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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Out with Lonergan, In with Spearin: Texas Legislature Provides Contractors with Limited Protection for Defective Plans and Designs

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As of September 1, 2021, in a change to Texas caselaw that had been in place for over a century, Texas contractors now have protection in certain circumstances from liability for defective plans and specifications provided to...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Effect of Our Changing Climate on Building Design

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Over the past couple decades, building codes have responded to disasters, rather than averting them. Resilience is now an essential design element needed to withstand our changing climate....more

Bracewell LLP

The New Rules (Part 2): Restrictions on the Duty to Defend for Architects and Engineers

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In part two of our series on Texas’ recently passed construction law legislation, we focus on risk shifting provisions relating to construction engineering and/or architectural services. The new risk shifting provisions in...more

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