David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Teaming agreements are practical and useful agreements on public projects where a prime contractor teams with a subcontractor for purposes of submitting a bid or proposal in response to a solicitation. The prime contractor and subcontractor work together to pursue that solicitation and have the government award the contract… Continue reading Teaming Agreements – a Contract to Pursue a Solicitation and Negotiate
Month: December 2020
Quick Note: Steps to Protect and Avoid the “Misappropriation” of a “Trade Secret”
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Florida’s Uniform Trade Secret Act (included in Florida Statute s. 688.001 en seq.) defines the terms “trade secret” and “misappropriation.” These definitions (found here) are important in that just because 1) we deem something a trade secret does not, in of itself, make it so, and 2) we deem… Continue reading Quick Note: Steps to Protect and Avoid the “Misappropriation” of a “Trade Secret”
Litigation Privilege Saves the Day for Mechanic’s Liens
Stephen M. Tye and Lawrence S. Zucker II | Haight Brown & Bonesteel In RGC Gaslamp v. Ehmcke Sheet Metal Co., the Fourth Appellate District held that a trial court properly granted an anti-SLAPP motion because the recording of a mechanic’s lien is protected by the litigation privilege. In RGC Gaslamp, subcontractor Ehmcke Sheet Metal Company (“Ehmcke”)… Continue reading Litigation Privilege Saves the Day for Mechanic’s Liens
How Utah’s Judicial and State Bar Officials Worked Together for Regulatory Reform
Lyle Moran | ABA Journal When Gillian Hadfield was asked whether she would speak to a spring 2018 gathering of state court leaders about how changing the way the legal profession is regulated could strengthen access to justice, she was initially hesitant. For years, the economist and law professor, who was then based at the… Continue reading How Utah’s Judicial and State Bar Officials Worked Together for Regulatory Reform
Oregon Court of Appeals Addresses Economic Loss Doctrine and Vicarious Liability in Construction Dispute
Blake Robinson | Davis Wright Tremaine The Oregon Court of Appeals recently issued a decision touching on the economic loss doctrine and vicarious liability in a construction dispute.1 The outcome provides key lessons for manufacturing companies that may maintain principal-agent relationships with distributors or maintenance service companies based on the level of control one party exerts… Continue reading Oregon Court of Appeals Addresses Economic Loss Doctrine and Vicarious Liability in Construction Dispute