Virginia Lawyer Magazine – April 2021
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Features
Construction Law & Public Contracts
Chair’s Message
by Scott W. Kowalski
Extraordinary Times Call for Extraordinary Force Majeure Clauses
by The Hon. David W. Lannetti and Jennifer L. Eaton
Contract Law: Similarities and Differences in D.C. and Virginia Approaches
by Mark Guerra and Robert Keeling
To Fee or Not to Fee?
by A. Michelle West
Going Off the Rails with the Purple Line: Lessons in Project Delivery and Risk Management
by Jeff Gilmore, John Neary, and Daniel Mitkus
How Long is “Too Long” for the Commonwealth to Bring Claims under Public Construction Contracts?
by Jonathan M. Stapor
Issues with Remote Depositions and Hearings...and How to Overcome Those Hurdles
by Alison Mullins and Shannon Peak
Uniwest and Virginia’s Anti-Indemnification Statute: The Trap for the Unwary Should Be Closed
by James P. Bobotek
Defective Construction Causing Personal Injuries: The Supreme Court of Virginia Declines to Adopt the “Modern View
by David Hilton Wise and John Joseph Drudi
Virginia Lawyer Register
Disciplinary Summaries
Disciplinary Proceedings
Notices to Lawyers: A Roundup of News and Proposed Rule Amendments from vsb.org
Clients’ Protection Fund authorizes $134,080.85 on seven petitions
Noteworthy
VSB News
Thank you to the 2020 lawyer referral panel members
Highlights of the Feb. 27 VSB Council Meeting
Paul F. Nichols Receives Family Law Section’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award
In Memoriam
82nd Annual Meeting Preview
Columns
President’s Message
Executive Director’s Message
Ethics Counsel’s Message
Access to Legal Services
Law Libraries
Technology and the Future Practice of Law
Risk Management
The Last Word
Departments
Professional Notices
Classified Ads
Jest is for All
Advertiser’s Index
About the Cover
Officers of the VSB Construction Law & Public Contracts Section Board of Governors, photographed at the site of Virginia Commonwealth University’s new STEM building being constructed by Hourigan (L-R): Jonathan J. Straw of Kraftson Caudle PLC; Hanna L. Blake of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald LLP; Randall H. Wintory of the Virginia Department of Transportation; Scott W. Kowalski of Petty, Livingston, Dawson & Richards PC; and Alison R. Mullins of Shannon Mullins & Wright LLP. Photograph by Deirdre Norman.