• Mechanics Lien Article Published In Current Issue of Deck Builder Magazine

    Updated: 2012-03-30 19:36:56
    Home HIRE CONTACT Construction Mechanics Lien Blog Subscribe to our blog posts Mechanics Lien Article Published In Current Issue of Deck Builder Magazine Mechanics Lien Article Published In Current Issue of Deck Builder Magazine On March 30, 2012 By Scott Wolfe Jr Email This Comments Print Trackbacks Hanley Wood’s Professional Deck Builder magazine published an article I wrote in this month’s issue , and of course , I highly recommend reading it The article appears in the Deck Ledger section of the magazine , and is titled Ins and Outs of Mechanic’s Liens Read the article at their website here PDF HTML The article is an adaptation from the a guest post we wrote on Christopher Hill’s great Construction Law Musings blog , titled The Life of A Mechanics Lien Claim : Preserve , Perfect ,

  • Illinois Mechanics Lien Law Change Proposed To Nullify Recent Court Decision

    Updated: 2012-03-30 18:27:00
    Home HIRE CONTACT Construction Mechanics Lien Blog Subscribe to our blog posts Illinois Mechanics Lien Law Change Proposed To Nullify Recent Court Decision Illinois Mechanics Lien Law Change Proposed To Nullify Recent Court Decision On March 30, 2012 By Scott Wolfe Jr Email This Comments Print Trackbacks Readers of our blog interested in Illinois’ mechanics lien laws likely know about the dreadful Cypress Creek” decision handed down last year by the Illinois Supreme Court in LaSalle Bank National Association v . Cypress Creek I , LP The case greatly impacted the Lien Priority given to mechanics lien claimants and construction lenders , tipping the scales in favor of lenders . While I think it was a dramatic proclamation , the decision inspired one member of the Illinois Bar Association to

  • Toby, Greg & Scott — Look For Us at TECHSHOW!

    Updated: 2012-03-28 16:12:00
    : , skip to main skip to sidebar 3 Geeks and a Law Blog A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks , specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management , internet marketing and library sciences , melding together to form the Dynamic . Trio Pages Home About the 3 Geeks News Events 3 28 12 Toby , Greg Scott Look For Us at TECHSHOW To steal an idea from our friend Jason Wilson this is Toby Brown , Greg Lambert and Scott Preston . We will be at TECHSHOW this week . We may , or may not be in our matching Terminator costumes , . however Actually , Greg will be at the AALL Board Meetings during the day , and will find any available Happy Hour gathering at TECHSHOW at night Posted by Greg Lambert at 10:12 AM Labels : conferences humor TECHSHOW 0 comments : Post a Comment

  • Is "Self-Help" a Good Thing Or a Bad Thing?

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:18:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar 3 Geeks and a Law Blog A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks , specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management , internet marketing and library sciences , melding together to form the Dynamic . Trio Pages Home About the 3 Geeks News Events 3 27 12 Is Self-Help a Good Thing Or a Bad Thing Image cc Iain Farrell The theme of self-help has popped up in a number of my conversations lately . I'm talking about work that lawyers used to rely upon others to handle , that they are now handling themselves . Whether it is pulling PACER dockets , case law , Shepardizing , filing court documents , or typing up their own documents , it is apparent that lawyers are taking on more of the workload than they did 10 or 15 years ago . Now , you

  • Washington DC Mechanic Lien Law Changing Slightly

    Updated: 2012-03-27 20:25:08
    Home HIRE CONTACT Construction Mechanics Lien Blog Subscribe to our blog posts Washington DC Mechanic Lien Law Changing Slightly Washington DC Mechanic Lien Law Changing Slightly On March 27, 2012 By Scott Wolfe Jr Email This Comments Print Trackbacks A bill titled Mechanics Lien Amendment Act of 2012 is sitting on the Washington D.C . 8217 s Mayor’s desk and expected to be signed any day , making very slight changes to the Washington DC Mechanics Lien law . Most lien claimants will not notice any differences , as the differences and changes are very subtle and relate to a lien’s post-claim . period You can view more details about the legislation and track it on the DCCouncil’s . website An example of the character of changes within the law is the period for which a contractor may proceed

  • Five Star Resource for Filing A California Mechanics Lien from Sacramento Public Law Library

