Month: December 2011
What Property Owners Need to Know About Destructive Testing
Lee A. Weintraub – December 13, 2011 Chapter 558 Fla. Stats. is Florida’s pre-suit notice and right to cure procedure, which applies before property owners may assert a claim against a developer, contractor, subcontractor or design professional for construction and design defects. It expressly provides for “destructive testing” of the defective areas of the property via… Continue reading What Property Owners Need to Know About Destructive Testing
Chinese Drywall Manufacturer to Make Things Right
Advise & Consult, Inc. – December 16, 2011 For some of those people who have suffered for years in the Chinese drywall aftermath, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin is trying to make it right with them. Unlike many of their counterparts who are ducking the responsibility they have with those who used their toxic and defective drywall, Knauf Plasterboard… Continue reading Chinese Drywall Manufacturer to Make Things Right
Essential Apps for Trial
Robert Ambrogi – December 1, 2011 As we mentioned earlier, many attorneys have turned to iPads to prepare and question experts. Talk to trial attorneys about the apps that enable them to use their iPads in trials and depositions, and you hear a few names repeated over and over again. Among the apps attorneys most… Continue reading Essential Apps for Trial
Lien Away As It’s An Absolutely Protected Right In California – Real Estate & Construction
B. Scott Douglass and Eric C. Tausend – December 6, 2011 The California Court of Appeal recently held that the recording of a lis pendens in connection with a mechanic’s lien foreclosure action is protected by the litigation privilege and cannot support a slander of title claim, even if the underlying lien claim lacked any… Continue reading Lien Away As It’s An Absolutely Protected Right In California – Real Estate & Construction