{"id":904822,"date":"2025-09-23T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=904822"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:05:25","slug":"choice-of-law-provisions-quick-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/choice-of-law-provisions-quick-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Note: Choice of Law Provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Adelstein | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaconstructionlegalupdates.com\/quick-note-choice-of-law-provisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is common for construction contracts to include a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/construction-contracts-choice-of-law-provisions\/\">choice-of-law provision<\/a> or language. This is language that says the contract is to governed under the laws of the state of Florida (by way of example). Pick any jurisdiction. There may be other language in the provision, but the gist is that if there is a dispute arising under the agreement, the laws of the state designated in the choice-of-law provision will apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you can have an agreement in Florida with a vendor but that agreement includes a choice-of-law provision that says the state of Virginia applies. This is because the vendor may be based in Virginia and the agreement was based on Virginia law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, a choice-of-law provision can be waived if it is not timely raised in a lawsuit. So, if you are in a dispute in Florida under an agreement that says Virginia law applies, the application of Virginia law can be waived if it is not raised. This is an important consideration because the designated state may contain more favorable legal principles on a given issue. This was the circumstance discussed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/provemyfloridacase.com\/raising-choice-of-law-provision-in-your-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>\u00a0where the Virginia choice-of-law provision was waived because it was not timely raised. Had it been timely raised, it would have benefited a party on an issue dealing with attorney\u2019s fees which is treated differently in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates It is common for construction contracts to include a choice-of-law provision or language. This is language that says the contract is to governed under the laws of the state of Florida (by way of example). Pick any jurisdiction. There may be other language in the provision, but the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/choice-of-law-provisions-quick-note\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quick Note: Choice of Law Provisions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[9895,10971,224],"class_list":["post-904822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-contracts","tag-advise-consult","tag-choice-of-law-provisions","tag-construction-contract","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quick Note: Choice of Law Provisions - Advise &amp; 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