Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
DBL Law is pleased to announce that Krista J. Roettger and Erica M. Spitzig have joined the firm as associates.
Ms. Roettger is an associate practicing in the firm’s Commercial Transactions, Commercial Litigation and Taxation practice groups. She is admitted to practice law in both Kentucky and Ohio.
Prior to joining DBL, Roettger worked in assurance and
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
Alan Hartman shared his insights on the rapidly changing field of technology law in a recent interview with the Circuit, an information technology association in the Cincinnati region.
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Posted By: Katie Koch | email: kkoch@dbllaw.com
A common misconception shared by many of our clients is that in order to have a trademark they must have a registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Our clients are often surprised when we tell them that in fact you have trademark rights from the moment you begin using the trademark in commerce (provided the mark is used properly and does not infringe another party’s rights).
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Posted By: Joseph Cleves | email: jcleves@dbllaw.com
Standard Integrated Project Delivery Agreements allow for incentive pools benefiting portions of the design and construction teams. The purpose of these incentives is to encourage collaboration and savings.
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Posted By: Richard Meyer | email: rmeyer@dbllaw.com
Freedom of contract, especially in regard to allocating risks of loss and damages, is a hallmark of construction law. The Economic Loss Doctrine (ELD) is intended to enshrine the principle of voluntary risk allocation by prohibiting participants in construction projects from suing for their economic losses in the absence of a contractual relationship. Recent court decisions have broadly construed economic loss to include the cost of repair (Tennessee), damage to any part of a building under construction (Indiana, Hawaii and Utah), damage to reputation and a company’s goodwill (Kentucky), loss of profits (Texas and Arizona) and additional financing costs (Ohio).
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Posted By: DBL Law | email: news@dbllaw.com
DBL Law was recently named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in the region by the Cincinnati Enquirer and the national surveying firm Workplace Dynamics.
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Posted By: Joseph Cleves | email: jcleves@dbllaw.com
Attorney Will Lichtig created a new contract form for use on projects adopting Lean Project Delivery. This contract was the basis for the Tri-Party Agreement for Collaborative Project Delivery form put forth by the Consensus Document group.
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Posted By: Kelly Gindele | email: kgindele@dbllaw.com
Oftentimes, in the context of a construction contract, there are three primary parties: (1) the owner of the project; (2) the architect, who is responsible for drawing up the various plans and blueprints necessary for the construction of the project; and (3) the general contractor, who is responsible for overseeing and supervising the project’s actual construction. While these three parties are fundamental to a properly functioning construction project, their motivations, loyalties, and interests may not always be aligned. As such, an owner must be mindful of the various contractual relationships among the primary parties to the construction contract.
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