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January 24, 2012
Taxes on Transfer of a Controlling Interest in a Real Property Entity
By Faith Harrison
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November 03, 2011
Maryland Court of Special Appeals Decision Imposes Duty on Condominium Council to File Neg....
By Jeffrey Rosenfeld
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According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development today, privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in N...
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On Monday, November 21, 2011, President Obama signed the “3 Percent Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act of 2011” (H.R. 674) into law. By signing this bill, the 3 percent w...
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The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development released data today indicating that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in October...
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On Thursday, November 10, 2011, the Senate voted (95-0) to repeal the 3 percent withholding rule. If signed into law, the legislation would repeal the current requirement that governments...
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 to repeal the requirement that governments at all levels withhold 3 percent of payments to government contractors. Th...
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According to the Commerce Department, U.S. builders increased spending on homes, office buildings and other projects in August after a big decline in July. The gain still left the constru...
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A recent analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America shows construction employment has increased in 136 out of 337 metropolitan areas in ...
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According to the Associated Press, data released for the month of June, 2011 indicates that builders began work on more office buildings, shopping centers and hotels in June, pushing constru...
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On April 26, 2011, the Maryland Court of Appeals rejected the Board of Education of Worcester County's attempt to avoid paying BEKA Industries, Inc. $1.1m in additional costs incurred du...
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Construction Workers May Have Benefitted from Improving Winter Weather as Industry Experiences Largest Monthly Employment Gain Since March 2007, Construction Officials Note
The constr...
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According to the Associated Press, builders began work on more homes and the government boosted its investment in federal construction projects in November, marking a third straight month...
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Total construction spending increased by 0.7 percent in October, driven largely by growing demand for power projects and public construction, the Associated General Contractors of America...
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Wal-Mart has disclosed plans to open four stores in Washington, D.C. in 2012. The stores will be the retail giant’s first presence in the District of Columbia, and are expected to...
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In a sign of global demand for commodities, along with a weak U.S. dollar, the price of construction materials increased 0.6 percent in October, according to the November 16 producer pric...
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After nearly two decades of legal disputes, developers and city officials broke ground on the Marriott Marquis project in Washington, D.C. on November 10, 2010. The hotel is scheduled t...
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The construction law community was saddened to learn of the untimely death of William M. “Bill” Hud dles on November 4, 2010, at the age of 65. Bill was an acc...
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Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors’ (ABC) 2010 National Chairman Jim Elmer, founder and president of James W. Elmer Construction Co., Spokane, Wash, today ...
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McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, released its 2011 Construction Outlook, a mainstay in construction industry forecasting and business planning, which predicts an ...
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According to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America, Maryland experienced growth in construction employment of 1% stat...
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Construction materials prices were down slightly in September falling 0.1 percent, according to the October 14 producer price index (PPI) report by the U.S. Labor Department. Prices were ...
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The report The Future of Construction in the United States of America (US) to 2014 provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast construction industry values, at market and cat...
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The new law authorizes local governing bodies to gives an order of preference to certain business entities for procurement on public school construction. Essentially, county governme...
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The new law prohibits drivers from holding cell phones while driving except to initiate or terminate a call or to turn the phone on/off. The violation is considered a secondary offen...
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The new law expands the current law in Maryland to add architectural, engineering, inspecting and surveying services to the list services for which indemnity agreements in construction co...
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The U.S. Labor Department announced that claims for benefits fell by 16,000 last week, which is a greater decline than forecasted by economic experts. Moreover, the four-week moving...
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A recent independent audit performed at the direction of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell revealed that the Virginia Department of Transportation (“VDOT”) failed to spend nearl...
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The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that it intends to impose strict standards on several states – including Maryland – if they fail to strengthen their pla...
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No metro area has benefited more from the uptick in federal spending on construction than did Washington, D.C., but the area hasn’t been immune from the woes of private-sector developm...
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Home construction increased last month and applications for building permits also grew. The gains were driven mainly by apartment and condominium construction, not the much larger single-fam...
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President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve at least $50 billion in long-term spending in the nation's roads, railways and runways in a pre-election effort to show he's tryi...
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According to an article in USA Today, the construction loan is causing greater damage to banks than other, more convoluted, loan products. The Congressional Oversight Panel, a ...
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MSBA's New Construction Law Committee Continues to Build
By Bryan Nichols
MSBA's Special Committee on Construction Law has scheduled a meet-and-greet event for...
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Construction spending in the U.S. unexpectedly increased in June, boosted by gain in government programs that made up for declines in private residential and commercial projects.
The 0.1...
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ASA, ASA of Baltimore and the D.C. Metropolitan Subcontractors Association jointly filed an amici curiae, or “friends of the court,” brief on July 16, 2010, asking the Court o...
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According to an AP report, homebuilders' confidence in the housing market has sunk to the lowest level in more than a year, fresh evidence that the economic recovery is slowing.
The ...
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Mike Pappas was featured in Building Baltimore Magazine's February 2009 Edition for his work with the ABC Joint Legislative Committee.
Mike received a "Member of ...
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Mike Pappas was interviewed March 25, 2009 at the Baltimore County Bar Association's Technology Expo, held at the Towson National Guard Armory from 11 am until 2 pm.
Pappas, the...
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Mike Pappas was recently featured in the Government Affairs Newsletter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. for his work with the ABC Joint Legislative Committee in Maryland. ...
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Construction activity surged in April by the largest amount in nearly a decade, as all the major building sectors from housing to government projects showed strength. The unexpected...
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The United States Department of Transportation proposed new rules which are designed to help more DBEs participate in federal DOT construction projects. The proposed rule would...
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Turner Construction Company announced that the First Quarter 2010 Turner Building Cost Index, which measures non-residential building construction costs in the United States, has decrease...
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On March 15, 2010, Delegates James and Bohanan introduced an Emergency Bill (HB 1552), which would require Maryland's Department of the Environment (the "DOE") and State Hig...
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On February 26, 2010, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals isued its opinion in the case of Board of Education of Worcester County v. BEKA Industries, Inc. and ruled that county boards o...
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The International Code Council ("ICC") released the first version of the International Green Construction Code ("IGCC") on March 15, 2010. According to the ICC&#...
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According to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Mid-Atlantic Construction, Maryland showed some signs of recovery in the residential and nonbuilding sectors. However, non-reside...
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