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Forum Selection Clauses in Construction Subcontracts Require Careful Drafting

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Ryan, in turn, subcontracted part of the work to Welch, a Hawaii corporation. The prime agreement between Weisel and Ryan consisted of an AIA Document A111 (presumably a 1997 version) and an AIA Document A201 (also presumably the 1997 version). Nor does the subcontract contain anything like Paragraph 24.3.3 Dist, Sept.

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Seventh Circuit examines "pay-if-paid" provision

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He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. He is a Fellow of the AIA as well as the Association of Licensed Architects.