Robert E. Shapiro | Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg We all heard the very first day of law school exactly the same spiel, often multiple times. You remember: “We are going to teach you here to think like a lawyer.” So said some stern administrator at an initial gathering designed to map out your three-year… Continue reading What Litigators Can Teach Americans Once They (Re-)Learn It Themselves
Category: Construction Law
Conversations with My Younger Self: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Then
Steve Swart | The Dispute Resolver I remember the morning I became a construction law attorney. It was on my birthday several years ago when a partner called me into his office and asked me to review the A107 contract form for a large firm client. The assignment gave me a new language to speak… Continue reading Conversations with My Younger Self: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Then
Promptly Pay the Subcontractor or Pay the Consequences
Justin Croniser | Hahn Loeser & Parks Under Ohio’s Prompt Pay Act, a general contractor could end up paying more for the subcontractor’s attorneys’ fees than the general contractor owed to the subcontractor. That was the ruling by the Ohio appellate court in Atlas Piers NEO v. Summit Construction Co., Inc., 2021-Ohio-2024 (9th Dist.). In Atlas Piers,… Continue reading Promptly Pay the Subcontractor or Pay the Consequences
Construction Litigation Roundup: “Who Needs Them”
Daniel Lund III | Phelps Dunbar Who needs them? So argued a surety pursuing recovery under its general agreement of indemnity when the indemnitors urged a Louisiana federal court to dismiss the surety’s complaint for failure to join various allegedly required parties as defendants in the litigation. As part of its court action, the surety… Continue reading Construction Litigation Roundup: “Who Needs Them”
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”