https://www.law360.com/construction?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Construction Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 18:10:44 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481676?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481676 A Washington telephone company says a bid by the Lummi Nation to seal information containing the locations of sensitive archaeological sites undermines the tribe's claims that a preliminary injunction is necessary since maintaining the confidentiality of those locations mitigates the alleged risk of potential looting. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:32:11 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481672?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481672 The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday opened antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into air compressors imported from China, Malaysia and Vietnam, with corresponding investigations into the potential harms of these imports already underway. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:30:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481934?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481934 A Florida state appeals court has thrown out a breach of contract dispute following the parties' agreement to dismiss it, but ordered an attorney representing a roofing company to explain why he shouldn't be penalized after his brief apparently contained artificial-intelligence-generated legal citations. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:03:32 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481647 A New Jersey Superior Court judge refused to dismiss the state's discrimination lawsuit accusing an Ironworkers local of systematically passing over Black union members for job assignments, ruling that the claims are not time-barred or preempted by federal labor law. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:34:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481824?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481824 The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that employees of a former shipbuilding company are too late to bring their asbestos-related lawsuits, so they can't pierce the corporate veil and seek damages against its parent company. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:14:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481661?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481661 U.S. Customs and Border Protection's tariff refund system has processed hundreds of thousands of new entries over the past two weeks, and since coming online last month it has cleared $20.6 billion in refunds for duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court to importers, according to a declaration filed Tuesday in the U.S. Court of International Trade. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 23:24:23 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481432 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a $69 billion merger in the residential sector, a dramatic transformation in Florida's West Palm Beach, and the landmark housing bill creating strange bedfellows in Congress. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:35:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481266 Creating a multibillion-dollar competition between Illinois and Indiana to build the Chicago Bears' new stadium is a strategy that has become increasingly popular among pro franchises that can leverage tax and financial incentives, and even real estate deals. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:28:31 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481182?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481182 A split Texas Supreme Court on Friday found that each debtor of a $400 million judgment is subject to the state's bond cap, finding a joint $25 million bond by a group of three real estate defendants insufficient in their bid to pause collection efforts while they appeal a wrongful-death suit judgment. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:22:54 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481063?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481063 The U.S. Department of Justice is requiring a Japanese cement company and its CalPortland subsidiary to divest three ready-mix concrete plants to a Southern California company to address antitrust concerns arising from CalPortland's proposed $712 million acquisition of construction giant Vulcan Materials' Golden State concrete plants, the agency announced. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:02:19 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2480911?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2480911 The Fifth Circuit has remanded a real estate developer's antitrust claims over a Texas city's alleged illegal restraint on retail water utility services, saying a lower court did not give the appeals court a "sound basis" to examine the claims. Fri, 22 May 2026 21:41:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2480808?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2480808 A Texas federal judge has denied Chevron's bid to pause a Venezuelan oil services provider's $24 million lawsuit over alleged unpaid invoices for arbitration and has instead allowed several claims to proceed in court, saying Chevron has already spent too much time litigating the matter. Fri, 22 May 2026 21:34:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481201?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481201 The Texas Supreme Court chastised a lower court for proceeding to the merits instead of settling a jurisdictional question in litigation relating to the $10 billion price tag for Austin's planned light rail system and related bonds, saying Friday that "nothing about this scenario is as it should be." Fri, 22 May 2026 20:37:43 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2479405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2479405 Alaskan tribal councils have resumed a challenge to a multimillion-dollar project that will construct a 211-mile mining access road through a portion of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Reserve, arguing its construction will adversely affect "the heart of a rural area" and its wild abundance. Fri, 22 May 2026 20:29:41 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2478767?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2478767 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a $580 billion five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill on Friday to fund roads, bridges, transit and rail improvement projects, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and establish the first-ever federal regulatory framework for autonomous commercial vehicles. Fri, 22 May 2026 19:10:35 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481180?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481180 The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to revive a pair of patents covering a system for measuring a roof by using aerial imagery, rejecting the patent owner's arguments over how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board interpreted key phrases. Fri, 22 May 2026 18:32:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481215?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481215 A Texas-based company which manufactures complex filtration systems told a Colorado state court that the Denver Zoological Foundation Inc., a contractor and an insurer owe just over $250,000, according to the complaint. Fri, 22 May 2026 17:45:21 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481286?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481286 A U.K. aviation services company's subsidiary that's seeking compensation for the more than $7.6 million arbitral award that it won by default against the Republic of Niger told a New York federal court that the African country's $35 million New York City property isn't exempt from being used to satisfy the award. Fri, 22 May 2026 17:41:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481117?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/construction/articles/2481117 Seven HVAC companies, including Rheem, Trane, Carrier and Lennox, engaged in price-fixing and inventory manipulation using the COVID-19 pandemic as a cover, Arkansas-based HVAC contractor Reliance Heating and Cooling alleged in a civil antitrust suit filed in Michigan federal court Friday.