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• The Prevailing View on Prevailing Wages ( August 2003 )
  Lewis G. Feldman and Diane Bazan Young of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  Recently enacted California legislation impacts when a private development project will be classified as a "public work," triggering the payment of so-called prevailing wages. Prevailing wages are hourly work rates published quarterly by the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) as the minimum wage rates payable to construction workers employed on public works in California. Prevailing wage requirements can escalate labor costs by 5% to 15%, or higher. Contractors who fail to pay prevailing wages face retroactive liability for the difference between wages actually paid and the prevailing wage rates applicable to the trade employed.

• Roofer Obtains 4.529 Million Dollar Verdict Against Contract Manager ( October 2000 )
  Law Offices of Stephen A. Markey, III, P.C.

  On February 1, 2000 a Baltimore City jury awarded A-1 Roofing, Inc., a Baltimore County roofing contractor, and its.

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds the Validity of a Construction Management Contract Awarded without Competitive Bidding in Malloy v. Boyertown Area School Board ( December 1999 )
  Saul Ewing LLP

  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided a much discussed case on construction management, holding that school d.

• When bad things happen to good projects ( September 1999 )
  Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  Restructurings related to projects can prove especially complex. Robert Vitale of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, N.

• Litigation Deadlines: If you snooze, you can lose! ( August 1999 )
  Harold Chu, Attorney at Law, ALC

  If you are involved in a matter which may lead to litigation, it is extremely important to keep.

• Detroit Living Wage Ordinance is Born ( January 1999 )
  Bodman LLP

  The Detroit Living Wage Ordinance, passed by City of Detroit voters last November, applies to employers who, on or .

• Detroit's New Living Wage Ordinance ( January 1999 )
  Brown Schwartz & Patterson

  A "NEW" MINIMUM WAGE: Late last year, the voters of the City of Detroit passed a Living Wage Ordinance. Employer.

• Subcontracting With Corporations ( June 1998 )
  Slocum & Boddie, P.C.

  CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERVIEW The act of contracting and the law of contracts is pervasive .