Frank M. Rapoport was quoted as an expert source in a story that ran in Law360 on January 14, 2016 regarding New York state’s $100 billion in budgeted capital investments for infrastructure upgrades. Since New York has not yet enacted legislation for public-private-partnerships (P3s), Rapoport suggested that Governor Cuomo’s advisers will be looking at how are they going to come [...] Read More

Peckar & Abramson, P.C. (P&A) is pleased to announce that it has earned a spot in the top 100 law firms named in BTI Consulting Group, Inc.’s Client Service A-Team 2016. The honor acknowledges those law firms which have been recognized by legal decision makers for delivering the highest levels of client service. Read More

Christopher M. Sweeney authored an article in the AGC of America Newsletter, Volume 2, No. 1, January 2016, titled "Document Everything". The article discusses the need for contractors to keep detailed, contemporaneous documentation during the course of their projects in order to mitigate and potentially recover damages due to losses in efficiency. The best offense in an inefficiency claim is [...] Read More

David Scriven-Young was quoted in Legal News Online in the January 7, 2016 post in an article titled "SC bars Workers' Comp asbestos claim; Employers breathing "sign of relief," attorney says". The article focuses on an Illinois Supreme Court decision as it related to the time limitations for a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act and the Workers' Occupational Disease [...] Read More

Frank M. Rapoport wrote a byliner entitled "New Law Eases Public-Private Funding for Transportation Upgrades" on December 17, 2015. The article discussed the benefits of the new Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) signed into law by President Obama on December 4. He also explained how states are using the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) and revealed [...] Read More