Greater computational power does not eliminate responsibility. Instead, it intensifies the need for informed judgment.

Design liability and right-of-way risk allocation are topics addressed in a legal research digest recently published by the Transportation Research Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research ...

In today’s construction industry, it is no secret that there is always increasing pressure to speed up schedules and to keep costs down. One key factor that can help achieve these goals is to increase ...

John G. Powers and Nina I. Brown of Hancock Estabrook write: In New York, the question of whether the original designer bears any continuing liability in tort for injuries occurring after the ...

The wall that shields design professionals from lawsuits by contractors with whom the designer has no contractual relationship continues to be whittled away. Where a contractor alleges that it has ...

Design delegation has become increasingly prevalent in modern construction, encompassing everything from curtain wall systems to precast panels and fire protection layouts. Contractors and specialty ...

A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced. This is an inflection point in the global debate over Big Tech liability: For the ...

While architects and engineers take responsibility for the safety of the buildings they design, they usually are not responsible for protecting the property or the people on-site during construction.

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Insurers intend to raise prices of design professional liability insurance for a third consecutive year in 2024, according to a survey of 17 leading providers. Broker Ames & Gough, which conducted the ...

One of the fastest-growing branches of U.S. litigation is product-design liability suits against manufacturers, claiming that faultily designed products caused serious injuries or deaths. “This ...