All too often the California Contractors State License Board issues a press release confirming that it has cited numerous individuals for, among other things, unlawfully advertising as contractors when they are not, in fact, licensed contractors. However, California’s Contractors’ State License Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 7000, et…
The Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) in its Horizons (Aug. 2014) sets forth tips designed to help Nevada contractors to contract for work and to work within Nevada’s contractors’ law. This handy checklist may be helpful to contractors in other states as well. For additional information about Nevada’s contractor’s law…
On August 20, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reviewed the lower court’s decision to grant summary judgment to the Department of the Interior in a case involving the Department’s enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and the Golden Eagle Protection Act (GEPA). These…
Last year, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the construction of a domestic oil pipeline known as the Flanagan South Pipeline that is to be constructed under the supervision of Enbridge Pipelines, LLC. In that decision, reported at…
In the case of Sierra Club, et. al., v. EPA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that EPA cannot rely on Chevron deference to authorize its grant of a Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit to Avenal Power Center based on superseded National Ambient Air Quality…
Recently President Obama issued an Executive Order purportedly seeking to increase efficiency and cost savings in the work performed by parties who contract with the Federal Government by ensuring that they understand and comply with labor laws. In sum, the Executive Order requires contractors seeking federal contracts to disclose labor…
On August 8, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued a ruling affirming the lower court’s holding that Union Pacific (UP) did not breach the tolling agreement it entered into with ASARCO, LLC while a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) dispute was being resolved with EPA.…
The United States District Court for the District of Oregon held that property damage incurred to a condominium project resulting from a myriad of construction defects constituted just one occurrence under the relevant excess general liability policy. In Chartis Specialty Ins. Co. v. American Contractors Ins. Co. Risk Retention Group…
In the case of CEnergy-Glenmore Wind Farm #1, LLC, v. Town of Glenmore, decided on August 7, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the Town of Glenmore, Wisconsin’s delay and final rejection of wind farm building permits did not violate…
Yesterday, Pillsbury attorneys Ken Taber, Paula Weber, Rebecca Carr Rizzo and Stephen Asay published their advisory titled “Ban the Box” Legislation Expands Across the Country Employers Need to Update Employment Applications and Policies. The Advisory discusses the growing national movement to “Ban the Box” – i.e., to prohibit questions about…