    Updated: 2012-03-27 15:30:26
    Home HIRE CONTACT Construction Mechanics Lien Blog Subscribe to our blog posts Five Star Resource for Filing A California Mechanics Lien from Sacramento Public Law Library Five Star Resource for Filing A California Mechanics Lien from Sacramento Public Law Library On March 27, 2012 By Scott Wolfe Jr Email This Comments 2 Print Trackbacks Do you remember that place people used to visit to read books , research journals and publications and find a wealth of information I believe folks used to call that place a library . And , if I’m not mistaken , visiting this wonderful place used to be completely free . You can learn more about this mysterious place on Wikipedia ironically You may be surprised to learn that these libraries still exist , and in many cases , they actually use the offerings

  • Suppliers to Suppliers Rarely Catch A Break In Mechanics Lien Laws

    Updated: 2012-03-26 19:59:43
    Home HIRE CONTACT Construction Mechanics Lien Blog Subscribe to our blog posts Suppliers to Suppliers Rarely Catch A Break In Mechanics Lien Laws Suppliers to Suppliers Rarely Catch A Break In Mechanics Lien Laws On March 26, 2012 By Scott Wolfe Jr Email This Comments Print Trackbacks Earlier this year we wrote about Suppliers to Suppliers and how they are rarely qualified to file a mechanics lien This week , an unpublished decision from the Indiana Court of Appeals demonstrated just how difficult it is for these parties to get lien . protection In Indiana there are two statutes available to construction participants , their traditional mechanics lien statute and another Personal Liability Statute . 8221 Without getting into details , the personal liability statute renders a property owner

  • Bloomberg Law — AALL's 2012 New Product Award Winner

    Updated: 2012-03-22 17:11:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar 3 Geeks and a Law Blog A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks , specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management , internet marketing and library sciences , melding together to form the Dynamic . Trio Pages Home About the 3 Geeks News Events 3 22 12 Bloomberg Law AALL's 2012 New Product Award Winner Image cc SonyaSonya I had a great conversation with Bob Hopen from Bloomberg Law and Cameron Austin of BNA yesterday , and we talked about a number of things that are going on at Bloomberg BNA . However , they failed to mention to me that Bloomberg Law was named by AALL the 2012 New Product of the Year . Congratulations We poke a lot of fun at legal publishers although , we pale in comparison to some of the other blogs out there and

  • LogoType Maker: Fun Logo Generator

    Updated: 2012-03-19 19:59:00
    : : skip to main skip to sidebar 3 Geeks and a Law Blog A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks , specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management , internet marketing and library sciences , melding together to form the Dynamic . Trio Pages Home About the 3 Geeks News Events 3 19 12 LogoType Maker : Fun Logo Generator Having married into a very artistic family , I discovered that I'm really not as artistically inclined as I once thought . Not that this lack of skill has prevented me from doodling during meetings and conferences , mind you , but even the doodles aren't really all that great . nbsp Fortunately , I came across a website that can help even the most artistically challenged among us to at least come up with a logo design that looks pretty good , and

  • The Embedded Librarian - Survey Results

    Updated: 2012-03-19 10:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar 3 Geeks and a Law Blog A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks , specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management , internet marketing and library sciences , melding together to form the Dynamic . Trio Pages Home About the 3 Geeks News Events 3 19 12 The Embedded Librarian Survey Results Image cc Oran Viriyincy Follow-Up Post from Marlene Gebauer The Embedded Librarians survey results are out Download the PDF compilation Thanks to Ark and 3 Geeks for allowing us to publish them for . review There was a very healthy turnout for the survey 244 participants Percentages as well as total count have been provided . nbsp Graphs have been provided for quick review . nbsp On page 4, Other” is comprised mostly of Tax , Banking and Finance

  • And the Answer Is...

    Updated: 2012-03-09 16:09:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar 3 Geeks and a Law Blog A law blog addressing the foci of 3 intrepid law geeks , specializing in their respective fields of knowledge management , internet marketing and library sciences , melding together to form the Dynamic . Trio Pages Home About the 3 Geeks News Events 3 9 12 And the Answer Is . Ed Walters and I had a little fun on Twitter this morning when Ed tweeted this week's answer key . Being the rather smart-alecky person I am , I filled in the questions just for fun . Kind of like the old Johnny Carson routine of Carnac the Magnificent So , I thought we'd have a little fun and post an answer key of our own . We'll let you pick one or more and give us the corresponding . question Answer : Key : A1 2 this . year : A2 4th Quarter of 2015. : A3 The

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