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Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

Attorneys’ Fees and the American Arbitration Association Rule

A common question from clients, when a dispute arises on a construction project, is whether they can recover their attorney’s fees from the other side if they pursue a case and win. More often than not, such fees are not...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Developers Beware: Difficult Multi-Step Process for Obtaining and Cashing In On Appeal Bonds

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Porter v. Bd. of Appeal of Bos., No. 22-P-974, 2024 WL 187241 (Mass. App. Ct. Jan. 18, 2024). The case of Porter v. Bd. of Appeal of Boston is the latest case that involves an eternal question posed by developers: how...more

Carlton Fields

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending May 15, 2020

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Real Property Update - Attorneys' Fees / Construction Lien: Applying the plain and unambiguous language of Florida Statutes section 713.29, the court found that junior interest holders are not entitled to attorneys' fees...more

Perkins Coie

Fees Under Private Attorney General Doctrine Denied Where CEQA Lawsuit Neither Enforced Important Rights Nor Conferred Significant...

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The court of appeal held that attorney’s fees under the private attorney general doctrine could not be recovered in a CEQA action in which plaintiff obtained a preliminary stay of the project but the project proponent...more

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone

An Unfounded Lien: What’s an Owner to Do? And Can it Recover its Attorneys’ Fees?

A subcontractor has liened the property although the owner has paid in full for its work. The general contractor has disappeared. What should an owner do next? And will its attorneys’ fees be recoverable?...more

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