News
January 2013 New Year, New Office! WTHF Opens its Doors in Chicago
December 2012 Event Alert: ABA Mid-Winter Program (24-25 January 2013)
August 2012 Now Available! Summer 2012 Newsletter
May 2012 Now Available! Spring 2012 Newsletter
February 2012 WTHF Opens New Miami, Florida Office
December 2011 Now Available! Fall 2011 Newsletter
March 2012 Now Available! Winter 2011/2012 Newsletter
November 2011 U.S. News, Best Lawyers Ranks WTHF as Tier 1 in "Best Law Firms" 2011-2012
August 2011 Now Available! Summer 2011 Newsletter Mullaney, Utz, Worley
July 2011 Legal 500 US, Corporate Intl Magazine Name WTHF Top Firm
June 2011 WTHF Wins Chambers Top Honor for Second Time in Three Years
May 2011 Chambers USA Names WTHF to the Shortlist for the 2011 Awards for Excellence
April 2011 WTHF Welcomes Three New Associates
March 2011 WTHF Winter 2010/2011 Newsletter Available
September 2010 WTHF Ranked First-Tier Firm in Construction Law by U.S. News - Best Lawyers
June 2010 WTHF Top-Ranked by Chambers, Legal 500 US for Fifth Consecutive Year
May 2010 WTHF Welcomes New Attorneys in Seattle
April 2010 Chambers USA Names WTHF to the Shortlist for the 2010 Awards for Excellence
March 2010 WTHF Is Now Building Solutions From Its New Office In Seattle, Washington Blischke
February 2010 WTHF Builds New Website
January 2010 WTHF's San Francisco Office Relocates Dillon, Lee, Merrell, Van Ornum
October 2009   Washington, DC Metro Office Welcomes 4 New Associates! Simmons
August 2009  New Additions to San Francisco and Washington DC Metro Offices
June 2009 Chambers USA Ranks WTHF #1 Construction Law Firm in the U.S.
June 2009  Washington DC Metro and Las Vegas Offices Welcome New Associates Muncey, Sechrist
June 2009   The Legal 500 US 2009 Recommends WTHF
May 2009 Chambers USA Names WTHF to the Shortlist for the 2009 Awards for Excellence Baker, Bunge, Dukellis, Fitzgerald, Katsantonis, Long, Metz, Reid, Sgarlata, Tieder, Varela, Watt
April 2009  Washington DC Metro Office Welcomes New Associate Coleman
April 2009  WTHF Welcomes Two New Associates in Irvine Bunge
February 2009  WTHF Receives $52.7 Million Arbitration Award
February 2013 Now Available! Winter 2013 Newsletter
Articles
March 15, 2013 Effectively Presenting a Delay Damages Case to a Jury
Fall 2010 The Limited Privileges and Protections for Accountant Communications and Documents
Fall 2010 Five Areas Every Office Lease Tenant Should Focus On During Lease Negotiations
Fall 2010 Federal Court Requires A Certified Claim To Defend Against Liquidated Damages Fitzsimmons
Fall 2010 Federal Court Of Appeals Affirms Decision Discharging Surety From Obligations Under Standard Form Performance Bond Muncey
Fall 2010 New Rule Adds First-Tier Subcontract And Executive Compensation Reporting Requirements For Federal Contracts Lunsford
Fall 2010 Teaching In Hungary – Keeping A Promise Tieder
September 2010 Finding ARRA Opportunities More Than One Year Later Fitzsimmons
May 2010 Exxon v. Baker: Legislating Spills into the Judiciary: How the Supreme Court Sunk Maritime Punitive Damages
Spring 2010 California Sets The Green-Building Pace With The Nation’s First Statewide Green-Building Standard Code - The CALGreen Code McPherson, Nemeth
Spring 2010 Show Me the Money…Promptly! – A Brief Comparison of State Prompt Payment Acts
Spring 2010 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Reporting Requirements: The Money Comes With Strings Attached
Spring 2010 Running Out of Money – Signs That a Construction Enterprise is Slipping Away Worley
Spring 2010 Caught In The Flash Flood Of Insolvency: An Assessment Of Contractor Responsibility To Maintain Stormwater Runoff Protection Even After Owner Default Sechrist
Spring 2010 Kosova – A Place In History Tieder
Winter 2009-2010 More Fodder For The Miller Act Surety’s Impairment And Overpayment Claims Harris
Winter 2009-2010 Pay-if-Paid Clauses: Sometimes A Defense, Sometimes Not
Winter 2009-2010 Building With History: How Contractors Can Address The Challenges Of Rehabilitating Historic Properties
Winter 2009-2010 Building Information Modeling: A Technology With Big Promise, But Also Unanswered Questions Coleman
Winter 2009-2010 Wild West Shootout: Battle Over The Application Of The Economic Loss Doctrine To Construction Disputes In The Mountain West States
Winter 2009-2010 Bonding The Public-Private Partnership Project: Considerations For The Surety Dorfman
Winter 2009-2010 The Federal Arbitration Act – Can It Apply To Parties Who Did Not Sign The Arbitration Agreement?
