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New York Home Improvement Contracts: What Residential Contractors Need to Include

Levelset

In the State of New York, contractors working on certain residential projects need to have a good understanding of the NY Home Improvement Contracts Act. Here’s what NY residential contractors must include (and what can’t be included) in a New York home improvement contract. Law §395-A.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: XL Insurance Enters Collaborative.

PSMJ Resources

XL Insurance Enters Collaborative Agreement With PSMJ Resources, Inc. XL Insurance’s Design Professional group, specializing in professional liability insurance for architects and engineers and a part of the global underwriting operations of XL Group (NYSE: XL), and PSMJ, Resources, Inc., New York Times.

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constructionattorneyblog: New York allows contractual indemnification

Construction Lawyer

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. New York allows contractual indemnification. A New York court, in Rodrigues v. October 21, 2005 in insurance , litigation | Permalink. « Waivers of liens: fraud | Main. |

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constructionattorneyblog: New York court holds that contractor.

Construction Lawyer

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. New York court holds that contractor installing cogeneration system not entitled to a mechanics lien.  The opinion can be read here.  The opinion can be read here. Subscribe to this blogs feed.

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A More Even Field: The Eleventh Circuit Overrules Its Precedent and Joins Most Circuits on the Applicability of Domestic FAA Grounds to Vacate Nondomestic Arbitration Awards[1]

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2] The court’s decision overruled two of its prior cases, holding that Article V of the New York Convention and Chapter 2 of the FAA provided the exclusive grounds for challenging the enforcement of a nondomestic arbitration award. [3] Hidroelectrica Santa Rita S.A. but involving a non-U.S. arbitration law. .; (2) arbitration law.

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Indemnification Clause in Construction Contract was Expensive for Contractor

Construction Lawyer

In a recent New York case, Koerner v. There was an indemnification provision in the contractor/subcontractor agreement that read as follows: A. Further, it is by no means certain that there will be insurance coverage for the architect or contractor who enters into such an agreement.

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#85:  Who Decides Arbitrability?

NH Construction Law

That is true even if the court thinks that the argument that the arbitration agreement applies to a particular dispute is wholly groundless.” New York Life Insurance Company , 2019 DNH 190, No. Archer and White Sales, Inc. , In those circumstances, a court possesses no power to decide the arbitrability issue.

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