Everything is Awesome!
Warner Bros. may have been onto something when it made The Lego Movie, about a happy-go-lucky, yet somewhat conformist, Lego construction worker named Emmet Brickowski, who reluctantly assumes the role…
California Department of Industrial Relations Hosts SB 854 Public Works Contractor Registration Seminar
As we wrote earlier, legislation signed into law this past year, SB 854, now requires that public works contractors and subcontractors register through the California Department…
Failing to Pay Prevailing Wages May Have Just Cost You More Than You Thought
Mechanics lien claims, payment bond claims, stop payment notice claims, delay claims, defect claims, abandonment claims . . . With the variety of claims unique to…
Coffee Beans, Mars and the 50 States: Civil Code 1542 Waivers and Latent Defects
A few years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Charles Duhigg wrote a book that was on the New York Times bestseller list for over 60 weeks, The Power of Habit:…
Design Professional Liens: A Blueprint
If you work in the construction industry in California you’re likely familiar with mechanics liens. But there’s one other type of lien available on construction projects…
Drones, Googleplexes and Hyperloops
I don’t know if it’s just me, or if there has been a lot of news lately about technology and construction: Although flying in the face of…
Benford’s Law: A Seldom Used Weapon in Forensic Accounting
What is Digit Analysis and Why it Should be of Interest to Construction Attorneys? Benford’s Law was named after Frank Benford, a General Electric physicist. Mr.…
School District Gets Expensive Lesson on Prompt Payment Law. But Did the Court Get it Right?
My kids don’t like riding in my car. I urge them to look outside the window (I don’t have DVD), suggest that they roll down their…
Mixing Concrete, Like Baking a Cake, is Fraught with Problems When the Recipe is Not Followed
“Mixing concrete, like baking a cake, is fraught with problems when the recipe is not followed.” – Justice Kenneth Yegan, State Ready Mix, Inc. v. Moffatt…
Catch 22: “If You’re Moving Dirt, You Need to Control Your Dust” (But Don’t Use Potable Water!)
Returning from an Oregon vacation this past Summer along I-5, I found frequent reminders of the extraordinary drought conditions prevailing across California. A grey smoky gloom…
When a Construction Lender Steps into the Shoes of the Developer, the Door is Open for Claims by the General Contractor
Thank you to my partner Garret Murai for giving me the opportunity to post again on his excellent California Construction Law Blog. I am the author/editor…
Waive Not, Want Not: Waivers and Releases on California Construction Projects
California is one of a handful of states (12 to be exact) which have statutory mandated waiver and release forms for construction projects. So here’s what…
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