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 [email protected] […]
Why You Need a Contract Mediation Clause
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 […]
To Require Arbitration or Not To Require Arbitration
Originally posted 2014-12-15 09:00:36. Many, if not most, construction contracts that I review during the course of my practice day include a mandatory arbitration clause. Most of these refer in a blanket manner to AAA Construction Industry Rules. The topic for this post is not whether such clauses are enforceable or whether they are one […]
Be Careful in Contracting and Business
Originally posted 2014-06-06 09:00:34. After an hour long phone conference with a client, I have had several thoughts, only a few of which I can share here (grin). The first is that my friends and clients in the construction industry are hurting, but need to work with an attorney to assure that the pain is […]
Construction Mediation is Exhausting, but Worth It!
Originally posted 2010-12-27 09:00:05. Here at Construction Law Musings, we have discussed mediation from numerous angles. From a great Guest Post from Vickie Pynchon (@vpynchon) on Ways Your Construction Mediation will Fail to my own personal musings on the subject. All of the thoughts from these posts flooded to mind during one long mediation experience […]