California has a number of prompt payment penalty statutes on the books. Among them is Civil Code section 8800 which requires project owners on private works…
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Just Because You Caused it, Doesn’t Mean You Own It: The Hooker Exception to the Privette Doctrine
We’ve written before about the Privette doctrine, which establishes a presumption that a hirer of an independent contractor delegates to the contractor all responsibility for workplace…
Prevailing Payment Bond Surety Entitled to Statutory Attorneys’ Fees Even if Defended by Principal
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…
2023 Construction Law Update
As we approach 2023 we want to wish you and yours a happy holiday season. A total of 1,726 bills were introduced during the second…
PAGA Right of Action Not Applicable to Construction Workers Under Collective Bargaining Agreement
California is one of the most employee-friendly states in the country. From strict hiring laws (don’t think about asking about an applicant’s criminal, credit or even…
The Right to Repair Act Means What it Says and Says What it Means
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…
A Trivial Case
Construction defect cases leading to physical injury are rarely trivial, at least in the eyes of the injured party, but alas sometimes they are as the…
Violation of Prompt Payment Statutes is Not a Breach of Contract. But That’s Not the Most Interesting Part
While construction projects can get messy, they don’t get much messier than the next case, which, while involving a fairly limited legal issue, has such jaw…
Garret Murai Discusses the Mechanics of Mechanics Liens on Thompson Reuters
Thompson Reuters, which many of us lawyers know through their legal research platform Westlaw, has released a video presentation I gave on the mechanics of mechanics…
AIA Releases State-Specific Waiver and Release Forms
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a new series of state-specific waiver and release forms including forms for California. The new California-specific forms are:…