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Lien and Bond Claims in September 2024: Dates to Remember

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Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of September. If you have any questions about the lien and bond claim process, don’t hesitate to reach out to any member of the Gray Reed...more

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Lien and Bond Claims in July 2024: Dates to Remember

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Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of July....more

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Lien and Bond Claims in June 2024: Dates to Remember

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Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of June....more

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Lien and Bond Claims in May 2024: Dates to Remember

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Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of May....more

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Broad Form Indemnities in Construction Contracts (UPDATED)

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Broad form indemnities are common in Texas construction contracts, even though indemnifying someone for their own negligence is a tough pill to swallow.  ...more

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Key Considerations to Perfect Performance Bond Claims in Texas

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Perfecting a performance bond claim in Texas requires careful attention to legal requirements and procedural details set forth on the face of the bond and under Texas law. Perfection of a performance bond claim is often...more

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It Doesn’t Pay to Delay: Prompt Payment Acts in Texas

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If an owner or general contractor fails to timely pay on a project, you may be entitled to prompt pay interest. Prompt payment acts are intended to deter late payments by general contractors and owners by enabling contractors...more

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Texas Legislature Reduces Statute of Repose for Residential Homebuilders

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In residential construction, the recent legislative amendments to Chapter 27 of the Texas Property Code (the Residential Construction Liability Act or the “RCLA”) have garnered significant attention in the industry, and...more

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Too Costly to Be Fair: Texas Appellate Court Finds the Arbitration Clause in a Residential Construction Contract Unenforceable

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In Cont’l Homes of Tex., L.P. v. Perez, No. 04-21-00396-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 7691, the Court of Appeals of Texas (Appellate Court) considered whether the lower court erred in refusing to enforce an arbitration clause in a...more

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Are Forum and Choice of Law Provisions in Texas Construction Contracts Enforceable?

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Most sports fans are familiar with the concept of home field advantage — the idea that the home team gains an advantage over the visiting team because it is playing in familiar facilities, does not have to travel long...more

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Where Is “As Is, Where Is” in Texas?

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Contract parties, sophisticated and unsophisticated, often attempt to limit their exposure to post-execution claims of the contract counterparty, particularly to misrepresentation claims, by the contract language. These...more

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Legislative Update: A Practical Guide to the Most Significant Changes in Texas Lien Laws

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In September 2021, the Texas legislature made major changes to the construction lien statutes in Chapter 53 of the Texas Property Code. All of the key players in the construction industry (owners, contractors, subcontractors,...more

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Texas Update: HB 1578 – Attorney’s Fees - Construction and Procurement Law News, Q3 2021

Effective September 1, 2021: HB 1578 closes the loophole of the previous version of Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code so that parties will be able to recover attorneys’ fees from LLCs, LLPs, LPs, or other...more

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The New Rules: Liability Limitations for Construction Design Defects in Texas

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Through Senate Bill 219, now codified in Chapter 59 of the Texas Business & Commerce Code, the Texas legislature has reallocated the risks for construction design defect liability in Texas by joining a majority of...more

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A New Determination of Design Defect Liability for Texas Contractors

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On September 1, 2021, Texas S.B. 219 went into effect. This new law incorporates Chapter 59 into the Texas Business and Commerce Code. In short, when a client provides plans or specifications containing design defects to a...more

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Statutory v. Contractual Retainage On Texas Private Projects And The Contractual Retainage Notice

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Statutory Retainage- Texas law obligates construction owners to withhold 10% of the value of the work during the course of a project and for 30 days after final completion. This is generally known as statutory retainage....more

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Lonergan Lives On—Fifth Circuit Affirms Contract Risk Allocation, Citing 110+ Year Old Texas Case

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The Fifth Circuit applying Texas law recently weighed in on whether a subcontractor could recover more than the contract balance from the general contractor when (1) the work proved more onerous than anticipated at...more

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Texas Supreme Court Holds “Contractual Liability” Exclusion Inapplicable

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In a long and highly anticipated decision issued today, the Texas Supreme Court held that a standard “contractual liability” exclusion does not void coverage for claims alleging that a contractor failed to construct a project...more

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