Client Alerts & Publications
Design-Build – An International Perspective on Best Practices for Sustained Design-Build Success
Authors: Leading Construction Lawyers International Alliance
Published Date: May 20, 2025
P&A is a founding member of Leading Construction Lawyers International Alliance (LCL), which is pleased to announce the release of "Design-Build: An International Perspective on Best Practices for Sustained Design-Build Success." This insightful publication, potentially the first of its kind in our field, represents a significant milestone offering a comprehensive look at design-build practices from a global perspective. It draws [...] Read More
Court Rules That ERISA Preemption Bars Recovery of Union Benefit Fund Payments Pursuant to New York’s Wage Theft Statute From a General Contractor Where a Subcontractor Failed to Fund Payments
Authors: Aaron C. Schlesinger,
Published Date: May 2, 2025
Summary In 2022 the State of New York passed a Wage Theft statute[1] that includes authorizing suits against contractors to recover the unpaid employee wages and benefits of their subcontractors. In 2023 a union benefit fund sued a general contractor under the Wage Theft statute in New York State, seeking payment of nearly three million dollars resulting from the subcontractor’s failure [...] Read More
Living on The Edge: The Unacknowledged Delay/Acceleration
Authors: Curtis W. Martin, Joshua M. Pruett,
Published Date: April 21, 2025
This article was written for ConsensusDocs and first appeared here. Picture this: you were the successful bidder on a state highway project. The project is scheduled to take about two years. Notice to proceed was issued six months ago, you have procured equipment and supplies, your subcontractors are lined up, and work is underway. The project is off to a [...] Read More
Presidential Action
Construction Contracts That Mitigate Impacts From Tariffs and Immigration Enforcement
Authors: Tiffany A. Harrod, Joshua M. Pruett,
Published Date: April 7, 2025
Tariffs and immigration enforcement are at the forefront of the federal government’s agenda in today’s world, and both can have a substantial impact on a construction contractor’s cost and time to perform its work. However, with proper planning and contract negotiations, contractors can eliminate, or at least, minimize the risk of delays and cost increases driven by tariffs and immigration [...] Read More
Presidential Action
[Update] Navigating the Executive Order Ending Affirmative Action and DEI for Federal Contractors: Essential Steps for Compliance
Authors: Stephen E. Irving, Tara R. Munder,
Published Date: April 3, 2025
This article was written for ConsensusDocs and is an update to our original Client Alert dated February 19, 2025. Overview of Executive Order 14173 Federal contractors, subcontractors and grantees have until April 21, 2025, to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order (“EO”) 14173 entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Order introduces significant changes for federal contractors and [...] Read More
