Ryan Abbott Esq. and Daniel B. Garrie Esq. | JAMS With deep experience in both AI and dispute resolution, we are the co-creators of the JAMS Artificial Intelligence Disputes Clause, Rules and Protective Order (AI Rules). We created these rules to address some of the challenges posed by AI-related disputes. Tailored rules can result in… Continue reading How The JAMS Artificial Intelligence Rules Will Improve Dispute Resolution
Category: Construction
Forewarned Is Forearmed: How To Change The Behaviour Driving Claims And Disputes In Engineering And Construction
Dafydd Wyn Owen and Michelle Metz | For all their complexity, multiple stakeholders, and vast material and technological resources, the success or distress of major infrastructure and capital projects often comes down to human behaviour. The drivers and implications were explored in a webinar hosted by HKA, and in partnership with Lexology, on November 28th that… Continue reading Forewarned Is Forearmed: How To Change The Behaviour Driving Claims And Disputes In Engineering And Construction
This Is [Not] How We Do It: Insurer Gets Schooled on the Consequences of a Bad Faith Refusal to Defend
Donald Scaramastra | Miller Nash Washington State goes to great lengths to protect policyholders from insurance company misconduct and overreach. This is especially true when it comes to an insurer’s duty to defend its policyholder against third-party claims. But the insurer in Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Endurance American Insurance Co. appears to have lost sight of this,… Continue reading This Is [Not] How We Do It: Insurer Gets Schooled on the Consequences of a Bad Faith Refusal to Defend
The Case for Intervening in Bid Protests: It’s Almost Always the Right Call
Katherine B. Burrows and Eric Valle | PilieroMazza You’re a federal government contractor who just won a contract award. But, before you pop the champagne, there’s a hiccup: a competitor filed a bid protest challenging your award. “Oh, well,” you think, “the government can surely defend my award; there’s no reason for me to get… Continue reading The Case for Intervening in Bid Protests: It’s Almost Always the Right Call
Don’t Ignore a Notice of Contest of Lien
David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates A recent case, Jon M. Hall Company, LLC v. Canoe Creek Investments, LLC, 49 Fla.L.Weekly D812a (Fla. 2d DCA 2024), demonstrates four important things when it comes to liens: Here are the key facts in Jon M. Hall Company: The Contractor moved for a petition for a writ of certiorari to… Continue reading Don’t Ignore a Notice of Contest of Lien