News that a non-union contractor had filed a Lawsuit against IBEW Local 98 and its leader, John Dougherty, made headlines this week. While making fodder for local media, the plaintiffs must bound several legal hurdles before IBEW Local 98
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Federal Judge Rips Shady Procurement Practices at DRPA
In an opinion overturning a $17,000,000 bridge painting contract for the Commodore Barry Bridge, a United States Federal Judge called the procurement practices of the Delaware River Port Authority “a black box . . . obscure and unexplained, and lacking any indicia…
Details Matter: The Importance of Strictly Following Public Bid Statutes
Contractors bidding on public contracts know that failing to strictly following all of the technical aspects contained in the instructions to bidders can mean the difference between a winning and losing bid. In the span of two weeks, I was…
New Jersey Supreme Court Issue Important Decision for Homeowners and Contractors
The lack of insurance coverage for a contractor’s faulty workmanship is the bane of both homeowners looking to recover damage for defective work and contractors seeking to defend against such claims. In many states, like Pennsylvania, courts hold that faulty…
NLRB Issues Decision with Significant Impact on Construction Industry
On July 11, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision stating that unions can include both sole employees and joint employees into a single bargaining unit without the consent of both employers. The case, Miller & Anderson, Inc.,…
Indicted Union Representatives Try Again to Revive Enmons
The Boston Globe reports that the Massachusetts AFL-CIO has filed a friend of the court brief seeking to have the indictment of five members of the Teamsters Union in Boston dismissed. The Teamsters members are facing federal charges that they…
Union Contractors Need to Read This
Earlier this year, I wrote about the indictment of the owners of a union construction company that was improperly operating a double breasted (a union firm and a related non-union firm) operation. That indictment alleged that the owners of the…
AFFIRMED
Today, in a precedential opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, affirmed the District Court’s dismissal of a complaint against my client that alleged that a multi-family building was constructed in violation of the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) design and…
Jury Verdict Obtained in “Landmark” Case Against the City of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia Slapped for Unconstitutional Behavior
Sadly, the City that gave birth to the Constitution repeatedly runs rough shot over the liberties it affords individuals and businesses. In the latest rebuke to the City of Philadelphia’s malfeasance towards the Constitution, the United States District Court for the Eastern…