/construction?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Construction Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:41:56 +0000 /construction/articles/2361253?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2361253 The past week in London has seen the owner of Crystal Palace and the troubled Olympique Lyonnais football clubs sue its current chief executive John Textor, Fieldfisher faces a claim by Georgian businessman Zaza Okusahvili, and a dispute partner at Travers Smith file a personal injury claim against the firm. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:51:35 +0000 /construction/articles/2361151?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2361151 A California federal judge on Thursday granted the U.S. government's bid to trim some claims from a suit challenging aspects of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site cleanup in San Francisco, but not all of them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:15:42 +0000 /construction/articles/2361154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2361154 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insight into this week's reforms to the California Environmental Quality Act, how states are approaching energy demand for data center projects, and where the commercial and residential real estate sectors stand at the midyear. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:12:40 +0000 /construction/articles/2361055?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2361055 A New Jersey appellate panel declined to expand the principles of sidewalk liability for commercial properties to a residential property that was unoccupied and undergoing renovations on Thursday, backing a lower court ruling that held the property was not used for investment nor to generate a profit. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /construction/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /construction/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:09:54 +0000 /construction/articles/2358294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2358294 Three recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings — Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, Oklahoma v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining — form a jurisprudential watershed in administrative and environmental law, affirming statutory standing and venue provisions as the backbone of coherent judicial review, say attorneys at GableGotwals. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:02:36 +0000 /construction/articles/2332681?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2332681 Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:29 +0000 /construction/articles/2360386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360386 The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:10:15 +0000 /construction/articles/2360926?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360926 A group of Anchorage, Alaska, residents opposed to a plan to build a casino urged a federal judge to reconsider a ruling finding the Native Village of Eklutna has sovereign immunity and can't face a lawsuit seeking to block the development plan. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:09:59 +0000 /construction/articles/2360220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360220 The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:44:34 +0000 /construction/articles/2359970?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2359970 Massachusetts' top court has tackled a controversial housing initiative, the thorny issue of qualified immunity for public employees and even a high-profile murder case in the first six months of 2025. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:48:27 +0000 /construction/articles/2360388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360388 Changes to utility pole attachment rules to expedite broadband deployment could be among the first actions under a much wider "Build America" agenda unveiled Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission chief. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:04:57 +0000 /construction/articles/2360580?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360580 A coalition of labor unions has told the First Circuit that the abrupt termination of Biden-era humanitarian parole programs is generating "chaos in American workplaces," as workers lose their work authorization and employers are left in the lurch. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:34:37 +0000 /construction/articles/2360394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360394 A former Georgia worker for construction materials manufacturer Sto Corp. accused the company in a Tuesday disability discrimination lawsuit of showing him the door after he was hospitalized with a heart condition. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:27:14 +0000 /construction/articles/2359548?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2359548 A Tennessee federal judge has sanctioned a group of building manufacturing employees and ordered them to pay their former employers' attorney fees, finding they'd intentionally withheld and spoiled evidence during discovery. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:27:12 +0000 /construction/articles/2360446?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360446 A contractor dismantling a former coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania is seeking a court order preventing its replacement from removing scrap material and equipment during a dispute with the developer who wants to turn the site into a data center. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0000 /construction/articles/2359493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2359493 Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:02:10 +0000 /construction/articles/2359501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2359501 Justice Clarence Thomas' recent concurrence in Kousisis v. U.S. lays out how federal funding recipients could use the high standard for materiality in government fraud cases to fight the U.S. Justice Department’s threatened False Claims Act suits against payees deviating from the administration’s anti-DEI policies, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:55:34 +0000 /construction/articles/2360176?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /construction/articles/2360176 While tariff, tax policy and bankruptcy news seemingly portends unending challenges for the U.S. solar energy industry, signs of continued growth in solar generating capacity and domestic solar manufacturing suggest that there is a path forward, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.