Legal Corner
New Groundbreaking Book Encourages Aspiring African American Lawyers
By Adams and Reese. This “mentorship in a book” provides helpful insights from 55 black lawyers of all types of professional backgrounds. Suntrease Williams-Maynard, a Special Counsel at Adams and Reese, has contributed to the groundbreaking book "Lessons from Successful African American Lawyers: Practical Wisdom for Those on the Path ...
Update to California Energy Code – Title 24
By Anna Lockhart. Title 24 outlines a set of sustainability-focused requirements for building standards in the state of California. Title 24 – California's energy code – is designed to take action in reducing excessive energy consumption and waste during and post building construction. Every three years the California ...
Conditions to Consider When Generating a Subcontractor Agreement
By Trent Cotney, Adams & Reese LLP. Communicating your needs is essential for a successful project. When working on a business project, communicating is key for all parties involved. Prime contractors and subcontractors need a definitive and coherent understanding of what is to be expected from one another to maintain ...
NRCA Encourages Roofing Professionals to Register for Virtual Legal Conference
During the virtual conference, NRCA will provide four one-hour sessions about the latest developments in contract law, employment law and roofing technology. The National Roofing Contractors Association’s Legal Resource Center is inviting roofing industry professionals to register for its virtual conference, LEGALCon Virtual 2023, which will be held March 23. During ...
Do You Qualify for an Employee Retention Credit (ERC)?
By Christopher J. Kane, Hunter J. Schoen, Erica P. Sensenbrenner, Robert P. Bethea Jr., G. Robert Parrott II, Adams and Reese. New amendments to the CARE act mean that more businesses than before are eligible for an ERC — even if they received a PPP loan. An Employee Retention Credit ...
Why Every Contractor Should Create a Qualifier Contingency Plan
By Trent Cotney. Understand what a qualifier is and the importance of developing a qualifier contingency plan. Obtaining a contractor’s license can be a complex, patience-testing process, which is why so many large construction companies are utilizing several qualifiers to maintain licensure across multi-state territories. There’s no law demanding that contractors only ...
DOD Addresses Inflation-based Requests for Price Adjustments
By Trent Cotney. Learn how you can protect yourself and your business from the repercussions of inflation by adding EPAs to your next contracts. Prices are going up everywhere — at the supermarket, at the gas station and online — with no apparent relief in sight. Construction is feeling it too with ...
How a New Supply Chain Regulation Will Impact Construction
By Trent Cotney. Learn about which products the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) will have an impact on. As you may have heard, in December 2021, Congress passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), and President Biden signed it into law. Under this new legislation, which went into effect on ...
Florida Legislature Passes Two Bills to Alleviate State’s Insurance Crisis
By Chris Dawson, Attorney, FRSA. After a Special Session, major reform legislation passed. Learn what has changed and what the passed bills mean. In May, Florida Legislature held a Special Session to address issues with the states’ residential property insurance. An ongoing crisis, insurance and roofing companies have struggled to ...
Why You Should Hold Onto That Evidence a Little Longer
By James Floyd and Ryan Owen, Adams and Reese. Learn about a recent Florida court decision about data preservation and what actions are now required to meet document preservation obligations. Adams and Reese advises that if your company is faced with litigation, there are certain steps that are required ...
