Current Legal Issues

Cobb Law Group Joins AGC Georgia!

The Cobb Law Group is excited to be one of the newest members of the Associated General Contractors of America (“AGC”) and the Associated General Contractors of Georgia (“AGC Georgia”). “It is a natural fit that we should join this...

Georgia Construction Sites turn PINK!

by: Mark Cobb Construction sites get a bad rap. Movies and plays show overweight, middle-aged contractors ogling girls and yelling out cat calls from beams and heavy equipment. But, if you look closely at some Georgia construction sites, you just...

Big Changes for Contractors Coming August 15 through the SBA’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program!

by: Cobb Law Group It’s coming soon! August 15 is a big day for small construction contractors and subcontractors! According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program, smaller construction contractors will have improved access to bonds. First,...

PROHIBITION 2012–CONTEST OF CALIFORNIA’S NEW FOIS GRAS BAN

By: Mark A. Cobb Cobb Law Group Admittedly, this is a little off-topic, but we have been keeping an eye on California’s ban on fois gras; this new legislation (California SB 1520) took effect on July 1, and it...

$105 Billion Federal Law May Assure Subcontractors of Payment on Public-Private Partnership Transportation Projects

by: Mark A. Cobb Cobb Law Group We are pleased that the President has signed H.R. 4348 which is called the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act’’ or ‘‘MAP–21’’. This highly anticipated, $105 billion transportation legislation...

Legal Challenge to Georgia Appeals Court Decision Exposing Subcontractors to Third-Party Claims

by: Mark A. Cobb Cobb Law Group As members of the American Subcontractor’s Association (“ASA”), the Cobb Law Group is pleased to pass along the following information from a recent ASAToday weekly news bulletin: “ASA is asking the Georgia...

CONTRACTORS BEWARE OF RETROACTIVE LIABILITY FOR DESIGN FLAWS

by: Mark A. Cobb Cobb Law Group A recent development from the United States Supreme Court may have profound repercussions affecting almost everyone in the design, build and construction industries. This case stems from the 2007 collapse of the I-35W...

Georgia Court of Appeals Requires Strict Compliance of Supplier’s Notice to Owner/Notice to Contractor

Last month, the Georgia Court of Appeals handed down a decision that affects every third-tier subcontractor and supplier working on construction projects in Georgia. In short, the court held that a supplier's Notice to Owner/Notice to Contractor which failed to...