On December 7, 2022, the Appellate Division affirmed the New Jersey Superior Court decision in Jersey Precast v. Tricon Enterprises, Inc. et al., finding that the “pay-if-paid” clause in a material supplier’s purchase order with a general contractor was binding and enforceable.  While clauses conditioning a general contractor’s obligation to pay its subcontractors on the general contractor’s receipt of payment [...] Read More

Adam Handfinger, co-managing partner of Peckar & Abramson's Miami office, and Pilar Prinz, a family lawyer and co-founder of Forwardly, co-authored "How Marital Strain & Divorce Impact Workplace Safety & Performance – 4 steps to implement an employee support system." The article, written for Construction Business Owner, highlights what marriage strain and divorce look like in the workplace, its potential impacts on [...] Read More

Stephen E. Irving, senior counsel in Peckar & Abramson's Houston office, has written "What Contractors Need to Know About OSHA Heading Into 2023," an article for Construction Executive. This article discusses the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) efforts to address the hazard of heat injury and illness on construction sites and what contractors should be aware of to best [...] Read More

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter. 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 easily cover the shortfall. However, the owner refuses to [...] Read More

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, the deadline to object is [...] Read More