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Toolbox Talk Series: GenAI Document Review

January 06, 2026 — Brendan J. Witry - The Dispute Resolver
This month's installment of the Toolbox Talk Series explored the use of Generative AI in document review, which as construction lawyers know can be voluminous. Jack Bandlow and Travis Olson from BRG provided an overview of how lawyers can use GenAI to make document review in construction litigation more efficient. Like other uses of GenAI, it is a tool that is not designed to replace lawyers. Rather it helps eliminate or reduce mundane or tedious tasks that are not the highest and best use of a lawyer's time. The AI-powered document review platforms are designed to recognize patterns in documents and transforms words and text into "vectors" to group concepts with similar meanings. For example, whereas a traditional keyword search for "weather delay" will only return hits on that keyword, a search utilizing vectoring will also search for conceptually similar terms, even if the keyword does not match. These tools can use natural language searches to return results that a responsive to the prompt. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Brendan J. Witry, Laurie & Brennan LLP
Mr. Witry may be contacted at bwitry@lauriebrennan.com

Forget Fifth Graders - Are You Smarter Than a CEO?

December 02, 2025 — Daniel Lund III - JD Supra
The Supreme Court of South Dakota says that (in certain circumstances) you need to be. That court wrangled with the evidentiary requirements for professional negligence and breach of contract claims arising from the construction of a clinical research facility in Brookings, South Dakota. The general contractor on the project alleged defects in the design and installation of the HVAC system and suspended ceiling, resulting in contamination and operational failures. The general contractor sued the architect, engineers, and contractors, asserting breach of contract and implied warranties. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Daniel Lund III, Phelps Dunbar
Mr. Lund may be contacted at daniel.lund@phelps.com

FERC’s New Order on Data Center Co-Location: What Utilities Need to Know

January 26, 2026 — Stephen J. Humes - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
On December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a pivotal order to PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest regional wholesale power grid operator running the transmission system in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Order intends to help reshape how large loads—especially data centers—connect to the grid in the face of massive load growth from artificial intelligence (AI) hyperscalers. At FERC’s monthly open meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved the Order, finding that PJM’s existing tariff does not adequately address the issue of co-locating large loads with data centers and electric generation. The Order was issued in FERC Docket Nos. EL24-49-000 et al., can be found at this link. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Stephen J. Humes, Pillsbury
Mr. Humes may be contacted at stephen.humes@pillsburylaw.com

Assignment of Claim not Precluded by Policy’s Anti-Assignment Clause

October 21, 2025 — Tred R. Eyerly - Insurance Law Hawaii
The Supreme Court of Maryland upheld the insured's assignment of a post-loss claim despite the policy's anti-assignment provision. In re Featherfall Restoration, LLC, 2025 Md. LEXIS 294 (Md. July 24, 2025). The insureds purchased a "High Value' homeowners policy from Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company for their residence. The policy included an anti-assignment clause: "Assignment of this policy will to be valid unless we give our written consent." Three months after the policy expired, the insureds notified Travelers of damage to their roof that they contended resulted from a wind and hailstorm that occurred before the policy expired. The insureds hired Featherfall Restoration, LLC to repair their roof. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Tred R. Eyerly, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
Mr. Eyerly may be contacted at te@hawaiilawyer.com

House Passes ABC-Supported Permitting Reform Legislation

February 02, 2026 — ABC - Construction Executive
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Associated Builders and Contractors applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing two comprehensive, ABC-supported permitting reform bills: H.R. 3898, the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act, and H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act. Reprinted courtesy of ABC, Construction Executive, a publication of Associated Builders and Contractors. All rights reserved. Read the full story...

Texas Restricts Foreign Ownership of Real Property

November 09, 2025 — Anna Luczkow - Lewis Brisbois Newsroom
Houston, Tex. (October 9, 2025) - Effective September 1, 2025, certain foreign individuals and entities are no longer able to purchase or acquire an interest in real property in Texas. Governor Abott signed Senate Bill 17 into law on June 20, 2025, amending Chapter 5 of the Texas Property Code to add Subchapter H. The new legislation targets governmental entities of and companies, organizations, and individuals from “designated countries,” which Subchapter H defines as countries that the U.S. Director of National Intelligence identifies as posing a risk to United States national security, or additional countries that the governor designates after determining that the purchase or acquisition poses a risk to national security. Subchapter H initially designates China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as posing such risk. “Companies” and “organizations” collectively include not only associations, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, but real estate investment trusts, joint ventures, insurance companies, and non-profit organizations. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Anna Luczkow, Lewis Brisbois
Ms. Luczkow may be contacted at Anna.Luczkow@lewisbrisbois.com

The Supreme Court’s Administrative and Regulatory Law Rulings in the 2024 Term and Preview of Cases to Be Decided in Fall 2025

October 21, 2025 — Anthony B. Cavender & Jillian Marullo - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
This post reviews the U.S. Supreme Court’s significant regulatory and administrative law decisions from the Court’s 2024 Term and previews cases on the docket for Fall 2025. While the term produced no true “blockbusters,” the Court displayed particular concern with how lower federal courts have been applying the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and it clarified the already complex judicial review provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA). At the same time, the Court declined invitations to revisit contentious issues surrounding CAA citizen suits and avoided intervening in the wave of state-law climate change litigation. Consistent with its current composition, the Court continues to take a conservative approach, closely hewing to statutory text and structure. Our review is organized in three parts: first, environmental and energy law cases; second, administrative law rulings that delineate the boundaries of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA); third, we discuss the environmental, energy and administrative law cases the Court has agreed to hear in its October 2025 Term. Reprinted courtesy of Anthony B. Cavender, Pillsbury and Jillian Marullo, Pillsbury Mr. Cavender may be contacted at anthony.cavender@pillsburylaw.com Ms. Marullo may be contacted at jillian.marullo@pillsburylaw.com Read the full story...

At the Intersection of Indemnity and Prevailing Wages

March 17, 2026 — Garret Murai - California Construction Law Blog
In a case that I’m frankly surprised I don’t see more of, the 2nd District Court of Appeal of California examined an indemnity claim by a subcontractor against a general contractor and public entity who mistakenly believed that a construction project did not require the payment of prevailing wages. The Nabors Case In Nabors Corporate Services, Inc. v. City of Long Beach, 108 Cal.App 540 (2025), subcontractor Nabors Corporate Services, Inc. sued general contractor Tidelands Oil Production Company and the City of Long Beach after it was found liable in a class action lawsuit for failing to pay prevailing wages to its employees. Nabors’ contract with Tidelands did not require the payment of prevailing wages and neither Tidelands nor the City believed that the project, which involved “oil well plug and abandonment” work, required the payment of prevailing wages. Read the full story...
Reprinted courtesy of Garret Murai, Nomos LLP
Mr. Murai may be contacted at gmurai@nomosllp.com

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