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OFT fines 103 construction companies record £129.5 million for bid-rigging

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 22 2009

On 22 September 2009, the Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") issued a decision finding that 103 construction firms had infringed competition law by engaging in bid-rigging in England in the period from 2000 to 2006

Construction and development industry receives new and costly pollutant control, monitoring and reporting requirements

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2009

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a rule that potentially will have a significant impact on construction and development sites nationwide

Decree 85 on tendering and selection of construction contractors

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Vietnam
  • -
  • December 8 2009

The Government issued Decree No. 852009ND-CP on 15 October 2009 providing guidelines for the implementation of the Law on Tendering and the Law on Amendment to a Number of Articles of Laws concerning Investment in Capital Construction and on selection of construction contractors pursuant to the Law on Construction ("Decree 85"

The reasonableness of a settlement

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 14 2009

In industries such as construction, contractual arrangements often involve complex multi-party commitments

Adjudication awards setting off and staying

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

A contractor obtained an adjudication award in its favour for £300,000 payable by the employer but the employer obtained a separate adjudication decision that it was entitled to £180,000 liquidated damages which, it claimed, it could set off against the £300,000 (plus interest

Contracting in Turkey and the law is...?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Turkey
  • -
  • January 11 2010

The importance of Turkey as the gateway between the west and central Asia cannot be overestimated

The Donaghy report and directors’ duties

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

Following the Donaghy inquiry into construction deaths, it has been reported that the HSE Board will decide in the spring of 2010 whether to recommend to ministers the introduction of statutory health and safety duties for directors

Contracting in Lebanon the French connection

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Lebanon
  • -
  • January 11 2010

The good news for contractors seeking projects in Lebanon is that, unlike Dubai, Lebanon has been relatively unaffected by the credit crunch

Contracting in Jordan the importance of homework

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Jordan
  • -
  • January 11 2010

Jordan is recognised as a country which welcomes foreign investment, but contractors should still carry out a proper review of contract terms and assess the impact of Jordanian law on their contracts

Sister act? Changes to the Construction Act become law but when?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill finally completed its journey through Parliament and became an Act in November