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- Subcontractor Default Insurance (“SDI”): Can a Contractor’s SDI Insurer Claw Back Payments Made After a Claim Has Been Adjusted?
- Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Accrual Date of Construction Defect Limitations Period
- Your AI Chat Logs May Be Exhibit A
- The Enforceability of Liquidated Damages for Delays to Final Completion
- A Bid for Constitutionality
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Category: Briefing Papers
Public Bidding: The City of Des Moines Solves a Problem That Appears Not to Exist
When it comes to awarding of government contracts to private contractors, the goal is to make sure that there is free competition among all of the contractors who submit bids such that the…
read MoreIs the New “Responsible Contractor” Bill Irresponsible?
Overview In order to be awarded any public project, the contractor or proposer must be found to be “responsible.” Sometimes, the term “responsible” is defined in the solicitation and part of determining the…
read MoreIndemnity Wars: Anti-Indemnity Legislation Across the Fifty States
Click here to read the article written for the Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers by Dean Thomson and Colin Bruns entitled “Indemnity Wars: Anti-Indemnity Legislation Across the Fifty States”.
read MoreWhat HR Needs to Know About the Women’s Economic Security Act
On Mother’s Day 2014, Governor Dayton signed the Women’s Economic Security Act (“WESA”) into law. The law includes the following provisions, many of which require employers to update policies, including handbooks: • Effective…
read More3D Printing: A New Dimension in Construction
Three dimensional (3D) printing is taking the world by storm. President Barack Obama recently said that “3D printing technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.”[1] News and scientific…
read MoreMN Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Construction, 2014 Edition – Contractors Need to be Aware of MnDOT’s Significant Division I Revisions – Part 3 of 3 – Sections 1800 and 1900
This briefing paper is Part 3 of a three part series discussing the Minnesota Department of Transportation 2014 Standard Specifications for Construction. In Part 1, which can be found here on our firm’s…
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