Chris Osborn | Miles Mediation & Arbitration John looked at Sandra across the table, with passion in his eyes: “So your answer is, yes?!”Sandra smiled as she gazed back at him, her face equally alive with excitement and resolve. “I think we are going to do beautiful things together. I haven’t been able to stop… Continue reading Conquering Construction Contract Disputes: Strategies for Construction Attorneys to Consider
Potential Liability Arising from Value Engineering
William J. Tinsley, Jr. | Phelps Dunbar Value engineering (VE) is intended to be a shared effort among the design professionals, the construction team and the project owner to enhance the performance and efficiency of a project during the design process. In true VE, the project’s lead design professionals carefully vet, compare and incorporate good… Continue reading Potential Liability Arising from Value Engineering
Penalty for Failure to Release Expired Liens
William L. Porter | Porter Law Group I was recently contacted by a commercial building owner in the process of trying to sell his building. Two years prior to this, a subcontractor had recorded a mechanics’ lien with the local County Recorder’s office in relation to the owner’s property. The subcontractor recorded the mechanics lien… Continue reading Penalty for Failure to Release Expired Liens
The Power of Depositions
Esquire Deposition Solutions Dismissal of a lawsuit is a rare sanction for a discovery violation, but it happened recently in a workplace discrimination lawsuit, due in large part to two probing depositions that called into question one party’s assertion that she had turned over all relevant text messages stored on her cell phone. The case underlines… Continue reading The Power of Depositions
Project Completion Determines Mechanics Lien Recording Deadline
William L. Porter | Porter Law Group The California mechanics lien is one of the most powerful collection remedies available to contractors, subcontractors and suppliers who are unpaid for work performed and materials supplied in relation to a California private works construction project. The mechanics lien allows the claimant to actually sell the property where… Continue reading Project Completion Determines Mechanics Lien Recording Deadline