Construction

  • August 05, 2025

    Property Co. Backs Calif. Tribe In $700M Casino Row

    A property owner has urged a D.C. federal judge in an amicus brief to grant the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' quick win bid in the tribe's suit accusing the federal government of wrongfully blocking the tribe's $700 million casino project in Vallejo, California.

  • August 05, 2025

    Duane Morris Grows Trial Team With Construction Litigator

    Duane Morris LLP is continuing to grow its trial practice group, announcing Tuesday that it has hired a former Harris Winick Harris LLP attorney who specializes in construction litigation.

  • August 05, 2025

    Housing Builder Boxabl Goes Public Via $3.5B SPAC Deal

    Housing solutions company Boxabl Inc., advised by Winston & Strawn LLP, announced plans on Tuesday to go public via a merger with Loeb & Loeb LLP-led special purpose acquisition company FG Merger II Corp. in a deal that values the business at $3.5 billion.

  • August 04, 2025

    Subcontractor Can't Get Fees In Seattle Sewer Pipeline Saga

    A Washington state appeals court panel will not let a subcontractor recoup roughly $500,000 in legal fees and costs tied to a construction firm's passthrough claims over a county-commissioned sewer pipeline project in Seattle, ruling on Monday the subcontractor was never dubbed the winner in the dispute.

  • August 04, 2025

    Davis Polk, Skadden Steer HNI's $2.2B Steelcase Acquisition

    Workplace furnishing and residential building product manufacturer HNI Corp., advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Monday announced plans to acquire office, home and learning environment solutions maker Steelcase, led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, in a $2.2 billion cash-and-stock deal.

  • August 04, 2025

    Fla. Tribe Joins Suit Over 'Alligator Alcatraz' In Everglades

    A Florida tribe has joined green groups in hitting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and state officials with environmental claims that the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades violates a slew of federal statutes.

  • August 04, 2025

    Home Depot's Self-Checkout Kiosks Violate BIPA, Suit Says

    Home Depot was hit with proposed class biometric privacy claims Monday by a customer who says the facial recognition technology the retailer deploys at its self-checkout kiosks illegally scans, collects and uses consumers' geometric facial data without informed consent.

  • August 04, 2025

    4th Circ. Says Lead Paint Suit Rightly Returned To State Court

    The Fourth Circuit has affirmed the remand of a proposed class action alleging a television tower owner and a painting company blasted lead-based paint off the tower and into surrounding neighborhoods, finding the case fits within the "local controversy" exception in the Class Action Fairness Act.

  • August 04, 2025

    NYC Music Venue Operator Hits Ch. 11 After Project Delays

    Avant Gardner, a New York City music venue owner, filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on Monday, saying renovation and permitting troubles at the Brooklyn Mirage, its largest venue, stopped it from hosting events in the space for the 2025 season.

  • August 01, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Succession Planning, 'Build, Baby, Build'

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into how law firms are winning the succession game, and the Trump administration's efforts to cut red tape for data center projects.

  • August 01, 2025

    Alaskan Tribe's Breach Claim Axed In Gold Mine Permit Fight

    An Alaska judge threw out a breach of trust claim against the federal government and a mining company in a challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to issue a permit for an open gold mine near the Yukon border.

  • August 01, 2025

    Texas Bill Seeks Permanent Limit For Property Tax Increases

    Texas would establish a permanent cap on increases in the appraised value of real property other than residence homesteads for property tax purposes if voters approve a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing the cap, as part of legislation filed in the state House of Representatives.

  • August 01, 2025

    Pennsylvania Legislation To Watch For The Rest Of 2025

    Legislation working its way through the Pennsylvania Legislature this year includes bids to expand the state's consumer protection law to make it harder for companies to lock customers into automatically renewing subscriptions and for landlords to use software to collaborate with one another to inflate rents. Here are some bills to watch in the latter half of 2025.

  • August 01, 2025

    Developer Group Wants Pittsburgh Inclusionary Zoning On Ice

    A Pittsburgh trade group has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to temporarily bar enforcement of a zoning ordinance mandating that large multifamily developments include affordable units, after the city's planning department demanded that a member comply with the ordinance.

  • August 01, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen several telco giants hit with a trademark claim, a collapsed hotel company sue a property investor in an ongoing dispute over a decades-old hotel sale, and two litigation funders square off against each other.

  • July 31, 2025

    CSX Settles Derailment Suit With NC Mine On Eve Of Trial

    CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle its multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a North Carolina sand and gravel mine over a 2018 derailment during Hurricane Florence that destroyed its locomotives, ending the litigation just one week before trial was set to begin.

