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Know Your Rights: Defenses for Creditors When a Construction Project Partner Goes Bankrupt

James P. Chivilo, Richard A. Bixter and Gregory R. Meeder

A bankruptcy by a party on a project can cause a chain reaction of financial distress for construction project creditors, but there are unique remedies available that may reduce or eliminate a debtor’s claims to the project funds.

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Not Your Same Old E-Discovery Reminder —Be Ready for Discovery of Collaborative Tech and Social Media

C. Jade Davis

With the exploding use of collaborative technologies like Cisco, Asana, Hive, Slack, Zoom, Trello, and Microsoft Teams, demands to produce all this new ESI will rapidly become a fact of life for construction lawyer's litigating claims. Be ready.

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Confirming and Contesting the Outcome of Arbitration Issued in a Series of Awards

Stan Martin

A London arbitration yields a 1st Circuit decision on bifurcation and whether the liability determination was “final.” Result: A court can confirm an interim, bifurcated liability award if the parties agreed, and arbitrator intended it to be final.

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Ethical Issues Arising in Joint Venture Representation

Jeffrey R. Cruz, Harper Heckman and Denise C. Puente

Joint ventures with potential conflicts of interests that present attorneys and the JV members with ethical quandaries. Attorneys must be alert to these conflicts, provide proper disclosures, and obtain necessary consent from joint venturers.

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We Need to Talk about it in the Workplace: Mental Health in the Construction Industry

Matthew Meaker and Helen Holden

Although it might seem to be a difficult subject to broach, the authors of “We Need to Talk about it in the Workplace” explain why mental health in construction is a topic that should be discussed rather than avoided.

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Judicial Division Committee Considering Two Resolutions Concerning “Court-Appointed Neutrals”

Merril Hirsh

Coming to a court near you – Judicial Division is considering two major resolutions on the use and name for “court-appointed neutrals” (special masters).”

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A New Era of Innovative Thinking

Rachel Sullivant

Human-centered design is an approach to innovation and problem solving used by industries and law firms for creative problem-solving. This article explores what solutions could the human-centered design framework provide for in-house counsel.

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Know Your Rights: Defenses for Creditors When a Construction Project Partner Goes Bankrupt

Not Your Same Old E-Discovery Reminder —Be Ready for Discovery of Collaborative Tech and Social Media

Confirming and Contesting the Outcome of Arbitration Issued in a Series of Awards

Ethical Issues Arising in Joint Venture Representation

We Need to Talk about it in the Workplace: Mental Health in the Construction Industry

Judicial Division Committee Considering Two Resolutions Concerning “Court-Appointed Neutrals”

A New Era of Innovative Thinking

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Additional Articles

Know Your Rights: Defenses for Creditors When a Construction Project Partner Goes Bankrupt

Not Your Same Old E-Discovery Reminder —Be Ready for Discovery of Collaborative Tech and Social Media

Confirming and Contesting the Outcome of Arbitration Issued in a Series of Awards

Ethical Issues Arising in Joint Venture Representation

We Need to Talk about it in the Workplace: Mental Health in the Construction Industry

Judicial Division Committee Considering Two Resolutions Concerning “Court-Appointed Neutrals”

A New Era of Innovative Thinking

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