Michael Pepe

With design-build construction increasing every year, design responsibility becomes more fragmented, leading to trade contractors performing and delegating more design work. This panel discussion will guide trade contractors through the potential exposures of self-performing and delegating professional services and guide general contractors through ensuring their subcontractors appropriately address their design risk. You will learn about the exposures, coverage available, and best practices… Show more

With design-build construction increasing every year, design responsibility becomes more fragmented, leading to trade contractors performing and delegating more design work. This panel discussion will guide trade contractors through the potential exposures of self-performing and delegating professional services and guide general contractors through ensuring their subcontractors appropriately address their design risk. You will learn about the exposures, coverage available, and best practices for contracting, and claims reporting and handling. Show less

It's increasingly important for contractors and their counsel to consider how to delegate this risk to their design team, and how to insure it. This topic will discuss the risks of project design and strategic methods to manage design risk through contract and insurance.

This CLE webinar will discuss the scope of builder's risk insurance (BRI) coverage for construction accidents and defects caused by defective workmanship, accidents, and external causes.

Builders Risk & Liability Coverage: Navigating the Interplay for Construction Accidents and Casualties Reconciling Overlapping Exclusions, Other Insurance Provisions, Primary vs. Excess Policies, Additional Insureds, and Subrogation

This CLE webinar will provide counsel for construction owners and contractors with an analysis of the interplay between builder’s risk and CGL insurance for construction projects. The panel will discuss how they work in tandem, but also focus on the specific… Show more

Builders Risk & Liability Coverage: Navigating the Interplay for Construction Accidents and Casualties Reconciling Overlapping Exclusions, Other Insurance Provisions, Primary vs. Excess Policies, Additional Insureds, and Subrogation

This CLE webinar will provide counsel for construction owners and contractors with an analysis of the interplay between builder’s risk and CGL insurance for construction projects. The panel will discuss how they work in tandem, but also focus on the specific challenging issues and uncertainty counsel face in the intersection between the two types of coverages, including defective work exclusions, other insurance provisions, primary vs. excess policies, additional insureds and subrogation. Show less

Builders Risk Coverage: Navigating Hard and Soft Costs, Delay in Opening Expenses and Construction Delay Measurement Strategies for Contractors and Insurers to Resolve Recurring and Costly Disputes

This CLE program will discuss the scope of coverage for builders risk insurance coverage, how to measure and prove construction delays, and the common areas of disputes between contractors and insurers such as defective design and workmanship, ensuing loss and length of delay.

Problems begin for franchisors when they seek to include language in the franchise agreement that bargains around statutory protections and prohibitions of releases. This article features an exhaustive state-by-state survey of statuatory provisions concerning releases in franchise and dealership acts, including a chart that details each state’s statutory and regulatory requirements