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Stormy Skies Ahead? Important News Regarding a Hard Construction Insurance Market

August 13, 2019 — Jason M. Adams - Gibbs Giden

Word out of the construction insurance brokerage community is that the construction insurance industry has entered a hard market, seemingly overnight. Property (i.e. builder’s risk), liability and wrap-up markets are all reacting unfavorably,...

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Congratulations to Haight Attorneys Selected to the 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers List

January 29, 2024 — Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Haight attorneys have been selected to the 2024 Southern California Super Lawyers list.

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Louis "Dutch" Schotemeyer Returns to Newmeyer Dillion as Partner in Newport Beach Office

September 14, 2020 — Louis "Dutch" Schotemeyer - Newmeyer Dillion

Prominent business and real estate law firm Newmeyer Dillion is pleased to announce that Louis “Dutch” Schotemeyer has rejoined the firm as a partner in the Newport Beach office. Schotemeyer will expand the firm’s Real Estate Litigation,...

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Mr. Schotemeyer may be contacted at dutch.schotemeyer@ndlf.com

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Best Practices: Commercial Lockouts in Arizona

March 19, 2024 — Patrick Tighe - Snell & Wilmer Real Estate Litigation Blog

If a tenant defaults under a commercial lease, Arizona law permits the landlord to re-take possession of the premises by locking out the defaulting tenant. However, if the landlord’s lockout is wrongful, the landlord may be liable for the...

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High Court Case Review Frees Jailed Buffalo Billions Contractor CEO

August 22, 2022 — Mary B. Powers & Debra K. Rubin - Engineering News-Record

Hidden amid the U.S. Supreme Court's flurry of high-profile rulings that ended its current term—such as overturning Roe v. Wade and scaling back federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions—was a less-noticed decision to take a case next year...

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Court of Appeals Discusses the Difference Between “Claims-Made” and “Occurrence-Based” Insurance Policies

May 31, 2021 — Garret Murai - California Construction Law Blog

As most contractors know, scope, price and time are the “big” three in any construction contract. Nearly as important, however, are the insurance provisions. Patricularly, when things go bad on a construction project. As the next case, Guastello...

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