Construction Law

You’re Invited—State Benchmarking Models: Promising Practices to Understand & Address Health Care Cost Growth

Learn How States Are Using Cost Growth Benchmarking to Increase Health System Transparency and Contain Rising Health Care Costs at a New Manatt Webinar. Click Here to Register Free.  As states grow increasingly concerned over soaring health care costs, health care cost growth benchmarking programs have emerged as a promising strategy for advancing health system transparency, identifying […]

Barry LeePartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Now on Demand—Talking Politics, Climate Change and the Greening of DC and CA (and What It Means to You)

Click Here to Access the Recording, Download a Free Copy of the Presentation and Earn CLE. With climate change policy at the center of the Biden-Harris agenda, what impacts and opportunities will we see during the next four years, nationally and in California? A recent webinar featuring a nonpartisan panel of Manatt professionals from our government and regulatory […]

Barry LeePartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Court of Appeal sets the record straight on constructive dismissal and employer immunity from employee lawsuits

A recent decision1 of the Court of Appeal has clarified the principle of immunity from civil proceedings enjoyed by employers under the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (hereafter the “AIAOD”). This decision is also interesting in that it sets the record straight as to what does and does not qualify as constructive dismissal. Brief summary of the […]

Richard ProvostPartner, Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Are there limits to a professional’s freedom of expression in his or her personal life?

Professionals have ethical obligations and must respect them in all spheres of their lives, even in their private lives. While they enjoy the protection of the same constitutional rights and freedoms as all citizens, these rights and freedoms are not absolute and are circumscribed by the professional’s ethical obligations. In Comptables professionnels agréés(Ordre des) c. Pilon,1 the respondent was […]

Richard ProvostPartner, Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Businesses must now disclose who are their true owners

This article first appeared in French in the April 2021 edition of the Journal des Parcs industriels by the Corporation des parcs industriels du Québec.   An international movement pushing for greater transparency in the corporate world has sparked reform initiatives across Canada. In this context, the Quebec government introduced a bill in December 2020 to force companies […]

Richard ProvostPartner, Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Rapid screening tests for private-sector enterprises

On February 17, 2021, Quebec’s Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (hereafter “MSSS”) announced that, under certain circumstances, private-sector enterprises can obtain rapid COVID-19 screening test kits. While workplaces dealing with an outbreak will continue to receive support from public health authorities, companies that want to have a supply of rapid tests on hand to allow […]

Richard ProvostPartner, Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Medical masks are now mandatory at all times in all Quebec workplaces

The Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (“CNESST”) has decided to make it mandatory, as of April 8, 2021, to wear a medical mask or a mask certified by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ), at all times in all workplaces in Quebec. A mask will now be required in all circumstances, […]

Richard ProvostPartner, Langlois Lawyers, LLP

You’re Invited: Talking Politics, Climate Change and the Greening of DC and CA (and What It Means to You) | April 27, 2021

With climate change policy at the center of the Biden-Harris agenda, what impacts and opportunities will we see during the next four years, nationally and in California? Join us for a one-hour nonpartisan panel discussion with an experienced group of Manatt professionals from our government and regulatory and environmental law teams. The panelists will discuss […]

Barry LeePartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Suez blockage: A lasting smell for construction?

Just when you thought you could put away your Force Majeure manual…Ever Green hit the headlines. Despite reported pent up demand and optimism for the construction industry (which I believe is there and legitimately so) it does feel like there is an incessant battering of events inhibiting the ability of the construction industry to push […]

Jonathan MorePartner – Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure, Energy and Disputes, Spencer West

Talking Politics Climate Change and the Greening of DC and CA

With climate change policy at the center of the Biden-Harris agenda, what impacts and opportunities will we see during the next four years, nationally and in California? Join us for a one-hour nonpartisan panel discussion with an experienced group of Manatt professionals from our government and regulatory and environmental law teams. The panelists will discuss […]

Barry LeePartner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Construction Timebomb? Detonation date 1 March 2021

Posted: 9 Feb 2021 Think of one of the worst things that could happen to the construction sector at this moment in time What would it be? Something that takes cashflow out of the supply chain? New legislation which fundamentally changes tax regulations when there is limited money to ensure compliance with these changes? You would […]

Jonathan MorePartner – Construction, Engineering, Infrastructure, Energy and Disputes, Spencer West

Member Spotlight – From rock journalist to intern, Koen De Puydt’s unusual journey into the family business

Koen De Puydt heads the Real Estate law and public law department and is responsible for all real estate/ construction law and intellectual property matters. Koen De Puydt graduated in 1998 with a degree in Communication Sciences (VUB), while he worked for the independent music magazine RifRaf as a journalist. After his studies, he continued […]

Koen De PuydtPartner, Seeds of Law