The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tasked with ensuring safe working conditions by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. OSHA considers the construction industry to be a […]
While the media is currently distracted from the Coronavirus, the economy is still struggling to reopen from the shut downs Coronavirus caused. As businesses reopen, employers are obligated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (& […]
As scholars embark on a quest to define the parameters of an acceptable handshake/handshake equivalent and American businesses return to work with a new normal, the handshake agreement should disappear in its entirety from the continuation or start of […]
Most commercial property insurance policies include insuring agreements that require direct physical loss or damage to covered property as the triggering event. Without establishing direct physical loss or damage, a policyholder traditionally cannot […]
It is common in Texas to find construction contracts wherein the parties agree to damages in advance of a breach of the construction contract. These are liquidated damages and a provision that contains these damages is known as a liquidated damages […]
Governor Greg Abbott issued a new Executive Order GA 14 relating to statewide continuity of essential services and activities during the COVID-19 disaster. The executive order supersedes any conflicting order issued by local officials in response […]
To the greatest extent possible, companies should implement a system where a supervisor checks the temperature of all workers and contractors with a forehead thermometer before a worker begins work. If a worker has a temperature above 99.6 Fahrenheit […]
As of June 14, 2019, with certain exceptions, a governmental entity asserting a claim for damages to real or personal property caused by an alleged construction defect in a public building or public work against a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, […]
Subchapter C of the Professional Services Procurement Act (Chapter 2254 of the Texas Government Code) has been revised to establish requirements for the procurement of contingent fee contracts for legal services by political subdivisions, including school […]
Once again, reforms to Texas lien law were not enacted into law following the 2019 Texas legislative session. Bills seeking to shorten the statutes of repose applicable to claims against design professionals and contractors and to broadly limit a contractor […]