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Construction of $3B Data Center in North Dakota Spurs Annexation Battle

January 13, 2026 — Annemarie Mannion - Engineering News-Record
Construction of a $3-billion data center on a 320-acre site in southeastern North Dakota has sparked an annexation dispute between the small city where it is being built and its much larger neighbor, Fargo. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Annemarie Mannion, Engineering News-Record
Ms. Mannion may be contacted at manniona@enr.com

Fort Lauderdale Team Secures Defense Verdict for Client in Premises Liability Lawsuit

December 30, 2025 — Lewis Brisbois Newsroom
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (October 27, 2025) - Fort Lauderdale Partner Paul Gamm and Associate Amber Dawson recently obtained a complete defense verdict for their client, a grocery store operator, in a premises liability case in Florida state court. The accident in question occurred in December 2022, when two vehicles collided at an uncontrolled internal parking lot intersection at the grocery store property. The plaintiff refused to blame the other driver, a non-party at trial. The plaintiff alleged that the intersection should have been controlled with a stop sign because it lacked the appropriate sight distance for drivers to perceive threats from oncoming traffic. The plaintiff filed suit against the client in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She claimed she suffered cervical and lumbar herniations, requiring one facet lumbar fusion and two outstanding surgeries. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Lewis Brisbois

Civil Megaprojects: The Evolving Use of Dispute Prevention and Collaborative Delivery Methods in Public Contracting

January 13, 2026 — Lisa D. Love - The Dispute Resolver
Civil megaprojects are large, complex ventures in civil engineering and construction that typically cost over $1 billion to construct. These projects generally have significant and long-lasting impacts on the economy, environment and society, and involve multiple public and private stakeholders. Typical civil megaprojects include infrastructure projects, such as highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, dams, power plants and public buildings, which require extensive planning, design, coordination and construction over an extended period of time. In the United States, there is over $500 billion worth of civil megaprojects in the pipeline, with an average of four megaprojects per month in 2024 and a total monthly value of $9.2 billion.[i] Here are some recent examples of civil megaprojects: The Hudson Tunnel Project (a portion of the Gateway Program), under construction in the states of New York and New Jersey, involves the construction of two new tunnels and the renovation of aging rail tunnels used by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy along the Northeast Corridor. This has been deemed one of the most important infrastructure projects in the country. It is projected to be completed in 2027 at a cost of over $16 billion.[ii] Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Lisa D. Love, JAMS

At the Border of Contract and Torts in Construction Disputes

August 25, 2025 — Garret Murai - California Construction Law Blog
"The declining significance of privity has found its way to construction law." So begins the 4th District Court of Appeal’s decision in Lynch v. Peter & Associates, Engineers, Geologists, Surveyors, Inc., 104 Cal.App.5th 1181 (2024). The case addresses the legal duty of care owed by construction professionals - specifically geotechnical consultants - to property owners with whom they are not contractual privity. The case reaffirms the Biakanja factors and signals the growing willingness of courts to impose liability beyond contract boundaries, especially in residential construction. Factual Background In April 2018, general contractor Grover Construction (Grover) hired geotechnical firm Peter & Associates, Engineers, Geologists, Surveyors, Inc. (“Peter”) to perform a limited inspection of a footing trench for a proposed addition to a single-family home in San Clemente, California owned by Gregory and Cheryl Lynch. The Peter firm’s scope was narrow and its fee modest - just $360. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Garret Murai, Nomos LLP
Mr. Murai may be contacted at gmurai@nomosllp.com

Court Conditionally Grants Mandamus Relief to Compel Appraisal

February 02, 2026 — Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii
The court conditionally granted the insurer’s writ of mandamus to compel an appraisal after the trial court denied the insurer’s motion to compel appraisal. In re Am. Zurich Ins. Co., 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 8932 (Tex. Ct. App. Nov. 20, 2025). The insureds, Jay Steinfeld and Barbara Winthrop (Steinfeld) ,hired Southhampton Group to build their home. Construction began in 2021. Southhampton Group obtained a builder’s risk policy from Zurich which named Steinfeld as an additional insured. Shortly before completion of the home, Sheet Metal Crafts, a subcontractor working on the home’s roof, caused a fire that substantially damaged the home. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Tred R. Eyerly, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
Mr. Eyerly may be contacted at te@hawaiilawyer.com

The Salt Lake Tribune Names Snell & Wilmer a Winner of the Top Workplaces 2025 Award

September 30, 2025 — Snell & Wilmer
SALT LAKE CITY - Snell & Wilmer has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2025 honor by The Utah Top Workplaces 2025. This list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology company Energage, LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures the employee experience and its component themes, including employees feeling Respected & Supported, Enabled to Grow, and Empowered to Execute, to name a few. “Earning a Top Workplaces award is a badge of honor for companies, especially because it comes authentically from their employees,” said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. “That’s something to be proud of. In today’s market, leaders must ensure they’re allowing employees to have a voice and be heard. That’s paramount. Top Workplaces do this, and it pays dividends.” Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Snell & Wilmer

NY Appellate Court Clarifies Hearsay Standards for Admission of Accident-Related Entries in Medical Records

September 03, 2025 — Shawn Schatzle - Lewis Brisbois Newsroom
New York, N.Y. (August 5, 2025) - A recent New York appellate opinion focused on an all-too-common occurrence in the defense of injury actions: an entry in a hospital or medical record containing a statement from the plaintiff concerning the accident that contradicts the version the plaintiff has presented in litigation. Although encountering such an entry often feels like locating the proverbial silver bullet, it is largely worthless if it is not admissible. The problem is that such entries tend to constitute hearsay. Attorneys typically invoke the business records exception to the hearsay rule to admit such an entry into evidence, although the entry may also qualify as a party admission in appropriate circumstances (see Fraser v 147 Rockaway Pkw, LLC, 203 AD3d 894, 896 [2d Dept 2022]). New York’s Court of Appeals has long held that an entry that contains “a narration of the accident” is only admissible under the business records exception if it is “germane to diagnosis or treatment” (Williams v Alexander, 309 NY 283, 287 [1955]). However, judges and attorneys alike have long struggled with applying this standard in the context of particular cases. Fortunately, the Appellate Division, Second Department recently issued a helpful opinion on this topic. In Pillco v 160 Dikeman St., LLC (__ AD3d __, 2025 NY Slip Op 04495 [2d Dept July 30, 2025]), Justice Francesca E. Connolly clarified the standards courts should apply when considering whether to admit an accident-related entry in a hospital or medical record into evidence. Following the guidance offered in her opinion should make it easier for practitioners to admit such entries into evidence. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Shawn Schatzle, Lewis Brisbois
Mr. Schatzle may be contacted at Shawn.Schatzle@lewisbrisbois.com

New LA Home Designs, Reimagined By Fire

January 13, 2026 — Patrick Sisson - Bloomberg
One year after wildfires tore through neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, killing at least 31 people and destroying more than 10,000 buildings, architects and developers are rethinking what home looks like in LA, and how resilient residential architecture evolves. Recovery from the costly disaster is a long way away. So far, hundreds of new homes have been submitted for permitting, but it’s a process shaping out to be an uneven one, based on damage, insurance and wealth. Affected homeowners are grappling with the details of fire-resilient construction and landscaping techniques, along with some more fundamental questions about what their communities should look like. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Patrick Sisson, Bloomberg

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