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Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Lawsuit on a Lien Release Bond
Bonding around mechanics liens can be an efficient way to close out a project when disputes arise, but case law and statutes created some ticklish questions about who needed to be included in any subsequent lawsuit. Now, the Washington Supreme Court...
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A Light in the Darkness: The “Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017”
Federal government contracting comes with a myriad of challenges, not the least of which are sometimes opaque procedures for getting paid (or taking action if you’re not getting paid). A bill has just been introduced in the House of Representatives t...
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Washington Subcontractors Can Seek Bond for Early Release of Retainage
Governor Jay Inslee recently signed into law Washington House Bill 1538 which authorizes subcontractors on public projects to request the prime contractor submit to the public owner a bond to release its portion of the retainage before the public pro...
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Panel Discussion: The Opioid Epidemic & The Building Industry
We would like to inform those of you in the Oregon/SWWA building industry about a special panel discussion being hosted by the Daily Journal of Commerce on Thursday, August 24, 2017. The presentation is titled "The Opioid Epid...
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Ending “Drive-By” Lawsuits Under the ADA
Businesses are required to comply with the obligations under Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)—there cannot be discrimination on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, or accom...
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Chapter 2: Ending “Drive-By” Lawsuits Under the ADA
We wrote about the plans to amend the Americans With Disabilities Act on January 31, 2017, to deal with so-called drive-by lawsuits claiming that there are illegal physical barriers to access. Now we have the language in the proposed bill, HR 620. Th...
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