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"Battle of the Forms” in the Hong Kong Construction Industry

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What lawyers call a “battle of the forms” occurs when two parties, negotiating a contract, exchange conflicting standard terms during the contract negotiation and formation. This leads to the obvious and not uncommon dilemma:...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Different Types of Indemnity and Their Relative Enforceability in Construction Litigation

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Indemnification is a term often thrown about in construction litigation, and you will see it in most standard form construction contracts. But what actually is it, and how useful is it to have when it comes to litigation in...more

King & Spalding

How Smart Contracts Can Streamline Capital Projects

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When the discussions are finished, the negotiations are concluded, and the contract is signed, the real work begins on a capital project. Thousands of cubic yards of concrete, miles of wiring and pipe, and tons of steel—all...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

GAR Know-How Construction Arbitration - United States

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Legal System - 1. Is your jurisdiction primarily a common law, civil law, customary law or theocratic law jurisdiction? Are the laws substantially derived from the laws of another jurisdiction and, if so, which? What...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Dealing with Difficult Parties on a Project - Modern Contractor Solutions

If you have been involved in the construction industry for any substantial amount of time, you have likely encountered an individual or an entity on a project who appears to be completely unreasonable or irrational. You may...more

Snell & Wilmer

What Happens When the Construction Contract is Not Signed and the Work is Underway?

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Although it seems self-evident that participants to a construction project would not want to commence work without first obtaining signatures on a written contract, it happens all too frequently, even on big projects. At...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Construction Tip #7: Developers Should Not Rely Entirely On Standard Forms Of Construction Contracts

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Anyone with experience in the construction industry knows that form construction contracts are routinely used to memorialize agreements for the construction of new projects. Standardized contract forms promulgated by various...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Get It in Writing … Please!

What do a church, comedy club and bingo parlor have in common? It turns out, construction. To be more specific, a lot of electrical work. It starts with the recent decision of the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Boykin...more

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