By: Joseph M. Leone As project owners continue to see increasing value in collaboration between designers and constructors during the preconstruction phase, techniques such as design-assist, Lean Design and Construction, and integrated project delivery (IPD), are being used more frequently. Last year, the ConsensusDocsTM… Read More >
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Learning Curves & Lost Productivity Claims
By: Christopher S. Drewry In construction, productivity is often viewed as manhours per unit of work—greater productivity means fewer manhours spent per unit of work. Since contractors estimate work and prepare their bids based upon predetermined labor productivity, productivity is an important and vital… Read More >
Summary Suspension: What This Means for Your Health-Related License
By: Jennifer L. Strange Over the past year or so, there seems to have been an increase in Petitions for Summary Suspension (and requests to extend summary suspensions) filed by the Attorney General’s Office. In some cases, a health professional’s license has remained summarily… Read More >
Anti-Harassment Training for Supervisors is a Good Investment
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Ask any employer who has had a sexual harassment discrimination charge made against them—is this something that you’d like to do again? Not likely. Even setting aside the costs of investigating and responding to a charge (or defending an eventual… Read More >
Seventh Circuit Affirms Importance of Seeking Protection Under Medical Malpractice Act
By: Tyler S. Lemen In 2014, a radiologist interpreting a patient’s CT scan allegedly failed to diagnose recurrent rectal cancer discernable from the scan. The cancer went undetected for seventeen months and was untreatable upon discovery. Following a jury trial, the patient was awarded… Read More >
FMLA Leave: DOL Opinion Letter on Designation and Use of FMLA Leave
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its Opinion Letter FMLA2019-1A on March 14, 2019 advising employers (1) that they cannot delay designating qualifying leave as Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave; and… Read More >
Duty to Protect Customers Requires Reasonable Foreseeability of Harm
By: Amy L. Elson On February 28, 2019, the Indiana Court of Appeals issued an opinion confirming that a retail store’s duty to protect its customers is limited to protecting customers from harms that are reasonably foreseeable. The Indiana Court of Appeals found that… Read More >