Construction Law
Analysis of laws and legal topics that impact the business of constructing, redeveloping, or servicing buildings and industrial facilities.
Since the Texas Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in El Paso Field Services, L.P. v. MasTec North America, contractors may be held liable for design defects even if the designs, plans, or specifications were provided by the owner or the owner’s design professional. Texas lawmakers are trying to change this outcome. Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) and Representative Jeff Leach (R-Plano) have introdu...
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In February 2020, the House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (H.R. 2474), known as the PRO Act. The PRO Act contains a number of anti-management, pro-union changes to various labor laws, many of which have existed in the United States for decades. President Biden has already promised to sign the PRO Act if it comes across his desk, and with a Democratic-co...
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