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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
- Mark Becker presenting “Worker Misclassification Issues” on Thursday, January 23rd at MSBA Construction Law event.
- 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
Category: Briefing Papers
Indemnity 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”.
read MoreWhat HR Needs to Know About the Women’s Economic Security Act
On Mother’s Day 2014, Governor Dayton signed the Women’s Economic Security Act (“WESA”) into law. The law includes the following provisions, many of which require employers to update policies, including handbooks: • Effective…
read More3D Printing: A New Dimension in Construction
Three dimensional (3D) printing is taking the world by storm. President Barack Obama recently said that “3D printing technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.”[1] News and scientific…
read MoreMN Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Construction, 2014 Edition – Contractors Need to be Aware of MnDOT’s Significant Division I Revisions – Part 3 of 3 – Sections 1800 and 1900
This briefing paper is Part 3 of a three part series discussing the Minnesota Department of Transportation 2014 Standard Specifications for Construction. In Part 1, which can be found here on our firm’s…
read MoreMN Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Construction, 2014 Edition – Contractors Need to Be Aware of MnDOT’s Significant Division I Revisions – Part 2 of 3 – Sections 1500 through 1700
This briefing paper is Part 2 of a three part series discussing the Minnesota Department of Transportation 2014 Standard Specifications for Construction. In Part 1, which can be found here on our firm’s…
read MoreMN Department of Transportation Standard Specifications for Construction, 2014 Edition – Contractors Need to Be Aware of MnDOT’s Significant Division I Revisions – Part 1 of 3 – Sections 1100 through 1400
As most contractors that contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation are already aware, MnDOT has significantly revised its Standard Specifications for Construction. The 2014 Standard Specifications went into effect for projects let…
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