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Narrowing the Scope of Subcontractor Indemnity

Apr 14, 2015

Construction, From the Ground Up

Owners, developers, and general contractors, beware: the protection afforded by a subcontractor's responsibility to pay for lawsuits arising from its work (what is known as "indemnity") might not be as broad as originally thought. A recent Oregon Cou...

Back in the Bubble?

Mar 09, 2015

Real Estate, From the Ground Up

It has been close for a few months, but Seattle house prices and full-on seller's market are now confirmed in this report from the Puget Sound Business Journal. Prices are now all the way back to the 2006 peak with no indication of slowing down....

Millennial Myth-Busting

Feb 25, 2015

Housing, Real Estate, From the Ground Up

After years of media speculation and pundits declaring that the millennial generation is so very different and may never own a car or a house, changing all business and real estate markets, Globe.st.com shares some actual research data showing that t...

Are Raisins Protected by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Jan 23, 2015

By LeAnne M. Bremer

Land Use, Real Estate, From the Ground Up

We will find out the answer to that question later this year from the United States Supreme Court in Horne v. Department of Agriculture. At issue is whether the Department of Agriculture can subject raisin farmers to a marketing order requiring the f...