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Construction Group Secures Favorable Settlement for PCL Civil Constructors

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.01.06

Crowell & Moring secured a favorable settlement for our client in a construction defect case involving a sewer pipe in San Diego. In 2003, the City of San Diego brought suit against general contractor PCL Civil Constructors Inc. for alleged defective installation of joint welds in the interior lining of the sewer pipe. Representing PCL Civil Constructors, Stuart Einbinder was the partner in charge and was assisted by former counsel Rosemary Carson and counsel Theresa Lopez. The opposing counsel was the City Attorney-Civil Division of the City of San Diego. The case was settled in the spring of 2005

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Client Alert | 4 min read | 08.25.26

DOJ Signals Increased Antitrust Scrutiny of Algorithmic Pricing in Willow Bridge Decision

Algorithmic pricing tools commonly used by businesses to increase efficiency and profits are under increasing antitrust scrutiny. This summer, federal regulators, state attorneys general, and state legislatures grappled with competing businesses providing nonpublic, competitively sensitive data to common algorithmic platforms. The Third Circuit deepened an emerging circuit split with the Ninth Circuit on algorithmic pricing liability, reviving antitrust claims against Atlantic City casino-hotels in a decision with direct implications for any company that uses a common pricing platform. See Crowell’s recent client alert. And New Jersey enacted two landmark laws—the FAIR Act and the Fair Price Protection Act—directly regulating algorithmic rent-setting and surveillance pricing. See Crowell’s recent client alert....