Posted By: Patrick Hughes | email: phughes@dbllaw.com
The good news is that lenders are beginning to make commercial real estate loans again. The bad news—lending standards are strict. Only the most credit-worthy borrowers will qualify for these loans for the foreseeable future.
Required Equity Contributions and Higher Interest Rates
Your first hurdle is to determine how much equity you will contribute. In the current
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Posted By: Kelly Gindele | email: kgindele@dbllaw.com
Courts across the country are increasingly denying policyholders coverage for construction defect claims. Construction companies need to ensure that their policies sufficiently protect them against construction defects claims. Often, defects can result in multi-million dollar claims. Without appropriate coverage, a company risks paying for such claims, or at least a substantial part of the claim,
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Posted By: Carla Venhoff | email: attorney@dbllaw.com
A mechanic’s lien filed against a private construction project in Kentucky has many undesirable effects. It will cloud title to the property and interrupt financing for the project, if you are the owner. If a lien is filed by a subcontractor, it will likely result in the owner freezing payments to the general contractor. Making
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Posted By: Alan Hartman | email: ahartman@dbllaw.com
A copyright is a property right in an original work of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright protection is mandated by the United States Constitution and has evolved as technology has progressed, enabling the transmission of works in ways our founding fathers could never have imagined. An owner of a valid copyright
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
From creating your holiday travel itinerary to making tax-related decisions, planning ahead is always a good idea. Here is a summary of three significant federal tax developments that you may find helpful as the new calendar year begins:
Year of the Roth?
Prior to 2010, those with an adjusted gross income over $100,000 were ineligible to convert
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Posted By: Edward Zerhusen | email: ezerhusen@dbllaw.com
The estate planning documents that a lawyer may prepare, such as a will or trust agreement, are but one step in an estate plan. The next step is to ensure that beneficiary designations on certain assets are designed in a way to allow the estate plan to operate as intended. This requires that you or
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Posted By: Kelly Schoening | email: kschoening@dbllaw.com
One of the toughest issues companies face is how to treat the sick or disabled employee who cannot come to work or does not perform adequately when at work. The passage of the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), amended FMLA regulations and the H1N1 crisis have made these issues even more complex for employers.
The FMLA is
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