Homeowners are increasingly discovering that the check they wrote to a general contractor was only the beginning of the bill.

Under Ohio’s Prompt Pay Act, a general contractor could end up paying more for the subcontractor’s attorneys’ fees than the general contractor owed to the subcontractor. That was the ruling by the ...

When you sign a home improvement contract, you probably picture one company showing up, doing the work, and sending a bill.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – An Edmond family is ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, MI – A Michigan man is accused of conducting a fraud scheme in which he was hired to build houses, received payment and then pocketed the money, police said. David Jon Jenkins, 23, of ...

If an owner or general contractor fails to timely pay on a project, you may be entitled to prompt pay interest. Prompt payment acts are intended to deter late payments by general contractors and ...

Prompt payment statutes are laws enacted at the federal and state levels that set specific deadlines for payment and limit the amount of retention that can be withheld on construction projects. These ...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WRBL) — Opelika Police have arrested a Washington man on Monday, after he allegedly failed to pay subcontractors over $600,000 for their work on a residential development. Andrew ...