For this week’s Guest Post Friday at Construction Law Musings, we welcome Bryan G. Scott. Bryan is an attorney at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLC. His primary areas of practice are commercial and business litigation, construction law and litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith, and products liability defense. If you read Construction Law Musings regularly […]
How Web 2.0 Helps My Construction Practice
When I started this blog back in December of 2008, I did so on a whim. I had heard that a blog was a good way to get ideas out there and that I could get some benefit, so I dove right in and charged ahead. Before I started the blog, I had profiles in […]
Just Because You Record a Mechanic’s Lien Doesn’t Mean You Get Notice of Foreclosure
As longtime (or new readers for that matter) know, mechanic’s liens are near and dear to my heart here at Construction Law Musings. These powerful tools to collect for your hard work on a construction project are great when prepared and recorded in the very specific fashion required by the Virginia legislature and courts. In […]
New Jersey’s Independent Contractor Rule
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Bennet Susser. Bennet is a founding member and shareholder of the New Jersey law firm, Jardim, Meisner & Susser, P.C. He has over 25 years’ experience in representing clients in all types of complex (and not so complex) litigation, including those involving construction […]
Reminder: Make Note of Your Notice Requirements
As you probably have guessed, I review a lot of construction contracts. As a Virginia construction attorney, I hope that I get to review these contracts either during the drafting process or prior to my construction clients signing them. Why? Because as I’ve “mused” many times before, I can add value and help my clients […]