This past Tuesday (the 12th of June) fellow construction attorneys Melissa Brumback (@melissabrumback), Craig Martin (@craigmartin_jd) and I put on a webinar entitled “Drafting Construction Contracts: Key Provisions and Common Pitfalls.” The webinar was well received and my colleagues shined. I thought I’d go ahead and post the slides from my part of the program […]
The Registered Agent Advantage
In the Commonwealth of Virginia, as in most states, all corporations, LLC’s or other corporate style entities are required to have a registered agent if they are to do business in the Commonwealth. The reasons for the requirement are many, but the main ones are taxation, service of process and communication from the Virginia State […]
“Green” Expectations. . . or Just Expectations (“green” is not a specification; it’s a paint color)
I was having a discussion regarding “green” building with my friend and recent guest poster here at Musings, Nick Pacella (@nmpacella) this past week and (as often happens when I chat with the great folks in the construction world) it got me to thinking. Is “Green” its own separate category of construction, or just another […]
The Beautiful Mess
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Mike Collignon. Mike is a co-founder of the Green Builder Coalition. The Green Builder® Coalition is working to improve the sustainable attributes of new and existing buildings through education, information and advocacy. If you watched any of the World Cup coverage this summer, […]
Another Holiday Wish: I Couldn’t Help but Post This
As I was contemplating the holidays as I sit here at work (but not for much longer), I came across this great post from my friend and colleague Kriss Wilson of the EDD: Issues, Law and Solutions blog. It made me think about the little things and the story in this post pretty much sums […]