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AIA
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Best Practices Construction Law
Architect and Contractor Sitting in a Tree . . . K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Yesterday, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced a marketing partnership agreement that is designed to foster a greater understanding and exchange of ideas…
Patents Post-Grant
USPTO Director to Host AIA Webinar Tomorrow
Director Kappos to Speak at CLE Webinar TomorrowFor those requiring some additional CLE for 2011, Director Kappos will be speaking at American University Washington College of Law tomorrow, November 30,…
Class Actions Insider
FDCC Insurance Industry Institute 2011
I recently attended the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel’s 2011 Insurance Industry Institute. Insurance class actions were not a significant focus of the program, but there were a few…
Patents Post-Grant
USPTO to Host October 31st Webinar on AIA Implementation
Halloween Webinar to Discuss AIA Implementation Plans & ProgressNext Monday, the USPTO will host a free public webinar at 1PM to discuss the America Invents Act (AIA). USPTO participants in the webinar will…
Best Practices Construction Law
Five AIA Construction Documents Go Green
Earlier this week, I received an alert that "Five AIA Contract Documents are going green!" Developed using AIA’s flagship documents as a base, and incorporating concepts and model language from…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Exit, Voice, and Corporate Governance
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
In the wake of the collapse Prudential - AIA transaction FT columnist John Kay reminds us to beware the cult of the heroicCEO and the mega-merger:Many Prudential shareholdersare relieved at the collapse of the…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Pru: Lesson Learned?
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
UKinsurance company, Prudential had a shareholder meeting today in the wake ofits failed bid to buy AIA. Let's just say it wasn't pretty:Shareholder Anthony Watts summed up the feelings of…
Construction & Infrastructure Law Blog
The AIA Releases 2007 Editions of Its Construction Contract Forms Amid Competition from Upstart “ConsensusDOCS” Forms
By Mathew R. Troughton For the first time in a decade, the American Institute of Architects ("AIA") revised several of the key standard forms of contract it publishes for use…