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Twice Kansas City tried to condemn and take a downtown parking lot owned by private investor group Broadway-Washington Associates. The city, which wanted the lot for an office building, failed both times using current eminent domain law. The first time, ...

In a modern-day tale of indentured servitude, a California jury recently awarded $832,000 to an Indonesian immigrant who said she was taken from her homeland as a teenager and forced to work for a pittance in the home of well-to-do ...

As Anna Nicole Smith’s recent win before the U.S. Supreme Court reverberates through the probate universe, experts tell Lawyers USA it’s likely to have implications beyond the former Playboy Playmate’s fight to collect an $88 million bankruptcy award. Traditionally, under ...

The “design-build” alternative to traditional construction bidding can save time and money – in the right situation. Several builders and developers in the Boise, Idaho area say it’s gaining acceptance, but probably won’t totally replace the traditional “design-bid-build” approach wherein ...

When Gulf Coast reconstruction begins in earnest, the building industry should brace for double-digit cost increases and tightening labor supplies through 2008, according to at least one industry observer. John Dunkerley, director of cost management services at PinnacleOne, an Arizona-based ...

Three construction industry organizations announced plans to develop green building standards that they say could be incorporated into municipal building codes. The U.S. Green Building Council, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Illuminating Engineering Society ...

U.S. construction employment last month set a record for the 15th consecutive month, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. April employment figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed seasonally adjusted construction payroll employment hit 7.51 million, ...

A jury – and not a judge – in a federal district trial has decided what portion of a lawsuit settlement paid by an insured was for claims that were covered under the insurer’s umbrella policy and what portion, if ...

Attorney Stan Wallach was cornered outside the Schnucks grocery store in the St. Louis suburb of Des Peres recently by a young man seeking signatures for an eminent domain ballot initiative. Wallach read over the proposed ballot language and the ...

As a jury weighs the evidence against one-time Enron utility magnates Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, war continues in the Persian Gulf, and gas prices float in the $3 per gallon range, the subject of energy is never really off ...

In an effort to protect themselves from liability for suicidal students, universities around the country may be digging themselves into a deeper legal hole. In the first round of suicide-related litigation, a handful of universities have been sued for failing ...