Lunch & Learn - Manage Your Contract Risk
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 (12:00 PM - 12:45 PM) (EDT)
Description
Manage Your Contract Risk and Avoid Legal Intensive Care
At Noon on Tuesday, April 22 BRAGB is hosting a Lunch & Learn Webinar featuring two long-time BRAGB members who provide contract litigation and counsel throughout our region. Join us so you may benefit from their valuable industry knowledge and experience.
The market for building materials is considered to be volatile, and sudden price increases could occur, including, without limitation, because of tariffs. Should there be an increase in the prices of any individual materials or equipment after execution of the Contract?
Did you know there are recent statutory changes that governs a home improvement contract between the homeowner and contractor? The statutory requirements for HIC contracts are important but often overlooked or misunderstood. Download report here.
Topics to be Addressed Include:
- Preventing Problems in Renovation Projects
- The Importance of a Good Contract
- Talk About Money
- Change Orders
- Force Majeure
- Material Cost Escalation / Supply Chain Disruption
- Limitation of Liability
- Additional Contract Clauses
About Our Presenters:
 | Andrea Goldman is a litigator, arbitrator and mediator who focuses on construction/contractor, business and employment matters. Andrea is General Counsel for the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB), a division of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). She represents construction companies, developers/owners, contractors, suppliers, subcontractors and designers. Andrea serves as the trusted advisor for construction companies and businesses in drafting contracts and other legal issues in managing their businesses. She has extensive experience handling both sides of contractor/homeowner disputes and helps get projects back on track. |
 | Michael P. Sams is a founding member and shareholder of Kenney & Sams, PC. He received an AV Rating, the highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics, from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. He was rated one of the top 100 lawyers in New England by Boston Magazine. Mr. Sams has tried numerous cases before the Massachusetts Superior and District Courts, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, and the Department of Industrial Accidents. He has tried bid protest matters before the Office of the Attorney General and has handled appeals before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Mr. Sams is General Counsel to the Gould Construction Institute, Secretary of the MCLE Board of Trustees, a member of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, Mass Building Congress, and Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston. |
Lunch and Learns are free for BRAGB and HBRAMA members.
Nonmembers must pay or Join the BRAGB Community.
Upon completing your registration, you will receive a confirmation email providing your Zoom access.
45 minute presentation with Q & A. The webinar will be recorded.
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