If you’re a regularly reader of the California Construction Law Blog you’re aware of Business and Professions Code section 7031 which...

It has been a tumultuous year for the banking industry. Since the beginning of this year the industry has seen the collapse of Silicon...

Generally, I think restraint in litigation is a good thing. Don’t go crazy on your claims, don’t go nut-so in your discovery, and don’t...

As they say, when it rains, it pours. Indemnity and insurance are the “Big Two” when it comes to risk avoidance on construction projects....

It seems like we’ve been seeing a lot of Privette doctrine cases recently. Here’s another, Brown v. Beach House Design & Development, 85...

We’ve talked a fair bit about the Privette doctrine which provides for a rebuttable presumption that a hirer is not liable for workplace...

I had the unique opportunity this past week to lecture at USC at the invitation of Professor Alan Croll. Professor Croll is an attorney...

California has a number of prompt payment penalty statuteson the books. Among them is Civil Code section 8800 which requires project...

We’ve written before about the Privette doctrine, which establishes a presumption that a hirer of an independent contractor delegates to...

There’s a lot to worry about going into 2023 according to Dodge Data & Analytics in its 2023 Construction Industry Outlook: Inflation...

For contractors involved in California public works projects the scenario is not uncommon: The general contractor awarded the public...

As we approach 2023 we want to wish you and yours a happy holiday season. A total of 1,726 bills were introduced during the second half...

California is one of the most employee-friendly states in the country. From strict hiring laws (don’t think about asking about an...

A rather short case for a short week. In Gerlach v. K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Beaumont, LLC, 82 Cal.App.5th 303 (2022), the 4th...

Construction defect cases leading to physical injury are rarely trivial, at least in the eyes of the injured party, but alas sometimes...

While construction projects can get messy, they don’t get much messier than the next case, which, while involving a fairly limited legal...

In 2018, in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018), the California Supreme Court overturned nearly thirty...

Thompson Reuters, which many of us lawyers know through their legal research platform Westlaw, has released a video presentation I gave...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a new series of state-specific waiver and release forms including forms for...

I wanted to thank Practical Law, one of several companies under the Thompson Reuters’, of Westlaw fame, umbrella, for interviewing me as...