- November 19, 2023DeKalb Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. DeKalb Agric. Tech. & Env't, Inc., A23A0787, 2023 WL 7210307 (Ga. Ct. App. Nov. 2,…
- November 19, 2023eCBI Warner, LLC v. Patrick, 892 S.E.2d 792 (Ga. Ct. App. 2023), opinion superseded on denial of reconsideration sub nom. ECBI WARNER,…
- March 21, 2020On March 2, 2020, by a unanimous vote, the House passed HB 968. This Bill seeks to clarify which civil…
- January 22, 2018When a contract is drafted by a party, the other party expects some level of one-sidedness in favor of the…
- October 20, 2017This article by David Cook was published in the October 2017 issue of IEC Insights. Spotting Problem Project by David…
- January 18, 2017This article was written by Chadd Reynolds and edited by David Cook. Upcoming blog posts will focus on common contract…
- May 7, 2016This post was written by attorney Chadd Reynolds. In Cowart v. Schevitz, the Georgia Court of Appeals clarified the instances…
- May 7, 2016This blog post was written by Chadd Reynolds and David Cook. In a recent decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals…
- November 30, 2014Since 1 July 2008, residential contractors and general contractors must comply with licensing laws. Failure to comply with those laws…
- November 12, 2014C&A attorney David Cook contributed an article to the Atlanta Bar Construction Law Section. The article addresses a recent case…
- September 26, 2014Wrongful Termination and the Right to Cure: The Subcontractor's Perspective In a recent case, a subcontractor asserted a wrongful-termination claim…
- September 6, 2013In a prior post, we discussed a Georgia Supreme Court opinion interpreting Atlanta's OCIP policy. The case at issue was…
- July 1, 2013A prior post covered an appellate decision addressing whether a Georgia municipality may be held liable under quantum meruit for…
- November 26, 2012Many construction-related contracts contain a contractual period of limitations -- a contract term that establishes a period of time during…
- November 19, 2012C&A attorney David R. Cook recently authored an article in the Facilities Engineering Journal regarding the importance of strong contracts…
- October 2, 2012Sometimes construction claimants and their attorneys need to think outside the box in their efforts to recover payment for work. …
- June 22, 2012In a previous Construction Law Update, we discussed a Court of Appeals opinion that held a school district's construction contract…
- May 7, 2012At some point, a county's board or administrators may be faced with complaints from the community about payments made to…
- February 26, 2012The Georgia Supreme Court recently affirmed a trial court’s order requiring a city to pay a developer for the construction…
- January 28, 2012In November 2010, the Georgia Court of Appeals interpreted the Georgia Prompt Pay Act to mandate the recovery of reasonable…
- January 19, 2012In November 2011, the Georgia Supreme Court broadly interpreted Georgia's anti-indemnity statute to preclude a developer's indemnity claim against a homeowners'…
- July 11, 2011Payment disputes are becoming increasingly common as all project participants struggle with the harsh construction economy. In a recent appellate…
