Newsletters

March 2024 Newsletter – A Risk Management Conversation with A.I.

December 2023 Newsletter -AI on AI: Risks Created by Emergence of AI for Design Professionals

July 2023 Newsletter – Utilizing Tax Credits & Incentives to Increase Profitability

May 2023 Newsletter – Asking the Right Questions: What to Ask Your Broker When Buying or Renewing a Professional Liability Policy

February 2023 Newsletter – How to Protect Employees Who Are Extra Vulnerable to Malware

November 2022 Newsletter – Avoiding the Nonpayment Quagmire

August 2022 Newsletter – Tolling agreements: For whom does that claim toll; does it toll for thee?

February 2022 Newsletter #2 – CRISIS RESPONSE: An A/E Action Plan

February 2022 Newsletter – Licensed To Design: Complying with Regulations Governing Professional Services – Part 2

January 2022 Newsletter – Licensed To Design: Complying with Regulations Governing Professional Services – Part 1

November 2021 Newsletter – Why Quality Insurance Carriers and Claims Expertise Matter Move Than You May Think

June 2021 Newsletter – Discovery: Depositions and Document Production in the Age of COVID (and Beyond)

October 2020 Newsletter – FORGING AHEAD IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

September 2020 Newsletter – MALPRACTICE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

May 2020 Newsletter – Strategic Solutions for Construction Site Visits, An A/E Guide

February 2020 Newsletter – KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS

November 2019 Newsletter – EARLY MEDIATION

June 2019 Newsletter – Why A/E Firms Should Opt to Litigate Instead of Arbitrate and Consider a Trial by Jury

April 2019 Newsletter – AVOIDING THE NONPAYMENT QUAGMIRE

February 2019 Newsletter – WHY PRIVATE, FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES SHOULD PURCHASE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS and COMPANY LIABILITY INSURANCE

December 2018 Newsletter – PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY POLICY IN WISCONSIN PROVIDES NO COVERAGE TO….

October 2018 Newsletter – YOUR QUALITY PROGRAM – ASSET OR LIABILITY?

August 2018 Newsletter – THE NEVER ENDING CHALLENGE OF JOB SAFETY

June 2018 Newsletter – CONTRACT LANGUAGE MADE CODE COMPLIANCE A SEPARATE DUTY FROM THE STANDARD OF CARE DUTY

April 2018 Newsletter – CONTRACTUAL DEFENSE PROTECTION® – A NEW SOLUTION FOR THE OLD “DUTY TO DEFEND” PROBLEM

February 2018 Newsletter – SUBCONTRACT DELAY COST CLAIM AGAINST GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS COVERED BY PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY POLICY

December 2017 Newsletter -Insurance coverage on construction projects

October 2017 Newsletter – “Complying with all laws” during design and construction

September 2017 Newsletter – Circumstance and Claim Reporting Non-Compliance Fatal to Triggering Professional Liability Coverage

June 2017 Newsletter – Learning from the Mistakes of Others: Follow the Claims Procedure in Public Contracts

April 2017 Newsletter – Porous Piety: Unwritten “Contracts” Cost Far More Than the Paper They Aren’t Written On

January 2017 Newsletter – Benefits from Selecting the Right Professional Liability Broker

October 2016 Newsletter – If You Build It, They Will Sue: Condominium Projects – Part II

August 2016 Newsletter – If You Build It, They Will Sue: Condominium Projects – Part I

April 2016 Newsletter – Endorsements, Certificates of Insurance, and Other Tools for Evidencing Coverage: Why You Can’t Always Have It Your Way

February 2016 Newsletter – Template of Reasonable Contract Clauses

September 2015 Newsletter – How Effective is Your Risk Management Program?

March 2015 Newsletter – Prevailing Party Perils: Attorney’s Fees’ Clauses in Professional Service Contracts

January 2015 Newsletter – Managing Employee Benefits: A Three-Legged Stool of Protection

November 2014 Newsletter – The Do’s and Don’ts of Document Retention – More Paper or Paper-Less?

September 2014 Newsletter – California Supreme Court Rules Against California’s Architects in the Beacon v. Skidmore Owings Case

July 2014 Newsletter – Construction Phase Services: Considerations for a Successful Outcome

May 2014 Newsletter – The Design Professional in the Age of BIM

March 2014 Newsletter – Waiver of Subrogation: A Valid Defense for Architects and Engineers?

January 2014 Newsletter – Design Professionals and the Dodd-Frank Act

December 2013 Newsletter – Review of the Owner/Design Professional Agreement from the Design Professional’s Perspective

November 2013 Newsletter – The Proposal Preparation Myth, What’s Missing?

October 2013 Newsletter – The Additional Insured Conundrum

September 2013 Newsletter – An Unfair Duty to Defend

August 2013 Newsletter – Insurance 102: Property Coverages

June 2013 Newsletter – International Practice: International Liability Exposures

May 2013 Newsletter – Insurance 101: The Things You Always Wanted to Know About Liability Coverage But Were Afraid to Ask

April 2013 Newsletter – Making the Grade: Testing Design Professional Indemnity Obligations

March 2013 Newsletter – Project Insurance: Benefits and Cautions

February 2013 Newsletter – Project Insurance: Benefits and Cautions

January 2013 Newsletter – The Construction Contract: 3 Essential Rules

December 2012 Newsletter – Shootout At The Copyright Corral

November 2012 Newsletter – Architects Step Into Contractors Liability, Size XXL

October 2012 Newsletter – Veni, Vidi, Vici, Lis Pendens: I came, I saw, I got sued – Part 2 of 2

September 2012 Newsletter – Veni, Vidi, Vici, Lis Pendens: I came, I saw, I got sued – Part 1 of 2

August 2012 Newsletter – Building Commissioning: Process Types & Definitions

July 2012 Newsletter – Getting Paid For Design Services

June 2012 Newsletter – Case Study: No Common Law Indemnification Duty Owed by General Contractor to Project Owner for Subcontractor Employee Injuries Where GC Did Not Control and Supervise the Subcontractor’s Work

May 2012 Newsletter – Integrated Project Delivery: Changing the Insurance Landscape

April 2012 Newsletter – Responding to an RFP: Risk Management Tools to Guide the Bidding Process

March 2012 Newsletter – The Impact of Sub Consultants in the Design Build Process: The Perspective of the Fire Protection Engineer

February 2012 Newsletter – Just a Rabbit? Small Projects Can Bite

January 2012 Newsletter – Your Company’s Auto Liability – What’s Covered? What’s Not?

December 2011 Newsletter – Document Retention and Disposition: A Key Element of a Design Professional Quality Control Manual

November 2011 Newsletter – Private Arbitration: A better way to resolve construction disputes?

October 2011 Newsletter – Internal Risk Management – Part 2 of 2

September 2011 Newsletter – Internal Risk Management – Part 1 of 2

August 2011 Newsletter – The Latest on Gifford v. U.S.G.B.C – Will This Case Lead Us to Greener Pastures?

July 2011 Newsletter – Practical Tips for Avoiding the Pitfalls Associated with Construction Administration and Site Observation