In construction law, retainage is the percentage of the completed work that is deliberately held back until a project is completed (or sometimes substantially completed) and not paid to the…
In the American criminal justice system, defendants are afforded a presumption of innocence which is derived from the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution. This standard, which has been…
In a previous Starfield & Smith article posted on December 14, 2016, I discussed SBA’s new franchise guidelines that were implemented with SOP 50 10 5(I) in an effort to…
When faced with a borrower who is a chronic late pay or who has approached the lender to discuss options because they have defaulted or are about to default on…
As interest rates have been rising over the past year and a half, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) wants to be sure that SBA borrowers understand when their interest rate…
Mechanic’s lien laws are statutes that exist in every state to protect contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers that furnish work or materials to construction projects. As the name suggests, these…