Originally posted 2010-08-06 09:00:19. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome Melissa Dewey Brumback. Melissa is a litigation partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC in Raleigh, North Carolina where she focuses on construction law issues. She maintains a blog for construction professionals called Construction Law in North Carolina. She can be reached at mbrumback@rl-law.com
Each year here at Musings, I try and highlight some key construction industry-related bills that are winding their way through the Virginia General Assembly. This year is no different, though this year does not have the action level that prior years have had. Without further ado, here are those that I spotted and which I
Originally posted 2017-09-25 15:59:37. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome Seth J. Smiley. Seth is the managing member of Smiley Law, a boutique law firm located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Seth handles all aspects of construction cases from initial contracting to payment once work is complete. Other areas of focus
Originally posted 2009-03-30 09:00:00. On numerous occasions here at Musings, I have discussed the almost ridiculously picky nature of mechanic’s liens in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The so called “150 day rule” found in Virginia Code Section 43-4 is no exception. The 150-day rule means that a contractor or material man can only include in
The Commonwealth of Virginia passed a temporary emergency workplace standard relating to COVID that became effective as of July 27, 2020. Just this past week, effective January 27, 2021, Virginia has enacted a permanent workplace standard. This new and permanent 58-page standard is set forth in Section 16VAC25-220 of the Virginia Administrative Code and includes