by Nora Ritinski | May 25, 2023 | Construction, Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
Couch White’s expert attorneys in construction and litigation release memo on New York State Department of Labor Contractor Registry Department’s new policy. Effective December 30, 2024, New York Labor Law section 220-i will require all contractors bidding...
by Lindsay Perkins | Oct 17, 2022 | Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
Effective October 28, 2022, DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) to implement a section of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, requiring agencies to provide a notice,...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Dec 13, 2021 | Construction, Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
As part of the Fiscal Year 2020-21 New York State Enacted Budget, lawmakers passed legislation which will expand prevailing wage requirements beyond public works projects to include some private projects as well – a first in the State’s history. The law, which becomes...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Jun 13, 2018 | Construction Contracts, General, Government Procurement and Contracting, Governmental / Administrative Challenges & Appeals
Jennifer Kavney Harvey, Esq. of Couch White was successful in obtaining a reversal of a denial of woman-owned business enterprise (“WBE”) application for recertification by New York’s Division of Minority and Women’s Business Development (“Division”) of the New York...