Third-party home buyer “warranties” for new homes may induce buyers to give up stronger legal rights to correct construction defects.

The risk is that a homeowner fights at the peril of paying both the contractor’s fees and her own. But the threat may be double-edged.

Where good faith disagreement ends and bad faith refusal to settle begins can be a very tricky line to identify.

Just take a moment to marvel at the amounts spent by a well-heeled HOA to hold at bay the evils of artificial turf.

Arbitration agreements require parties to avoid court and take their dispute before a private panel or single arbitrator.