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As most contractors are aware, if they are not paid for their labor, materials, and/or services, they can strengthen their position prior to filing a [...]

In a recent decision, the Superior Court discharged the mechanic’s liens of several subcontractors, because the general contractor had already filed a lien for the [...]

On rare occasions, I have had to contend with a claim of “slander of title” being filed in response to a mechanic’s lien. A slander [...]

A common provision in construction contracts requires a contractor to give notice to the owner within a certain number of days of an event giving [...]

As I have written before, a mechanic’s lien provides a contractor with an attachment to real property to secure the amount claimed due for work [...]

Anyone involved with public construction projects is familiar with the term “prevailing wage,” which is generally understood to mean the minimum wages established by the [...]

Parties are free to enter into contracts with any terms and conditions to which they both agree — but that right is not absolute. Certain [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]