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The old saying is that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That is true in most endeavors of life. It is rarely as easy to fix a problem, as it is to avoid it. And this is definitely true in construction....

Timing is everything when it comes to construction payment disputes. The California constitution and civil code provide significant remedies for contractors and suppliers who do not get paid what they are owed on a...

On January 1, 2016, Section 7203 of the California Public Contract Code went into effect, impacting public works construction projects. Initially, the statute seems to provide protection for the unwary contractor doing...

There is a very strong public policy in favor of employers maintaining workers’ compensation insurance. This has become even more prominent in the construction industry, where construction by its very nature is dangerous,...

Many non-union contractors bid on Public Works jobs.  Most know that they must pay prevailing wage for their trade in the geographic area of the job.  The State of California Department of Industrial Relations provides very...

Part Two: Strategies for Employers Losing Key Personnel to a Competitor   When a high-value employee quits, there may be a chance that he or she could misappropriate the company’s business trade secrets.  This can be...

Part One: Lawfully “On-Boarding” a Competitor’s Employee   I recently attended a symposium focused on trade secrets and litigation trends surrounding the loss of key personnel to competitors.  In...