David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates A recent case out of the Northern District of Florida dealing with a federal project provides an interesting discussion about a sub-subcontractor asserting a claim against the prime contractor for unjust enrichment. The prime contractor argued any benefit to it was indirect which does not support an unjust enrichment claim as… Continue reading Indirect Benefit Does Not Support Unjust Enrichment Claim Against Prime Contractor
Month: July 2023
Making Dollars And ‘Cents’ Of Key Contractual Payment Provisions And How State Law Can Impact Your Rights
Ashley J. Sherwood and Dan W. Ballesteros | Seyfarth Shaw Clauses that can affect your right to payment in different U.S. states In contracts that can sometimes be hundreds of pages, the provisions that contractors (and their attorneys) scrutinize the most concern payment. But it is not just the obvious payment application or interest clauses… Continue reading Making Dollars And ‘Cents’ Of Key Contractual Payment Provisions And How State Law Can Impact Your Rights
Ninth Circuit Slashes Exorbitant Attorney’s Fee Award That Would “Make The Average Person Shake Her Head In Disbelief”
Anna S. McLean | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton The Ninth Circuit recently struck a blow against plaintiffs’ attorneys’ ability to recover handsome attorney’s fee awards in class action settlements when there is little actual benefit to the class. In Lowery v Rhapsody International, Inc., No. 22-15162 (9th Cir. June 7, 2023), a Ninth Circuit panel reversed… Continue reading Ninth Circuit Slashes Exorbitant Attorney’s Fee Award That Would “Make The Average Person Shake Her Head In Disbelief”
Artificial Intelligence in the Built Environment
Kemberly Barcella | Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is everywhere. Seemingly the latest technology “buzzword” these days, new (and not so new) AI applications are being implemented and talked about everywhere you turn. As my colleague, Amanda Grannis recently wrote for Ingram’s Real Estate Report, “AI has permeated nearly every aspect of the virtual… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence in the Built Environment
Supreme Court Rules That District Courts Must Stay Proceedings Pending Interlocutory Appeals Of Denials Of Motions To Compel Arbitration
Paul Chappell, Jonathan Y. Ellis and Matthew Anger | McGuireWoods On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, No. 22-105, 2023 WL 4138983 (U.S. June 23, 2023), that will provide further protection for parties seeking arbitration. The issue presented to the Court was whether a district court must stay… Continue reading Supreme Court Rules That District Courts Must Stay Proceedings Pending Interlocutory Appeals Of Denials Of Motions To Compel Arbitration