Adams Leclair

Contracts, by their nature, often involve shifting risk from one party to another. Most of the time, provisions that shift risk are legal and bargained for as part of an agreement. However, where a disparity of power exists between contracting parties, risk may be unfairly and unreasonably shifted to an out-leveraged party. Construction contracts are certainly no exception. Where only a limited number of general contractors dominate an area and control much of the work, subcontractors may not have the…