- December 6, 2014Must a subcontractor’s claim of lien identify the contractor in order to be valid? In the recent case of Robertson…
- November 30, 2014Since 1 July 2008, residential contractors and general contractors must comply with licensing laws. Failure to comply with those laws…
- 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 19, 2014A recent construction case addressed the Acceptance Doctrine and a potentially broad exception that prevented its application to a negligent-construction…
- October 10, 2013In several prior posts, we have discussed the availability of CGL insurance to cover certain property damages arising from defective…
- September 27, 2013A recent case involving storm water run-off from a residential construction development raises several issues of Georgia litigation procedure and the…
- September 21, 2013This blog post was written by guest blogger, Derek Singleton of Software Advice. It provides the latest results of Software…
- September 16, 2013By answering a certified question from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia resolved a long-standing…
- September 9, 2013The Georgia legislature recently amended the lien statute to effectively reverse a ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals that…
- September 6, 2013In a prior post, we discussed a Georgia Supreme Court opinion interpreting Atlanta's OCIP policy. The case at issue was…
- September 3, 2013A recent Georgia case illustrates that many in the construction industry still believe that CGL insurance policies exclude coverage for…
- August 2, 2013This guest post was written by Al Clark with Smith Adcock and Company LLP (aclark(at)smithadcock(dot)com). Contractors in Georgia have special…
- July 31, 2013Like some construction claims, water run-off claims can involve many types of damages, which may be caused by many different…
- July 26, 2013In an appellate opinion released June 28, 2013, a contractor and its subcontractor were found not liable for injuries sustained…
- June 20, 2013This guest post is from Derek Singleton of Software Advice. Contractors rely on a variety of methods to estimate their…
- June 5, 2013Building Profits -- the magazine for the Construction Financial Management Association -- recently published an article written by Attorney David…
- April 22, 2013Surety bonds offer security to owners, contractors, subcontractors, and others for performance of work and payment therefor. Both payment and…
- February 5, 2013New York's Attorney General is seeking to hold the owner of a construction firm criminally responsible for failing to pay…
- December 27, 2012In an article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, insurance advisor Douglas Rieder explains why he is optimistic for 2013. His…
- November 28, 2012Read the opinion here: Case - ArcherWestern v Pitts Construction owners occasionally use an Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) to…
- November 26, 2012Many construction-related contracts contain a contractual period of limitations -- a contract term that establishes a period of time during…
- March 11, 2012Non-payment can place contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in a precarious cash-flow situation. On most jobs, they outlay their capital and…
- 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'…
- October 11, 2011After many of the recent storms crossing Georgia, residential roofing contractors became increasingly involved with assisting homeowners in procuring the…
