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briefing papers
- Potential Pitfalls in Paid Leave: More Independent Contractor Confusion?
- The Corporate Transparency Act and What it Means for U.S. Companies
- Performance Specifications and the Non-Delegable Duty: The Pitfalls of Design Delegation for Contractors and Design Professionals Alike
- Fabyanske Firm Sues to Protect Integrity of Minneapolis Procurements
- How Race-Based Admissions Preferences being Deemed Unconstitutional May Impact the DBE Program
announcements
- Dean Thomson and Mark Becker Will be Speaking at the 2025 Minnesota Construction Summit
- Dean Thomson was selected by Finance and Commerce and Minnesota Lawyer’s 2024 ICON Honors
- Potential Pitfalls in Paid Leave: More Independent Contractor Confusion?
- The Corporate Transparency Act and What it Means for U.S. Companies
- Congratulations to Hugh Brown for being appointed to the Steering Committee of Division 10 of the ABA’s Forum on Construction Law
Category: Briefing Papers
Do Construction-Manager-at-Risk Contracts Alter the Spearin Doctrine?
Nathan Sellers is an associate in the firm’s Construction Law Department. Nathan can be reached at 612.359.7606 or nsellers@fwhtlaw.com The implied warranty of design adequacy protects contractors on traditional design-bid-build construction projects. The…
read MorePublic Bidding: New Jurisdictional Hurdles for Minnesota Bid Protests
Tom Vollbrecht is a shareholder in the firm’s Construction Law Department. Tom can be reached at 612.359.7659 or tvollbrecht@fwhtlaw.com Public contracts are the life blood of many contractors and an important source of…
read MorePower and Communications Construction: 2015 and Beyond
I recently attended the 70th Annual Power & Communications Contractors Association (“PCCA”) convention, “unfortunately” located in Aruba. It was quite the hardship. Construction industry experts were assembled to discuss market opinions, trends, outlooks…
read MorePublic Bidding: The City of Des Moines Solves a Problem That Appears Not to Exist
When it comes to awarding of government contracts to private contractors, the goal is to make sure that there is free competition among all of the contractors who submit bids such that the…
read MoreIs the New “Responsible Contractor” Bill Irresponsible?
Overview In order to be awarded any public project, the contractor or proposer must be found to be “responsible.” Sometimes, the term “responsible” is defined in the solicitation and part of determining the…
read MoreIndemnity Wars: Anti-Indemnity Legislation Across the Fifty States
Click here to read the article written for the Journal of the American College of Construction Lawyers by Dean Thomson and Colin Bruns entitled “Indemnity Wars: Anti-Indemnity Legislation Across the Fifty States”.
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