All surety updates are Adobe Acrobat files. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, download it here. Search Updates: Important Disclaimer About our Surety Updates Fidelity & Surety Reporter  Fall 2005 Issue 11 Quarterly Newsletter The Rights and Obligations of the Surety Under Dual Obligee Bonds  Surety permitted to amend lawsuit against irs to seek contract funds which were wrongfully levied post-lawsuit  Sureties and Contractors: Addressing the Growing Mold Issue  American Insurance Association Fidelity & Surety Committee  Sureties and Contractors Addressing the Growing Mold Issue Payment Bond SuretiesTake Note: New York Labor Law Amended (08/01/02)  Surety's Project Specific Subrogation Rights Cannot be defeated by NY Department of Labor's Notice of Cross-Withholding (3/01/02)  Pennsylvania's Supreme Court Allows Low Bidder to Substitute Bid Bond Issued by Higher Rated Surety to Conform to Contract Requirements  Government Action Against Performance Bond  Surety Barred by Statute of Limitations Surety's Right to Disputed Funds Superior Under Doctrine of Equitable Subrogation; Little Miller Acts Provide "Constructive Notice" to Secured Creditors  E&D Leads Surety Innovations at DFW Airport  New York Appellate Court Expands the West-Fair Ruling Concerning "Pay-When-Paid" Provisions and Dismisses Surety's Argument that Liability is Co-Extensive with the Bond Principal's Liability  New York's Highest Court Rules that a Statutory Limitation on the Time to Sue on a Public Works Payment Bond Cannot be Extended by Underlying Subcontract Terms  New York Appellate Court Confirms Priority of Trust Fund Obligations Over Assignment Rights to Lenders  When is embezzlement embezzlement? Manifest Intent and the Employee Dishonesty Bond  New Jersey Court Considers Bad Faith Claim Against Miller Act Surety  Federal Magistrate Judge Reduces Completion Funds Available to Surety Because of Delays By Original Contractor and Further Asserts Delay Damages Against Surety for Surety's Own Delays