The federal government’s effort in mobilizing more government contractors in recent years to help the nation move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic sets a favorable precedent for the professionals in ...

A general contractor in Southern California found itself on the hook for its subcontractor’s failure to pay wages to its workers, even though the general contractor had no knowledge of it. The case ...

Agreements between contractors and subcontractors are governed by the law of contracts. The relationship between contractors and subcontractors is one that usually arises when a contractor bids on a ...

On June 12, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law amendments to Pennsylvania’s Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA), 73 P.S. § 501 et seq., which will become effective on October 10, 2018. The ...

When companies face a complex project that seems impossible to achieve, who do they call? Subcontractors! Despite more mergers and acquisitions happening now more than ever, big contractors still need ...

Builders, general contractors, architects, engineers and others in the construction industry often use independent contractors in their work. But is the “independent contractor” you're using really an ...

A law passed in Maryland in April will allow a general contractor to be sued for the failures of subcontractors to pay wages properly. This change may put general contractors in a position where they ...

Many contractors employ pay-if-paid provisions in their subcontracts, which may present difficulties for subcontractors seeking to be paid in a timely fashion. A pay-if-paid provision generally ...

Q: We finished some renovations on our home and made the last payment to our contractor last week. Yesterday, one of the people he brought in called us and said he had not been paid by the contractor, ...

One critical misconception is that a subcontractor’s bankruptcy means that it is going out of business. A bankruptcy by a subcontractor may actually be the method by which the subcontractor continues ...