Triple-digit temperatures have hit California, and the excessive heat wave doesn’t seem to be letting up – Death Valley was reported to have recently peaked to 130 degrees, and rangers have been trying to persuade people...
Author: david
Collection procedures entail critical steps that a company must follow to guarantee that payments are made on a timely basis. These important procedures vary from business to business and are fundamental to ensuring profits...
The California Labor Commission is taking a hard stance on what it calls “wage theft” by general contractors working on public projects. In some of the cases noted by the Commission, the violations were egregious and...
The largest gaming club in the state of California is the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, with more than 3,000 slot machines and approximately 200,000 square feet of gaming space. Other famous gaming operations in...
When to Claim the Miller Act Bond
December 4, 2012
Although there are remedies to collect what is owed on a private or public works project, when a party is not paid after providing work to a federal project, it only has the right to file a claim against the payment or...
Mechanics Lien Extension
September 13, 2012
If you’ve attended a Cummins & White’s construction seminar or listened to one of its webinars recently, you are well aware that after the recording of your mechanics lien, you have ninety (90) days in which to...
We have all heard or read about unlicensed contractors who scam the elderly. I recently read an article from the Contractor’s State License Board’s (“CSLB”) website pertaining to this subject matter and quite...
Judgements
June 11, 2012
SMALL CLAIMS COURTS AND YOUR MECHANICS LIENS We’ve all heard how expensive it is to file a lawsuit in the California superior courts. On many occasions, a contractor may have a mechanics lien for less than $5,000 and...
