As one construction defect insurer found out, simply chipping in, doesn’t mean having chipped in enough. In St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company v. Mountain West Farm…
Thank you to everyone who attended Wendel Rosen’s Infrastructure Forum put on by our firm’s Construction Practice Group on October 19, 2012 at Scott’s Seafood in…
Congratulations to my colleague Donald Simon on receiving the U.S. Green Building Council’s (“USGBC”) 2012 President’s Award. The USGBC’s Leadership Awards, which includes the President’s Award,…
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research’s Solar Permitting Work Group has published a guide to the solar construction permitting process entitled California Solar Permitting Guidebook.…
Both my parents and in-laws live in communities with homeowner’s associations, where they tell you what color you can paint your house, that you need to…
August 2012 update to Retail Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease. A number of attorneys from my law firm were involved in the update. I served as…
Manufactured homes are unlike traditional housing. They are built off-site and must comply with HUD Title 6 construction standards which require, among other things, that they…
Growing up I used to enjoy making things out of odds and ends lying around the house and, being a boy, it was usually weapons or…
The 2012 Summer Olympics may be over, but in four short years the 2016 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I say…
On July 2, 2012, the California Supreme Court, in a much anticipated decision, held that charter cities do not have to pay prevailing wages on municipal…
A belated thank you to Truitt & White for inviting me to speak at their seminar, Drowning in Paperwork – Part 2, on July 17, 2012. …
The prevailing wage law requires that workers employed on public works projects be paid prevailing wages. There are, however, exceptions to that rule. Two exceptions are…
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