Meghan Douris | Seyfarth Shaw Artificial intelligence and advanced digital tools are no longer experimental on construction projects. In Q1 of 2026, we can already see how they are already influencing schedules, estimates, submittals, safety reporting, and day‑to‑day project documentation. As peak construction season approaches, many teams are accelerating adoption of AI to gain efficiency.… Continue reading AI & Digital Tools on Construction Projects: Contract Risks to Address Before Peak Season
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Construction Delivery Methods: A Legal Perspective
Jeffrey Gallant and Curtis Noles | Clark Hill In today’s construction and project management landscape, selecting the right project delivery method is as consequential as the project’s scope, budget, and schedule. This article introduces the principal approaches – Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Construction Manager Advisor, and Construction Manager at Risk – and explains how their differing allocations… Continue reading Construction Delivery Methods: A Legal Perspective
What Role Will AI Play in Settlement Rates?
Esquire Deposition Solutions Last week’s blog examined whether pretrial discovery methods — and depositions in particular — have been responsible for the dramatic decline in civil trials. While the available evidence suggests that liberal discovery rules clearly contribute to pretrial resolutions, nobody has measured exactly how much. Meanwhile, two powerful forces are quietly reshaping how… Continue reading What Role Will AI Play in Settlement Rates?
Pro Se Litigant Misses Work Product Argument, and Court Opinion Misses Work Product Argument: Part I
Thomas E. Spahn | McGuireWoods In Kachelev. El-Maasri, Case No. 25-cv-3458-AGS-MMP, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15935 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2026), a dentist sued his landlord pro se and sought to block the landlord’s discovery of his communications with his dental office employees. Dealing only with attorney-client privilege, the court quickly denied the plaintiff’s motion — noting… Continue reading Pro Se Litigant Misses Work Product Argument, and Court Opinion Misses Work Product Argument: Part I
Pro Se Litigant Misses Work Product Argument, and Court Opinion Misses Work Product Argument: Part II
Thomas Spahn | McGuireWoods Last week’s Privilege Point described a pro se litigant’s losing evidentiary protection argument based solely on the narrow attorney-client privilege, rather than on the broader and presumably applicable work product protection. Kachele v. El-Maasri, Case No. 25-cv-3458-AGS-MMP, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15935 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 28, 2026). Two weeks earlier, a federal court assessed opinion… Continue reading Pro Se Litigant Misses Work Product Argument, and Court Opinion Misses Work Product Argument: Part II