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By John Kenney, Cotney Attorneys & Consultants. An increased minimum wage of $15 for all federal employees will impact both companies and workers. Newly installed President Joe Biden is moving quickly to increase the minimum wage to $15 for all federal employees, including those working on construction projects. This is likely to ... Read More

By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Three days of education, networking and live presentations at the 2021 Virtual International Roofing Expo. COVID-19 has changed our world, but roofing continues to protect structures across the country. The International Roofing Expo (IRE) also continues to provide what the industry needs with their upcoming IRE ... Read More

By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Cotney continues to build a global team of experienced attorneys that best represents the construction industry. Corné Broodryk is the newest member of Cotney Construction Law, joining the team in 2020. Corné holds a LLB Degree and is admitted to the High Court of South ... Read More

By Cotney - Attorneys & Consultants. After being inaugurated on January 20, President Biden wasted no time signing executive orders and rolling out other plans for change. Although many actions will need to shake out over the coming months, it seems clear that he intends to make modifications in the workplace. Below ... Read More

By Cotney Construction Law. Did you make personal resolutions for 2021? What about resolutions for your business? It is a new year, and you likely entered 2021 with a host of resolutions for your personal life. But what about resolutions for your business? Just as you should take stock of yourself, you ... Read More

Welcome to the final installment of the three-part series discussing the Occupation Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) fall protection standards. At first, we discussed OSHA’s fall protection standards contained within the Code of Federal Regulations. Then, we reviewed the various types of conventional fall protection systems that satisfy OSHA’s fall protection ... Read More

S2:E10 Join Heidi and Megan Ellsworth on the next Coffee Conversations, Gen Z style. Megan, a member of Gen Z and RoofersCoffeeShop podcast producer, welcomes fellow Gen Z’ers Xavier Carmona of Golden Group Roofing, Katya Khalimon of LTD Exteriors and Lexie Sutton of Cotney Construction Law. Megan and guests talk about ... Read More

S2:E10 Join Heidi and Megan Ellsworth on the next Coffee Conversations, Gen Z style. Megan, a member of Gen Z and RoofersCoffeeShop podcast producer, welcomes fellow Gen Z’ers Xavier Carmona of Golden Group Roofing, Katya Khalimon of LTD Exteriors and Lexie Sutton of Cotney Construction Law. Megan and guests talk about ... Read More

By Corné Broodryk, Cotney Construction Law. South Africa’s Economy has been impacted greatly by the COVID-19 Pandemic. With no end in sight and research that shows that the vaccines may have lower than expected efficacy against a new strain of the coronavirus coming from South Africa, the outbreak will have long lasting ... Read More

By Lauren White, RCS Assistant Editor. Learn why the act was created, who it does and does not protect and other details that may surprise you. Government contractors or suppliers may have heard of, or are familiar with, the Miller Act. Whether their experience was posting a bond for a government ... Read More

Welcome back to our three-part series discussing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) fall protection standards. In Part One, we laid out a general overview of OSHA’s enumerated fall protection standards contained with the Code of Federal Regulations. In this article, we will examine the different types of conventional fall ... Read More

By Colin Sheehan, RCS Reporter. Learn about the roofing foundations that are doing research, granting scholarships and helping the community. Coffee Conversations is where the roofing community meets every other week to discuss what’s happening in the industry. This episode was sponsored by Cotney Construction Law and discussed the ... Read More

S3:E1 Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner visits with Kathleen C. Ropka an attorney who is based in Cotney Construction Law’s Chicago office. In this Cotney Around the Globe Podcast, they discuss the Chicago office and some of the hot topics and trends in the city and the Midwest in general. ... Read More

S1:E2 RCS Partner, Heidi J Ellsworth and RoofersCoffeeShop intern AJ Gehley welcome Trent Cotney and John Kenney to this installment of the R-Club Coffee Break. Both talk about their companies Cotney Construction Law and Cotney Consulting Group and the benefits offered to R-Club members, including the Cotney Construction Law consultations as ... Read More

S1:E2 RCS Partner, Heidi J Ellsworth and RoofersCoffeeShop intern AJ Gehley welcome Trent Cotney and John Kenney to this installment of the R-Club Coffee Break. Both talk about their companies Cotney Construction Law and Cotney Consulting Group and the benefits offered to R-Club members, including the Cotney Construction Law consultations as ... Read More