Jeffrey Kozek | Construction Executive Across the construction industry, COVID-19’s impact has caused a range of problems for contractors and projects—prolonged or intermittent work shutdowns, supply chain delays, pricing increases on materials and funding shortfalls. It has also led to court closures. The legal backlog for claims and disputes means that owners and contractors are… Continue reading Surviving the Construction Law Backlog: Nontraditional Approaches to Resolution
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You Can Litigate a Dispute. Just Don’t LITIGATE a Dispute.
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog Litigation can get personal. But when you’re an attorney as well as the litigant, things can get both personal as well as nasty, and this can come back to bite you as was the case in Karton v. Ari Design & Construction, Inc., Case No. B298003 (March 9, 2021), 2nd District… Continue reading You Can Litigate a Dispute. Just Don’t LITIGATE a Dispute.
Public-Private Partnerships: Opportunities & Challenges for the Construction Industry
Brian R. Gaudet | Kilpatrick Townsend A group of industry leaders recently came together as a panel to discuss “Public-Private Partnerships: Opportunities & Challenges for the Construction Industry.” This event, presented by the Construction Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation, reviewed public-private partnerships, distinctions between public and private construction projects, risks associated with… Continue reading Public-Private Partnerships: Opportunities & Challenges for the Construction Industry
Seven Trends That Impact Commercial Construction Litigation in 2021
Jeffrey Kozek and E. Mitchell Swann | Construction Executive 2021 stands to bring sizeable change to the commercial construction industry as trends that had been on the horizon meet the impact of the pandemic. That means it will be even more important for architects, engineers, contractors and owners to prioritize revisiting their project plans as… Continue reading Seven Trends That Impact Commercial Construction Litigation in 2021
Best Practices for ESI Collection in Construction Litigation
Kelley J. Halliburton | Construction Executive The construction business has always been heavy on records and data but now more than ever much of that information is stored electronically. Gone are the days of just a trailer full of drawings and paper documents. Construction projects now have huge amounts of electronically stored information (ESI) including… Continue reading Best Practices for ESI Collection in Construction Litigation