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Oregon SB 1575: New Construction Consultant Indemnity Limitation Effective on January 1, 2025
The 2024 Oregon Legislative Assembly enacted SB 1575 (Or Laws 2024, ch 112) amending ORS 30.140 to limit public bodies from imposing certain indemnity obligations on construction professionals. The change applies to public construction contracts for...
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Federal Contractors Must Address New Executive Order Requirements on DEI to Avoid Liability
Executive Order Overview
The January 21, 2025 Executive Order (EO), titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” was released and carries significant implications for federal contractors. Some of the implications for f...
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Construction Notice of Completion Key to Unlocking Change Order Statutory Remedies
The Washington Legislature enacted a requirement that contractors and subcontractors must get paid promptly for undisputed additional work on both public and private construction projects.
The new law enacted in 2024 requires project owners on cons...
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SB 219 Makes Important Changes to California’s Climate Disclosure Laws
On September 27, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 219 (SB 219) into law, amending two sweeping climate disclosure acts passed just last year—the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261). Together, these acts require a wide array of entities doing business in the state to calculate and publicly disclose their carbon footprint and climate risks. SB 219 combines these Acts (now collectively known as the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act or CCDAA) and makes important updates regarding their implementation.
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The Latest on California’s PFAS Laws Regulating Textile Articles and How to Prepare for Upcoming Deadlines
If you are a manufacturer or distributor of products with textile components in the U.S., then you’re likely aware that the effective dates for states’ laws prohibiting the sale of certain consumer products with intentionally-added per- and polyfluor...
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Prospective Purchaser Agreements: Lessees and Subsequent Owners and Operators
Having previously written about the importance of Prospective Purchaser Agreements when purchasing contaminated property in Oregon, I wanted to follow up with two additional and sometimes overlooked details:
1. Although Prospective Purchaser Agreemen...
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