Georgia’s Right to Repair Act: Homeowner’s Pre-litigation Requirements for Construction Defect Claims

by Stephanie Dodson Dougherty Homeowner’s Pre-litigation Requirements for Construction Defect Claims The Georgia Legislature enabled the Right to Repair Act (O.C.G.A. § 8-2-35, et seq.) in 2004 to reduce construction-related litigation by providing resolution alternatives for legitimate construction disputes. Although...

Delicious Constructions

by: Dorothy Spencer Barry Callebaut North America, a branch of the world’s largest chocolate manufacturer, is assisting several engineers and architectural colleagues at Princeton University to test the potential of using chocolate as a building material. The group have...

Exceptions to “No Damages For Delay” Clauses

A “no-damages-for-delay” (NDFD) clause is a very common contract term that provides a defense for the delay-causing owner or general contractor to assert against the harmed party’s request for damages. This defense can be applied to protect the owner from...

Cobb to Present Live Webinar on How to Create Better Construction Contracts for Free

Clear your schedule and mark your calendars, Georgia Construction Contract Attorney, Mark Cobb, will be leading a Webinar on Better Customer Contracts: 15Free Things You Can Do To Create Better Sales Contracts. When: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 3:00 EST...

Cobb on Atlanta Legal Experts Radio Show

[caption id="attachment_1052" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mark Cobb (second from the right) and the other panelists inside the studios of Atlanta Legal Experts[/caption] by Mark A. Cobb Earlier this week, I had a wonderful experience: I was invited to be interviewed on...

Cobb Interviewed in Expert Series

Our firm’s founding partner, Mark Cobb, was recently chosen to be the inaugural interview for a new series called the Construction Expert Interview Series. Mark was chosen to participate because of his leadership in Georgia construction law and, in particular,...

Top Ten New Years Resolutions for Construction Professionals

by Mark A. Cobb As humans, we use milestones to mark our journeys; as one year fades into another, it is natural for us to claim the calendar change as an opportunity to make changes within ourselves. Fortunately, in 1885,...

Happy Holidays

During this special holiday season, the attorneys and staff of the Cobb Law Group would like to take this opportunity to thank our clients, friends, colleagues, and vendors for their support. We truly believe that our clients are among the...

Georgia Construction Law Course Offered in Thomasville

For the past several semesters, Mark Cobb has been an adjunct professor in the Thomas University School of Business. He has taught primarily in the MBA programs focusing on leadership and business economics. In January 2015, however, Mark will teach...

Recent Case Highlights the Importance of the Construction Contracts

In a case decided on November 17, Inland Atlantic Old National Phase I, LLC et. al. v. 6425 Old National, LLC, the Fourth Division Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled on fiduciary duties owed under joint venture agreements, applied rules...