By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: February 9,2012
A still-stabilizing nonresidential construction sector should see demand strengthen in the private sector and weaken in the public sector this year, the Associated General Contractors of America anticipates.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: February 2,2012
The American Bar Association this month will be asked to endorse a proposed uniform law aiming at new standards for state government websites that host legal materials. The Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act is proposed by the Uniform Laws Commission to address a trend, still in its infancy, of shuttering public printers and posting laws only online. But shifting an entire system of laws to online-only postings puts our legal system at risk.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: January 30,2012
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address last week, largely focusing on the economy and the growing wealth gap in the U.S. He said we should restore the economy to one where “everyone gets a fair shot." But the Associated Builders and Contractors said the speech was just more of the same from the president.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: January 27,2012
Interior design in law offices traditionally has featured pricey, imposing furniture, expensive paneling, carpeting and artwork and other opulent touches. But the Minneapolis law firm of Nilan Johnson Lewis emphatically broke with that tradition when it developed its ecology-conscious space on two floors of the One Financial Plaza building.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: January 27,2012
Since the early 1990s the state of North Carolina has been studying, evaluating and planning construction of the Northern Beltway in Winston-Salem but has yet to break ground. Why, then, has DOT continued to freeze all property development and sales along the beltway corridor, leaving thousands of property owners stuck? Because it can.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: December 16,2011
This year, significantly fewer Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design projects specified the use of wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. A recent report issued by GreenBiz Group found FSC wood was used in only 26 percent of new LEED construction in 2011, down from 41 percent last year.
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: August 9,2011
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — When the U.S. Department of Energy provided incentives for businesses installing solar panels in September, local solar contractors were sure it was going to lead to a substantial number of installation projects. But with the federal program set to expire and return to pre-September 2010 levels at the end of the [...]
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: July 15,2011
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — An East End surgeon is suing to block two doctors who left his practice from performing surgery in that region, arguing the physicians are violating a noncompete agreement. Peconic Surgical Group, in Riverhead and Southampton, is suing Dr. Agostino Cervone and Dr. George Keckeisen for violating their employment contract. The two [...]
By Dolan Media Newswires
Published: October 13,2010
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller today unveiled the details of a multistate mortgage foreclosure working group created to review the practice of “robo-signing” and other issues that have arisen against banks and mortgage-processing firms. Alabama was the only state not to join the group. The other 49 states, as well as state banking and mortgage regulators [...]
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