Fall 2009 Seize Control of The Disputes Process: Customizing Your Agreement To Arbitrate
Fall 2009 United Surety & Indemnity Co. v. United States: The Surety’s Duty to Give Notice of Contractor Default
Fall 2009 Subdivision Bonds Claims: Yet Another Consequence Of The Housing Market Collapse Glos
Fall 2009 “Build It And They Will Come” – So Long As There Is Access
Fall 2009 No Punitive Damages for Contractor’s Deliberate Misrepresentations of Repair
Fall 2009 WTHF and Heiermann Franke Knipp Tieder
Summer 2009 Colorado Structures Turns Two: Are Sureties Out of the Woods? Blischke
Summer 2009 Some Cases To Note
Summer 2009 Nevada Supreme Court Declares Pay-If-Paid Clauses Unenforceable—Or Did It?
Summer 2009 Why The New Economy And Regulations Mean Contractors Must Be Ready And Able To Deliver Under LEED. Is “Green” The New 5-Star Standard? McPherson, Nemeth
Summer 2009 Get a Big One and Nine Other Considerations For Tenants Planning to Sublease
Spring 2009 New Virginia Cases
Spring 2009 The Fifth Day v. Bolotin: Creating A Loophole In The California Contractors' State License Law Dillon
Spring 2009 Termination For Convenience Clauses: Not All Are Alike, So The Terms Do Matter
Spring 2009 Employer Indemnification Obligation Expanding In California
Spring 2009 In The Age of BIM, What Terms Are Included In Your Software License Agreements?
Spring 2009 Introduction To International Construction Contracting – Part II Tieder
Spring 2009 Traveling With Jack In Latvia – Romance And Reality Tieder
Spring 2009 OSHA’s Common Work Area Policy: Avoiding A Fall, But Still On Uncertain Footing Vinciguerra
Winter 2008-2009 A First Look at Green Building Litigation: Southern Builders v. Shaw Development
Winter 2008-2009 Virginia Construction Law Update
Winter 2008-2009 Small Community Halts Big Construction Amid Historical and Environmental Concerns Dugdale
Winter 2008-2009 “Employing” Independent Contractors Leads To Significant Liability
Winter 2008-2009 Introduction to German Construction Law
Winter 2008-2009 Travels with Jack - This Time: Bulgaria - One Year Later
Winter 2008-2009 Public-Private-Partnership (P3): The Practical Basics Dukellis
Winter 2008-2009 Introduction to International Construction Contracting – Part I Tieder
November 2008 Through the Looking Glass: Contract Terms from a Surety Perspective Fitzsimmons
Fall 2008 A Sea Change for Government Contractors: New FAR Provisions Require Mandatory Disclosure Ewald
Fall 2008 California Supreme Court Invalidates Contractual Non-Competition Clauses
Fall 2008 Court of Federal Claims Addresses Notice Requirements for Surety Subrogation Claims
Fall 2008 To Defend or Not to Defend? A Surety’s Decision to Intervene on Behalf of its Principal to Avoid the Potential Consequences of a Default Judgment Sears
Fall 2008 My Travels and Teaching in Slovenia - Part II Tieder
Fall 2008 The Common Work Area Doctrine: Reasonable Limits on General Contractor Liability for Jobsite Accidents Vinciguerra
Fall 2008 In Memoriam - Julian F. Hoffar
Summer 2008 The A, B, C's of Virginia's Contractor Licensing Regulations Blake
Summer 2008 Virginia Green Building Legislation Update
Summer 2008 Paying for a Chevy and Getting a Cadillac – Damages for Defective Construction May Far Exceed The Contract Amount Fitzsimmons
Summer 2008 A False Sense Of Security: Limitation Of Liability Provisions For Design Professionals in Virginia
Summer 2008 My Travels and Teaching in Slovenia - Part 1 Tieder
Spring 2008 The Datastaff Case: A Lesson in Responding to Payment Inquiries Without Running Afoul of the Equitable Estoppel Doctrine
Spring 2008 What's Your Green Construction Strategy?
