Private, Single Panel Arbitration: A Better Way to Resolve Construction...
For this week’s Guest Post Friday post we welcome back Melissa Dewey Brumback. Melissa (@melissabrumback) is a construction attorney and partner in the firm Ragsdale Liggett, PLLC in Raleigh....
View ArticleHow to Deal with Impasse Caused By the Lack of Authority to Commit
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Construction Law Musings, we welcome once again a good friend and better mediator, Victoria Pynchon. Vickie (@vickiepynchon) is an arbitrator with the American...
View ArticlePay-If-Paid Clauses: Unfairness in Private Construction?
For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, and for the 500th post at this little corner of the blogosphere (who would have thought?) we welcome back Rob Pitkin. Rob (@KCconstrlawyer) is an...
View ArticleNegotiation from Weakness- You’ll be Doing It
For our first “Guest Post Saturday” here at Construction Law Musings, we have a great one. Victoria Pynchon is an attorney-mediator with ADR Services, Inc. in Century City; an arbitrator with the...
View ArticleAlert: AAA Construction Industry Rules Update
The American Arbitration Association has made some needed updates to their Construction Industry Arbitration and Mediation Rules, effective July 1, 2015. Among the changes listed at their website are:...
View ArticleMediation v. Arbitration, Both Private Dispute Resolution but Very Different...
A simple statistical mediation model. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I often get calls from clients, potential construction clients, and other construction and business professionals with questions about...
View ArticleIs Arbitration Always the Answer?
Originally posted 2016-04-19 10:50:36. Uncyclopedia dispute resolution (Photo credit: Wikipedia) After a long (for me) hiatus due to Spring Break with my wonderful family followed by a crazy last two...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Always Respond (or Hensel Phelps Wins One!)
Here at Construction Law Musings, Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is best known as the company that got whipsawed between indemnity rules and the lack of a statute of limitations for state agencies....
View ArticleSilver Lining? Economic Downturn Spurs Construction Disputes
Originally posted 2014-07-25 09:00:11. For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome back Rob Pitkin. Rob (@KCconstrlawyer) is an attorney with the Construction Law Group of Horn...
View ArticleTo Require Arbitration or Not To Require Arbitration
Originally posted 2014-12-15 09:00:36. Uncyclopedia dispute resolution (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Many, if not most, construction contracts that I review during the course of my practice day include a...
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