The Right to Repair Act Isn’t Out for the Count, Yet. Homebuilders Fight Back
“[I]t ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving…
CSLB Reminds California Public Works Contractors to Renew Their Public Works Registration
A friendly reminder from the Contractors State License Board . . . CSLB Urges Public Works Contractors to Renew Dept. of Industrial Relations Registration before…
Is it the End of the Story for Redevelopment in California?
Long, long ago (in 2012 to be exact) in a land not so far away (also known as California), legislation which allowed local governments to establish…
Playing Hot Potato: Indemnity Strikes Again
Indemnity can be like playing hot potato (for those of you closer to the Minecraft generation, in the game of hot potato, a metaphoric “hot potato”…
The Buck Stops Over There: Have Indemnitors Become the Insurers of First and Last Resort?
Insurance and indemnity are the primary risk management strategies on construction projects. Insurance, such as commercial general liability insurance, insures against third party claims for bodily injury…
Apprentices on Public Works Projects: Sometimes it’s Not What You Do But Who You Do the Work For That Counts
If you’re a public works contractor in California you’re familiar with prevailing wages. The Prevailing Wage Law, a Depression era law designed to encourage the hiring…
Commercial Construction in the Golden State is Looking Pretty Golden
If the estimated $2.1 trillion erased from the U.S. stock market over the past week has you white knuckled, you might consider commercial construction in the Golden…
Four Common Construction Contracts
Like Baskin Robins, construction contracts come in a variety of different flavors although, thankfully, significantly fewer than 31. Here are four of the more common types…
Between Scylla and Charybids: The Mediation Privilege and Legal Malpractice Claims
I attended a mediation earlier this month in a real estate case. I won’t say more through because . . . well . . . it’s confidential.…
Eight Things You Need to Know About the AAA’s New Construction Arbitration Rules
I just finished a construction arbitration this past week, which also explains my sporadic posts as of late, sorry. Coincidentally, on July 1, 2015, the American…
Court Calls Lease-Leaseback Project What it is: A Design-Bid-Build Project
First there was “Prince.” Then there was “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.” Then there was “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (Because he Changed His Name to…
California Supreme Court Endorses City Authority to Adopt Inclusionary Housing Ordinance
The following post was written by my partner Neal Parish on the California Supreme Court’s recent (and surprising) new decision which eases the way for local…
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