Earlier this month, Baltimore City reached an agreement with federal and state environmental agencies that commits the city to greatly reduce the amount of sewage that overflows in Baltimore within less than five years. The agreement is a modification to a 2002 consent decree between the Maryland Department of the Environment, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Risk Allocation for Utility Contractors: Some Twists and Turns
By Carol L. O’Riordan Taimur Rabbani and Anthony J. Marchese, associates at the firm, just published an article in Utility Contractor magazine’s October 2015 issue on risk allocation provisions in contracts entered into by utility contractors. The risk allocation provisions that Taimur and Anthony discuss take two forms: indemnification provisions and “additional insured” provisions that...
New Article: Putting Profitability Into the Pipeline
On August 14, 2014, partner Carol L. O’Riordan and associate Anthony J. Marchese published an article titled “Putting Organization, Compliance and Improved Profitability into the Pipeline” in the Utility Contractor magazine. The article notes that after a contract is signed and while work is proceeding, a company, such as a construction company, should name one...
Lawyers for Utilities Contractors: An Underused Asset? (Part 2)
By Carol L. O’Riordan In an earlier post, I discussed several good reasons why a utility contractor might wish to rely on a lawyer for a wide variety of tasks. Lawyers, after all, are trained in the skills of observation, questioning, problem solving, and communicating. Here are some specific ways in which lawyers can...
Lawyers for Utilities Contractors: An Underused Asset?
By Carol L. O’Riordan Utility contractors know that they need a lawyer, just as they know that they need an accountant, a banker, and insurance and bonding agent. And most know that the lawyer should be knowledgeable about the utilities industry so that he or she can address issues that are likely to arise in the industry,...