Posts Tagged ‘Resources’

Celebrating Our 5th Year Blogging – Simplified Look and Free Construction Resources

On April 26, 2010        

Happy Birthday to Wolfe Law Group’s construction law blog, the Construction Law Monitor.    To celebrate, we’ve made things a lot better on our site.

We’re now in our 5th year of blogging about construction law issues that matter to contractors, subcontractors and suppliers across the country…and all of our postings and tagging has transformed the Monitor into a leading construction law resource.

To celebrate the milestone, we’ve made things even better.

First, we’ve simplified our design.   Posts on the left, topics on the right, and a search bar at the top.   We’ve even gone through the site and re-tagged and re-categorized each post to make it more intuitive for folks to find posts on-topic.

Second – and we’re most excited about this – we’ve added a Resources Page with free construction law resources.   Highlights of the free Resoucres include:

  • Construction Law Blog Directory.   This is the only directory of construction law focused blogs on the web.  We list them all outright, but also sort and organize the blogs by state and topic (green building v. chinese drywall, for example).   Something missing?   You can add your link to our directory by filling out the form at the bottom of the directory’s page.
  • Avvo Legal Guides and Answers.    Wolfe Law Group participates in the legal Q&A forum and publication of legal guides at the lawyer-rating website, Avvo.com.   We stream those answers and guides to you on the Monitor.
  • Free Forms and Documents.   Powered by JD Supra, we provide visitors with free forms, legal pleadings, and other types of documents.
  • Webinars.   Our webinars and construction law presentations, powered by SlideShare.

Third (and finally), we’ve brought back three Special Feature category of posts:  (1) About our Services; (2) Around the Web; and (3) From the Experts.

We’ll build upon the Resources page as time goes by, and continue posting about important  construction law issues.   You can subscribe the the Monitor by RSS Feed, by following us on Twitter, or liking us on Facebook.

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Explaining Louisiana Lien Law at AllBusiness.Com

On December 26, 2008        

AllBusiness.com, an online media and e-commerce company that operates one of the premier business sites on the Web, is a great tool for contractors.   They self-proclaim to help business professionals save time and money by addressing real-world business questions and presenting practical solutions.

As one of its resources, the website has re-published an article written by Lloyd N. Shields, one of New Orleans’ premiere construction attorneys.   The article, titled Mechanics Liens and Construction Bonds under Louisiana Law, offers a good discussion of Louisiana’s sometimes peculiar lien laws.

When doing work in a particular state – like Louisiana – it never hurts to spend time reviewing the overall lien laws in your area.   Understanding and following lien laws is important for your company to avoid bad collection situations, and is increasingly important in this penny-pinching economy.

It would be a prudent start to the new year to spend some time getting familiar with the lien laws in Louisiana.  You can read some basic information about Louisiana lien laws at the Construction Lien Blog here.   The allbusiness.com article is also a good resource.

Also, be sure to check out the Construction Industry Center at AllBusiness.Com.

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