Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog For contractors involved in California public works projects the scenario is not uncommon: The general contractor awarded the public works project is required to obtain a payment bond for the benefit of subcontractors and suppliers and the payment bond surety issuing the payment bond requires the general contractor… Continue reading Prevailing Payment Bond Surety Entitled to Statutory Attorneys’ Fees Even if Defended by Principal
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Licensing Mistakes That Can Continue to Haunt You
Alexa Stephenson and Rick Seely | Compliance Construction Litigation Today there are nearly 290,000 contractors licensed in California. This number continues to grow as California law requires businesses or individuals who alter any road or structure to be licensed contractors if the total cost of the project is $500 or more (including labor and materials).… Continue reading Licensing Mistakes That Can Continue to Haunt You
The Right to Repair Act Means What it Says and Says What it Means
Garret Murai | California Construction Law Blog 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 District Court of appeals examined provisions of the Right to Repair Act (Civ. Code §§895 et. seq), also known as “SB 800” after its original bill number,… Continue reading The Right to Repair Act Means What it Says and Says What it Means
California’s 2023 Housing Laws: What You Need To Know
Chelsea Maclean, Daniel Golub, Kevin J. Ashe, William E. Sterling and Paloma Perez-McEvoy | Holland & Knight Highlights The centerpiece of a significant 2022 legislative session is Assembly Bill (AB) 2011, which provides a ministerial, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)-exempt approval pathway for qualifying multifamily projects on commercial zoned land that pay prevailing wages and… Continue reading California’s 2023 Housing Laws: What You Need To Know
Can I be Required to Mediate, Arbitrate or Litigate a California Construction Dispute in Some Other State?
William L. Porter | Porter Law Group It is not uncommon in the construction industry for an out-of-state general contractor to include a provision in a subcontract requiring a California subcontractor to resolve disputes outside the state of California, even though the work is to be performed within California. Fortunately, most California subcontractors are immune… Continue reading Can I be Required to Mediate, Arbitrate or Litigate a California Construction Dispute in Some Other State?