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…
The Privette doctrine, subject to certain exceptions, provides that when a general contractor hires a subcontractor, the general contractor is not liable for injuries that occur…
The California Division of the State Architect will be introducing emergency regulations at the July 19, 2012 meeting of the California Building Standards Commissions to align…
In 1991, the California Court of Appeals, in Lambert v. Superior Court, 228 Cal.App.3d 383 (1991), held that a property owner may file a motion challenging…
A reminder that new statutory construction forms – preliminary notices, mechanics lien, stop notice and conditional and unconditional waivers and releases – are required as of…
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