04 Sep, 2024 What's Up With all the Water Main Breaks in Atlanta? By Jeffrey Nix There are approximately 2,800+ miles of water mains distributing water throughout Atlanta. These water mains vary in both size and...
28 Aug, 2024 Limitations Upon Contractual Remedies Are All the Craze! By Jeffrey Nix Nowadays it is rare to see a contract governed by common law that does not contain one or more forms of limitation of remedy. [See,...
21 Aug, 2024 Understanding How Conflict of Law Rules Impact Your Transaction? By Jeffrey Nix Conflict of law rules or CLR come into play when a transaction or occurrence involves more than one State or Country. And this occurs...
14 Aug, 2024 Beware of Recent Changes to the UCC Governing the Sale of Goods in Georgia! By Jeffrey Nix Georgia, along with nineteen (19) other States, recently adopted changes to their versions of the Uniform Commercial Code or UCC. The...
07 Aug, 2024 How “Digital Twins” Could Transform Design and Construction By Jeffrey Nix A digital twin is a digitized model of a real-life asset that is duplicated with both imagery and data on a real-time basis. Updates...
31 Jul, 2024 Explaining Trespassers, Squatters, and Adverse Possession! By Jeffrey Nix Last Spring, prior to adoption of the new Georgia “Squatter Reform Act” criminalizing squatting, I provided pro-bono services to the...
24 Jul, 2024 Understanding Negligence and the Doctrine of "Proximate Cause"! By Jeffrey Nix Not every wrong gives rise to a remedy! This principle is especially applicable to tort law. A tort is the breach of a public duty...
17 Jul, 2024 "Occam's Razor" Should Guide All Laws, Lawmakers, and Lawyers! By Jeffrey Nix The principle of Occam's Razor is not taught in law school - but it should be! Occam's Razor stands for the principle that the shortest...
10 Jul, 2024 Choosing A Proper Contract is Critical to the Success of Every Transaction! By Jeffrey Nix Google now makes almost every purpose and application of form contract readily available to anyone with access to the internet. Users of...
06 Jun, 2024 Seven Taylor English Attorneys Recognized by Chambers USA By Andrew Fisher ATLANTA, June 6, 2024 – Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a...
05 Jun, 2024 Has the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” Delivered the Promised Infrastructure? By Jeffrey Nix The “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" or IIJA was signed into law on November 15, 2021. The IIJA provides for $1.2 trillion in...
29 May, 2024 Who Bears the Risk of Loss During the International Sales of Goods in Transit? By Jeffrey Nix The World is becoming a smaller place. During the 1950's companies who once purchased “goods” solely within their home State,( i.e....