Client Alerts & Publications
Federal Court of Appeals Signals End to Project Labor Agreement Requirements
Published Date: October 1, 2016
Recently, a federal court in New Jersey issued a decision which very well may invalidate all Project Labor Agreements ("PLA's") entered into as a condition to receipt of tax incentives for private development. Tax incentives utilized to promote private development are different, according to the court, than typical public works projects where PLA requirements have generally been held valid. Owners, [...] Read More
Breaking News Regarding Chapter 558 Defense Costs
Published Date: August 2, 2016
The Federal Appellate Court that heard the issue of whether insurance carriers issuing policies of insurance in Florida are required to provide their insureds a defense from allegations of construction defects asserted through the pre-suit Chapter 558 process before the commencement of a formal lawsuit or arbitration proceeding saw the issue as unresolved by Florida law and took the extraordinary [...] Read More
NJ Supreme Court Rules On Subcontractor Damages Under Liability Policy
Published Date: August 2, 2016
In a recent significant decision, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that defective work of a subcontractor that causes consequential property damage is both an “occurrence” and “property damage” under the terms of a standard form commercial general liability (“CGL”) insurance policy. Cypress Point Condominium Assoc., Inc., v Adria Towers, L.L.C., 2016 N.J. Lexis 847 (Aug. 4, 2016). This [...] Read More
NJ Supreme Court Outlines Test for Forced Expulsion of LLC Member
Published Date: August 1, 2016
In the first significant opinion to interpret New Jersey’s Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (“RULLCA”), New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled on August 2, 2016 that members of an LLC seeking to expel another member have a “high bar” to meet. In IE Test, LLC v. Carroll, 2016 WL 4086260 (N.J. Aug. 2, 2016), Justice Patterson outlined the test to [...] Read More
Governor Christie Shuts $3.5 Billion In Transportation Projects
Published Date: July 2, 2016
New Jersey’s massive statewide transportation project shutdown comes about as the result of Gov. Christie’s June 30, 2016 Executive Order 210, which declared a State of Emergency due to the New Jersey State Senate’s failure to act on reauthorizing the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority (TTFA or the “Authority”). Without an established plan for providing additional funding sources for [...] Read More
