We’re beginning to see a trend. This past year, the 2nd District Court of Appeals, in Eisenberg Village of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the…
Litigation can get personal. But when you’re an attorney as well as the litigant, things can get both personal as well as nasty, and this can…
We’ve talked before about Business and Professions Code section 7031 which courts have referred to as “harsh[ ],” “unjust[ ]” and even “draconian.” Under Section 7031,…
In the days before cable, and long before Netflix, I watched my fair share of spaghetti westerns on lazy weekend afternoons. Bullets zinging past cowboys, knocking…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, in California you must “prove” you’re a licensed contractor in a construction case. But in whose hands are you entitled…
An interesting construction case just came out from the California Court of Appeals for the Second District this past month – Pacific Caisson & Shoring, Inc. v.…
California courts have variously described Business and Professions Code section 7031 as “draconian,” “harsh[ ]“and “[u]njust[ ],” but nonetheless enforceable. Section 7031 both (1) prohibits unlicensed or improperly licensed contractors…
If trial is the Wild West, then arbitration is no-holds barred cage fighting, where the only rule is that there are no rules. To be fair,…
Most California contractors are familiar with Business and Professions Code section 7031. And if you’re not, you should. Variously described by California Court’s as “draconian,” “harsh[…
Earlier, I reported on a case decided by the California Court of Appeals for the Third District, Ball v. Steadfast-BLK, 196 Cal.App.4th 694 (2011), in which the Court…
Attorneys spend a lot of time parsing words, both to ensure that the words that they use convey what they mean, and to determine what others…
“What’s in a name?” This was the question posed in a recent case decided by the California Court of Appeals involving a contractor doing business under the fictitious…