  • July 31, 2025

    Tribe Can Join Fight Against 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Judge Says

    A Florida federal judge has allowed the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida to intervene in a lawsuit filed by green groups against the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" constructed in the Everglades after the tribe argued the facility poses a direct threat to its livelihood.

  • July 31, 2025

    Arbitrators Nix $65M Georgia Port Project Claim

    The country of Georgia said Thursday that it has fended off a roughly $65 million claim asserted by a Dutch investor in a Black Sea deep-water port project that never came to fruition, a year after the country prevailed in a contract-based $1.5 billion arbitration over the same project.

  • July 31, 2025

    Judge Questions Gov't Objection To Shielding FEMA Funds

    A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday questioned the Trump administration's assertion that it has not redirected funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs, even as the government was objecting to states' narrow request to protect the funds for now.

  • July 31, 2025

    Sunnova Cleared To Sell Assets To Lenders In Ch. 11

    Solar panel business Sunnova Energy International Inc. secured a Texas bankruptcy judge's blessing Thursday to sell almost all of its assets to a group of lenders for about $118 million.

  • July 31, 2025

    Energy Co. Tells 4th Circ. Land Access Needed For Power Line

    A Public Service Energy Group unit trying to build a 67-mile transmission line in Maryland asked the Fourth Circuit to deny property owners' bid to keep it off their lands, arguing it has a right to complete surveys needed for regulatory approvals.

  • July 30, 2025

    U.S. Co. Defends $1B Suit Over Nixed LNG Facility In Canada

    A U.S. company making a $1 billion claim against Canada over a stymied liquefied natural gas facility in Québec is urging an international tribunal not to toss the case on jurisdictional grounds, saying the country's objections are without merit.

  • July 30, 2025

    Davis Polk, King & Spalding Build $2.35B AccuLynx Sale

    Data analytics and technology company Verisk, advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Wednesday announced plans to acquire software-as-a-service company AccuLynx, led by King & Spalding LLP, in a $2.35 billion cash deal.

  • July 30, 2025

    DC Judge Demands More Details On Atty's Fake Citations

    In a minute order entered Wednesday, the Washington, D.C., federal judge presiding over a former executive's qui tam False Claims Act suit against a government contractor ordered plaintiff's counsel to provide more information on how nine citation errors came to be included in a motion last week, calling explanations to date "wholly inadequate."

  • July 30, 2025

    Buddhist Group's Suit Against Everglades Project Advances

    A Florida Buddhist center's suit against an Army Corps of Engineers project in the Everglades will continue after a district court judge determined the center plausibly argued that the potential impacts of the project's construction didn't become clear until at least 2022.

Expert Analysis

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Terminations Galore

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    Attorneys at Seyfarth examine three recent decisions in which the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals provide valuable insights into contract terminations, modifications and the jurisdictional requirements for claims.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

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    Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

  • NM Case Shows Power Of Environmental Public Nuisance Law

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    A recent ruling from a New Mexico appeals court finding that a pattern of environmental violations, even without any substantial impact on a nearby community, can trigger nuisance liability — including potential damages and injunctive relief — has important implications for regulated entities in the state, says Kaleb Brooks at Spencer Fane.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

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    Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Opinion

    After Fires, Calif. Must Streamline Enviro Reviews For Housing

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    Recent waivers to the California Environmental Quality Act and other laws granted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to expedite reconstruction of residential property damaged in the Los Angeles wildfires are laudable — but given the state's widespread housing shortage, policymakers should extend the same benefits to other communities, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Jurisdiction Argument In USAID Dissent Is Up For Debate

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    A dissent refuting the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent order directing the U.S. Agency for International Development to pay $2 billion in frozen foreign aid argued that claims relating to already-completed government contract work belong in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims – answering an important question, but with a debatable conclusion, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

  • How Importers Can Minimize FCA Risks Of Tariff Mitigation

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    False Claims Act risks are inherent in many tariff mitigation strategies, making it important for importers to implement best practices to identify and report potential violations of import regulations before they escalate, says Samuel Finkelstein at LMD Trade Law.

  • Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Making The Opportunity Zones Program Great At Last

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    As the opportunity zone program approaches its expiration, the Republican-led government could take specific steps to extend and improve the program, address its structural flaws, encourage broader participation and enable it to live up to its promised outcomes, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

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    As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Series

    Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw

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    As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.

  • Weathering Policy Zig-Zags In Gov't Contracting Under Trump

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    To succeed amid the massive shift in federal contracting policies heralded by President Donald Trump's return to office, contractors should be prepared for increased costs and enhanced False Claims Act enforcement, and to act swiftly to avail themselves of contractual remedies, says Jacob Scott at Smith Currie.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

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