No Lien Clauses news:

A Florida contractor was accused of sabotaging the elevators at a project in order to extort funds - the contractor claims he was merely securing payment.

First and foremost, thanks to my pal Scott Wolfe for the opportunity to discuss what is a major change in Virginia law regarding mechanic’s liens. I always appreciate the opportunity...

More than 200 years ago, Virginia’s most famous son invented the mechanics lien concept to protect contractors and suppliers against non-payment on construction projects. In the 2015 legislation, Virginia’s lawmakers...

The Ohio Supreme Court chimed in on “pay if paid” clauses last week, and it’s not good for subcontractors. In Transtar Elec., Inc. v. A.E.M. Elec. Servs. Corp., the court decided...

Last August, we wrote about a Texas 14th Division Court of Appeals decision overturning a $20m judgment in favor of Zachry Construction. That case – Port of Houston Authority v....

Another blog recently discussed five of their top Ohio construction cases of 2012.  Rather than just rehash what’s already been written, we here at the Lien blog like to imagine...

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...

Massachusetts’ statutes explicitly render void and unenforceable contractual clauses where a party waives its right to file a mechanics lien. ALM GL ch. 254, § 32. The state’s courts, however,...

The Arizona (Division I) Court of Appeals last week issued an opinion with a very robust discussion of mechanics lien laws in Wang Elec Inc v. Smoke Tree Resort LLC....

Arizona’s mechanics lien law provides that a lien is authorized whenever work is furnished at the “instance” of the owner or the owner’s agent. A tenant who acts as the...