- August 24, 2022In the 2021-2022 session, the Georgia General Assembly made substantive changes in the Payment and Retainage Law. The rules still…
- October 30, 2021At an upcoming panel discussion about federal government contracting, attorney David Cook’s portion will focus on subcontractors and trade contractors. …
- August 12, 2021Many trade contracts contain a clause that may protect trade contractors from catastrophic events like pandemics. These clauses are known…
- November 4, 2020Many of our clients have inquired about what they should do when an employee contracts Covid-19. While the answer is…
- October 27, 2020Among many things to look forward to in 2021, we can add a new lien law to the list. Effective…
- August 26, 2020Georgia HB 1039 amends O.C.G.A. § 13-12-3 to provide additional protections for consumers who enter into service contracts containing lengthy automatic renewal provisions. Pre-Existing Requirement: For…
- June 6, 2020A recent Georgia Court of Appeals case established a rule concerning the effect of an unlicensed contractor failing to disclose…
- May 16, 2018The following is part one of a two part series originally published online in School Construction News on Wednesday, 25 April…
- January 22, 2018When a contract is drafted by a party, the other party expects some level of one-sidedness in favor of the…
- November 6, 2017C&A Law obtained permission from AGC to publish the links to the results of The Construction Workforce Shortage Survey and…
- October 20, 2017This article by David Cook was published in the October 2017 issue of IEC Insights. Spotting Problem Project by David…
- May 5, 2017Contract negotiation is not one of the most exciting aspects of the construction industry. But it is essential for the…
- March 14, 2017This post was written by David Cook and Chadd Reynolds. In continuing our series on common contract provisions found in…
- February 24, 2017In Stock Building Supply, Inc. v. Platte River Insurance Co.,[1] the Court of Appeals dealt with issues of judicial estoppel,…
- February 22, 2017Are the workers you employ on the job site considered employees or independent contractors? This is an important distinction that contractors…
- January 25, 2017The following article was first published by Chadd L. Reynolds in the Division of Government Construction's September 2016 Newsletter for…
- October 22, 2016Construction contractors, subcontractors, and designers are implementing the use of drones in the planning, design, and construction of projects. C&A…
- October 22, 2016This post was written and edited by Chadd Reynolds and David Cook. A few months ago, a decision by the…
- August 23, 2016In prior posts, we have discussed Georgia’s constitutional prohibition against local governments incurring “new debt” without voter approval in the…
- May 15, 2016This post was written by Chadd Reynolds and David Cook. Like many states, Georgia has enacted a False Claims Act,…
- May 15, 2016The lawsuits required to perfect and foreclose upon a lien have confused lien claimants and their attorneys for years. This…
- January 28, 2016More than three years after Georgia Governor Nathan Deal made it his top transportation project, the planned redevelopment of the…
- August 25, 2015This post was written by Chadd Reynolds and Mark Hanrahan. In City of College Park v. Sekisui SPR Americas, LLC.,…
- May 30, 2015In May, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved the GMP (guaranteed maximum price) for construction of the new Atlanta…
