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January 30, 2026
Great American Insurance Co. is asking a Washington federal court to find it has no legal obligation to defend a buoy installation company from a lawsuit alleging damage to an underwater electric cable that could cost upwards of $20 million to replace.
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January 30, 2026
The explosion of artificial intelligence has created a sharp demand for new data centers with no signs of slowing down, posing challenges that have some real estate attorneys turning to well-worn playbooks from other industries.
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January 30, 2026
The Eighth Circuit Friday refused to revive a group of landowning Three Affiliated Tribes members' lawsuit accusing oil pipeline operator Andeavor of trespassing across their North Dakota reservation lands, with a panel majority concluding that the members had no federal common law trespass claim.
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January 30, 2026
Pernix Guam LLC told the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that the U.S. Navy improperly assessed the $16.6 million fee the contractor owed for a nearly three-year delay in construction of a repair shop.
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January 30, 2026
The U.S. Postal Service urged a Washington federal court to dismiss a developer's suit over the parties' decades-old agreement to develop and sell a parcel of land in Washington, saying it was under no obligation to renegotiate the parties' agreement in the months before it expired.
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January 30, 2026
A proposed class of investors urged a judge to keep their securities case over a merger between two real estate investment trusts in Washington federal court instead of granting the defendants' request to transfer the case to New York federal court.
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January 30, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a temporary rule Friday making another 64,716 H-2B visas for seasonal, non-agricultural workers available for fiscal year 2026, but only to employers facing severe financial hardship.
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January 30, 2026
A Pennsylvania restaurant claims in a complaint in Pennsylvania state court that its Walmart Inc. landlord has failed to approve a permit for replacing the restaurant's "old and deteriorated" roof.
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January 30, 2026
A U.S. Court of International Trade judge rejected the government's argument that a wood shutter company obscured the "true nature" of its challenge of the Department of Commerce's refusal to review duties on its products, saying the government didn't adequately explain how to make that determination.
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January 30, 2026
The federal government asked a D.C. federal court to toss a lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump from painting a historic building white, saying the president has already agreed to pause his plan until environmental reviews are completed.
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January 30, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, real estate investment trust Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. announces plans to sell a loan portfolio to retirement services company Athene Holding Ltd., engineering and technology company Leidos acquires Entrust Solutions Group, and Prosperity Bancshares Inc. and Stellar Bancorp Inc. announce a merger.
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January 30, 2026
A New Jersey appeals panel on Friday found that a bank was within its rights to refuse to fund cash-on-delivery payment for a prefabricated steel structure a developer planned to use on a project to build a Family Dollar store.
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January 30, 2026
This past week in London saw collapsed solar bonds company Rockfire Capital sue the Royal Bank of Scotland, e-ticket platform Eventbrite target the owners of Salford Red Devils rugby club over an alleged contract breach, and Scottish distiller William Grant & Sons square off against a former MP in a trademark tussle tied to its Glenfiddich whisky.
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January 29, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs could leave the door open for Congress to play a larger role in trade policy heading into November's midterms, but that opportunity may pose few political incentives for lawmakers.
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January 29, 2026
A Fourth Circuit panel questioned whether door manufacturer Steves and Sons Inc. needs to prove its case all over again to save a landmark order requiring its rival Jeld-Wen to unload a Pennsylvania factory during Thursday's oral argument on a bid to vacate the ruling.
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January 29, 2026
A petroleum transporter sued the shipping giant J.B. Hunt over alleged plans to erect a parking lot over its pipeline, saying the shipping company failed to provide a reasonable alternative to relocate the pipeline as required under an agreement.
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January 29, 2026
The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to reject New York's attempt to undo the suspension of an Ørsted subsidiary's offshore wind project, saying the state has only claimed distant and derivative economic harm.
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January 28, 2026
A subcontractor has told a Texas federal court that Fluor Corporation was in cahoots with another subcontractor to push it out of the disaster relief staffing market relating to the 2022 New Mexico wildfires, saying Fluor violated federal antitrust law.
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January 28, 2026
New Jersey suppliers can't rely on an exemption for the construction industry to avoid complying with the state's Earned Sick Leave Law, an appellate panel found Wednesday as a matter of first impression, finding the law only allows builders to claim the exemption to the law.
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January 28, 2026
Last year, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP advised the Gateway Development Commission on the $16 billion Hudson River tunnel replacement project and advised New York City on the Manhattan construction contract for its $13 billion Borough-Based Jails Program to replace the Rikers Island complex, earning a spot among the 2025 Law360 Construction Groups of the Year.
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January 28, 2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said an Ohio company's disagreement with a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs decision to reject its bid for a medical center renovation over performance concerns belonged with the Small Business Administration.
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January 27, 2026
Officials leading construction of the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey said Tuesday that they are preparing to shut down construction next week unless the Trump administration restores funding.
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January 27, 2026
A Georgia Court of Appeals panel backed early wins Tuesday for SK Battery America Inc. and its contractors on a Peach State battery plant in a suit over a construction worker's fatal fall on the job, holding that the worker "assumed the risk of his injuries" by not tying himself to a safety line.
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January 27, 2026
A steelworker injured in a fatal explosion last year at the Braeburn Alloy Steel plant outside Pittsburgh has filed a negligence suit against the company that owns the plant, its subsidiaries and a pair of equipment companies, according to a complaint filed in Pennsylvania state court.
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January 27, 2026
The makers of Loctite and Liquid Nails told a New York federal court that the Federal Trade Commission will be unable to show their planned $725 million merger will hurt competition for construction adhesives.