On January 1, 2013, significant changes to Iowa mechanics lien law went into effect. (The PAID blog discussed these changes just a few days after their effective date.) Amazingly, the legislature isn’t quite done...
On March 19, 2013, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District heard oral arguments on a fascinating landscaping lien case with potential precedential value, Manning Construction v. MCI Partners. The PAID...
Here at the PAID blog we write a lot about how unpaid subcontractors can get paid by filing a mechanics lien because we think a mechanics lien is the best...
A recent case out of Indiana, Feitler v. Springfield Enterprises, addressed two interesting issues: whether “no-lien clauses” in construction contracts are valid and whether parties who are prevented from filing mechanics liens due to...
Some states spell out exactly what kind of language must be contained in a valid mechanics lien. These states may even provide templates in their statutes that unpaid contractors and...
Despite the handful of relatively recent posts, the changes to North Carolina’s mechanic’s lien and notice law that we have looked at so far have been those contained in the...
In a recent post, we discussed how New York courts will rarely (although sometimes do) summarily dismiss exaggerated mechanics liens. However, in a recent case, Neptune Estate v. Big Poll...
Summary Judgment: An Introduction Most people think that if a lawsuit proceeds to trial, there’s only one opportunity to win or lose: When a jury issues a verdict. In civil...
Individual state legislatures sometimes can go decades without amending their states’ lien laws. Unfortunately, this can make it easy to overlook potential changes when they do come about – and...
In a landmark case decided in February of 2011, LaSalle Bank National Association v. Cypress Creek 1, the Illinois Supreme Court took a major step towards limiting the rights of...