Carol Z. Smith, Construction and Surety, Seminars
March 16, 2022 Dysart Taylor director Carol Smith recently presented to a group of industry professionals at a March 9 private training. The presentation, The False Claims Act-Minority and DBE Status, outlined the Act’s provisions, practical considerations, and recent...
Blog Post, Construction and Surety
BLOG POST Challenging Public Bid Awards in Missouri Just Got Easier, Depending on Your Perspective As reported in this blog in October, 2015 in the post The Making of a Supreme Court Case, we predicted that the Missouri Supreme Court would take the case of Byrne and...
Blog Post, Construction and Surety, Lee B. Brumitt
BLOG POST Attorneys’ Fees – Having Your Cake and Eating it Too From the Mo-Kan Construction Law Blog by Lee Brumitt Clients frequently ask about getting attorneys’ fees from their adversaries in a construction dispute. I certainly understand the economics behind the...
Blog Post, Construction and Surety, Lee B. Brumitt
BLOG POST The Making of a Supreme Court Case From the Mo-Kan Construction Law Blog by Lee Brumitt It’s not easy to get an audience with a state’s Supreme Court. By the time a case gets to a state’s highest court, the parties have spent significant resources and are on...
Blog Post, Construction and Surety, Lee B. Brumitt
BLOG POST Change Order Do’s and Dont’s From the Mo-Kan Construction Law Blog by Lee Brumitt Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and change orders. There are very few projects that don’t have some measure of change or different site conditions...
Blog Post, Construction and Surety, Lee B. Brumitt
BLOG POST Termination for Convenience is Never Convenient From the Mo-Kan Construction Law Blog by Lee Brumitt It can be a true horror story when you learn that your construction contract been terminated for convenience. All the planning, hard work, anticipation of a...