Nov 4, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
In the recent case of Martin Brothers Construction, Inc. v. Virginia Military Institute [pdf], the Virginia Supreme Court was confronted with whether Martin Brothers was able to claim delay costs, re-examining its 2003 opinion, Blake Construction Company, Inc./Poole...
Nov 2, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
A post this weekend by our friend Andrea Goldman raises the interesting question of “why bother with LEED certification”? The post highlights a recent profile on the highly sustainable Hutton Hotel project in Nashville which elected to forego seeking LEED registration...
Oct 30, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
The New York times reported this week that the “Coalition for Fair Forest Certification” has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission claiming that the Forest Stewardship Council has engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices. According to...
Oct 28, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Scott McCaffrey of the Arlington Sun Gazette reported yesterday morning that the Arlington Professional Firefighters and Paramedics Association has filed the necessary paperwork (click here to view the Certificate of Receipt and Acceptance Local Referendum and the...
Oct 26, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Construction cases by their nature tend to involve a lot of facts, witnesses, and documents. They also tend to involve multiple parties, legal issues and arguments, and strategic procedural and motions practice. By their nature, these realities mean that construction...
Oct 23, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
In one corner, we have the firefighters and sprinkler manufacturers arguing that sprinkler installation in homes and townhouses will save lives and reduce property damage. In the other corner, we have the home builders arguing that adding a sprinkler requirement is...
