Nov 19, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
After a 19 day bench trial, on Wednesday evening a federal judge ruled in favor of six plaintiffs seeking compensation against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act for damages flowing from Hurricane Katrina. The court ruled that the United States was...
Nov 18, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Earlier this year, the Virginia Supreme Court decided Martin Brothers Contractors, Inc. v. Virginia Military Institute, taking the opportunity to revisit its decision in Blake Construction. The Virginia Military Institute (“VMI”) contracted with Martin Brothers to...
Nov 16, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that the Obama administration will propose taking over safety regulation of subways and light rail, including the regional Metro system. Metro has been taking a regular beating in the press recently for safety concerns and its...
Nov 13, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Mark Twain, paraphrasing Benjamin Disraeli We have a new and very interesting recent report on green building to examine, the Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post-occupancy study of LEED...
Nov 9, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Mediation is often touted as a time and cost-saving method of dispute resolution in construction matters. It is not without its critics. Don Short recently posted a discussion, “Why Bother with Mediation?”. Mr. Short’s basic postion: “…...
Nov 6, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Today we tip our toe, quite gingerly we might add, into the ugly place where preliminary statistics and politics meet. In the last week, print news and the internet have been awash with reports on stimulus spending today and estimates of the impact that spending has...
