Tom Pannett

Tom Pannett, Of Counsel

Ohio Construction Law Blog

https://ohioconstructionlaw.keglerbrown.com/

Recent Blog Posts

  • On Black Friday, 2011, Patagonia ran a full-page ad in the New York Times, stating, “Don’t Buy This Jacket.” The audacious ad told customers why they might not really need that new jacket and rejected consumerism. Defying the odds, consumers ignored the advice and Patagonia sales shot up 30%. So, here is my modest effort […]... More
  • Subcontractors and suppliers deliver labor and materials to jobsites on credit with an understanding that payment will be forthcoming. Lien laws exist to secure that credit risk should the subcontractor or supplier not be paid timely for the value they provided to the project. Owners and contractors understandably want to ensure that payments get downstream […]... More
  • A week ago, I attended a seminar at Kegler Brown put on by construction attorneys Don Gregory and Mike Madigan for our friends and clients in the construction industry. They talked about very interesting and important topics, such as joint venturing, the pressures that the economy is putting on the construction industry (especially in central […]... More
  • If a dispute goes on long enough, it will ultimately result in litigation or arbitration. Parties need to think about whether they would rather end up in court, or with a private arbitrator, or arbitration panel. Many of the well-accepted trade association contracts have a “check-the-box” approach, in which you need to say whether you […]... More
  • Design build contractors are generally familiar with the risk they are assuming under the traditional design-build model in which the contractor is responsible for the design, as well as the construction of the design his team has created. However, contractors are less familiar with the risks that are assumed under a design-bid-build model in which […]... More