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The following guidelines are for information purposes only and should not be considered legal advice, as each employment situation poses different considerations that must be taken into account when rendering a legal opinion....

Subcontractors and material suppliers have a myriad of available remedies to address non-payment. This includes seeking relief against the above tier contractor’s license bond posted with the California State License Board...

Introduction A recent ruling from the California Court of Appeal establishes that a mechanics lien is unenforceable when the claimant continues to provide repairs after recording its lien. The case, Precision Framing Systems,...

The Conflict Business people often innocently fall into a potentially dangerous trap. If you are a director of your company and also have stock and real estate interests, your estate planner may already have created a living...

Do you ever wish you could hit the reset button?  Do a do-over?  This often is the case with irrevocable trusts in California.  The problem is that irrevocable trusts are just that, irrevocable.  Meaning you can’t...

Introduction As a former court research attorney and current practicing litigator, I follow legal developments that potentially impact my clients in all aspects of a civil dispute. The recently decided case of Vitatech...

  Many construction projects are large and consist of numerous subcontractors and material suppliers.  On these huge projects, often times property owners are not knowledgeable of the individual parties involved on the...

  The California Supreme Court issued a significant ruling this week adopting a new test for independent contractor status that will impact many businesses in the “gig economy,” such as Uber, Grub Hub and Lyft.  The...