Dallas Construction Attorney

The last time (Retainage Protection Part 1) we talked about the importance of documenting your file.  Today I want to discuss one component of that documentation-the notice you are required to send when your subcontract includes payments that are be...

One recurring problem we’ve been seeing in our practice over the last 6 months is sub-contractors having problems collecting their retainage. I’ve written before about the legal timing requirements for notices and perfecting a claim, today I want...

The Texas supreme Court this year gave a nice present to the construction industry in ruling in their favor  in Ewing Construction Co. v. Amerisure Insurance Co. You can learn more here: http://www.nahb.org/generic.aspx?genericContentID=167070 I...

Last month I started a series about the Payment Bond Process in Texas.  You can find the last article here:  Payment Bond Claims – Part 1.   We went over the time frames of notices and what has to be included.  This time I would like to go ove...

Didn’t take long for the lawsuits to start flying.  Here are the links to the actual petitions filed yesterday.  The first was filed in Austin by the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) and the other was filed by the Texas Oil and Gas Associatio...

Over the next few posts I would like to go over payment bond claims for state and local public works projects.  You may have heard these described as Little Miller Act claims, or what was known as the McGregor Act.  In Texas the process is controll...

When it pertains to federal, state, and local governments, one of the main doctrines of law is that they have sovereign immunity; i.e. the “sovereign or entity” cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosec...