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Introducing … Top Tweets (for LEED, BIM, Construction)
Aside from some personal quiet time to reflect on the day ahead, my second favorite part of the early morning is to review my RSS fees to see what may have happened in the prior 24 hours. It’s a...
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Where Construction Law and Intellectual Property Law Intersect
Bill Ferrell is a fellow colleague who practices intellectual property law. Recently, Bill wrote an article on what you can do to protect your intellectual property. As I reviewed this list of...
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Hey Coach, How Can You Think Outside the Box with Your Construction Contracts?
As the college football seasons comes to an end, USA Today had a special report on the salaries of coaches, as well as a great article on coaches’ contracts. The article described how some schools...
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I Am No Construction Prophet, But Expect More Economic Challenges in 2011
Last week, I was selected as a Top 20 Under 40 professional by McGraw Hill’s South Central Construction magazine. (…Thanks @SCConstruction…I’m humbled…) In an exchange of emails, one of the editors...
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Check Out the 2011 Construction Law Update for Construction Cases and Statutes
In the weeks leading up to the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry’s annual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, a number of construction attorneys and I were feverishly reviewing submissions for this...
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A portion of my construction practice involves employment issues. You can imagine the types of employment-related questions that arise on the project site: Hiring, firing and layoffs Harassment and...
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Spearin and Luria Bros: Two Cases Every Federal Contractor Should Know
Where is the best place to start when you have been away from work for a family emergency? Naturally, you go back to the basics. In my next few posts, I review some of the "basic building block" or...
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No April Fools’ Joke: Supreme Court Takes Appeal in Construction Case
Last week, I saw a Tweet about the United States Supreme Court granting certiorari in a construction dispute … and I thought it had to be an April Fools’ Day joke because they never take construction...
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Hey Siri, Why Did You Settle That Case Without Me Signing?
In a world of texts, email and Siri, you should be careful about the impact of the words you write. Remember that case where a court found that a string of text messages can form a binding contract?...
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Not Just An Old Wives’ Tale: Negotiating “Paid In Full” Check Binds Contractor
Long before I was an attorney, I heard this tale that if you endorsed a check that had the words “PAID IN FULL” written on the check, then you were accepting the check as full payment of whatever was...
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