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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.

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07/01/09	$75-Million Mediated Settlement Identifies No Cause in Collapse Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority has settled in full with the insurers of URS Corp., San Francisco, for $74.75 million in claims for the 2004 collapse of a section of elevated highway during construction.
06/17/09	Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Challenge to U.S. Border Fence The U.S. Supreme Court on June 15 refused to accept a case seeking to stop the federal government from building a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico, letting stand a lower-court ruling authorizing its construction.
05/15/09	Court Rules in Favor of Atlantic Yards Megadevelopment By Nadine M. Post The Appellate Division of the New York state court ruled four to zero to uphold the state’s right to use eminent domain to build the Atlantic Yards megadevelopment in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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05/06/09 High Court Limits Feds in Seeking Superfund Cleanup-Cost Funds
04/29/09 Lawsuit Filed Against Las Vegas Lenders To Restore Financing
04/22/09 Thornton-Tomasetti Is Cleared In Indiana Library Defect Suit
04/22/09 Partial Settlement Announced For 2006 Fatal Crane Collapse
04/15/09 Chinese Crane Welder Lacked Confidence in Its Own Skills
04/08/09 Construction Execs Targeted In Illinois Governor Investigation
04/01/09 Firms Reach New Settlements In Central Artery Fatal Collapse
02/18/09 Extortion Suit Between Alabama Contractor and Utility Settled
02/04/09 Chinese-Made Drywall Is Causing Lawsuits in Florida
01/28/09 Federal Judge Shuts Down Michigan Dealer’s ‘Gray’ Iron
01/14/09 Georgia Loses Appeal Over Ruling That Limited Its Water Use
01/07/09 Grand Jury Probe Scraps Richardson Bid to Serve as U.S. Commerce Secretary
12/31/08 State Settles With Powers Fasteners
12/17/08 Mass. Settles With Epoxy Maker Over Fatal Big Dig Accident
12/10/08 Caterpillar Settles Trade Lawsuit Over Used Excavator Imports

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