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January 30, 2025
6th Circ. Wonders If Trump NLRB Shakeup Moots Memo Suit
Sixth Circuit judges wrestled Thursday with what to do with a legal challenge to a memo penned by the National Labor Relations Board's former general counsel given her recent firing and expected shifts in the agency's policy direction under President Donald Trump.
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January 30, 2025
Crypto Cos. Seek $6.3M From Travelers Over Building Fire
A pair of cryptocurrency mining companies accused two Travelers units of exacerbating their fire loss, telling a Michigan federal court that they negligently allowed individuals to steal their mining machines and hired a debris removal contractor that caused the property to collapse, seeking more than $6.3 million in damages.
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January 30, 2025
IUOE's Top Leader Pleads Guilty To Filing False DOL Reports
A former International Union of Operating Engineers general president pled guilty to not disclosing $315,000 worth of event tickets in annual reports to the U.S. Department of Labor, according to federal court filings, with the ex-union leader facing a potential prison sentence and thousands in fines.
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January 30, 2025
What Vinyl Acetate's Prop 65 Listing Means For Cos.
California's recent move to add vinyl acetate to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens, with enforcement starting later this year, will have sweeping compliance and risk implications for businesses in the retail, food and beverage, paint, adhesive, industrial manufacturing, and personal care product industries, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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January 30, 2025
Gov't Urges High Court To OK 2nd 'Buffalo Billion' Trial
The federal government asked the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for a second trial in a public corruption case tied to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Buffalo Billion" development initiative, saying prosecutors should be allowed to pursue charges under a different theory after the justices undid the original convictions.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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- Federal, state and local, and international construction and development regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Development and permitting rules
- Construction industry lobbying
- International construction legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Kickback, bribery, and corruption cases
- Construction material recalls
- Environmental enforcement actions
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Disputes over projects to be constructed, under construction, or recently completed
- Breach of contract suits
- Insurance and indemnity disputes
- Partnership and financing suits
- Litigation over faulty construction
- Lawsuits over injuries that occur on construction sites
- Labor and employment suits
- International trade disputes
- Suits over engineering, planning, or architectural malpractice
- Construction lien disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Financing of more than $50MM for all types of construction
- Deals of more than $50MM by homebuilders
- State and federal infrastructure projects, including planning and bid announcements
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Construction project finance and real estate deals
- Public-private partnerships
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of construction practices
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