Sep 16, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
It is common to have arbitration clauses in contracts, and courts will honor these clauses in all but very rare instances. In fact, Virginia courts have repeatedly stated a clear public policy in favor of arbitration and upholding arbitration agreements. Additionally,...
Sep 15, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
The Virginia Department of Transportation and the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board are each respectively in the process of examining and issuing regulations impacting the development and construction industry. The proposed VDOT regulations cover access...
Sep 13, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
The legal blogosphere has been active the last two weeks with discussion of the recent article in the New York Times critical of LEED. The article in essence uses the example project of the Federal Building in Youngstown, Ohio as a sample for LEED projects that fail...
Sep 11, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
A quick “congrats” to Jim Pritchett who has been named Executive Director of Alexandria’s relatively new Housing Development Corporation. The Alexandria Housing Development Corporation (AHDC) is a non-profit developer and owner of affordable housing, primarily focused...
Sep 10, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
For those of you that don’t already know, Arlington County has filed a complaint against the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Highway Administrator, the...
Sep 9, 2009 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
After an astounding nearly two-years of litigation, Virginia’s Fourth Circuit found for a private property owner and the City of Norfolk in August following a challenge by a private citizen of the City’s ability to modify height restrictions in the City’s Ghent...