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Mark Barak practices in Stoel Rives’ Real Estate, Development & Construction group. Mark has more than 26 years’ experience as a real estate and construction attorney with an emphasis on contract negotiations, risk mitigation and due diligence in areas such as leasing, financing, acquisitions and disbursements, and construction contracts.

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Over this past summer, our colleague Mario R. Nicholas penned an article for the Daily Journal of Commerce entitled “Can Artificial Intelligence Be Trusted to Draft a Construction Contract?”  It is a great read, and we borrow from it here in many places.

In his article, Mario principally focused on why chatbots like

Originally published by the Daily Journal of Commerce on March 16, 2023.

Chapter 18.27 of the Revised Code of Washington (“chapter”) contains the requirements for contractors performing services in Washington state. This chapter governs who is considered a contractor, the registration requirements of those contractors, and what could happen if those contractors do not register.

Originally published by the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce on November 3, 2022.

In a 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court recently ruled in Tadych v. Noble Ridge Construction, Inc. that a contract provision providing a one-year limitation period for filing a construction defect lawsuit was “unconscionable” and therefore unenforceable.

The court’s ruling revives a