• December 11, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Justices to Decide Construction of Pa. Mechanics' Lien Law

    ALLOCATUR WATCH The state Supreme Court has taken up a case dealing with whether Pennsylvania's Mechanics' Lien Law should be construed liberally. The state Superior Court, in a case

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  • January 26, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Recovering Damages Against Construction Principals and Employees Under the CFA

    Enacted in 1960, and amended in 1971, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -20, is an expansive, remedial statute intended to protect consumers from fraud from those engaged

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  • April 26, 2013 | International

    Allen & Gledhill Recruits Six Arbitration Partners

    Singapore's Allen & Gledhill has recruited six new partners for its arbitration practice, including five from local rival Rajah & Tann.The group from Rajah & Tann specializ

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  • Blakely v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2010-03-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Doreen Boxer, Public Defender, and Pamela P. King, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. G042107

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 3490FELICIA BLAKELY, Petitioner, v.THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respo

  • In Re: Allen

    Publication Date: 2012-05-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-05-18
    Court: Tx. Sup. Ct.
    Judge: Dale Wainwright Justice
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: NO. 10-0886

    ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS Argued January 12, 2012 JUSTICE WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court. Under the Tim Cole Act (Act or TCA), formerly known as the

  • December 1, 2009 |

    EPA's New Water Quality Rules For Construction Sites Will Impact California Projects

    On November 23, 2009, only a few days before expiration of a court-ordered deadline, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rules for water quality in runoff fro

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  • March 27, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Managing risks of condominiums

    It may come as a surprise to some practitioners that the vast majority of condominium projects are struck by construction defect litigation. Everyone gets sued: developers, contractors,

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  • October 13, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Sword or Shield, or Both?

    Since the enactment of the Consumer Fraud Act ("CFA") over 50 years ago, the Legislature has greatly expanded the scope of the CFA to apply in the broad sense to all sorts of circumstance

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  • Pinnacle Museum Tower Association v. Pinnacle Market Development (US), LLC

    Publication Date: 2012-08-16
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-08-16
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Feinberg Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt, Fenton Grant Mayfield Kaneda & Litt,Daniel H. Clifford, Joseph Kaneda, Charles Fenton and Bruce Mayfield for Plaintiff and Respondent. Berding & Weil, Matt J. Malone, Tyler P. Berding; Epstein Grinnell & Howell, Anne L. Rauch, Jon Epstein, Douglas Grinnell; Niddrie Fish & Addams and David A. Niddrie for Executive Council of Homeowners and Consumer Attorneys of California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, Daniel A. Berman, Sheila E. Fix, R. Gregory Amundson, Nicholas M. Gedo; Hecht Solberg Robinson Goldberg & Bagley, Jerold H. Goldberg, Richard A. Schulman, Gregory S. Markow and Amanda A. Allen for Defendants and Appellants. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Kathleen F. Carpenter for California Building Industry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number: No. S186149

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 9387 PINNACLE MUSEUM TOWER ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PINNACLE MARKET D

  • June 12, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Managing Risks of Condominiums

    It may come as a surprise to some practitioners that the vast majority of condominium projects are struck by construction defect litigation. Everyone gets sued: developers, contractors, subcon

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