by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
The attorney-client privilege is an important protection to enable businesses to seek open and frank legal advice in conducting their business affairs. When the privilege applies, statements and documents that normally would be open to inspection and discovery remain...
by Kent Holland | Mar 26, 2019 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
An indemnity clause in an architect’s contract with its client (building developer) was found void for violating anti-indemnity statute applicable to “contractors” performing work on “any contract relating to construction” because it required indemnity “for any and...
by Kent Holland | Feb 26, 2014 | Newsletter Article
By: Steven D. Urgo, Esq. White & Williams For insurers, lenders, and those in the real estate business, Phase I Assessments have often been used as a gatekeeper for commercial transactions. This gatekeeper role originated in 2002, when CERCLA was amended to...
by Kent Holland | Jan 19, 2017 | Newsletter Article
Where a subcontractor submitted a glazing work bid to a general contractor to be considered and used in the general contractor’s bid to construct a new building for a college, it contained numerous terms and conditions that the general contractor (GC) rejected when it...
by Kent Holland | Mar 26, 2019 | Newsletter Article
A homeowners’ class action lawsuit against a roofing-shingle manufacturer was subject to mandatory arbitration because the homeowners, through their roofers, had opened and used the shingles that were contained in wrappers that on their face clearly stated...
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