Background
Like most states, New Jersey has as statute that seeks to incentive prompt payment to contractors and subcontractors. New Jersey’s Pompt Payment Act is designed to further New Jersey’s “strong public policy to ensure that contractors performing construction work in New Jersey are paid promptly.” Erco Interior Sys., Inc. v. Nat’l Commercial Builders, Inc.,
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Zoom Webinar: State and Federal Prompt Payment Act
On Friday, November 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. I am hosting a free zoom webinar on federal and state prompt payment act (primarily New Jersey and Pennsylvania). Owner learn how not to get smacked with heavy interest and attorneys fees on small payment disputes. Contractors and subcontractors learn how to get your invoices paid and…
Go Woke, Go Broke (or Disbarred): President Signs Executive Order Banning Race and Sex Stereotyping by Federal Contractors
On September 22, 2020, President Trump signed an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from using diversity training to peddle false theories that America is a racist country and that white men are inherently racist and sexist. As the executive order points out, examples of diversity training gone awry include recent training at the Smithsonian Institute…
Federal Court Opinion Has Huge Impact on the Construction Industry
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia recently issued an opinion that should get the attention of any contractor or subcontractor performing work on a federal funded construction project. In U.S. ex rel IBEW Local 98 v. The Fairfield Company, the federal court held that a contractor on a…
Federal Arbitration Act Preempts Pennsylvania Payment Act
I am back. It feels like an entirety since I last posted. But a hellacious trial schedule got me off the blogosphere for some time. Plus, there was nothing to write about.
But I am back with a bang thanks to a decision from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania concerning the interplay of a forum…
SCOTUS Opens Up Federal Courts to Land Owners
For nearly 36 years, the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U.S. 172, 105 S.Ct. 3108, 87 L.Ed.2d 126 (1985) severely frustrated, if not all but foreclosed, a property owner’s right to bring a claim in federal court based on a regulatory taking. …
Differing Site Conditions Webinar
Government Contractors Need to Learn about Apprentice Programs
Here is a link to the model legislation that I referenced in the video: http://www2.lecet.org/mura/clearinghouse/assets/File/Responsible%20Contractor%20Policy.pdf
The Reports of Scabby the Rat’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
I’ll Do It Live – Mechanics Lien Seminar
Posting this for two reasons. First, folks apparently really liked the lien and bond chart I posted a few weeks ago. Second, I want mix things up and mess around with video as a medium for discuss. So, I am going to do series of video blog posts over the next few weeks. Next week…