by Patrick J. Johnson
The Miller Act 40 U.S.C. § 3131 – § 3134, requires that any contractor performing construction on a federal building or public work over $100,000 furnish bonds guaranteeing payment to subcontractors and completion of the project. Under the Act the party having a contractual relationship with a subcontractor but no contractual relationship with the contractor furnishing the payment bond may bring an action on the payment bond following written notice within 90 days from the last date on which the party last supplied labor or materials for which the claim is made 40 U.S.C. § 3133(b)(2).
It’s hard to believe we’re already at the end of September and off to our European Regional Conference next week, but that is indeed the case! My apologies to anyone who saw the beginnings of my Two for Tuesdays post earlier this week, which was unfortunately eaten by the internet – during publishing, it somehow cut off the bulk of the post, which I was unable to recover and haven’t had time to rewrite. But hopefully I’ll be able to get around to it during one of my flights this week and share it again with you soon! In the meantime, take a few minutes to read through these articles from our lawyers around the world on ILNToday:
Welcome to ILN-terviews, a series of profiles of ILN member firm attorneys, designed to give a unique insight into the lawyers who make up our Network. For our latest interview, we chose ILN member, Arthur Li of our member firm Lee and Li in Taiwan, China. In one sentence, how would you describe your practice?...… 
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