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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
Texas Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Enjoining Enforcement of Certain New Davis Bacon Federal Regulations
June 25, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this edition of the Surety Today: The Blog, we provide an update on the status of the legal challenges to the new Davis Bacon Act (“DBA”)... Read More »
June 25, 2024
OFCCP Publishes Guidance On The Use Of Artificial Intelligence In The Employment Context For Federal Contractors
June 18, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we discuss the newly issued guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in federal contracting employment. On April 29,... Read More »
June 18, 2024
New Final Rule Updating the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
June 11, 2024 By: Michael A. Stover, Esq. In this Surety Today: The Blog post we discuss the new final rules that have been implemented regarding the Federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. On April 9,... Read More »
June 11, 2024
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