Construction

  • October 22, 2024

    Ex-Aldi Exec Gets 2 Yrs In Construction Bid-Rigging Plot

    A former Aldi executive was sentenced to two years in prison in Illinois federal court after copping to manipulating the bidding system for construction projects in return for millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

  • October 22, 2024

    Zekelman Suit Says Mexico Steel Harming US Industry

    Steel pipe and tube maker Zekelman Industries Inc. told a D.C. federal judge that Mexico has dumped subsidized steel products into the U.S. and "devastated" a critical domestic industry in violation of a trade agreement that allowed the country to avoid tariffs former President Donald Trump imposed.

  • October 22, 2024

    Insurer Wants Payback For Brick Drop On Pa. Law Firm

    Bricks and debris fell from an old office building in downtown Pittsburgh, causing more than $51,000 in damage to the roof of Pisanchyn Law Firm, and the insurer of the property housing the firm told a Pennsylvania state court it wants payback.

  • October 22, 2024

    Wafer Factories Qualify For CHIPS Tax Credit In Final Regs

    Semiconductor wafer production facilities will qualify for the 25% investment tax credit that incentivizes advanced chip manufacturing development projects under final regulations the U.S. Department of the Treasury released Tuesday.

  • October 22, 2024

    The 2024 Prestige Leaders

    Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.

  • October 22, 2024

    How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status

    For decades, a handful of New York-based law firms thoroughly dominated the national consciousness when it came to power, profitability and prestige. But in today's legal market, increased movement of partners and clients from one firm to the next has begun to shake things up and create opportunities for go-getters to ascend the ranks.

  • October 21, 2024

    John Deere's Tractor Brake Recall Is Also Defective, Suit Says

    John Deere sold utility tractors with a brake defect that can cause them to crash, and the company's recent recall doesn't guarantee a permanent fix but rather appears to simply "replace defective systems with even more defective systems," according to a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court.

  • October 21, 2024

    Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG Want DC Circ. FERC Ruling Redo

    Backers of liquefied natural gas projects on Texas' Gulf Coast are asking the D.C. Circuit to revisit a panel ruling that vacated their Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reauthorization orders, with Rio Grande LNG LLC saying that the flawed ruling threatens to halt its $18 billion project and put its future at "grave risk."

  • October 21, 2024

    9th Circ. Doubts Calif. City Can Sue Over Housing Mandates

    A Ninth Circuit panel expressed skepticism Monday that Huntington Beach, California, has standing to sue the state in federal court over California's housing mandates because it's an autonomous charter city, with one judge saying the city "is not some free floating entity that gets to do whatever it wants."

  • October 21, 2024

    Baha Mar Developer Wins $1.6B Verdict Over Delays

    A New York state judge has handed the developer of the Bahamian resort Baha Mar a $1.6 billion verdict against a Chinese state-owned construction firm that was accused of concealing its massive delays in building the project and then sabotaging the development entirely when it realized catching up was hopeless.

  • October 21, 2024

    DC Circ. Unsure Right Law Used To Challenge Alaska LNG Project

    Two conservation groups faced a skeptical D.C. Circuit panel on Monday in their challenge to the U.S. Department of Energy's reapproval of a $44 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska.

  • October 21, 2024

    9th Circ. Probes Bargaining Order Limits In 1st Cemex Review

    In the first court challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's landmark Cemex ruling, the Ninth Circuit grappled Monday with whether the labor board's new standard for issuing bargaining orders complies with a framework the U.S. Supreme Court set out more than 50 years ago.

  • October 21, 2024

    Gov't Seeks To End Most Presumptive 'Buy American' Waivers

    The White House said Monday the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council will remove most items from its list of presumptive exemptions to the "Buy American" requirements for federal acquisitions, including crude oil, furthering the Biden administration's efforts to boost domestic manufacturing.

  • October 21, 2024

    DC Moves To Buy NBA, NHL Arena In $800M Overhaul Plan

    Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday announced the introduction of legislation to buy Capital One Arena for $87.5 million to keep the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards in town, after months of negotiations with Sidley Austin LLP advising the arena owner.

  • October 21, 2024

    Haynes Boone, ArentFox Schiff Advise $1B Paving Co. Deal

    Haynes and Boone LLP represented Alabama road builder Construction Partners Inc. in its nearly $1 billion acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Lone Star Paving, which relied on advice from ArentFox Schiff LLP in the transaction.

