Can a surety on a public works project affirmatively recover funds from an owner based on that owner’s failure to properly administer the bonded contract? Recently, with the assistance of Ali Salamirad and Teresa Polk, SMTD’s client successfully resolved just such a claim. The surety resolved multiple payment bond claims [...]
SMTD LLP recently obtained a decisive defense victory for a client following a two week arbitration. Without notice to the client, a surety, the public owner re-let a substantial portion of the principal’s work and made a claim to the OCIP carrier to recover the additional completion costs. When the [...]
On October 20, 2015 SMTD partners Jonathan Dunn and Christopher Morrow will be providing a national webinar hosted by WPL Publishing on the topic of contractor strategies for dealing with defective plans and specifications. For more information on this event please click the link below: http://tinyurl.com/pe5s2jc
California Code of Civil Procedure section 410.42 prohibits the enforcement of any subcontract clause which forces a subcontractor with its principal offices in California to litigate in another state any dispute with the contractor, if arising out of a construction project performed in California. As a matter of state public [...]
On October 3, 2015 at the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) 2015 Regions 4, 5, 6 and 7 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri SMTD partner Jonathan Dunn will participate in a panel discussion presented by The Hartford titled “Bond Claims – Shaken and Stirred.”
On September 29, 2015 at the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) 2015 Regions 8, 9, 10 and 11 Annual Meeting in Amelia Island, Florida SMTD partner Jonathan Dunn will participate in a panel discussion presented by The Hartford titled “Bond Claims – Shaken and Stirred.”
On September 20, 2015, at the Association General Contractors of America, Legal Advisory Committee 32nd Annual Legal Retreat in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, SMTD partners Jonathan Dunn and Christopher Morrow will be presenting on the topic “Sub Warfare: Mutiny or Revolution? Discussion of Opposing Views on Key Subcontract Terms and [...]
On September 12, 2015 at the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) 2015 Regions 1, 2 & 3 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada SMTD partner Jonathan Dunn will participate in a panel discussion presented by The Hartford titled “Bond Claims – Shaken and Stirred.”
On September 9-11, 2015 SMTD partners Ali Salamirad and Michael Timpane will attend the "Pearlman 2015" surety conference at the Columbia Winery in Seattle, Washington.
On September 9, 2015 SMTD partner Jonathan Dunn will be presenting a webinar for the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California discussing the current state of the law on important project payment issues, including a contractor’s obligation to comply with California’s prompt payment laws.