Spring 2008 Safeguarding the Will of the Parties as to Who Decides Arbitrability
Spring 2008 Important Employment Cases Impact California Contractors
Spring 2008 U.S. Supreme Court Deals Blow to Heightened Judicial Scrutiny of Arbitration Awards McCormick
Winter 2007 - 2008 It's Miller Time for Middlemen and Their Suppliers
Winter 2007-2008 A Public Owner's Disclosure Obligations During The Bidding Process: When Does Silence Create Liability?
Winter 2007-2008 Defending Prompt Payment Actions With Statutory Settlement Offers Under California Law Merrell
Winter 2007-2008 Learning and Teaching in Bulgaria –Part II Tieder
Winter 2007-2008 False “Records Or Statements” Alone Do Not Impute Liability For Civil Penalties Under The California False Claims Act Van Ornum
Summer 2007 Does Your Arbitration Agreement Have Holes Making Rulings Less Than Final?
Summer 2007 Is It Time To Go Green?
Summer 2007 California Supreme Court Decision Expands Potential Wage/Hour Liability
Summer 2007 Changes In Nevada Law – A Recap Of The 2007 Legislative Session
Summer 2007 New Fall Protection For Contractors: How The OSHA Review Commission Has Changed Your Exposure To Project Safety Liability Vinciguerra
Spring 2007 Advance Payments From Prime Contractors to Their Subs - A Quirk In The Allocation of Risk in Federal Government Contracts
Spring 2007 E-Discovery Favors the Prepared
Spring 2007 Does Your Expert Engineer Need To Be Licensed To Testify On Your Behalf? Blake
Spring 2007 Changes to Pennsylvania’s Mechanics’ Lien Law McKeon
Spring 2007 In Russia with Jack Tieder - Part II: Business Opportunities and the Legal System Tieder
Spring 2007 The Intricacies of Indemnity: Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Broad Liability Under Indemnification Provisions Wonderlick
Winter 2006-2007 Fail to Plan, Plan to Pay: Ignorance of the E-Discovery Amendments Can Be Costly
Winter 2006-2007 The Walls of Insulation Between Design Professionals and Sureties Fall a Little More
Winter 2006-2007 Big Construction in Northern Virginia - The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project
Winter 2006-2007 Applying the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Adarand to California Construction Cases
Winter 2006-2007 Tortious Bad Faith Claims Against Sureties – Not in Nevada
Winter 2006-2007 In Russia With Jack Tieder - Part 1: Teaching Tieder
Summer 2006 Proration of Liquidated Damages – A Fair Alternative?
