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Jan

17

ABA 2025 Fidelity and Surety Law Midwinter Conference – “Austin, We Have a Problem: Selecting a Performance Option and Issues with Re-Letting, Qualifying Bidders, and Takeovers”

Featured Speaker(s):

Michael C. Zisa

Jan

27

2025 Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Conference – “Taking Subs from Struggles to Success: How to Overcome Subcontractor Defaults in Today’s Market”

Featured Speaker(s):

Adam P. Handfinger

Jan

28

2025 Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Conference – “A Deep Dive into Damages: Show Me the Money!”

Featured Speaker(s):

Gregory H. Chertoff

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$48 Million Award and Successful Defense of $135 Million Claim

Peckar & Abramson is proud to have represented one of the nation’s largest general contractors in the achievement of a $48 million award in its favor and the denial of a $135 million claim against it in Federal Court in the Middle District of Florida on May 3, 2024 arising out of the FDOT’s $2.3 ... Read More

Client’s Right to Millions in Consequential Damages Upheld

Peckar & Abramson’s Texas lawyers won an appeal before the Court of Appeals for the Ninth District of Texas, entitling their client to recover consequential damages and rejecting the defendant’s argument that its proposal’s terms and conditions were part of the contract.  The case affirms long-standing contract principles under the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) and ... Read More

$400 Million Settlement

Peckar & Abramson is proud to have represented Flatiron/Dragados LLC in the achievement of the $400 million settlement announced by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on October 12, 2023 arising out of the construction of the new Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition to settling all outstanding disputes and damage claims, TxDOT also removed ... Read More

No Damages

P&A’s New York lawyers secured a favorable judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. The case involved claims by a New York hemp seed broker alleging that our client, a Colorado hemp grower, sold it defective hemp seeds. The broker, who resold the hemp seeds for a profit ... Read More

An Important Precedent

P&A’s New Jersey lawyers secured a favorable judgment in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Our attorneys successfully defended a claim for single employer and alter ego status wherein a labor union’s benefit funds filed a complaint seeking to bind our client, a paving contractor in the New York ... Read More

A Case of First Impression

In a case of first impression, P&A represented a general contractor, whose home office is in Maryland, with respect to a project in New Jersey. A subcontractor brought a lawsuit against the general contractor in state court in New Jersey. The subcontract between P&A’s client and the subcontractor identified Maryland as the choice of venue. ... Read More

Bench Trial Success

Peckar & Abramson’s Houston lawyers secured a judgment in the Harris County District Court. Our attorneys successfully defended a claim for wrongful termination and delay damages brought by a subcontractor against our highway contractor client and its payment bond surety. P&A’s client was also counterclaiming for excess completion costs. Peckar & Abramson tried the case ... Read More

Bet the Company – and Win

Peckar & Abramson’s Chicago office scored a victory on behalf of its client in a true “bet the company litigation”. The Plaintiff, a global and well-funded competitor, alleged that our client had engaged in fraud and conspiracy, while improperly aiding and abetting unfair competition practices. The plaintiff’s sought punitive damages that would have bankrupted our ... Read More

P&A Closes $10.5 million Acquisition on Behalf of European Contractor

Peckar & Abramson’s M&A team recently represented a European Contractor in the successful closing of its $10.5 million purchase of the controlling interest of a heavy highway and civil contractor. Our M&A team structured the transaction and negotiated the purchase agreement, LLC membership agreements, executive employment agreements and other transaction documents. Our team conducted a ... Read More

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Let’s Get Surety Podcast – #126 Building the Future: AI, Construction and Law

Denis Serkin, partner in P&A’s New York and New Jersey offices, joins the latest episode of the NASBP podcast “Let’s Get Surety” to delve into the transformative impact of AI on the construction industry and construction law. In this insightful discussion, Denis explores how AI tools are already enhancing design and supply chains and shares his ... Read More

Corporate Transparency Act Update

There has been a significant legal development with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). On October 28, 2024, we issued a Client Alert summarizing the reporting requirements under the CTA, including an important deadline of January 1, 2025, for the companies that the CTA applied to complete their reporting obligations or be subject to ... Read More

Four Peckar & Abramson Attorneys Named to Lexology Index’s Thought Leaders Global Elite 2025

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is proud to announce that four attorneys have been named in Lexology Index’s (formerly Who’s Who Legal) inaugural Thought Leaders Global Elite 2025 edition. This prestigious guide recognizes the top 5% of practitioners across Lexology Index’s research, highlighting those who are at the peak of their profession. The following attorneys ... Read More

Four Peckar & Abramson Attorneys Receive 2025 Lexology Client Choice Awards in U.S. Construction Law

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is proud to announce that founding Partner Robert S. Peckar and Partners Michael A. Branca, Jerry P. Brodsky, and Michael S. Zicherman have been honored with the 2025 Lexology Client Choice Awards for excellence in construction law. The honorees are determined solely through client nominations, celebrating outstanding service and legal ... Read More

Federal Judge Strikes Down Private Party’s False Claims Act Suit

Enacted in 1863 during the Civil War to combat “stupendous abuses” in the sale of provisions and munitions to the War Department, the False Claims Act (the “FCA”) imposes civil liability on those who knowingly submit or cause to submit false claims to the government. The qui tam provision of the FCA allows a private ... Read More

13 Peckar & Abramson Attorneys Named 2024 Top Lawyers by Bergen Magazine

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that 13 attorneys have been named Bergen County’s Top Lawyers for 2024 by Bergen Magazine. According to the publication, attorneys named to this list have received the highest vote totals within their specialty area based on peer reviews from hundreds of active lawyers across Bergen County, ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Named National 2025 “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation – Construction by Best Law Firms®; Earns 33 National and Metropolitan Rankings

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that the firm has been named the national “Law Firm of the Year” in Litigation – Construction in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®. The publication states only one law firm per nationally ranked area of practice is selected annually for this prestigious honor. In ... Read More

Business Divorce in New Jersey: A Primer

This article was written for Commerce Magazine NJ and first appeared here. When the principals of a newly formed partnership, closely held corporation, or limited liability company (LLC) launch their venture together, it is often accomplished without proper documentation. Ideally, that business grows far beyond the wildest expectations of the parties when they launched, years ... Read More

Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act

The Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), effective as of January 1, 2024, requires certain businesses, in the absence of an exemption, to report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the United States Treasury, information regarding their “beneficial owners.” The CTA intends to create a “database” of these “beneficial owners” for law enforcement to utilize ... Read More

Snooze You Lose? Enforcement of Notice and Timing Provisions

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here. Deadlines are an inescapable part of the construction industry.  Bid deadlines. Submittal deadlines. Material delivery deadlines. Substantial completion.  Final completion. And so, inevitably, fighting about deadlines becomes a necessary byproduct.  Was the deadline really a deadline?  Was the schedule slippage on the critical ... Read More