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Insurance Issues in the Construction Industry

For contractors, one of the most important documents to know, and understand, is your commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy.  The CGL policy is equally important to general contractors, subcontractors, residential contractors, commercial contractors and public works contractors. 

No Attorneys’ Fees in Mechanic’s Lien

One of the most common questions that I am asked is whether a lienor may include attorneys’ fees, such as the costs of collection or the costs of preparing the mechanic’s lien itself, within the amount of the

Appellate Division Rules Owners are Beneficiaries of Trust Funds

The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently ruled, for the first time, that owners of construction projects are beneficiaries of the trust created under Article 3A of the Lien Law and, therefore, have standing to bring claims against contractors,

Interpreting Surety Bonds

In East 49th St. Dev. LLC v. Prestige Air and Design, the Kings County Supreme Court (Demarest, J.) noted that under New York law, a surety bond is to be interpreted as any other contract and the court

Thoughts on the AIA A312-2010

As most of you know, a new version of the AIA A312 performance bond came out in 2010 “replacing” the 1983 version of the A312.  As we enter year two of the A312-2010 I thought it was a

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