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California will soon have the highest minimum wage in the nation. In April 2016, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 3, which will annually increase California’s minimum wage currently set at $10 per hour. As a result,...

A few years ago, our client was sued for allegedly supplying defective materials to a project. After some litigation, our client was dismissed, “with prejudice”— that means a dismissal of the lawsuit based on merits of...

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I recently litigated a dispute that serves as a cautionary tale for those contractors who are not properly licensed under the “Contractors State License Law.” The simple facts were as follows. Contractor contracted with...

column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text text_direction=”default”]Assembly Bill 491, effective January 1, 2014, amends several provisions of the California Corporations Code to allow both nonprofit...

Some construction projects in California may be secured by a number of separate labor and material bonds which cover only work performed within the purview of that bond. In such a scenario, is a contractor limited to recovery...

This week, I thought it would be important to help contractors avoid potential trouble when hiring new employees. With the passing of Assembly Bill 1794 (AB 1794), employee reporting laws have been strengthened in California....

On September 9, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown signed California Assembly Bill 44 (“AB 44”), which amends Public Contract Code §4104 of the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act.  According to AB 44, all bids on...