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Few industries generate more legal activity than construction, so ENR's staff monitors the world of contracts and disputes, labor policy, liability, and all the related subfields. We pay attention to major cases that may have lasting affect on the industry and we watch for the evolving law involving such fields as the environment and collaborative project management.

2008 Headlines

12/31/08	State Settles With Powers Fasteners Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley on Dec. 17 an-nounced that the state has reached a settlement with Powers Fasteners Inc. regarding the July 10, 2006, Interstate-90 tunnel-plenum collapse that crushed a car and killed a 38-year-old local woman, Milena Del Valle.
12/17/08	Mass. Settles With Epoxy Maker Over Fatal Big Dig Accident By William J. Angelo The firm will also pay a $16 million settlement: $15.5 million will go to a state transportation infrastructure fund and $500,000 to the City of Boston.
12/10/08	Caterpillar Settles Trade Lawsuit Over Used Excavator Imports In a move that construction-machinery dealers are hailing as a victory, Caterpillar Inc. has dropped a federal lawsuit seeking to ban nonauthorized dealers from importing foreign-made, used Cat excavators into North America.

More News

12/03/08 Washington State Sues DOE To Expedite Hanford Cleanup
11/07/08 Unions Look Forward to Obama's Promised Project Agreement Order
11/06/08 Firms on Miami Airport Job Sue Bonding Companies
11/06/08 Idaho Pushes Electronic Permits
10/24/08 DHS Issues Revised "No-Match" Immigration Rule
10/15/08 Lawsuit Possible Over Cracks At $146-Million Tampa Project
09/24/08 Washington State Supreme Court Upholds $5-Million Worker Award
09/03/08 Lawsuit Filed in Connection With Fatal Oklahoma Accident
07/30/08 New York City to End Use Of 'No Damages for Delays'
07/30/08 Lawsuit Pegs Bridge's Premium At $71 Million, Seeks Refund
07/09/08 Justice Dept. Proposes Changes in Disabilities Act Rules
07/09/08 Insurers Worry About Green-Building Risks
07/02/08 Supreme Court Session Had Few Construction Cases
06/16/08 Proposed Worker Verification Mandate Would Have Broad Reach
05/28/08 Court Orders DOE To Pay Utilities $83 Million in Fuel Storage Costs
05/14/08 Schiavone Owners in Legal Battle Over Firm's Sale
05/14/08 Oil Companies Agree To $422-Million Deal
05/07/08 Contractors Challenge Miami-Dade's Tower-Crane Ordinance
05/07/08 Minnesota Reaches Settlement as New Bridge Is 65% Complete
05/07/08 Construction Contractors Follow Defense Peers in Ethics Push
04/30/08 GAO Upholds $4-Billion DOE Job to Fluor Team After Bid Protest
04/30/08 Chicago's Deadly Fire Dispute Is Settled for $100 Million
04/23/08 Courts Kill Water Diversion Plan
04/16/08 Forensic Review Calls for More Repairs to Central Artery/Tunnel
04/09/08 U.S., Mexico Border Fence Gets Free Pass on Environmental Laws
03/26/08 WGI Settles Harassment Charges
03/19/08 Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Project in Wilderness Area
02/20/08 L.A.'s MTA Sues Contractors For Faulty-Work Subway Line
02/06/08 Florida Job Has Green Light As Court Vacates Legal Challenge
02/06/08 New Owner Pushes Change For Scandal-Plagued Veco
02/06/08 Flood-Damage Suit Dismissed
02/06/08 Bush Proposal Roughs Up Construction Funds
01/30/08 Bechtel/PB Pays Millions for CA/T Errors
01/30/08 Bid Protest Halts Fluor at DOE Site
01/23/08 Bechtel, PB and Subs Sign $458-Million Big Dig Settlement
01/09/08 Critics Attack License Renewals

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