On Celebrities, Turkey Chili and the San Francisco Soup Company
A lawyer’s idea of a celebrity often isn’t the same as others. Ask a lawyer who, in their wildest dreams, they would like to have lunch…
Rebuilding Together Oakland
One of the community service activities our firm participates in each April is Rebuilding Together Oakland. Rebuilding Together Oakland is a local chapter of Rebuilding Together, a…
License? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ License!
I know. You’ve heard it from me, or your construction attorney, ad naseum. When in doubt get a license. We’ve paraded out the list of terribles:…
Lego’s Architecture Series: Celebrating the Past and Inspiring the Future
It’s been a number years since I built anything with Legos (ok, it was just this past week (but with my 7 year old son, mind…
Ready to Print Your Next Building?
This past year I read an article on Forbes.com about the nascent 3D printing movement and a young man named Cody Wilson who literally printed himself a…
A Timely Reminder From the CSLB (and a Funny Acronym to Boot)
Growing up in the Central Valley, I remember it getting so hot you could feel your tennis shoes stick to the asphalt on the playground. As California enters…
Sometimes the Real Fight is Before the Fight
One of the things I learned while lobbying in Washington, D.C. is the importance of the House Rules Committee. The Rules Committee, as its name suggests,…
Cities Alive: The Future of Green Infrastructure
If you follow the construction industry you know that green is the new gold. As well as LEED bronze, silver and platinum. Green building, which not long ago conjured images…
The Most [Fill in the Blank] Bid Dispute, Ever
We’ve all heard of those lawsuits which cause us to scratch our heads wondering, what were they thinking? Think woman sues fast food restaurant for serving…
Rumble in the Construction Defect Jungle
Lately, reading the advance sheets of construction defect cases has been like watching one of the Rocky movies. There’s the punches (owww!). Then there’s the counter-punches…
And So it Begins . . .
This past year I wrote about a case which caused a bit of an uproar in the homebuilding industry – Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Brookfield Crystal…
Google’s Mysterious Floating Boxes
It was moored quietly in the Bay. But when a four story structure made up of shipping containers was erected, questions began to be asked. Elected…
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