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Construction Law

  • A Recent Supreme Court Decision Found an Owner of a Construction Company Personally Liable to the Owners of a Project

    October 11, 2015

    As most people are aware, one of the benefits of doing business as a corporation or limited liability company is that, generally speaking, the owners [...]

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  • National Labor Relations Board Expands Joint Employer Status

    September 25, 2015

    In a 3-2 decision along party lines on August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board dealt a significant blow to contractors and other businesses [...]

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  • Contractual Time Limits for Providing Notice of Claim Must be Taken Seriously

    August 16, 2015

    The Connecticut Appellate Court recently issued a decision that should cause every contractor some concern.  In J. WM. Foley Inc. v. United Illuminating Co., 158 Conn. [...]

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  • Only the “Owner” may seek Judicial Discharge of Mechanic’s Liens

    August 3, 2015

    The Connecticut Superior Court recently decided a case of first impression regarding the right to file an application for discharge of mechanic’s liens.  The court in Grade [...]

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  • Recent Local Law Shows that the Law’s Understanding of Blasting is not Improving

    July 19, 2015

    In 2003, I published an article in The Journal of Explosives Engineering entitled “The Laws Governing Blasting,” in which I explained that, despite the fact [...]

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  • Recent Supreme Court Case Teaches Important Lessons

    July 2, 2015

    It is no secret that public works construction is a difficult business. On any given project there are innumerable ways that things can go wrong. [...]

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  • Changes to the Prevailing Wage Law Considered

    June 17, 2015

    According to Conn. Gen. Stat. §31-53, all public works construction contracts require the wages paid on the project to “be at a rate equal to [...]

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  • With Payment Bond Claims, Different Rules Apply to the Bond Claimant and the Surety

    March 22, 2015

    As previously discussed in this Blog, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-41 requires each general contractor on a public works projects valued over $100,000 to post [...]

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  • The Right to Arbitrate may be Waived if Opposing Party Suffers Prejudice

    November 9, 2014

    As discussed previously in this blog, arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution procedure, whereby the parties to a construction contract can agree to have their [...]

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