by Ron Holmes Construction across all sectors is booming. Cranes are everywhere. But, as we all know from history, the music will stop and the lawsuits will follow. The Plaintiff’s attorneys in California have elevated to an art form the filing of construction defect lawsuits immediately prior to expiration to the statute of repose in …
By Ron Holmes Fortunately or unfortunately, I was a commercial real estate attorney during the last, great real estate bust (1987-1994). I had many successful clients, and knew of many more, who had amassed enormous wealth by hard work, ingenuity and adept risk taking in the real estate, only to see those fortunes disappear almost …
By D. Blake Wilson Restrictive covenants. To all those developers out there, these are probably all too familiar. They can be a great thing or a source of frustration and even litigation. A restrictive covenant may not say what you think it says. In a case recently litigated here in Texas, two property owners found …