A new Louisiana law taking effect Aug. 1 will impose firm payment deadlines on private construction projects and curtail the ability to negotiate around them. Act 822 rewrites the state’s prompt payment law, creating new obligations for project owners while accelerating the timeline for contractors to pay subcontractors and suppliers. Trippe Hawthorne, a partner in
Louisiana’s new prompt payment law puts project owners on the clock
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