18 Dec, 2024 Rudy the Red-Nosed Inspector! By Jeffrey Nix There were owners, contractors, subcontractors, and lendersPlumbers, electricians, carpenters, and vendorsBut then came the need to...
20 Nov, 2024 Who is Responsible for all These Foodborne Illnesses? By Jeffrey Nix Foodborne illnesses have become commonplace in the United States. The recent outbreak of listeria in products prepared at the Boars Head...
13 Nov, 2024 When do Agents Have Authority to Bind Principals to Contracts? By Jeffrey Nix Construction attorney’s deal with construction contracts on a daily basis. We are constantly drafting, editing, negotiating, and...
16 Oct, 2024 Should Prevailing Parties in Litigation Recover Attorney's Fees? By Jeffrey Nix Parties who prevail in litigation throughout the US are generally not entitled to recover costs and attorneys fees, unless provided by...
02 Oct, 2024 How Baseball Arbitration Found its Way into Resolving Commercial Disputes By Jeffrey Nix In 1973, Major League Baseball ("MLB") established baseball arbitration, or BBA as a unique process for resolving salary disputes between...
18 Sep, 2024 So What do Lawyers do Anyway? By Jeffrey Nix This was the question, posed by my 16 year old great-niece, having flown in from Alaska and meeting me for the first time. It was a...
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...