The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) distributes OSHA cards to workers who have completed OSHA’s Outreach Training Program. This includes a 10-hour and a 30-hour safety course. Many contractors […]
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In part one of this two-part series covering Portland’s Smart City PDX initiative, the Portland contractor lawyers at Cotney Construction Law discussed the principles, goals, and priorities of the ambitious
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Portland, Oregon, has always been considered a forward-thinking city chock-full of people who want to embrace sustainability and improve their community. In 2010, Oregon became the home of the first
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In the past, general contractors were lead to believe that they couldn’t be cited for working with a subcontractor who violated safety regulations. However, a recent ruling by the U.S.
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Claims-made policies and occurrence policies are the two main types of liability policies and have key differences. In part one of this article, a Denver contractor lawyer explained claims-made policies
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Contractors need insurance to protect their businesses from risks on the jobsite. Insurance is complicated and can be difficult to understand. Breaking down the type of liability policy you have
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In parts one, two, and three of this four-part series, the Nashville construction attorneys at Cotney Attorneys & Consultants have been discussing nominal damages and how they can affect contractors
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Nominal damages, typically in the neighborhood of $1 or $2, are a form of legal monetary compensation designed to showcase that one party committed an unlawful act against another that
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Although nominal damages don’t have a significant monetary effect on contractors, they can show themselves in other ways that many contractors aren’t aware of. In part one of this four-part
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According to Cornell Law School, nominal damages are “used when a judge or jury finds in favor of one party to a lawsuit—often because a law requires them to do
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