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Residential Builders and Remodelers Need to Get a Contract Check Up: Changes in Texas Law Require Them to Examine Their Consumer Contracts and Business Practices or Face Increased Liability, Austin Construction Law News, December 2009, Chris A. Griesel, author.

Bid Issues - What Every Subcontractor Needs to Know, Austin Construction Law News, November 2009, Travis W. Brown, author.

Texas Legislature Hands Construction Industry New Challenges (And a Few Helpful Tools) During a Past Session, Austin Construction Law News, October 2009, Shalla Santos, author.

Claims Before the State Office of Administrative Hearings, Halfmoon Seminars, October 18, 2007, Travis W. Brown, author.

Contractual Devices to Limit, Waive, and Liquidate Schedule-Related Damages, 23rd Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas. William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Negotiating the Owner-Architect Agreement, 22nd Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas. William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Construction Law Update, 21st Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas. William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Construction Law Update, 20th Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas. William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

The Role and Use of Experts: A Reminder and Refresher of Why and When to Use Them, University of Texas Construction Law Conference, September 7, 2006. William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Construction Law Update, 28th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, San Antonio, Texas. William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Pass-Through Claims in Texas: The Aftermath of Interstate Contracting Corp. v. City of Dallas, Houston Bar Association Construction Law Section, April 20, 2006. Joe R. Basham, Author/Speaker.

Out of the Frying Pan…But What Then? Protecting Your Professional Licensure and Livelihood Before the Architectural and Engineering Boards in Texas, Half Moon Seminars, March 31, 2006, Matthew C. Ryan, Author/Speaker.

The Trail of Tears: TXDOT Claims and Procedures, 19th Annual Construction Law Conference, State Bar of Texas, March 2-3, 2006, Matthew C. Ryan, Ryan M. Nord Co-Authors.

Performance Bonds, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, February 17, 2006, Joe R. Basham, Author/Speaker.

Taming the Trap for the Unwary: Securing Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens In the State of Texas , Lorman Educational Services Seminar, February 17, 2006, Matthew C. Ryan, Author/Speaker.

Construction Law Update 2006, 19th Annual Construction Law Conference, Dallas, Texas William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Recent Developments in Residential Construction Law, University of Texas Residential Development and Construction Law Conference, October 12, 2005, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Construction Contracts: Formation and Interpretation, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, June 15, 2005, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Contract Modifications and Claims Due to Defective or Ambiguous Plans or Specifications, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, June 15, 2005, Matthew B. Cano, Author/Speaker.

Why Use A Change Order?, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, June 15, 2005, Joe R. Basham, Author/Speaker.

Contracts and Recent Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, April 21, 2005, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

More Than Meets the AIA: A201 General Conditions' Conflicts With Texas Law, Lorman Education Services AIA Contracts Seminar, Austin, Texas, March 22, 2005 Matthew C. Ryan, Author.

More Than Meets the AIA: A201 General Conditions' Conflicts With Texas Law, Lorman Education Services AIA Contracts Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, March 16, 2005 Matthew C. Ryan, Author.

Perfecting Mechanics & Materialmen's Liens in Texas, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, January 26, 2005, Joe R. Basham, Author/Speaker.

Construction Law Update 2005, 18th Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

The Ten Commandments of Professional Responsibility, Texas Paralegal Journal, W. Wade Porter, Author.

Construction Contracting: An Introduction to Construction Contracts, U.T. Construction Law Conference, October 21-22, 2004, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Taming the Trap for the Unwary: Securing Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens In the State of Texas , Lorman Educational Services Seminar, June 26, 2004, Matthew C. Ryan, Author/Speaker.

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You—and Your License: Protecting Your Livelihood, and Avoiding and Handling Cases Before the Design Professionals’ Disciplinary Boards, Lorman Education Services, June 26, 2004, Matthew C. Ryan, Author/Speaker.

Contract Drafting: Getting it Right in the First Place, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Practice Management for Architects and Engineers, 2004, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

A201 General Conditions' Conflicts with Texas Law, 17th Annual Construction Law Conference, Houston, Texas, Matthew C. Ryan, Ryan M. Nord, Ryan W. Appleton, Co-Authors.

Construction Law Update, 17th Annual Construction Law Conference, Houston, Texas, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine, Austin Construction News, November 2003, Matthew C. Ryan, Author.

Introduction to Texas Residential Construction Law (Construction Defects), October 16, 2003, William R. Allensworth and Joe R. Basham, Co-Authors.

How Long Am I On The Hook?, Statutes of Repose, Statutes of Limitation, And Why a One-Year Warranty May Not Be a One-Year Warranty, September 25, 2003, William R. Allensworth and Joe R. Basham, Co-Authors.

Construction Law Update 2002, 15th Annual Construction Law Conference, San Antonio, Texas, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker; Matthew C. Ryan, Brad B. Castleberry, and Andrea Sloan, Co-Authors.

Form Follies - Void, Invalid, & Questionable AIA A201-1997 General Conditions Provisions Under Texas Law, State Bar of Texas 14th Annual Construction Law Conference, 2001, Matthew C. Ryan, Author/Speaker.

Cross Currents in Professional Liability: Negligence, Negligent Misrepresentation, Breach of Contract and the Economic Loss Rule in Construction Litigation with Design Professionals, State Bar of Texas 13th Annual Construction Law Conference, 2000, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

The New 1997 AIA A201 and B141 Documents, State Bar of Texas 32nd Annual Mortgage Lending Institute, 1998, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Racial, Ethnic and Gender Preferences in Public Contracting: A Review of Current Texas Programs and the Status of Constitutional Attacks on Them, State Bar of Texas 10th Annual Construction Law Conference, 1997, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Architects' and Engineers' Contracts, State Bar of Texas 9th Annual Construction Law Conference, 1996, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Risk Transfer in Construction Contracts: The Architect's and Engineer's Perspective, Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Task Force Conference, 1996, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Quirks and Gray Areas in Texas Construction Law, State Bar of Texas 8th Annual Construction Law Conference, 1995, William R. Allensworth, Co-Author/Speaker.

Contractor's Inadvertent Liability for Defective Design, State Bar of Texas 6th Annual Construction Law Conference, 1993, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.

Theories of Liability Against Architects and Engineers, State Bar of Texas 5th Annual Construction Law Conference, 1992, William R. Allensworth, Author/Speaker.