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                                                                                            By: Christopher W. Bloomer and Blake P. Holler
                                                                                             on  August 12, 2024
                                                                     
                     
                                        
For commercial contractors with projects valued in the tens, hundreds, or millions of dollars, getting paid is where the “rubber hits the road.” A mechanic’s lien can be a vehicle for securing payment – but it doesn’t automatically turn into dollars. 
In the last installment of this series on… 
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                                                                                            By: Christopher W. Bloomer
                                                                                             on  August 25, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        Imagine having to litigate half of a construction dispute in court and the other half in arbitration. The Indiana Court of Appeals recently analyzed that conundrum in Haddad v. Properplates, Inc., No. 21A-PL-2560, 2022 WL 2977362 (Ind. Ct. App. July 28, 2022). In that case, property owners entered… 
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                                                                                            By: Christopher W. Bloomer and George C. Lepeniotis
                                                                                             on  July 27, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        
What are your obligations when a citizen or corporation seeks governmental records?  Senior Associate Christopher W. Bloomer discusses some of the many nuances governing the ever-increasing number of records requests made upon cities, towns, boards, commissions, and other governmental bodies.  
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                                                                                            By: Brett J. Ashton and Libby Yin Goodknight
                                                                                             on  June 8, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        While commercial businesses are typically aware of their responsibilities under the Americans with Disability Act (the “ADA” or the “Act”) relative to the maintenance of their physical office spaces and general corporate policies, some businesses have been the recipients of demand letters alleging… 
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                                                                                            By: Christopher W. Bloomer
                                                                                             on  June 7, 2022
                                                                     
                     
                                        Many material suppliers are keenly aware of Indiana’s longstanding supplier-to-supplier mechanic’s lien prohibition. Essentially, the prohibition went as follows: supplier 1 provides materials to supplier 2. Supplier 2 sells the materials to a subcontractor, the general contractor, or perhaps the… 
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                                                                                            By: Christopher W. Bloomer and Robert S. Schein
                                                                                             on  August 9, 2021
                                                                     
                     
                                        Pursuant to its $1 million + contract with Sullivan Corporation (“Sullivan”), Rabco Enterprises, LLC (“Rabco”) agreed to provide labor and materials for a self-storage project in Noblesville, Indiana (the “Project”).  
In 2019, Sullivan filed a breach of contract action against Rabco in Hamilton… 
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