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Surety Today — 100 episodes

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1

Understanding the Change Order Process

2

Possible Defenses Against MCA Lender Claims

3

The Spearin Doctrine

4

Broad Bankruptcy Plan Releases and Injunctions - Supreme Court 6/27/24 Opinion Resolves Circuit Split

5

Idle Rental Equipment

6

Case Law Update

7

Lessons Learned in Claims Handling from a Surety Claims Expert

8

The Complexities of Performance Bond Claims in Green Building

9

The Pursuit of Indemnity and Post-Judgement Enforcement Strategies

10

The New Regulations Implementing Mandatory Project Labor Agreements on Certain Federal Construction Projects

11

Comparing the AIA A312 Performance Bond (2010 Version) and the AGC Document 606 Performance Bond

12

New Davis-Bacon Act Regulations

13

The Federal Arbitration Act and a Potential Surety Defense

14

Case Law Update

15

Construction Schedules and Lessons Learned in Delay and Disruption Claims

16

The Surety, Set Off and Common Obligee Theory

17

Navigating a Relet Process

18

Understanding the Project General and Special Conditions

19

Protecting the Contract Funds - Putting the Government on Notice

20

Joint Ventures and the Bond Defense

21

Surety Case Law Update

22

Surety and Trust Funds

23

Federal Enclaves and Federal Supremacy Clause

24

Understanding CGL Policies

25

Statutes of Repose

26

The Scollick Decision and the Surety’s Exposure to False Claims Act Liability. What Comes Next?

27

The Initial Project Site Visit

28

The Surety and Financing the Principal

29

The Miller Act Payment Bond Limitations

30

Curious, Strange and Bewildering Situations that One May Encounter in the Surety World

31

Critical Construction Issues for the Performing Surety

32

The Surety and Attorney’s Fees

33

The Cardinal Change Doctrine

34

Catching Up with the FSLC in 2022

35

Surety Case Law Update 2021

36

Takeover Agreements

37

Funds Control

38

Bad Faith Claims

39

Customs Bonds

40

Industry and Legislative Update with the SFAA

41

Surety Case Law Update

42

Issues in Commercial Claims

43

Construction Technology

44

Using and Understanding the Restatement of the Law, Third - Suretyship and Guaranty

45

A Review of the State of the Construction and Surety Industries with VERTEX

46

Supersedeas Bonds

47

The Effect of an Incorporation by Reference Provision in the Bond

48

The Effect on the Surety of a Judgment Against the Principal

49

Surety Case Law Briefing

50

Revisiting the Impact of COVID-19

51

The Surety and Fiduciary Duty Obligations

52

Understanding Subcontractor Default Insurance

53

Indemnity Agreements – Useful Provisions and Potential Pitfalls for Claims Handlers

54

What’s Ahead Post Lockdown

55

Tendering a Completion Contractor

56

Sureties Battling the Coronavirus

57

Resolving Issues Between Multiple Sureties with the Same Principal in Default – Revisiting the “Guiding Claim Procedures”

58

Catching Up With The Fidelity and Surety Law Committee

59

Surety Case Law Review

60

The Surety and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Plan Release and Injunction Provisions

61

A Cornucopia of Surety Issues

62

Surety and Delay Claims – Part II: A Visit With Rocco Vespe, P.E. from HKA

63

The Surety and Delay Claims

64

What The Surety Needs To Know About Leasing Labor

65

Notice, Conditions Precedent and Prejudice to the Surety Under the A312 (2010) Performance Bond

66

Seven Deadly Sins of the Principal

67

The Surety’s Claims Against the Project Architect

68

Surety Case Law Updates - April 8, 2019

69

So What is a Books and Records Investigation – Going Beyond the Numbers - March 11, 2019

70

Surety Salvage and Recovery - February 11, 2019

71

Key Factors In Closing Out A Project - January 14, 2019

72

Bankrupcty Preferences - The Surety's In-Direct Exposure - December 10, 2018

73

Bankruptcy Preferences - Surety's Direct Exposure - November 12, 2018

74

Surety And Unions - October 8, 2018

75

Surety And Pay-If-Paid/Pay-When-Paid Clauses - September 10, 2018

76

The Surety And Liquidated Damages - August 13, 2018

77

The Surety And The Davis Bacon Act - June 11, 2018

78

The Surety's Reservation Of Rights - May 14, 2018

79

The Surety And Set Off Rights - The Bad And The Good - April 9, 2018

80

Surety vs. The IRS - March 12, 2018

81

Surety Case Law Update - February 12, 2018

82

Bankruptcy - The Surety's Proof Of Claim - January 8, 2018

83

Bankruptcy - The Rights To The Bonded Contract Funds - December 11, 2017

84

Bankruptcy - The Automatic Stay And Property Of The Estate - November 13, 2017

85

Understanding Builder's Risk Insurance As A Salvage Or Loss Mitigation Tool - September 11, 2017

86

Statutes Of Limitations - August 14, 2017

87

The Surety And Arbitration - July 10, 2017

88

The Surety And Security Interests (UCC Article 9) - June 12, 2017

89

Bid Bonds - May 8, 2017

90

The Reach Of The Surety's Subrogation Rights Beyond The Bonded Contract Funds - April 10, 2017

91

The Limits Of The Surety's Subrogation Rights To The Bonded Contract Funds - March 13, 2017

92

Surety Case Law Update - February 13, 2017

93

Surety Case Law Update - May 9, 2016

94

Interpleaders - January 9, 2017

95

Letters Of Credit As The Surety's Collateral -- December 12, 2016

96

The Surety And Trust Funds -- November 14, 2016

97

Recent Case Law In Non-Dischargeability In Bankruptcy - - September 12, 2016

98

The Surety And The Uniform Commercial Code -- August 8, 2016

99

The Surety And The Federal Government -- July 11, 2016

100

The Surety And The Collateral Demand -- June 13, 2016