Summer 2006 The Court of Federal Claims “Aces” The Government
Summer 2006 The Withdrawn Sub-Bid: When Will The Subcontractor Be Bound? McCormick
Summer 2006 No Privity? No Problem. West Virginia Joins Those Jurisdictions Permitting Contractors' and Sureties' Direct Lawsuits Against Design Professionals Sears
Winter 2005-2006 Practical Considerations In Dealing With Lease Guarantees
Winter 2005-2006 Recent Developments in Federal and State Arbitration Law Ewald
Winter 2005-2006 When in California, Choose Your Arbitration Terms Carefully and Avoid a Two-Front War
Winter 2005-2006 Avoiding Pitfalls in Small Business Set-Aside Compliance
Winter 2005-2006 Contractual Waiver of Jury Trial Upheld Only in Limited Cases Nemeth
Winter 2005-2006 Basics of the Bankruptcy Code: The Impact of Recent Changes in the Law Worley
Summer 2005 XL Specialty Part II: Still No Final Answer on Virginia's Sovereign Immunity Defense to a Surety's Overpayment Claims
Summer 2005 Is There SCIF Space in Your Future?
Summer 2005 Beyond the Contract II: Third Party Claims Against A/E's and C/M's McKeon
Summer 2005 Old "Whine" in New Bottles: Indemnitors’ Counterclaims Against Sureties in California – Part II Worley
Summer 2005 Leave Me Out Of It: Practical Considerations For The Use Of "Trade-To-Trade" Dispute Provisions On Multi-Prime Projects Suga
Publications
Winter 2013 Winter 2013 Newsletter Dorfman, Ewald, Harris, Lambeth, Lunsford, Parrott, Sears, Vinciguerra
Fall 2012 Fall 2012 Newsletter Barbour, Blake, Brasco, Ramos, Simmons, Tieder
Summer 2012 Summer 2012 Newsletter Blake, Garcia, Malfeld, Sizemore
Spring 2012 Spring 2012 Newsletter Dibble, Garcia, Merrell, Muncey, Worley
Winter 2011/2012 Winter 2011/2012 Newsletter Blake, Farrer, Merrell, Tieder, Worley
Fall 2011 Fall 2011 Newsletter Coleman, Dugdale, Mackay
Summer 2011 Summer 2011 Newsletter Mullaney, Utz, Worley
Spring 2011 Spring 2011 Newsletter Simmons, Tieder
Winter 2010/2011 Winter 2010/2011 Newsletter Garcia, Glos, Sears, Tuckman
Fall 2010 Fall 2010 Insolvency Mini Newsletter Worley
Fall 2010 Fall 2010 Newsletter Fitzsimmons, Lunsford, Muncey, Tieder
Summer 2010 Summer 2010 Newsletter Bunge
Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Newsletter McPherson, Nemeth, Sechrist, Tieder, Worley
Winter 2009/2010 Winter 2009/2010 Newsletter Coleman, Dorfman, Harris
Fall 2009 Fall 2009 Newsletter Glos, Tieder
Summer 2009 Summer 2009 Newsletter Blischke, McPherson, Nemeth
Spring 2009 Spring 2009 Newsletter Dillon, Tieder, Vinciguerra
Winter 2008/2009 Winter 2008/2009 Newsletter Dugdale, Dukellis, Tieder
Fall 2008 Fall 2008 Newsletter Ewald, Sears, Tieder, Vinciguerra
Summer 2008 Summer 2008 Newsletter Blake, Fitzsimmons, Tieder
Spring 2008 Spring 2008 Newsletter Fitzgerald, McCormick
Winter 2007/2008 Winter 2007/2008 Newsletter Merrell, Tieder, Van Ornum
Fall 2007 Fall 2007 Newsletter Barnes, Fitzsimmons, Rogers, Tieder
Summer 2007 Summer 2007 Newsletter Vinciguerra
Spring 2007 Spring 2007 Newsletter Blake, Dukellis, Lee, McKeon, Rogers, Tieder, Wonderlick
Winter 2006/2007  Winter 2006/2007 Newsletter Tieder
Fall 2006 Fall 2006 Newsletter Blake, Dukellis, Van Ornum
Summer 2006   Summer 2006 Newsletter McCormick, Sears
Spring 2006 Spring 2006 Newsletter Barbour, Heffernan, Rogers
Winter 2005/2006  Winter 2005/2006 Newsletter Ewald, Nemeth, Worley
Fall 2005 Fall 2005 Newsletter Worley