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Contract Surety 12.30.2021

Modular Building To The Rescue

Modular building is playing an increasingly central role in infrastructure efforts. A recent example of the speed and efficiency enabled by modular building is illustrated by a bridge-building effort in southern Louisiana. When an entire…
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Modular Building To The Rescue
Contract Surety 12.30.2021

Contech Investments?

  The adoption of technology in the construction industry has been a long time coming. Although leveraging technology to the fullest across the building industry continues to lag, 2021 was a record year for investment…
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Contech Investments?
Court Bonds 12.30.2021

Civil Procedure: Injunction Reversed

  Although temporary injunctions can be useful legal remedies, enabling actions to be paused while the issues at stake are being assessed and resolved, specific rules of civil procedure must be carefully followed whenever an…
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Civil Procedure: Injunction Reversed
Court Bonds 12.30.2021

Sticky Notes Are Not An Estate Plan

  Tony Hseih died without a will in 2020, leaving behind an estate estimated to be worth hundreds of millions. The entrepreneur, most famous for leading Zappos, was known for his progressive ideas about happiness…
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Sticky Notes Are Not An Estate Plan
Court Bonds 12.21.2021

Inheritance: Dividing The Money Evenly?

  No, parents do not have to divide their assets evenly among their children when creating a will. Although it is common to do so, there are no laws entitling each child “to get their…
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Inheritance: Dividing The Money Evenly?
Court Bonds 12.21.2021

Special Needs Grandchildren?

  If you have grandchildren with special needs and hope to leave them money when you die, you’ll want to take extra care with your estate plan. Your good intentions could inadvertently result in them…
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Special Needs Grandchildren?
Contract Surety 12.21.2021

Largest Soccer Stadium In the USA?

Largest Soccer Stadium In the USA? In May 2022, the largest soccer stadium in North America is slated to open in Nashville, Tennessee, just in the nick of time for the Nashville’s Soccer Club to…
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Largest Soccer Stadium In the USA?
Contract Surety 12.21.2021

Making Tracks In Chicago

  Toot, toot! The recent completion of a  bypass structure on the Chicago “L” system, marks the completion of a significant part of the overhaul on the long-beleaguered Red and Purple lines.  Breaking Up a…
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Making Tracks In Chicago
Court Bonds 12.16.2021

What Exactly Is a Trust?

  Whether you are up to your elbows in estate planning, or just trying to figure out how to get started, the terminology can get a bit fuzzy, hard to digest and keep straight. Short…
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What Exactly Is a Trust?