May 3, 2021 Maryland House Bill 581 has been voted on favorably by state delegates with amendments by the House Economic Matters Committee and is expected to pass. The bill was very extensively and heavily amended after significant debate and lobbying. It is expected that HB 581 will be acted upon favorably by the… Read more »
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Legislative Updates May 2021
May 3, 2021 The Alliance for Construction Excellence (ACE) has been working diligently for the past four months following legislative activities in Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C. area. In Maryland efforts were successful in opposing House Bill 581 and Senate Bill 486 which would have required contractors to pay hazard pay to all construction… Read more »
Limiting the Right of Offset: Is it the Start of a New Trend?
Published: June 24, 2020 Article provided by © 2020, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP LAUREN P. MCLAUGHLIN Partner Tysons, Virginia T: 703.506.1990 E: lpmclaughlin@smithcurrie.com RAZIYE ANDICAN Associate Tysons, Virginia T: 703.506.1990 E: randican@smithcurrie.com Disputes frequently arise at the end of a project between subcontractors and general contractors regarding offset. For contractors who have engaged a particular subcontractor… Read more »
Battling the General Contractor’s Right to Offset in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia:
May 14, 2020 Right of Offset Document A scorecard for the subcontractor community By: Lauren P. McLaughlin, Esq. and Raziye Andican, Esq. For subcontractors, there are few instances more frustrating than receiving an unexpected and previously-undisclosed list of backcharges that are being deducted from the final payment due and owing to your company. Even more… Read more »
Virginia Legislative Update
April 29, 2020 What have we accomplished? As of July 1, 2020 “offset” language in a contract that allows a prime contractor to withhold funds on one job because of a dispute on another job is void and unenforceable. Legal protection for subcontractors by preventing a prime contractor from requiring an advance waiver of a… Read more »
Sorting Out Worker Misclassification
December 16, 2019 EC&M CONSTRUCTION Sorting Out Worker Misclassification The increase in gig workers has more companies testing the teeth of worker misclassification rules. They’re about to come under the gun in California, but some construction contractor practices may get a pass. Tom Zind | Nov 18, 2019 It’s a match made in heaven — at least… Read more »
New Jersey Passes the Broadest Wage Theft Law in Country With Dire Consequences for Employers – Attorney Advertising
August 12, 2019 Introduction: On the heels of the broadest Pay Equity law in the country, New Jersey has just passed the broadest wage theft law in the country, which is certain to lead to increased litigation. Unwary employers may not only be facing insurmountable fines and penalties, but potentially jail time for even minor… Read more »
D. C. Project: Slow or No Pay for Subcontractors
Companies struggle to get paid for building first new D.C. homeless family shelter An exterior view of the Kennedy, a new homeless shelter in Northwest Washington where officials celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 26, 2018. The companies that worked to build the shelter are now locked in a payment dispute. (Fenit Nirappil/The Washington Post)… Read more »
Permit Application Enhancements
June 10, 2019 Content provided by: Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs Permit Application Enhancements The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) is streamlining the construction permitting process starting with updates to the online building permit application. This will be the first of a series of enhancements geared towards improving the customer… Read more »
Warner Session focuses on air, traffic control with MWAA
June 7, 2019 Warner Session is chairman of the board for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority JOANNE S. LAWTON Article provided by Emily Van Zandt – Special Projects Editor, Washington Business Journal Jun 6, 2019, 2:05pm EDT When it comes to airline travel, Warner Session doesn’t have too many pet peeves. That is, unless the person seated in front of… Read more »