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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: March 27, 1998 02:58 PM Friday; Rod Welch

Called Dave Buoncristiani about Comm Metrics Web site.

1...Summary/Objective


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges  415 392 6320
020101 - Mr. David Buoncristiani, Esq.
0202 - Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges  415 392 6320
020201 - Mr. Dario De Benedictis, Esq.

SUBJECTS
Conditions Precedent, GC 10.8
Dispute Resolution
Litigation

0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 14 7224, ref SDS 12 0000.
060702 -
060703 - As a result of reviewing contract in Chaikin v. Weinmann and Foti, and
060704 - concern about lack of record on claims having been filed with the
060705 - architect. ref SDS 16 3992 and ref SDS 16 2511
060706 -
060707 -    1.  What is a reasonable action to take where a party in an
060708 -        arbitration does not follow Arbitrator's instruction to
060709 -        disclose its claims to the other party?
060710 -
060711 -    2.  What is industry standard on AIA conditions precedent to filing
060712 -        a demand for arbitration that the claim first be determined by
060713 -        the architect or engineer.
060714 - ..
060715 - Dave said he is still involved in the litigation against USACE
060716 - on behalf of Dutra.  He said Dutra has filed suit against the
060717 - government.  We decided that under these circumstances we should not
060718 - have any further direct contact outside of the litigation, until that
060719 - matter is settled.
060720 -
060721 -     [On 980329 will delete Oakland Harbor records from Web site. see
060722 -     ref SDS 17 0781]
060723 -
060724 -     [On 980520 meeting with USACE said litigation with Dutra has been
060725 -     settled. ref SDS 19 2405]
060726 -
060727 - Dave suggested that I contact Dario De Benedictus about questions on
060728 - arbitration.
060729 - ..
060730 - I mentioned our discussion on 970818 where Dave suggested that
060731 - we need to find a simple way to illustrate the Communication Metrics
060732 - methodology of Concurrent Discovery, ref SDS 14 1385, which was
060733 - developed in the paper for Dave's Asilomar Conference presentation in
060734 - 1996. ref OF 1 1476 per ref SDS 4 1101
060735 -
060736 - I advised that the Welch Web site tries to implement this idea. per
060737 - ref SDS 15 1459
060738 -
060739 -     [On 980918 called Dave on web site. ref SDS 20 0000]
060740 -
060741 -
0608 -
0609 -
0610 - 1528 called Dario
0611 -
061101 - Left message asking him to call.
061102 -
061103 -    [On 980401 Dario called back. ref SDS 18 1608]
061104 -
061105 -
061106 -
Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"