As the summer comes to a close and I have 2 of my three children headed back to school (the third headed to college this year), I wanted to wish you all a wonderful Labor Day. Here’s hoping that you all had a great summer and that, to those of you who have another “first […]
Don’t Waive Your Jury Trial Waiver Clause
For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Construction Law Musings goes local. Tom Lane is a litigation attorney at ThompsonMcMullan in Richmond, Virginia, and practices in various areas, including construction law. Tom graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001, and he has been associated with ThompsonMcMullan since 2006. In an article published […]
Value Added Design – Go Green
For this weeks Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Charles Hendricks, AIA, CSI, LEED AP. Charles (@thegainesgroup on Twitter) is an architect at The Gaines Group, PLC. This architectural and design firm was named the “best green designers” in 2008 by the Virginia Sustainable Building Network and has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg, […]
If You’re Going to Vote in the ABA Blawg 100, Why Not Musings?
It’s that time of year again. Yes, the time of year when I shamelessly plug Construction Law Musings for a nomination for the ABA Blawg 100. If you like my weekly thoughts and updates on the construction law world and/or the great contributions from those that guest post here at Musings, I would appreciate your […]
Development in CBF Green Building Case in Maryland
Remember that case I discussed a while back relating to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) building in Annapolis, Maryland? Remember how it was a lawsuit over parallams and failure of those parallams? Do you even remember what a parallam is? Well, that case was initially dismissed upon the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment because the […]