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20

ABC Metro Washington – “Bonding and Insurance – Risk Management Considerations”

Featured Speaker(s):

Jennifer Harris
Michael C. Zisa

Sep

21

EPLI ExecuSummit – “Arbitration and NDA’s – Status of Employer Efforts to Contract Away Employee Rights”

Featured Speaker(s):

Kevin J. O’Connor

Sep

23

NASBP 2022 East Meeting – “More Money More Claims: Contractor Disputes with the Federal Government”

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Michael C. Zisa

Oct

04

CFMA Lone Star Conference – How Legislative Changes in 2021 Are Impacting Contractors in 2022

Featured Speaker(s):

Angela A.L. Connor
Denis G. Ducran

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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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You Are on Notice: Failure to Comply With Contractual Notice Provisions Can Be Fatal to Your Claim

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here. Imagine your firm is the construction manager on a multi-million-dollar project. At the end of the project you are five million dollars out-of-pocket. You have a stack of claims for additional and extended work which led to the overrun, payment for which will ... Read More

Government to Release EEO-1 Data of Federal Contractors Unless Objections are Filed by September 19, 2022

The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) intends to produce EEO-1 disclosures filed by federal contractors between 2016 and 2020 to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by a watchdog group journalist. If contractors wish to prevent release of the demographic information contained in those filings, ... Read More

The Legal 500 U.S. 2022 Guide Names Peckar & Abramson a Top Tier Firm in Construction Law and Recognizes 14 Attorneys

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce The Legal 500 United States has once again ranked P&A as a Tier One firm in construction law. The publication also recognized fourteen P&A construction lawyers in its directory of leading attorneys in the U.S. Michael Branca – Leading Lawyers Jerry Brodsky – “Recommended” Lawyers Steven ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson Has Largest Number of Construction Lawyers Recognized by Best Lawyers®

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that 50 of the firm’s attorneys, based in the firm’s Florida, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington, D.C. offices, have been recognized by Best Lawyers. 39 of these attorneys were named to 2023 The Best Lawyers in America© list while 11 were named to the ... Read More

Effective July 1, 2022, Contractors Will be Liable for their Subcontractor’s Failure to Pay its Employees’ Wages and Benefits

On June 10, 2022, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed two House Bills that amend the Illinois Wage Payment & Collections Act, 820 ILCS 115 et. seq. (“Wage Act”), to provide greater protection for individuals working in the construction trades against wage theft in a defined class of projects.  Pursuant to this new law, every general ... Read More

Getting the Deal Through – Construction 2023

Peckar & Abramson founding partner Robert S. Peckar and partner Michael S. Zicherman served as contributing editors of Lexology‘s Getting the Deal Through – Construction 2023, which provides members of the construction industry, construction-related legal, and business providers with international expert analysis in key areas of law, practice and regulation. They also co-authored the Global ... Read More

The Future is Now: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues in Construction Tech

Richard R. Volack, partner and chair of Peckar & Abramson’s Cyber Security & Data Privacy practice, has authored the article, “The Future is Now: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues in Construction Tech.” The article, written for Construction Executive, highlights a recent shift in the application of construction technology within the industry and the potential cybersecurity issues that ... Read More

Peckar & Abramson’s Growth in Texas Brings New Leadership

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that Kim Altsuler, chair of the firm’s residential and multi-family practice and co-chair of the firm’s diversity & inclusion committee, has been named Co-Managing Partner of the firm’s Houston office. Kim shares the role with Matt Moore. Matt has also been named Managing Partner of the ... Read More

Super Lawyers® Names Eight Peckar & Abramson Attorneys to 2022 Florida Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Lists; Stephen H. Reisman Selected to Top 100

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that eight attorneys have been named to the 2022 Florida Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists. The following P&A attorneys were named to the Florida Super Lawyers list for 2022: Jerry P. Brodsky Melinda S. Gentile Adam P. Handfinger Stephen H. Reisman Gary M. Stein The ... Read More

A Brief Discussion – Liquidating Agreements

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here During a construction project, it is not uncommon for disputes to arise between a general contractor and a subcontractor.  Frequently, these disputes involve claims for extra work and delay damages that can be attributed to the owner of the project due to deficient ... Read More