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17

SCL Young Professional Session – How to Become “Next-Gen” in Construction Disputes

Featured Speaker(s):

Elaine Y. Lee

Aug

21

2025 IBDIC International Conference: “Project Management and Oversight: Contracts, Responsibilities and Challenges”

Featured Speaker(s):

Levi W. Barrett

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Dismissal of Performance Bond Allegations

Peckar & Abramson’s Miami office achieved a favorable outcome for its client, a surety that issued a performance bond for a general contractor, against claims from the project owner for failure to provide necessary notices under an A312-2010 performance bond. The project owner, as the plaintiff, sought to hold our client liable for alleged breaches ... Read More

$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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Super Lawyers® Names Seven Peckar & Abramson Attorneys to 2025 Florida Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is proud to announce that seven attorneys have been named to the 2025 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists. The following P&A attorneys were named to the Florida Super Lawyers list: Melinda S. Gentile Adam P. Handfinger Stephen H. Reisman Gary M. Stein The following P&A attorneys were named to the ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Receives Construction Law Firm Award At Lexology Awards: North America 2025

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is proud to announce the firm has received the Construction Law Firm award at the 2025 Lexology Awards: North America. Only one firm earns this prestigious honor annually and this is the second consecutive year P&A has won the award. According to the Lexology research team, this award recognizes the ... Read More

Lexology Index Recognizes 18 Peckar & Abramson Attorneys for Leading Construction Practices

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that 18 attorneys have been recognized by the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) and are included in the 2025 edition of Lexology Index: Construction. According to Lexology, these attorneys “have been selected for their outstanding experience and expertise in resolving complex multi-jurisdictional construction disputes through ... Read More

Changes to the Administrative False Claims Act Pave the Way to the Likelihood of Increased Enforcement

Last December, President Biden signed into law the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (“NDAA”). Within the NDAA is the Administrative False Claims Act (“AFCA”), which replaces the seldom used Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (the “PFCRA”). The PFCRA allowed government agencies to initiate administrative ... Read More

The Legal 500 U.S. 2025 Guide Names Peckar & Abramson a Top Tier Firm in Construction Law and Litigation and Recognizes Eight Attorneys

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is proud to announce that The Legal 500 United States has once again ranked the firm as a Tier One firm in construction law and litigation. P&A also holds the unique distinction of being the only Tier One firm in this category to achieve a Client Satisfaction ranking. This distinction ... Read More

Super Lawyers® Names Five Peckar & Abramson Attorneys to 2025 Washington, DC Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists; Michael Branca Selected to Top 100 List

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that five attorneys have been named to the 2025 Washington, DC Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists for construction law. According to the publication, the lists are exclusive, recognizing no more than five percent of attorneys in each jurisdiction as Super Lawyers and no more than 2.5 percent ... Read More

Chambers USA Names Peckar & Abramson to Band 1 Level in Construction Law; 33 P&A Lawyers Recognized as Leading Attorneys; Eight Regions and Government Contracts Practice Recognized

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that Chambers USA has once again recognized the firm at the Band 1 level nationwide in Construction Law. P&A stands alone in being named a Band 1 firm in Construction Law nationally and has been named in the position every year since Chambers USA began awarding ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Achieves Recognition Among Construction Executive’s “Top 50 Construction Law Firms™”

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that it has once again been ranked among the top of Construction Executive’s (CE) “The Top 50 Construction Law Firms™”. P&A has been recognized in this manner since 2019, the inaugural year of the publication’s rankings. Firm Chair Steven M. Charney commented, “Our dedicated team tirelessly ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Named to NJBIZ In the Lead 2025: Legacy Businesses List

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that the firm was named to NJBIZ’s In the Lead 2025: Legacy Businesses list. According to the publication, to create this list the “NJBIZ staff looked for business that have not only been around for many decades – and centuries – but that are also still ... Read More

Court Rules That ERISA Preemption Bars Recovery of Union Benefit Fund Payments Pursuant to New York’s Wage Theft Statute From a General Contractor Where a Subcontractor Failed to Fund Payments

Summary In 2022 the State of New York passed a Wage Theft statute[1] that includes authorizing suits against contractors to recover the unpaid employee wages and benefits of their subcontractors. In 2023 a union benefit fund sued a general contractor under the Wage Theft statute in New York State, seeking payment of nearly three million dollars ... Read More