Recently, a large dispute related to both bankruptcy and mechanics liens has reared its head in West Virginia. While any determination regarding the validity or priority of the mechanics liens...
Pennsylvania has recently been a hotbed of proposed and actual modifications of its mechanics lien law. From considering whether union workers were more properly classified as employees of the general...
Mechanics liens are statutory security instruments granted to parties who perform labor and/or furnish materials to a construction project. Generally, the security provided is very strong because it the improved...
Mechanics liens provide good protection against the risk of non-payment on construction projects. One of the reasons why is that mechanics liens encumber the improved property itself, and generally, have...
The Nevada Supreme Court has recently examined quite a few questions regarding the interpretation of mechanics lien laws in that state. Not only has that court clarified the circumstances giving...
A recent case decided by the Nevada Supreme Court sheds some clarifying, and transformative, light on the mechanics lien rights of material suppliers.While mechanics liens generally provide protection to parties...
Mechanics liens are powerful instruments to induce payment on construction projects. There are many reasons this is so, but perhaps the most attention grabbing (at least for the owner of...
Mechanics liens provide security for extensions of labor and/or materials to a construction project. That security can sometimes be decreased, however, by the amount paid to the general contractor by...
This guest post comes from friend of the blog, Robert Wise, a construction law attorney in Mississippi (Sharpe & Wise PLLC). Robert was influential in the drafting and passing of...
This guest post comes from friend of the blog, Robert Wise, a construction law attorney in Mississippi (Sharpe & Wise PLLC). Robert was influential in the drafting and passing of...