Monthly Archives: September 2014

One of the most famous buildings in the modern world was designed by Charles L’Enfant and was the largest residence in the United States until the Civil War. Identify the building and it’s location.  For extra credit, name the first family to live in the building.

As a construction lawyer, I deal with cases involving non-payment every day. Sometimes I represent the owner and on other occasions I represent the contractor or subcontractor. I have even represented sureties on payment related issues. No matter which company I represent, however, payment issues often come down to one single common denominator: a lack of practical planning combined with a failure to build contingencies into bids.

The Philadelphia Business Journal is reporting that New Jersey Federal Judge Joseph Rodriguez recently accepted a guilty plea from an OSHA instructor who admits to selling fake OSHA 30 Hour Certification Cards.

The word on the street is that Apple’s I-Phone 6 will be released soon. This may even include a “watch-phone” that almost everyone assumed – despite being convinced it was way off in the future – was coming at some point. This is just more evidence that technology is constantly evolving and changing the way we do business every day.

President Obama recently signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act into law. The bill had overwhelming support from all sectors of the construction labor workforce and was a bipartisan effort in both houses of Congress.