Client Alerts & Publications
Tariffs, a Pandemic and War: Construction Contracts Must Withstand the Unforeseeable
Published Date: May 10, 2022
Peckar & Abramson attorneys Adam Handfinger and Brett Moritz of the Miami office and Adrian Bastianelli III of the Washington D.C office have co-authored the article, "Tariffs, a Pandemic and War: Construction Contracts Must Withstand the Unforeseeable." The article, written for Construction Executive, discusses the impacts of materials shortages and price increases, labor shortages, and breakdowns in the supply chain, all exacerbated from the war [...] Read More
Legal Q and A: Project Cybersecurity Liability
Authors: Richard R. Volack,
Published Date: April 26, 2022
Richard R. Volack, partner and chair of Peckar & Abramson's Cyber Security & Data Privacy practice, recently answered The Construction Broadsheet's readers’ cybersecurity questions as part of the publication’s “Legal Q&A” feature. The questions included: We are a subcontracting firm working on a large project, and most daily communication is handled via email. One of our superintendents fell victim to [...] Read More
Time To “Construct” New Social Media Policies
Authors: Aaron C. Schlesinger, Jennifer Harris,
Published Date: March 17, 2022
This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here I. The Social Media Dilemma Social media has significantly impacted all facets of society, especially the way people communicate. Its impact and application to the construction industry is no different. TikTok, the video-sharing platform, is one of the world’s most popular platforms today, with over one billion active [...] Read More
New York State Labor Law Amendments: Expanded Protections for Employees
Authors: Christopher M. Bletsch,
Published Date: March 16, 2022
Christopher Bletsch, a partner in Peckar & Abramson's New York office, has written “New York State Labor Law Amendments: Expanded Protections for Employees,” an article for the Long Island Contractors' Association's Long Island Road Warriors magazine. Chris discuses two recent amendments to the New York Labor Law that took effect earlier this year that are intended to expand protections for [...] Read More
Second Circuit Clarifies What Must Be Alleged to Establish “Joint Employer” Liability in the Context of Federal Employment Discrimination Claims
Authors: Kevin J. O’Connor, Aaron C. Schlesinger,
Published Date: March 11, 2022
The “joint employer” doctrine has been used with increasing frequency by the plaintiffs’ bar to broaden the scope of target defendants in discrimination cases beyond those who would be traditionally regarded as the employer. This is true even in the construction industry, which has seen a rise in cases where general contractors or construction managers are being targeted when discrimination [...] Read More
