by Kimberly Schaffer | Mar 25, 2022 | Energy, General, Leonard H. Singer, Project Siting and Development
Couch White partner Len Singer recently obtained dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Long Island Power Authority’s (LIPA) decision to enter into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with South Fork Wind, LLC (SFW) for the purchase of the output from SFW’s 130 MW...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Mar 15, 2022 | Construction, Donald J. Hillman, General, Labor, Wage and Collective Bargaining
New York State Department of Labor recently released interim guidance and proposed regulation regarding prevailing wage requirements for aggregate supply construction material haulers. Read the article.
by Kimberly Schaffer | Mar 14, 2022 | Clemente J. Parente, Construction, General
On March 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the publication of the proposed rule, “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations.” DOL Secretary Marty Walsh said that the Wage and Hour Division plans to carry out the “most...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Feb 1, 2022 | Energy, Energy Facilities and Siting, General, Leonard H. Singer
Couch White partner Len Singer was successful in persuading the New York Appellate Division, Second Department to deny a motion for a stay of construction of the transmission line connecting the South Fork wind farm, New York’s first offshore wind farm, to the...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Dec 13, 2021 | Construction, Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
As part of the Fiscal Year 2020-21 New York State Enacted Budget, lawmakers passed legislation which will expand prevailing wage requirements beyond public works projects to include some private projects as well – a first in the State’s history. The law, which becomes...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Oct 29, 2021 | Corporate Commercial Transactions, General
Our latest installment during October’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month is on New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act, enacted in 2020. As our prior two installments detailed the various methods to prevent a system breach from a cybersecurity...
