Fidelity and Surety Law

    The purpose of the FSLC is to promote the objectives of the ABA and TIPS, and to further the development, study of, and expertise in practice and improvement of the application of justice concerning matters relating to fidelity and surety.

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    Chad Schexnayder

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    FSLC & Fidelity Law Association Joint Fall Virtual Program - The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Fidelity Claims

    November 5 - 6, 2020

    12:00 PM EST - Join our experts to examine key questions involved in fidelity claims as these principles are being applied and misapplied by the courts today.

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    FSLC VLOG Series 20

    The Case of the Manuscript Bond

    Melissa Lee of Manier & Herod discusses the outcome of a recent arbitration and how an obligee’s deprivation of a surety’s performance rights can discharge the surety’s obligations under the performance bond. Tune in for the Case of the Manuscript Bond.

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    Hanover Insurance Co. V. Dunbar Mechanical Contractors, LLC

    Fidelity & Surety Law Committee

    Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on a matter involving a subcontractor’s performance bond. As discussed below, the holding of the case is that the federal requirement for work subcontracted to service disabled veterans can only be determined upon completion of performance.

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