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Category: Economic Loss Doctrine

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Sep 4 2009

Nevada – Commercial design professionals protected from professional negligence claims by economic loss doctrine

The Nevada Supreme Court held in Terracon Consultants Western, Inc. v. Mandalay Resort Group, 206 P.3d 81 (2009) that, “in a commercial property construction defect action in which the plaintiffs seek to recover purely economic losses through negligence-based claims, the economic loss doctrine applies to bar such claims against design professionals who have provided professional services in the commercial property development or improvement process.”  This holding arises out of a question certified under NRAP 5 from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

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Categories: Construction | Design Professional | Economic Loss Doctrine

Jul 9 2008

Contractors Must use E-Verify to Verify Workers Employment Eligibility for all Future Federal Contracts

On June 6, 2008, President Bush issued an Executive Order amending Executive Order 12989, which directs all Federal departments and agencies to require contractors, as a condition of each future federal contract, to agree to use an electronic employment eligibility verification system (designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security) to verify the employment eligibility of: (1) all persons hired during the contract term by the contractor to perform employment duties within the United States; and (2) all persons assigned by the contractor to perform work within the United States on the federal contract.

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Categories: E-Verify | Economic Loss Doctrine | Federal Contractors

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