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Jason Pannu

September 16, 2017

New Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification

Attention!: Contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, material suppliers, owners, anyone with employees. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services released a revised version of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification on 17 July 2017. Employers may continue to use the old version of Form I-9 until tomorrow. However, starting on Monday,…

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- Architects, Contractors, Employment Law, Engineers, Subcontractors
- Architects, Employment Law, Engineers, General Contractors, Material Suppliers, Owners, Subcontractors
Wally Irvin

April 20, 2017

AIA Releases 2017 Construction Contract Documents

The American Institute of Architects publishes the most widely used form document set in the construction industry. The AIA revises the construction contract documents approximately every 10 years to address legal opinions and current construction practices. On April 19, the American Institute of Architects released the 2017 version of its contract documents. The documents…

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- Architects, Contract Negotiation, Contractors, Design Professionals, Engineers
- AIA, Architects, Construction Contracts, Engineers, General Contractors
Wally Irvin

June 13, 2016

New GA Law Voiding Indemnity in Design Agreements Only Raises Questions

Georgia previously banned indemnity agreements in construction related contracts to the extent they required one party to indemnify another for that party’s sole negligence. On April 26, 2016, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed legislation that voids most indemnification and hold harmless agreements in contracts for, or collateral to, engineering, architectural or…

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- Architects, Design Professionals, Engineers, Statutes & Legislation
- Architects, Engineers, indemnity
Paul Whitt

March 21, 2016

It’s All in the Contract: Design Professionals

We’ve all been told to be careful what we ask for. And that is true. But for design professionals, it is also important to “be careful what you contract for.” Many design professional contracts contain standardized language that has been evaluated and addressed for many years, providing greater certainty as…

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- Architects, Contract Negotiation, Design Professionals, Engineers
- Architects, Contracts, Engineers
Tennessee Construction Lawyers

September 21, 2015

Additional Rule Changes by the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners

Recently we posted (here) that the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners passed rule changes affecting military families. Additional rule changes have now been announced. To view the changes, click here. These rules include a general cleanup of language; exam procedure cleanup; reduction of the engineer intern application fee from fifty to…

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Tennessee Construction Lawyers

August 25, 2015

Design Professionals Need Intellectual Property Clauses in Contracts

“Just because you start, does not mean you will finish!” A recent case out of the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reminds us of parties’ needs for careful contracting, particularly on the point of design ownership. In Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Inc. 789 F.3d 573 (5th Cir. Tex. 2015), the Court…

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- Architects, Contract Negotiation, Design Professionals, Legal Issues
- Architects, Copyright