- January 9, 2017
Litigation is expensive. Before pursuing any particular claim, you need to determine if pursuing the claim makes economic sense. Standing on principle sounds good initially [...]
- November 21, 2016
As discussed numerous times on this blog, the mechanic’s lien laws provide a security interest in privately owned real property in favor of those that [...]
- August 29, 2016
One of the first things I was ever taught about mechanic’s liens is that the legislation’s original intent was for a contractor to be able [...]
- October 26, 2015
Every state in the country allows those that supply labor, materials, and/or services for the improvement of private property to claim an interest in the [...]
- August 3, 2015
The Connecticut Superior Court recently decided a case of first impression regarding the right to file an application for discharge of mechanic’s liens. The court in Grade [...]
- November 9, 2014
As discussed previously in this blog, arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution procedure, whereby the parties to a construction contract can agree to have their [...]
- May 3, 2014
Chapter 400 of the Connecticut General Statutes is known as the Home Improvement Act. “The purpose of the Home Improvement Act is to ensure that [...]
- April 26, 2014
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-33 provides that those furnishing labor, materials or services for the improvement of real property are entitled to claim a lien [...]
- March 8, 2014
As regular readers of this blog know, a mechanic’s lien provides a contractor with a security interest in the real property where its work was [...]