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• Identifying Unfavorable Subcontract Clauses in California ( May 2000 )
  Last & Faoro

  This article contains a Subcontractor Clause Checklist intended to help subcontractors identify unfavorable contra.

• Take Care in Modifying Construction Industry Form Contracts ( April 2000 )
  Wray & Pierce, L.L.P.

  All of us are familiar with AIA Form Contracts, particularly AIA document A201, General Conditions of the Contract.

• Owner's Payments of Reduced Amounts to Subcontractors Found to be Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practice ( August 1999 )
  A. Neil Hartzell of Haese, LLC

  Can an owner, who is in a dispute with the general contractor, pay subcontractors reduced amounts on their contrac.

• Construction Case Law Update ( August 1998 )
  Allison J. Snyder of Greenberg Peden P.C.

  In this case, the Texas Supreme Court held that a neutral arbitrator's failure to disclose his acceptance of a substantial referral to his law firm from the law firm of a non-neutral co-arbitrator established "evident partiality," and therefore the arbitration award was set aside.