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Are Claim Settlements Producing Unexpected Consequences?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis Claim settlement agreements can be drafted any which way. Parties signing claim settlement agreements need to be aware. Featured … Claim against Testing Lab Extinguished by Separate Settlement AgreementEngineer’s On-Site Labor Was Incidental The supplier then sued the testing laboratory.

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That’s A Goocher: SD Court Finds Enforceable Construction Contract Despite Lack of Time Component

Best Practices Construction Law

Khan Comfort, LLC , the Supreme Court of South Dakota held that a missing time element in a construction contract did not invalidate the contract. The appellate court disagreed and held that the contractor’s proposal, which was signed by the owner, was an unqualified acceptance of the parties’ agreement.

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Green Building Data Risk as an Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

And there is some form of privacy law in at least 48 states (but not Alabama and South Dakota), including by way of example the California’s groundbreaking 2003 Data Security Breach Reporting Law , but most of those are reactive, that is most laws in the U.S. A claim pending against a major U.S. Others collect building data.

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constructionattorneyblog: No Arbitration for Aesthetic Effect

Construction Lawyer

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. A recent South Dakota case, Flandreau Public School District v. Any Claim arising out of or related to the Contract, except Claims relating to aesthetic effect.

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State by State Incentives Guide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

A business that applies for the exemption must enter into an agreement with the Governor of Alabama. This credit can also be claimed against the insurance premium tax, the oil and gas production and property taxes, the fisheries business and landing taxes, and the mining license tax.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The program is capped at 10,000 new jobs being claimed each year by all participants; whereas a taxpayer is limited to a maximum of 400 new jobs per year. The business must sign a job-creation agreement under the Advantage Arkansas program within 24 months of signing the Tax Back agreement.

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