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How short is too short?

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Construction Contracting Without Relief Clauses During COVID-19

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Your Contract Can Handle COVID-19

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Contractors Can Use RFI to Notify the Government

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Taxes Due!

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Contractor Wins when Government Reconsiders Accord

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Claim Certified with Digital Signature Deemed OK

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Acceptance and Intervening Cause Avoided Construction Warranty Claim

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Insurance Company Had No Duty to Defend Under Eight Corners Rule

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Owner SOL When Mandatory Mediation Didn’t Toll Statute of Limitations

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Government Must Review Claims in Good Faith, Not “Conjure Up” a “Baseless Retaliation”

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Termination for Convenience was OK to Get a Lower Price

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Pirates (Parties) Should Arbitrate Arbitrability

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Very Bad Behavior Without Bad Faith is Not a Breach of Contract

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Government Construction Contracts Require Bonds, Even When Contract Doesn’t Say So

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Government’s Negligent Estimate a Trick?

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Prime Contractor Had No Duty to Help Surety Investigate Sub’s Default

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It’s Good to Be the King

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Smoke Without Fire: Damage from Concrete Dust Covered by Insurance

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Changes Made After Substantial Completion Did Not Extend Overall Project Time

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One-Sided Construction Arbitration Clause Valid in Virginia

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Manage the Risk of Construction Changes

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Want Your Profit? Prove a Constructive Change, Not a Suspension of Work.

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No Special Defenses to Arbitration Agreements

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How to Find (and Confirm) the Plain Meaning in a Contract

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Navigating the Requirements for Claims against Virginia Public Entities

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Virginia General Contractors Not Protected from Pre-Work Claim Waivers

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Adding Terms to a Government Contract without Saying So

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Differing Site Conditions: When the Part Does Not Equal the Whole

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Forum Selection Can Be a Home-Court Advantage

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No-Damage-for-Delay and Owner-Related Dispute Clauses are No Defense to Surety Liability Under Miller Act

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Contractual Fairness is Whatever the Parties’ Agreed

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Which Comes First – Specifications or Drawings?

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Government Contract Claims: When Appeal is Rejection of Settlement

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Linking Obligations

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Termination of Government Contracts for Convenience (T4C)

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Government Contractors: Build a Snowman in August

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Construction Dispute Settlement: Dealing with Details

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