Client Alerts & Publications
Risk Management and Contracting after Hurricane Irma: Suggestions to Avoid a Second Disaster
Published Date: October 14, 2017
Peckar & Abramson attorneys have assisted contractors in the immediate aftermath of several Hurricanes, including Andrew in 1992, Wilma in 2005, Ike in 2008, and Sandy in 2012. Based on this experience, we offer some post-storm strategies for contracting and risk management in three situations: (1) ongoing projects in the area directly impacted by the storm; (2) projects remote from [...] Read More
Texas Public Procurement: What Changed on September 1, 2017? a/k/a: When is the Use of E-Verify Required?
Authors: Timothy D. Matheny,
Published Date: October 14, 2017
Every contractor that does business with the federal government is familiar with the requirement to use of E-Verify in order to document the employability of a contractor's employees. But, when is a contractor required to use E-Verify in Texas? And, does this requirement to use E-Verify extend to the contractor's subcontractors? All contractors and each of their subcontractors will be [...] Read More
Old Case Teaches New Tricks – Zachry and the Port of Houston
Authors: Angela A.L. Connor, Curtis W. Martin,
Published Date: March 3, 2017
Eight years after completion of the wharf project, Zachry and the Port of Houston continue to slug it out in the appellate courts and continue to refine Texas construction law along the way. In the latest appellate opinion, the Court of Appeals details the general contractor’s control of the means and methods of their work without interference from a governmental [...] Read More
United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in EEOC Subpoena Case
Published Date: March 3, 2017
On September 29, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in McLane Co. Inc.EEOC, case number 15-1248, a case that asks the Court to resolve a split in the Circuit Courts of Appeals on the proper standard of review applied to a district court decision to quash or enforce a subpoena issued by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity [...] Read More
Nationwide Immigrant Strike May Trigger Excusable Delay and Other Contract Provisions
Published Date: February 5, 2017
Yesterday, February 16, 2017, media outlets reported a nationwide strike by immigrants and businesses referred to as “A Day Without Immigrants”. The protest, organized largely through social media, was a response by some to the Trump Administration’s immigration and foreign trade policies. Participating businesses shut down and immigrants refused to work or spend money in an e.ort to demonstrate the [...] Read More
