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K&L Gates LLP

URS v. BDW [2025]: Supreme Court Confirms Consultants' Duty to Developers for Historic Defects

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The UK Supreme Court’s (Court) decision in URS Corporation Ltd v. BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 resolves key questions around the recoverability of remediation costs where the developer no longer owns the property and has no...more

Hogan Lovells

Proving causation of loss is key in professional negligence claims

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Duty, breach and damage are the three essential elements of a claim in contract or tort. Demonstrating breach of a duty is insufficient on its own to found liability. A claimant must demonstrate that the breach is the cause...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

A Guide to Raising Capital for Real Estate Transactions

The pool of individuals and businesses that own or are interested in acquiring real estate investments has never been deeper. With a plethora of asset types ranging from single-family homes to downtown skyscrapers – with...more

Troutman Pepper

U.S. District Court in Kentucky Holds that Contractor Which Proposed Design Solution During Construction Might Be Liable for...

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American Towers LLC v. BPI, Inc., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106724 (E.D. Ky. Aug. 4, 2014) - American Towers LLC (“American Towers”), which operates wireless and broadcast communications towers, undertook a project to...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

The California Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of Homeowners In Disputes With California’s Architects

In the case of Beacon Residential Community Association v. Skidmore Owings and Merrill et. al. (July 3, 2014, S208173) Cal.4th, a condominium homeowners association, sued the developer of the project and the project architect...more

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