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Be On The Look Out For Merchant Cash Advance Claims
September 3, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we discuss a type of financing that contracting companies and other businesses have increasingly been turning to for short term... Read More »
September 3, 2024
Surety Case Law Note: Conditions Precedent in AIA A312 Performance Bond Apply to Claims for Delay Damages Under New York Law
August 27, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we consider a Case Law Note addressing the issue of whether the conditions precedent in the AIA A312 performance bond... Read More »
August 27, 2024
Can A Bond Apply Retroactively?
August 20, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we discuss the issue of retroactivity of bonds. The question is whether the surety can be liable for defaults committed... Read More »
August 20, 2024
Surety Case Law Note: Waving Bye-Bye to a Jury Trial
August 13, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we consider a Case Law Note addressing the issue of a surety’s motion to strike a demand for a jury... Read More »
August 13, 2024
Potential Defense – Misapplication of Payments
August 6, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we discuss the potential defense of misapplication of payments. The scenario would be as follows: The principal on a bonded... Read More »
August 6, 2024
2024 35th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference
July 30, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post I am taking the opportunity to shamelessly plug the upcoming 35th Annual Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conference, of which... Read More »
July 30, 2024
Does a Third Party Have a Duty to Preserve ESI?
July 23, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. We all are aware of or have been involved with discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”) and/or the obligation to preserve ESI and other evidence. If one... Read More »
July 23, 2024
Supreme Court Ends the Chevron Doctrine
July 16, 2024 By: Thomas J. Moran In this edition of the Surety Today: The Blog, we discuss the Supreme Court decision that was just issued on June 28, 2024, in the case of Loper... Read More »
July 16, 2024
Does a Statute of Limitations Apply to Arbitration?
July 9, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we discuss the question of whether a statute of limitations applies to arbitration. More specifically, if the arbitration agreement does... Read More »
July 9, 2024
Supreme Court Limits Overly Broad Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Releases and Injunctions
July 2, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this edition of the Surety Today: The Blog, we discuss the Supreme Court decision that was just issued on June 27, 2024, limiting the authority of... Read More »
July 2, 2024
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