As a construction lawyer involved in complex litigation, I am often asked to prepare a "litigation and discovery budget" for a client. As a construction client, your stomach may turn when you receive one of these budgets from your lawyer. Is there a way to control the costs of discovery in construction litigation?
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The following headline caught my attention this past weekend as I was reading the April issue of the ABA Journal: "The Trouble with Terabytes: As Bulging Client Data Heads for the Cloud, Law Firms Ready for the Storm." It piqued my interest not only because I am a lawyer who follows technology, but
Last night, I attended a dinner and auction of the Tennessee Road Builders Association Mid-Year Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. It is always great to catch up with some many friends … many of whom I met only six months ago while presenting as a speaker at the Annual Meeting in Kauia, Hawaii. The food
On July 15, 2011, the USDOT’s Office of Inspector General (DOT-OIG) issued a final report on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) oversight of federal-aid and Recovery Act projects administered by Local Public Agencies (LPA). You can download a copy of the report here [pdf].
The DOT-OIG initiated the audit because the FHWA previously acknowledged that LPAs
I just received an alert from my friend, Kent Starwalt, Executive Vice President for the Tennessee Road Builders Association, announcing an important hearing on Thursday morning. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) has invited ARTBA members to join a webcast and conference call tomorrow where he will provide an overview of
Owners, contractors, and subcontractors in Kentucky should carefully review their legal claims given a recent Kentucky Supreme Court decision. On June 16, 2011, the Court joined the majority of other states and adopted what is commonly know as the economic loss doctrine. Now, claims against suppliers for product defects are legally limited to the parties&rsquo
A few of my favorite parts of a holiday picnic are: kids running through sprinklers, very cold watermelon, crispy hot dogs, and the Charlie Daniels Band blaring over the speakers. (… yep, the devil went down to Georgia … he was looking for a soul to steal …) I do not intend to