Brian L. Lynch | Faegre Baker Daniels | January 18, 2018 With the rise in alternative project delivery systems, design professionals are often expected to provide services beyond those required under the “traditional model.”1 As one may expect, this expansion of services can also increase risk for the designer and affect legal relationships and liabilities for… Continue reading Fashion Trends for Design Professionals: Wearing Many Different Hats
Month: January 2018
Cross-Examining the Expert Witness in a PL Case Part III: Challenging the Methodology
Rosario M. Vignali | Wilson Elser | January 16, 2018 In this third and last installment of our three-part series examining the type of deposition questioning that can derail your opponent’s expert and set up a successful Daubert challenge, we will look at Daubert’s insistence that the expert’s opinions be based on “reliable methodology” before opinions can be… Continue reading Cross-Examining the Expert Witness in a PL Case Part III: Challenging the Methodology
Connected Devices Bring New Product Liability Challenges
Morrison & Foerster LLP | January 18, 2018 “My Google Home Mini was inadvertently spying on me 24/7 due to a hardware flaw,” wrote a tech blogger who purchased Google Inc.’s latest internet of things (IoT) device. Following the incident, a pact of consumer advocacy groups insisted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recall… Continue reading Connected Devices Bring New Product Liability Challenges
Washington Supreme Court Upholds Rule That Property Owner and General Contractor Are Not Indispensable Parties in a Lien Foreclosure Action Against the Surety of the Lien Release Bond
Jennifer McMillan Beyerlein | Lane Powell | January 18, 2018 Today, the Washington Supreme Court has clarified any misunderstanding about the necessary parties in a mechanic’s lien foreclosure action when a lien release bond has been posted. In Inland Empire Dry Wall Supply Co. v. Western Surety Co., the Court upheld a divided Court of Appeals by… Continue reading Washington Supreme Court Upholds Rule That Property Owner and General Contractor Are Not Indispensable Parties in a Lien Foreclosure Action Against the Surety of the Lien Release Bond
Does Arbitration Apply to Contemporaneously Executed Contracts (When One of the Contracts does Not Have an Arbitration Provision)?
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates | January 6, 2018 Binding arbitration is an alternative to litigation. Instead of having your dispute decided by a judge and/or jury, it is decided by an arbitrator through an arbitration process. Arbitration, however, is a creature of contract, meaning there needs to be a contractual arbitration provision requiring the… Continue reading Does Arbitration Apply to Contemporaneously Executed Contracts (When One of the Contracts does Not Have an Arbitration Provision)?