Wow! Thanks to all of you for 13 years (including all of my years in solo construction practice) of Legal Elite elections to the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law, to the Virginia legal community that continues to elect me to the Virginia Business Legal Elite. The 13 consecutive years of election to the Legal […]
More Hensel Phelps Ripples in the Statute of Limitations Pond?
As is always the case when I attend the Virginia State Bar’s annual construction law seminar, I come away from it with a few posts on recent cases and their implications. The first of these is not a construction case, but has implications relating to the state project related statute of limitations and indemnification issues […]
A Great Time at the 40th Annual Construction Law and Public Contracts Seminar
If you are a Virginia (or even a Maryland or DC) construction attorney, you should know of and attend the Virginia State Bar’s Construction and Public Contracts Law seminar every year. This past November 1st and 2nd was no exception. I always enjoy the time spent with colleagues and friends at the Boar’s Head Resort […]
Happy Memorial Day Wishes from Construction Law Musings
Originally posted 2015-05-25 10:00:41. Well, the office is closed and I am enjoying the day off with my family and friends and I hope that you are doing the same. Here’s wishing all of the readers of this construction law blog a great Memorial Day. Thanks for your readership and comments and a special thank […]
Don’t Waive Too Much In Your Mechanic’s Lien Waiver
In the past few years, the Virginia General Assembly has, with certain caveats, precluded pre-furnishing waiver of mechanic’s lien rights. While this essentially outlawed the types of mechanic’s lien waiver clauses that pervaded construction contracts in Virginia, the key to the previous sentence is “pre-furnishing.” What the General Assembly left intact were the usual waivers […]