The Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s
Fidelity and Surety Law Committee cordially invites you to join
us in Baltimore this Fall on Friday, October 26, 2001 for the
2001 Fidelity and Surety Law Committee Fall Program entitled
THE LAW OF PAYMENT BONDS.
The Fall Program, to be held in the brand
new Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel located on the beautiful
Inner Harbor in the City of Baltimore, is an expanded version
of the program concerning THE LAW OF PAYMENT BONDS presented
at the Annual Mid-Winter Meeting of the Fidelity and Surety
Law Committee in San Francisco, California on January 30, 1998.
The course materials for the Fall Program will be the book entitled
THE LAW OF PAYMENT BONDS, which will be updat-ed with
a supplement linked to the existing chapters in the book.
The presentation of the Fall Program will
include an in-depth review of the surety’s rights and obligations
under the payment bond, including substantive issues such as
the surety’s liabilities to various claimants, the types
of claims covered, substantive proof requirements and notice
requirements; procedural issues such as suit limitations, jurisdiction,
venue and forum selection clauses; the defenses of the surety;
the surety’s rights to the bonded contract funds; bad faith
claims, bankruptcy and arbitration as they relate to claims
against the payment bond; and the surety’s reimbursement
rights to recover its payments.
The speakers and presenters at the Fall
Program all have extensive experience in litigating and resolving
payment bond claims and protecting the rights of the surety.
The Fall Program course materials, including the book entitled
THE LAW OF PAYMENT BONDS and the supplement, will be
a welcome and useful addition to the library of every surety
practitioner attending the Fall Program. The Fall Program will
be of extensive value to in-house surety claims counsel and
staff of all levels and ability, and young and not so young
outside counsel for sureties who become involved in payment
bond claim litigation and resolution.
In addition to the educational benefits
of the Fall Program, there will be a Welcome Reception and Cocktail
Party on Thursday night, October 25, 2001 from 5:30 p.m. to
7:30 p.m. at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, with dinner
opportunities thereafter in Baltimore’s famous Little Italy,
which is adjacent to the hotel, or any of Baltimore’s other
fine restaurants, and the opportunity to get together with other
fellow surety practitioners and experts in the field during
the Friday breaks and lunchtime.
The Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
Fall Program will be preceded on Thursday, October 25, 2001,
by the annual meeting of the FIDELITY LAW ASSOCIATION,
which will also take place at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Hotel. This is an excellent opportunity for you to attend both
of these programs and satisfy your CLE requirements. Individuals
interested in obtaining further information about the annual
meeting of the FIDELITY LAW ASSOCIATION should contact
Deborah C. Duvin, President of the Fidelity Law Association
at 800-274-5222.
We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore!
