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Florida Construction Legal Updates
NOW IS THE TIME TO REVISIT CONTRACT LANGUAGE IN LIGHT OF COVID-19 TO ADDRESS FUTURE CONTRACTS
Now is the time! Today! If you are currently in the process of negotiating or executing contracts, now is the time to ensure the contract protects your interest in light…
Adams on Contract Drafting
In Contract Drafting, It’s Better to Be Right Than Experienced
By Ken Adams
On occasion, someone who doesn’t agree with me on a given issue will blurt out, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years, and ….” Or if they wish to be…
The Privacy Hacker
A Spectrum of Issues in the Time of COVID-19
While this post may not fit under the header of the “Privacy Hacker”, I wanted to step aside from privacy and security and share some insight on common issues and…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Giving Notice by Email Only? I’d Rather Not
By Ken Adams
In notices provisions in contracts, you say what’s required to give valid notice. Among other things, that involves specifying what one or more methods have to be used. The standard…
Adams on Contract Drafting
Why Are Templates Bad?
By Ken Adams
Recently I noticed Mark Anderson’s post entitled Why Do We Tolerate Bad Templates? Spoiler alert: Mark says it’s because people like what they’re used to and because they assume that if…
California Construction Law Blog
A Few Things You Might Consider Doing Instead of Binging on Netflix
By Garret Murai
By Garret Murai, March 26, 2020 Governments throughout the world have issued “shelter in place” orders requiring that residents stay at home except for “essential” purposes. As a result, in…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Silence = Acquiescence: Government Stuck with Contractor’s Interpretation that was Provided with its Proposal
By Nicole Owren-Wiest, Skye Mathieson
On February 7, 2020, the ASBCA sustained the appeal of Command Languages, Inc. d/b/a CLI Solutions (CLI) against the Army over increased costs to translate technical manuals. CLI contracted with…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
A Policy Renewal May Cost Insureds
By Chip Merlin
In reviewing policies, I have noticed a scary trend for policyholders: Insurance companies are often making changes to policy language limiting insureds coverage or ability to recover when renewing the…
Environmental Law Blog
89 Water Street Associates, LLC v. Reilly
By Patrick T. Mottola, James S. Arrabito
An unpublished Superior Court Appellate Division opinion (89 Water Street Associates, LLC v. Reilly, Docket No. A-3366-17T1, October 1, 2019), despite being non-precedential, will be instructive to lawyers handling commercial…
China Law Blog
Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus
By Dan Harris
[caption id="attachment_37038" align="aligncenter" width="656"] Force Majeure: The band[/caption] Way back in the pre-coronavirus days -- October 30-2019 -- in Do Not Let Force Majeure be a Major Force In Your…