On June 25, 2018, the House passed legislation known as the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017, with bipartisan support (H.R. 5078). The bill is intended to allow low-income and minority Americans more access to credit...more
Welcome to the winter 2016 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope your year has been good to your family, your company and you as we wrap up these remaining few weeks of 2016.
A recent hot topic with...more
12/8/2016
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Arbitration Awards ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Construction Defects ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Liens ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Design Professionals ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Federal Contractors ,
Financial Statements ,
General Contractors ,
NLRB ,
Payment Bonds ,
Public Works ,
Statute of Repose ,
Subcontractors ,
Unions ,
Waivers
On Jan. 7, 2015, in Nucci v. Target Corp., et al, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida, Fourth District, upheld a lower court’s order compelling plaintiff Maria Nucci to produce photographs originally posted...more
3/10/2015
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Admissible Evidence ,
Discovery ,
Facebook ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Mobile Privacy ,
Motion to Compel ,
Photographs ,
Popular ,
Right to Privacy ,
Slip and Fall ,
Social Media ,
Stored Communications Act
On January 7, 2015, in Nucci v. Target Corp, et al, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida, Fourth District upheld a lower court’s order compelling Plaintiff Maria Nucci to produce photographs originally posted...more
1/23/2015
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Facebook ,
Photographs ,
Popular ,
Privacy Settings ,
Right to Privacy ,
Slip and Fall ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
Target ,
Young Lawyers
This is an off year for Nevada’s biennium legislative session; but even though the Legislature was quiet, Nevada’s electorate was not. Nevadans approved State Question No. 1 at the ballot box. This measure amends the Nevada...more
It is hard to imagine that a lender’s first-position deed of trust on a residence worth hundreds of thousands of dollars could be extinguished by a homeowners’ association (HOA) lien for overdue neighborhood assessments,...more
6/2/2014
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Common Interest Ownership Act ,
Condominiums ,
Deed of Trust ,
Delinquent Assessment Dues ,
Fair Market Value ,
First-Lien ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowners Association (HOA) ,
Lenders ,
Mortgages
In a victory for contractors, the Texas Supreme Court recently held that a contractor does not lose coverage under its commercial general liability (“CGL”) policy merely because it entered into a contract agreeing to perform...more
The Nevada Supreme Court has addressed the economic loss doctrine in the context of commercial construction disputes in a number of cases over the past several years. Nevada’s general rule, as detailed below, is that the...more
9/23/2013
Welcome to the fall 2013 issue of Under Construction. In this issue, we focus on the economic loss doctrine and how the different courts in our firm’s footprint treat it similarly and differently. We hope you enjoy our review...more