Jason D. Salvin | Daily Business Review | June 9, 2017 On May 12, 2003, I took a leap of faith and left my job working for one of the nation’s leading general contractors to join the legal profession. Eight days later, the Florida Legislature presented then-Gov. Jeb Bush with a revolutionary bill intended to… Continue reading Polarizing Design Defect Claims Law Could Be Refined
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Fla. Gov. Signs 2 Construction Law Bills Backed By Builders
Nathan Hale | Law360 | June 15, 2017 Construction companies applauded Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s signing Thursday of two bills that they say will open competition for state-funded projects and give builders more say and certainty on when a statutory window of liability for completed projects begins to run. H.B. 599 preempts local laws and mandates… Continue reading Fla. Gov. Signs 2 Construction Law Bills Backed By Builders
Those Contractual Protections that you Bargained for Might be Void
Timothy W. Gordon | Holland & Hart LLP | May 16, 2017 Building a mixed-use project? If so, Colorado law might render void some of the contractual protections that you bargained for. In Broomfield Senior Living Owner, LLC v. R.G. Brinkmann Co., 2017 COA 31, reh’g denied (Apr. 20, 2017), a division of the Colorado… Continue reading Those Contractual Protections that you Bargained for Might be Void
The Beneficiaries of “Pay-if-Paid” Clauses in Construction Contracts
Dana Chaaban | Shutts & Bowen LLP | April 25, 2017 The law of contract formation allows parties “freedom to contract” in most aspects of transactions, services and/or liabilities. In the area of construction law, general contractors have largely negotiated a shift in the distribution of risk away from the general contractor and to the… Continue reading The Beneficiaries of “Pay-if-Paid” Clauses in Construction Contracts
Being Aggressive vs. Being Strategic
Anne Lockner | Robins Kaplan | January 11, 2017 INSTEAD, MORE CLIENTS SHOULD BE SAYING: “WE NEED TO BE STRATEGIC WITH THIS CASE.” “We need to be aggressive with this matter,” says a client who is either in litigation or in the midst of failing negotiations. All too often, what that really means is: “I’m… Continue reading Being Aggressive vs. Being Strategic