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• Fake IDs: Undocumented Workers Grounds for Breach of Construction Contract?

  Last week Scott Judy, Editor-in-Chief of Southeast Construction magazine, sent me a tweet about a courthouse project in Jacksonsville, Florida where a large number of fake IDs surfaced on the site.   As reported in the article, Federal officials discovered about 100 fake…

• Watch Out Kids: There is a New Exception to the Tennessee Hearsay Rules

  I recently read in the Nashville Bar Journal about a new change to the hearsay rules.  This is what immediately came to mind.  On any given day, I receive a call from my lovely wife about…

• Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition Involves Defective Construction Dispute

  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. The case involves a dispute over the…

• Technology Update: Google Scholar Provides Access to Legal Research

  Heads up Westlaw, LEXIS, FindLaw and all you other law-related databases.  There is another giant in the field of legal research.  Last night, Google launched a new feature on Google Scholar that makes 80+ years of US federal caselaw and…

• Tennessee Update: Legislature Looks to Suspend Workers' Comp Requirements

  Following on my earlier post ... nevermind.  Leadership of the Tennessee House and Senate recently reached a bipartisan agreement to immediately introduce legislation in January 2010 to suspend the effective date of Public Chapter 1041 from…

• State Football Playoffs: Excusable Delay on Construction Project?

  College football in the Midwest.  No further comment needed.  So it should come as no surprise to see that a construction project in Mishawaka, Indiana was "postponed" as the local football team advanced to the…

• Hot Off the Press: ConsensusDOCS Releases Green Building Addendum

  As much as possible, I like to highlight various forms of construction contract documents.  In most of my green building presentations over the past few months, I have talked about the "soon to be released" Green Building…

• Father of LEED Says: "Green Buildings Only Bright Spot in Construction Industry"

  I am certainly not the first ... and certainly won't be the last ... person to write about Robert Watson's webinar presentation yesterday afternoon entitled, Building a Sustainable Future: Progress & Trends Toward Improving the…

• Tennessee Supreme Court Says Environmental Laws Are Relevant in Punitive Damage Award Against Contractor

  I love seeing a case zig zag through the appellate process ... and I especially enjoy reading one where intermediate appellate court reverses the trial court and the highest court then reverses that intermediate appellate court.  I know,…

• Tennessee Legislative Update: Workers' Comp Coverage is Required for Sole Proprietors in Construction Industry

  Over the past two months, I have received a few inquiries from small business owners about an amendment to Tennessee's workers' compensation laws.  The primary question is whether the new law, which takes effect on December 31,…