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WEBINAR - The Tariff Dilemma, Economic Uncertainties, and Price Escalation Clauses: How Contractors Can Manage Supply Chain Challenges Through Contract Negotiation, Drafting, and Management

April 29, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

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Amid shifting government positions on spending, permitting, and construction materials tariffs, along with the resulting economic instability, contractors have struggled to find reliable and stable pricing. Such uncertainty has disrupted cost calculations and projections on existing and emerging projects and injected greater risk for all stakeholders. In this webinar, construction lawyers Jim Rohlfing, Matt Bryant, and Michael Metz-Topodas analyze the existing and potential impacts from these changing government policies to explore remedies, like price escalation clauses, available to subcontractors, contractors, and others in the construction industry to address such risks.

Presented By:  Michael Metz-Topodas and James T. Rohlfing

Michael is a partner in the Construction Group at Saul Ewing, LLP. His practice includes construction litigation, day-to-day project and claims counseling, contract review, drafting and negotiations, bid preparation and bid protests, and OSHA compliance and enforcement defense. Mr. Metz-Topodas represents general contractors, subcontractors, owners, designers, and suppliers on private, public, and federal projects. He counsels clients and handles construction disputes involving delay and inefficiency claims, design and construction defects, unforeseen site conditions, project scope disputes, bid protests, and payment claims, including mechanics liens, bond claims, and Miller Act claims. He can be reached at michael.metz-topodas@saul.com.

James T. Rohlfing (james.rohlfing@saul.com) is a partner in the Chicago office of the national law firm of Saul Ewing LLP, where he is a member of the firm's Construction Practice Group.  He represents subcontractors and other participants in the construction industry in resolving legal disputes and by providing counselling on a wide range of legal issues impacting his clients’ businesses. He is editor of the highly-acclaimed and comprehensive treatise Illinois Construction Law Manual, published by Thomson Reuters.   Mr. Rohlfing is special counsel and past president of IMSCA, the largest organization for subcontractors in Illinois. He is an active member of  the ABA Construction Forum, the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys (SOICA), and the Chicago Bar Association’s Construction Law committee. He has drafted and assisted in passing Illinois legislation critical to the Illinois construction industry and he occasionally provides testimony to the Illinois Legislature on construction law issues.


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