Articles in Channel: Real Estate & Construction Law

Basic Claim Step Advice For Hurricane Earl Policyholders

September 02, 2010 16:52

Tina Nicholson is based in our Houston office. She wrote a very basic article "Steps For Handling an Insurance Claim" for the Hotel World Network. With Hurricane Earl winds beating the mid-Atlantic coast, her tips may be helpful for many policyholders: Contact your insurance company...

Does Collaborative Design Minimize LEEDigation Risk?

Chris Cheatham
September 02, 2010 11:32

Today, I am publishing a guest post from engineer Ian T. Hadden.  I asked Ian to write a guest post after he made the comment "there is something built into the high performance, sustainable design building method that works against litigation" on August 9.  Below, Ian...

Will Sleeth and Liz White Quoted in Virginia Lawyers Weekly Magazine on HOA Collections

September 02, 2010 10:35

Will Sleeth and Liz White were recently quoted in a Virginia Lawyers Weekly magazine article reporting on the challenges that associations and their attorneys face when attempting to collect unpaid assessments. The article (subscription required) discussed the importance of associations and their...

Sinkholes Remain in the News While Eyes are on Hurricane Earl

September 02, 2010 00:06

Since 2004, the majority of our law firm's large insurance battles have focused on hurricane loss insurance disputes. It is not surprising that we are getting phone calls from people asking whether our firm will open offices somewhere between North Carolina and Boston as Hurricane Earl is...

Resolving Bid Protests on Public Works Construction Projects

Ron White
September 01, 2010 22:33

  Bidding on public works projects often leads to conflicts and claims. In a future post I will discuss claims for extra compensation arising from bids below the engineer's estimate-characterized by some (usually public owners) as opportunistic bidder claims. Disputes also arise from...

Texas Eastern Transmission L.P. Pushes Forward in Arkansas

September 01, 2010 19:39

The Texas Eastern Transmission Company has notified residents and businesses in Arkansas that their pipeline representative is about to seek acquisition of their property.  This is being done prior to approval of the environmental assessment by FERC.  Licensing has not been granted. ...

Regulating Waterfront Property in Rhode Island: Ownership Does Not Mean Control

September 01, 2010 16:00

                     If you own waterfront property in Rhode Island and think you can do with it what you will, so long as you observe zoning ordinances like everyone else, think again. Coastal waterfront...

Contractors Can Recover for Public Agency's Failure to Disclose Material Information

August 31, 2010 23:40

In a recent decision the California Supreme Court expanded the implied warranty of specification suitability to include claims for a public agency's failure to disclose material information. In doing so it resolved a split in the decisions of the lower appellate courts. Notably, the Court adopts...

Does Your Condo/HOA Charge a Fee in Connection With a Sale or Transfer?

August 31, 2010 20:26

If so you need to become aware of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's plan to prohibit Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and other Federal Home Loan Banks from purchasing mortgages for properties in communities where the covenants contain transfer fees. If you read the newspapers (or watch news on...

Clean Energy Writer Has a Different Attitude

August 31, 2010 18:50

Craig Shields, Editor of 2GreenEnergy.com maintains a different outlook on the power transmission system.  The owners often worry about the harm to the personalized, farming or business operations.   Mr. Shields insight is probably consistent with the majority in the country, although...