I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?  Do you know?  Oh, yeah, he’s just a bill … he’s just a bill on capitol hill.

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You knew that Nashville was the Music City, right? Reminiscent of the "Schoolhouse Rocks" days, last night I attended the kick off dinner for the AGC of

As you may know, the Nashville Metro Council recently passed the $585 million financing package for construction of the new Music City Convention Center.  As reported by the Tennessean this morning, discussions have now turned to project management and how to control the costs.

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When asked about what areas would incur the most cost

TN Commissioner Leslie NewmanBack in November, I wrote about a Tennessee Attorney General Opinion that addressed the new workers’ compensation law in Tennessee that requires sole proprietors to carry workers’ compensation insurance on themselves. (Traditionally, there was an exclusion for sole proprietors.)  Just after release of the AG-Opinion, the leadership in the state house and senate came to an agreement to

Litigating Consumer Protection Act CasesEvery construction litigator in the residential arena knows that a state’s consumer protection laws are good grounds for disputes.  Will my client get treble damages?  Will they recover attorney fees for deceptive trade practices?  Does my client have any defenses to these types of claims?

In Fayne v. Vincent (pdf), the Supreme Court of Tennessee

As reported by the Tennessee Bar Association, the 2010 Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition got underway yesterday with the release and publication of the mock problem. Tennessee Bar AssociationThe case involves a dispute over the design and construction of a 400,000 square foot distribution center featuring a concrete slab-on-grade floor. The primary issue in