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briefing papers
- Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Accrual Date of Construction Defect Limitations Period
- Your AI Chat Logs May Be Exhibit A
- The Enforceability of Liquidated Damages for Delays to Final Completion
- A Bid for Constitutionality
- Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company The Court of Appeals Resolidifies the Right to Independent Counsel
announcements
- Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Accrual Date of Construction Defect Limitations Period
- Six attorneys from Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A. have been named to the 2026 Legal 500 City Elite listing.
- Congratulations to the Fabyanske Attorneys Named 2026 Minnesota Super Lawyers
- Two Attorneys Named 2026 Minnesota “Rising Stars”
- The Enforceability of Liquidated Damages for Delays to Final Completion
FWHT Attorney Appointed to Board of Minnesota AGC and Board of the American College of Construction Lawyers
Dean B. Thomson has been nominated to a three-year term (2008-2011) on the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL) Board of Governors as well as a three-year term (2008-2011) to the Board of the Minnesota Chapter…
read MoreFabyanske Attorneys are named to the Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers
Congratulations to Marvin T. Fabyanske, Kyle E. Hart and Dean B. Thomson for being named to the Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2007. Only seven lawyers in the state of Minnesota…
read MorePreparing for Y2K-IX: What You and Your Subcontractors Need to do Before you Ring in the New Year
A. Introduction By now, many Minnesota contractors who subcontract with sole proprietorships and individuals are probably aware of the problem they face on January 1 2009. For those of you (i.e. contractors and…
read MoreNew Federal Regulations Require Contractors to Have Compliance Programs
All contractors are, of course, required to abide by federal laws, but as of December 24, 2007, the federal government has added a new requirement for contractors working on federal government contracts in…
read MoreFirst You Say You Do and Then You Don’t and Then You Say You Will and Then You Won’t
Introduction Some might say that the above quoted song lyrics from the Ames Brothers’ 1951 hit, Undecided, comes from the construction contractor’s theme song. What people say and do often differ dramatically, depending…
read MoreLessons Learned from A to Z (Sort of) in 2007
This briefing paper discusses 24 legal decisions from 2007, which highlight construction law issues that arose in Minnesota courts last year. The cases are listed alphabetically by topic, which topics include arbitration, bidding,…
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