If you build it, they will come. But what if someone else built it first? We just might find out the answer to that question if Guatemala goes forward with its new president’s plan to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. You can read about it…
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The Walls Come A’ Tumblin Down: Implosion of CityCenter’s Harmon?
OK, the walls haven’t come a’ tumblin down yet. But stay tuned. It wasn’t enough to chop a 47 story building down to 26 floors — in the middle of construction. Engineers for CityCenter, in Las Vegas, have said they need to implode the unfinished building before it collapses in…
Battling Unfair Unsats (Todd Construction, L.P. v. U.S.)
Historically, when a government contractor received an “unsatisfactory” performance rating (“Unsat”) that was issued without proper procedures being followed or was substantively erroneous, the contractor’s only immediate recourse was to ask the agency to reconsider. Otherwise, the contractor had to wait to seek judicial review through a bid protest on…
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Definition of Corporate Citizenship – Opening Door to Federal Courts
Article Co-Authored with Christian Henel The United States Supreme Court has settled a long-standing split among lower courts on the definition of a corporation’s “principal place of business” for purposes of diversity jurisdiction in federal court. The Court held a corporation has a single principal place of business for purposes…
Expert Reports, Communications Get Work Product Protection in Amendment to Federal Rules
Don’t email our testifying expert! Keep it all verbal – phone calls or in person. And for crying out loud, never let your expert keep drafts of his report! For the last 17 years, this sort of talk has been commonplace for lawyers and clients working with testifying…