Since not all construction law attorneys know the ins and outs of bankruptcy law, and vice versa, consult a bankruptcy attorney and a tax attorney for advice on how to protect your lien rights in the face of a bankruptcy filing.

More and more construction contracts include alternative dispute resolution clauses, providing for mediation, arbitration or even a hybrid of both, known as med-arb.

Whenever a client speaks to me for the first time about a potential construction case, I almost always ask them to prepare a “back of the envelope” timeline. 

It is an age-old dilemma in the construction industry: How do you construct a project properly, on time and under budget?

Contractors and design professionals who work on projects for the federal government must contend with a complex web of federal statutes and regulations

To supplement the famous words of Benjamin Franklin, “[I]n this world nothing can be said to certain except death and taxes” — and construction delays.