the End of the Tunnel: Expanding Penn Station
- 2011.12.08: Virginia is for lovers - and heavy civil contractors.
- 2011.12.07: Sequestration - Should YOU Be Worried?
- 2011.12.07: Virginia wades deeper into the promise of P3
- 2011.12.06: Money in search of a Project
- 2011.12.05: Show me the money! US to Invest $4 Billion in Sustainable Construction
- 2011.12.02: The Guatemala Canal?
- 2011.11.30: The Walls Come A' Tumblin Down: Implosion of CityCenter's Harmon?
- 2011.11.19: Battling Unfair Unsats (Todd Construction, L.P. v. U.S.)
- 2011.11.11: U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Definition of Corporate Citizenship - Opening Door to Federal Courts
- 2011.11.04: Expert Reports, Communications Get Work Product Protection in Amendment to Federal Rules
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May 17, 2013 G2G Friday Favorites - Demolition Edition File this one under "you must be kidding": Builders destroy 2,300-year-old Mayan pyramid in...
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