  • October 18, 2024

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2024 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • October 18, 2024

    Judge Blasts Feds' 'Utter Failure' To Quantify Climate Impact

    A Colorado federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the Clean Water Act and other federal guidelines in approving a dredging permit for a Denver dam project, calling out the agency's "utter failure" to study the impacts of climate change and alternatives that would avoid impacting wetlands.

  • October 18, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Partly Restores Suit Over Utility Line Patent

    The Federal Circuit has revived part of a lawsuit that alleged Metrotech Corp. infringed a competitor's patent covering ways for finding underground utility lines, finding that a lower court needs to take another look at key patent terminology.

  • October 18, 2024

    DC Firms Look To Exit Suit Over $120M Iraq Award

    Pierson Ferdinand LLP and another boutique firm have urged the D.C. Circuit to let them withdraw as counsel for Iraq as the country looks to overturn an order allowing a construction firm permission to go after Iraqi assets to satisfy a $120 million judgment, saying the country owes some $25,000 in legal fees and has stopped responding to the firms' inquiries on the litigation.

  • October 18, 2024

    Feds Win 1st Trial In Sprawling NYC Housing Bribery Case

    A former New York City Housing Authority superintendent was convicted of taking bribes to award no-bid contracts, handing federal prosecutors a win in the first trial in a case that saw 70 defendants arrested earlier this year.

  • October 18, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Baker, Simpson, Ropes

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Lundbeck inks a $2.6 billion cash deal for Longboard, Silver Lake agrees to buy Zuora for $1.7 billion, and PPG and American Industrial Partners reach a $550 million deal.

  • October 17, 2024

    Monsanto Again Seeks Pause As Seattle PCB Trial Begins

    Monsanto is continuing its appellate bid to put off a chemical poisoning trial already underway in Washington state court as the plaintiffs told a Seattle jury on Thursday the company owes them more than $450 million, in the 10th such trial tied to an Evergreen State school.

  • October 17, 2024

    Engineer Wood PLC Faces Contempt Bid Amid Pipeline Spat

    A contractor facing claims that it mismanaged the construction of a $22 million Colonial Pipeline Co. fuel terminal in Georgia asked a federal judge Thursday to hold multinational engineering firm John L. Wood PLC in contempt of court for playing "word games" with a recent subpoena.

  • October 17, 2024

    Infrastructure Co. Owes $2.4M In Arb. Fees In Solar Plant Fight

    A federal judge has upheld an award of $2.4 million in fees to a Spanish construction firm in its dispute with an infrastructure company over a failed energy project in the Nevada desert, ruling an arbitration tribunal did not ignore the law in the breach of contract action.

  • October 17, 2024

    Brothers Get Prison For Ga. Concrete Bid-Rigging Scheme

    A Georgia federal judge on Thursday sentenced brothers Gregory Hall Melton and John David Melton to serve time in prison for their roles in a scheme to fix prices and rig bids for the ready-mix concrete market in the greater Savannah area.

Expert Analysis

  • How Multifamily Property Owners Can Plan For The EV Future

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    As the electric vehicle market expands, and federal and state incentives and mandates intended to promote EV use come into effect, owners and operators of multifamily residential properties should be prepared to meet the growing demand for onsite EV charging infrastructure, say Sydney Tucker and Andreas Wokutch at Frost Brown.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Enviro Policy Trends That Will Continue Beyond The Election

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    Come October in a presidential election year, the policy world feels like a winner-take-all scenario, with the outcome of the vote determining how or even whether we are regulated — but there are several key ongoing trends that will continue to drive environmental regulation regardless of the election results, say J. Michael Showalter and Samuel Rasche at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs

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    The Secret Service’s problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Series

    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers

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    With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

  • Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Spanish Assets At Risk Abroad

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    The recent seizure of a portion of London Luton Airport after an English High Court ruling is the latest installment in a long-running saga over Spain’s failure to honor arbitration awards, highlighting the complexities involved when state-owned enterprises become entangled in disputes stemming from their government's actions, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square Chambers.

  • SBA Proposal Materially Alters Contractor Recertification

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    The Small Business Administration's new proposed rule on recertification affects eligibility for set-aside contracts, significantly alters the landscape for mergers and acquisitions in the government contracts industry, and could have other unintended downstream consequences, says Sam Finnerty at PilieroMazza.

  • A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President

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    For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.

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