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30

AGC Surety Bonding & Construction Risk Management Conference – “Nothing Wins a Dispute Like a Real-time Project Management Record”

Featured Speaker(s):

Gregory H. Chertoff

Feb

08

Navigating the Waves of Change: How PFAS Regulations May Ripple through the Construction Industry

Featured Speaker(s):

David J. Scriven-Young
Gregory A. Eichorn

Feb

13

Subcontractors Trade Association – “Subcontracting and Design Build: Risk, Reward and Requirements”

Featured Speaker(s):

Paul Monte

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$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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New Jersey Court Upholds Registration Requirement for Joint Ventures Bidding on Public Works Contracts

Introduction In a matter of “first impression,” on November 30, 2023, the Appellate Division affirmed the New Jersey Superior Court decision in Ernest Bock & Sons-Dobco Pennsauken Joint Venture v. Township of Pennsauken and Terminal Construction Corp., finding that the New Jersey Public Works Contractor Registration Act, N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.48 to -56.57 (“PWCRA” or the “Act”), ... Read More

P&A Attorney Tracey L. Williams Receives Regional Hispanic Contractor Association’s Business Advocate of the Year Award

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that Tracey L. Williams, senior counsel in the firm’s Dallas office, has received the 2023 Luna Award for Business Advocate of the Year from the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association (RHCA).  Tracey was honored at RHCA’s prestigious Luna Awards Luncheon in Dallas earlier this month. This award ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson’s Jerry P. Brodsky and Denis Serkin Receive 2024 Lexology Client Choice Awards in U.S. Construction

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that Jerry P. Brodsky, partner and chair of the firm’s Latin American practice, and Denis Serkin, partner and chair of the firm’s International practice, have been awarded 2024 Lexology Client Choice Awards in the area of construction. This is the first year that the organization has ... Read More

12 Peckar & Abramson Attorneys Recognized in Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders: USA Publication

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that Who’s Who Legal has recognized 12 attorneys in their inaugural edition of Thought Leaders: USA. These attorneys are recognized for having obtained the largest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel, and other market sources in WWL’s most recent research cycle. According to the publication, ... Read More

Wyncrest Commons: Commonly Used Progress Payments in Construction Contracts Do Not Render Them Installment Contracts

In BIL-JIM Construction Company, Inc. v. Wyncrest Commons, LP, 2023 WL 7276637 (Unpublished, decided November 3, 2023), the New Jersey Appellate Division was asked to consider two issues regarding the interpretation and application of a construction contract that utilized the standard form American Institute of Architects owner/contractor agreement (AIA Document A101-2007) (the “AIA Contract”). Specifically, ... Read More

The Contractor’s Contingency: What Contractors and Construction Managers Need to Know and Be Wary Of

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here. Contractors and construction managers who enter into cost reimbursable contracts subject to a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) are responsible for all project costs exceeding the GMP. For this reason, it is imperative that contractors negotiate and incorporate into the GMP a financial buffer ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Named National 2024 “Law Firm of the Year” in Construction Law by Best Law Firms®; Earns 29 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 Construction Law in the 2024 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 addition, ... Read More

11 Peckar & Abramson Attorneys Named 2023 Top Lawyers by Bergen Magazine

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys have been named Bergen County’s Top Lawyers for 2023 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

Construction’s Growing Emphasis on Collaboration

Paul F. Williamson, senior associate in Peckar & Abramson’s Washington, D.C. office, has written “Construction’s Growing Emphasis on Collaboration,” an article for ABC of Metro Washington Chapter – Building Washington Magazine, Fall 2023 issue. This article discusses both private and public owners increasingly seeking to accomplish their construction objectives through collaborative means, whether using a ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Once Again Has Largest Total Number of US Attorneys Ranked by Who’s Who Legal: Construction 2023 and Is the Only US Firm in The Top Five; Denis Serkin One of Only Three US Attorneys Recognized as a Future Leader

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that 16 attorneys have been recognized by Who’s Who Legal (WWL) and are included in the 2023 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Construction. P&A is the only US firm among a top five list of international construction firms, based on the total number of recognized attorneys ... Read More