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Contract Risk Management

 
Those Who Make Million-Dollar Contracts
by
Gerard W. Ittig
| November 2012
| under
  • Your Business

How would you react if you discovered—after the fact—that you had signed a contract that permitted the other contracting party (owner or general contractor) to act arbitrarily, to actively interfere with your work, to act in bad faith, and even to be guilty of fraud?

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Mother Nature's Legal Teeth
by
Gerard W. Ittig
| November 2008
| under
  • Miscellaneous

At a recent construction law conference, a speaker from the Attorney General’s Office of Maryland talked about criminal laws applicable to construction and contractors.

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A Period of Risk
by
Jeff Kohmstedt
| September 2008
| under
  • Miscellaneous

Doug Olson, president of Premier Electrical Construction, Brooklyn Park, Minn., hasn’t faced a major complication when it comes to post-warranty risk, and he hopes he never has to. “They just nickel and dime you,” he said. “Hopefully I won’t have to deal with that in my lifetime.”

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Just Passin' Through
by
Gerard W. Ittig
| September 2008
| under
  • Miscellaneous

When a subcontractor is not paid, the first questions asked are, “Who is a friend? Who is an enemy?” Do you sue everyone, or do you join forces? The subcontractor’s decision can have long-range consequences.

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