Firm Newsletter and Publications

     Welcome to the Tesser & Cohen firm newsletter and publications section.  Here you can read about the latest developments in the field of Construction Law.  The newsletters are published in Adobe PDF format.  To view the newsletter you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system.  If you do not have Acrobat Reader on your machine, the download is free.  Just follow the "Acrobat Reader" link at the bottom of this page. 

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1. September 2006 Newsletter
   In this Issue: New Jersey Legislature: All Contractors Entitled to Prompt Payment
    

2. October 2004 Newsletter
   In this Issue: Bidders Not Required to Obtain Price Quotes from Subcontractors Prior to Bid, New Jersey’s Construction Trust Fund Act Given Teeth, Legislative Update – Contractor’s Registration Act, Legislative Update – Home Improvement Act

3. September 2004 Legislative Update
   New Requirement for Public Bidding, Recent or Pending Construction Legislation in New Jersey, Recent or Pending Legislation in New Jersey

4. March 2003 Newsletter
   In this Issue: Development of Claims Based on Mold in Construction,  Impact of Defective Architect’s Certification on Termination, Venue Requirements for Lien Foreclosure Cases

5. December 2001 Newsletter
   In this Issue:  First New Jersey Supreme Court Ruling On Construction Lien Law, Contractor’s Right to Reduce Subcontract Work, Effect of Construction Lien Claim on Owner’s Contract Balance, Contractor Termination Based on Defective Architect Certification

6. July 2001 Newsletter
   In this Issue:  Case of First Impression - Public Workers Contract Registration Act,
   The Lien Law’s Written Contract Requirement and the Right to Retainage, What is the Eichleay Formula?

7. December 1999 Legislative Update
   In this Issue: Construction Industry Protection Act, In Re: Public Service Electric and Gas Co.

8. November 1999 Newsletter
   In this Issue: Liability of subcontractors who withdraw quotes on publicly bid projects;  Legal consequences of joint check agreements; Rights of contractors who abandon lien claims; How to strengthen your paid-when-paid clause.

9. October 1998 Newsletter
   In this Issue: Simultaneous awarding of prime contracts; Subcontractors unjust enrichment claims against owners; Paying liquidated damages could be the prudent course; Construction contracts and the discovery rule; Conditional line item bids are materially defective; No claim for extra work when notice provisions are ignored. 

10. March 1998 Newsletter
    In this Issue: It is not always enough to be the lowest bidder for public work; "Two bites at the apple?"; Without a signed written contract, you have no lien rights in New Jersey for private work; The American Arbitration Association enacts new rules for expedited resolution of disputes under $50,000; Pay-When-Paid contracts are now void in New York; New Jersey's Municipal Lien Law now requires a pre-construction filing to preserve your lien rights.

11. Home Inspection Professional Licensing Act
    Article authored by Lee Tesser for the New Jersey State Bar Association - Construction and Public Contract Law Sections.

12. Federal Contracting Payment Issues, An Overview
    Article authored by Lee Tesser for the New Jersey State Bar Association - Construction and Public Contract Law Sections

13. State of New Jersey Department of Labor Division of Wage and Hour Compliance
    Application for Public Works Contractor Registration. (Because this is a scan of an original document it is a large file. Please allow extra time for download).

14. New Jersey Lien Law Notes and Forms

15. Sample Pay-When-Paid and Arbitration Clauses

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