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Beschloss Perspective

Will a Split Congress Pass an Infrastructure Bill?

Fights over the border wall and the government shutdown could jeopardize this desperately needed funding.

February 1, 2019

Since the House of Representatives controls the purse strings of legislation, even if decisively brought to the floor by the Senate, it’s not a safe bet that an all-encompassing infrastructure program will emerge in Trump’s last two years of his first term.

GEO Comments on Con Edison Gas Moratorium

January 31, 2019

The organization is offering its support for Con Edison’s recent decision to impose a natural gas infrastructure moratorium in much of its Westchester County service territory in New York.

Chinese Company Steals Charlotte Pipe Brand

January 31, 2019

Charlotte Pipe has had to retain a law firm in China in an attempt to recover its intellectual property.

Mechanical Contractors File Suit Over Minority-Owned Business Program

January 29, 2019

The lawsuit asks that the county be prohibited from implementing the program and that an individual plaintiff be awarded $500,000 or more in damages.

OSHA Announces Fine Increases

January 25, 2019

Employers should note that OSHA continues to operate uninterrupted during the government shutdown, having received funding from Congress last September that should take the agency through the rest of this year

Plumbing Manufacturers International Welcomes 116th Congress

January 8, 2019

The association recently wrote letters to Congress members to highlight the need for continued bipartisan action and ensure the international competitiveness of plumbing manufacturers.

NFPA: ‘Significant Share’ of Contractor Electrocution Deaths are Construction Workers

December 20, 2018

Steve Smith

Construction trade workers represented 57 percent of fatal electrical accidents.

Legal Pipeline

Forget the Forum, Forget the Arbitration

Insight into how a court might deal with an incomplete arbitration agreement.

December 5, 2018

Steven Nudelman

Every now and then a case with national implications pops up right here in my own backyard (New Jersey). No, we are not talking about a case affecting immigration policy, gun control or the midterm elections. Instead, we are talking about the less glitzy subject of arbitration agreements.

OSHA Cuts Plumbing Company’s Unsafe Trench Fine

December 3, 2018

Steve Smith

OSHA found Arrow Plumbing LLC committed six willful and eight serious violations of workplace safety standards, and initially proposed a $714,142 fine.

Green Business Certification Announces 2018 LEED Fellows

USGBC Finds Few States Have Laws for Testing Lead in School Water

November 12, 2018

Thirty-five states lack specific legislation to ensure testing for lead in school drinking water, per a Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council report.