As your business grows it becomes increasingly more important to have available a trusted team of financial and legal advisors.  Including an experienced construction lawyer on your team can go a long way to help keep your projects out of trouble and thus help ensure that your business remains healthy and profitable. Claims and disputes
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In order to shift the risk of non-payment to the Subcontractor, Contractors often include a “pay-when-paid” clause in the contract.  Essentially, these provisions, if written correctly, provide that the Subcontractor is not entitled to payment until the Contractor gets paid.  These provisions are not favored by Courts as they shift the burden onto a company
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When drafting various business agreements, you should weigh the benefit of having an arbitration provision for the resolution of disputes. An arbitration provision can be included in almost any type of contract or agreement. Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution which replaces litigation in the court system. It can be either binding or non-binding. Some
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There are many reasons why companies hire independent contractors verses hire a direct employee.  Some of those reasons include staffing effectiveness or flexibility, cost savings on benefits and reduced liability.  What new laws and trends do you need to know before you hire that next employee? So what classifies someone as an independent contractor verses
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By Leonard K. Samuels, Esq. If you own a business, now is a good time to make sure that your independent contractors are truly independent contractors and not employees. The government is watching. Worker misclassification is rampant and costing federal and state governments billions of dollars in lost revenue. A federal Government Accountability Office estimate
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Legal Tips Be Careful What You Include in Your Lien By: Raymond L. Robinson, Esq. Contractors, subcontractors and suppliers typically purchase tools to be used on construction projects.  In fact, contractors may order construction materials and handtools from the same supplier.  In defining “furnish materials” to a construction project for purposes of recording a lien
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