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

Published Date: July 25, 2022

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 contractor, construction manager, or “primary [...] Read More

Getting the Deal Through – Construction 2023

Published Date: July 19, 2022

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 Overview (the introduction to the [...] Read More

The Future is Now: Emerging Cybersecurity Issues in Construction Tech

Published Date: July 5, 2022

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 could arise as companies look [...] Read More

A Brief Discussion – Liquidating Agreements

Published Date: June 6, 2022

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 design or unforeseen conditions.  When [...] Read More

The Status of OSHA’s Impending Heat Stress Standard

Published Date: May 12, 2022

This article was written for the ConsensusDocs newsletter and first appeared here. There has been much talk in the last several months about OSHA’s intent to establish a national standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness. OSHA’s Region VI, covering the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico[1], has had a regional emphasis program dealing with the hazards [...] Read More