Completed and Accepted Doctrine Extended to Architects
Architects have one more reason to celebrate this holiday season. In a case decided this past month, the California Court of Appeals held that architects are…
California Construction Law Blog Goes to the Movies
California Construction Law Blog (i.e., me) is off this week. I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Thank you to all of you who…
Wendel Rosen’s Open House 2012
At Wendel Rosen we’re not the kind of lawyers (read: your typical lawyers) who can only talk about their latest win in court (of course, we…
Construction Defect Insurer’s Contribution to Settlement Does Not Avoid Equitable Contribution Claim By Coinsurer
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…
Wendel Rosen’s Infrastructure Forum
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…
Firm Partner Donald Simon Receives U.S. Green Building Council’s 2012 President’s Award
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,…
California Solar Permitting Guidebook and Energy Upgrade California
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.…
California Supreme Court Holds that Arbitration Clause in CC&Rs is Enforceable Against Homeowner’s Association
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 CEB’s Retail Leasing: Drafting and Negotiating the Lease Now Available
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…
Court Says No Take Backs to Manufactured Home Seller
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…
The Rube Goldberg Machine
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…
2012 Summer Olympics Construction
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…
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