Have you adapted your post-COVID practice to better plan for the “unexpected” ? In particular, have you looked at–and revised– your professional services contracts to give yourself a little more breathing room for unaccounted issues that may arise? If not, no time like the present. Don’t like that saying? How about ” a stitch in […]
Does your designer contract have provisions in it for additional compensation in the event the construction project takes longer than the parties anticipate? If you use the AIA 201 (2007) general conditions for the Contractor, it may. The AIA provisions include: § 1.1.2 THE CONTRACT The Contract Documents form the Contract for Construction. The Contract represents […]
More than You Ever Wanted to Know About Me… Hi! My name is Melissa Dewey Brumback, and I am a partner at Ragsdale Liggett PLLC, a law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. I chose the legal profession quite simply because I love to argue debate. Seriously. After losing one too many debates with me in my younger years, […]
I’ve written in the past about the benefits of having not only an explicit Scope of Work, but also a set of Exclusions from the Scope of Work, in your proposals and contract documents. Recently, this issue has come up again for me in the course of advising clients who are now facing litigation over whether […]
Recently, I saw a very amusing sign while visiting the farm animal section of the Museum of Life and Science in Durham on an extremely, blisteringly hot summer day. The sign said: In case you can’t see the sign clearly, it reads: Sometimes our donkey likes to lay [sic] flat out in the sun. Don’t be […]