Construction Law Now Blog

mAs construction attorneys, we often come across exaggerated mechanic’s liens and sometimes “creative” liens. We also know that Lien Law § 3 is our north star, protecting those who perform labor or furnish materials for the “improvement of ...

Welcome back to our DMV Construction Law Series, where we discuss emergent legal issues important to contractors. This installment reviews the Washington, DC Construction Prompt Payment Act and its recent update concerning the right to setoff, which ...

Welcome back to the DMV Construction Law Series, where we discuss emergent legal issues important to contractors. This installment looks at the use of the releases that are typically required to be signed with payment applications submitted by ...

Welcome to the DMV Construction Law Series, where each month we examine a different set of legal issues important to contractors. Our fourth installment briefly examines certain key parts of Virginia’s Mechanic’s Lien Law that contractors should ...

Welcome to the DMV Construction Law Series, where each month we examine a different set of legal issues important to contractors. In our third installment, we briefly examine certain key parts of Maryland’s Mechanics’ Lien Law that ...

An emerging construction industry trend, modular construction promises improved construction quality, greater building efficiency, and reduced overall cost—all objectives high among any contractor’s project goals. Investment leader Warren ...

Welcome back to our DMV Construction Law Series, where we examine a different set of legal issues important to contractors each month. For our second installment, we briefly examine certain key parts of Washington, DC’s mechanics’ lien law that ...

Welcome to the DMV Construction Law Series, where each month we will examine a different set of legal issues important to contractors. Our first entry in the series discusses the timing of filing mechanic’s liens. Future posts will explore ...

“There’s no time like the present”—cliché or not, this may become the new rule for when contractors should file their New Jersey lien claims during the pandemic, and probably after. Unlike lawsuits and other legal actions, New Jersey liens ...

I am proud to say this blog post has nothing to do with the coronavirus pandemic, but rather a simpler time. The year was 2017. Construction was thriving, and “social distancing” was not part of the lexicon. That year, Pennsylvania rolled out ...