Public-Private Partnerships, Putin Style
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is just around the corner. It will be the most expensive Olympics in history costing an estimated $51 billion. By…
Contractors State License Board Releases New Complaint Form Aimed at Illegal Advertising
The California Contractors State License Board (“CSLB”) has released a new complaint form aimed at illegal contractor advertising. Under California Business and Professions Code section 7048,…
Contractors State License Board Beefs Up Public Works Unit
The California Contractors State License Board (“CSLB”) has announced that it’s beefing up its Public Works Unit to help ensure that contractors bidding and performing work…
Kindness When You Least Expect It
The article below was published in the San Francisco Chronicle this past week. The story was submitted by Kathy DeBoever, a staff member of our firm and…
U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision is Music to the Ears of Large General Contractors
It’s rare for state Supreme Courts to hear construction cases. Rarer still are construction cases heard by the Supremes. ← No, not those Supremes. “The” Supremes.…
2013 Updates to Office Leasing and Retail Leasing Now Available
Each year my colleagues and I are asked to update the Continuing Education of the Bar’s (CEB) publications – Office Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease…
Reminder: 2013 California Building Code and 2013 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards Go Into Effect January 1, 2014 [Updated]
Not to be a nag, but just a reminder that in addition to new laws, new regulations will also go into effect in 2014. Specifically, the 2013…
2014 California Construction Law Update
Approximately 2,000 bills were introduced in the California State Legislature during the 2013-2014 legislative session. Of these, 896 bills made it to Governor Brown’s desk and…
The Simple Things in Life
I was reading an article on productivity the other day. The article was about lessons the author had learned from his grandfather. What caught my attention…
Disrupting the Pink Aisle
Usually, you have to take the good with the bad. That’s why it’s rare to find something that has everything you like, like Baby Ruth candy…
If it Walks Like a Duck and Talks Like a Duck . . . it May Just be a Goose
If you’re involved in public works projects you know that direct contractors are required to furnish payment bonds on public works projects exceeding $25,000. If a…
Appolonians, Dionysians and the Building Industry
A thought provoking and humorous TED talk by avant-garde designer/builder Dan Phillips in which he discusses human nature, commoditization, and the building industry. And, for those…
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