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Whether you’re a homeowner, contractor, or subcontractor working on a construction project in Massachusetts, it’s important to understand how mechanic’s liens work. This legal tool plays a key role in ensuring that those who...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of July.Be sure to subscribe to the Texas Construction Law Blog to automatically receive our monthly lien and bond guides, as well as other...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of June. Be sure to subscribe to the Texas Construction Law Blog to automatically receive our monthly lien and bond guides, as well as other...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of April. Be sure to subscribe to the Texas Construction Law Blog to automatically receive our monthly lien and bond guides, as well as other...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of March. Be sure to subscribe to the Texas Construction Law Blog to automatically receive our monthly lien and bond guides, as well as other...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of February....more
Liens provide a means of recourse for contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers who have not been paid. In Washington, there are specific disclosure requirements that must be met before a licensed and registered contractor...more
Although many contractors have never heard of the expression “lien fund” having an understanding as to what this phrase means is crucially important in the context of seeking payment pursuant to a construction lien. In...more
From a practical business perspective, you can evade disaster, protect your payments from others’ financial shortages, and avoid the pitfalls of another’s bankruptcy—and still end up first—with a bit of knowledge, planning,...more
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Dans l’affaire Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc. v. Fairway Recycle Group Inc. (l’« affaire Pinnacle Living »), la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») s’est récemment penchée sur la capacité d’un...more
In Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc. v. Fairway Recycle Group Inc. (Pinnacle Living), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court) recently considered the ability of an owner to obtain a discharge of a lien by...more
On June 17, 2024, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion of first impression regarding the Prompt Pay Act, M.G.L. c. 149, §29E, holding that a contractor found to have violated the Prompt Pay Act for...more
In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals court has upheld a subcontractor’s mechanics lien claim despite the subcontractor’s failure to strictly follow the procedural requirements set forth in the mechanics lien...more
A mechanics’ lien is a powerful remedy that provides a contractor with a priority lien on a property and a fast means of being made whole if payment is not rendered at the completion of a job. In order to successfully obtain...more
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania concluded 2023 by issuing two opinions that clarify (1) the costs recoverable under the Lien Law and (2) the requirements for perfecting service of a lien claim. Two key takeaways are...more
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If you get into a construction dispute concerning payments made to your contractor, subcontractor, or supplier, you want to be sure that your lien waivers are enforceable in your jurisdiction. A lien waiver is an agreement...more
Mechanic’s liens have long been a valuable tool for mechanics and materialmen in the Commonwealth to secure their rights to payment. Yet, despite mechanic’s liens having been in existence for well over a century, properly...more
Whether a construction contract contains a pay-if-paid clause and whether such clauses are enforceable are critical to determining a general contractor’s obligation to pay or not pay a subcontractor if the owner has not paid...more
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In Alabama, a lien claimant must file a lawsuit to enforce its mechanic’s lien within six months of the maturation of the entire indebtedness in the Alabama state circuit court in the county where the subject property is...more
A construction lien is a legal mechanism that helps protect contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers (collectively the “Lien Claimant”) from non-payment for their work on a construction project. In Ontario, construction...more