Surviving Black Swan Events John Drentlaw | Construction Executive Even if you previously weren’t familiar with the term “black swan event,” you’ve likely become intimately familiar with what one looks like over the past two years. Coined by author Nassim Taleb in his book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, the term refers… Continue reading Out of the Black
Month: June 2022
Florida Contractor Group Already Files Suit Challenging New AOB Fee Restrictions
William Rabb | Insurance Journal A group of contractors wasted little time in challenging the constitutionality of a law approved at the Florida Legislature’s special session last week, one the restoration companies argue singles them out and deprives them of attorney fees in assignment-of-benefits claims. “The inability to recover prevailing party attorneys’ fees will effectively… Continue reading Florida Contractor Group Already Files Suit Challenging New AOB Fee Restrictions
Know the Other Side’s Three Goals for Your Deposition
Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm | Holland & Hart So, your deposition has been scheduled, and you’re just starting to wrap your head around what is in store for you. Your lawyer has already stressed that you are not in the driver’s seat at this stage: The deposition is the other side’s process. Because of that, it… Continue reading Know the Other Side’s Three Goals for Your Deposition
Tools & Talent: Insurers Need Both in Claims
Richared Vonesh | Property Casualty 360 Striking a balance between tech tools and human skills will require more strategic thinking around claims operations. When property & casualty insurers peer into the future of claims operations, most envision digital technologies playing a dominant role. Although digital transformation is occurring and necessary in claims departments, there will always… Continue reading Tools & Talent: Insurers Need Both in Claims
More Details about the VA Governor’s Changes to the Newly Enacted Ban on Contingent Payment Provisions
Jackson S. Nichols and Nicholas F. Morello | Construction Law Now Blog Last month we wrote about Virginia Senate Bill (SB) 550, which sought to amend VA ST §§ 2.2-4354 and 11-4.6 to prohibit the use of contingent payment provisions in public and private construction projects. Since then, SB 550 was formally enacted and signed into… Continue reading More Details about the VA Governor’s Changes to the Newly Enacted Ban on Contingent Payment Provisions