RC Legal Insights expert Trent Cotney provides simple steps roofing contractors can take when it comes to protecting their company.

Using the latest and most powerful technology tool for business can have its drawbacks, warns Adams and Reese Partner Trent Cotney.

Trent Cotney of Adams and Reese explains what contractors should keep in mind if they’re looking to bid on projects in the public sphere.

It can happen anywhere, anytime. A negative review about a roofing service, company, contractor or piece of equipment can be shared with an unlimited number of people with just a few key strokes.

Owens Corning Roofing Contractor Network has partnered with Adams and Reese LLP and the head of its Construction practice group, Trent Cotney — a renowned roofing attorney — to offer free contract audits to roofing contractors. 

The labor shortage is unfortunately here to stay for the foreseeable future, resulting in a need for sub-labor to complete jobs. Trent Cotney, partner at  Adams and Reese, shares what contractors must keep in mind when hiring sub-laborers.

Labor law can be confusing and may lead a company into unintentional non-compliance. Work “prep” time, like training,  is technically considered "work" by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor.

As the Occupational Safety Health Administration bears down on violators of regulations regarding workplace safety in the construction industry, including roofing contractors, learn from RC's Legal Insights expert, Trent Cotney, on the steps necessary to avoid citations.

Changing regulations in California regarding lead will have an enormous impact on roofers, warns Trent Cotney of Adams and Reese.

Learn about OSHA's new ability to authorize legal protection for undocumented workers involved in workplace safety violations.