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2020 brought many changes for the construction industry. Listen to Darryl J. Horowitt, David J. Weiland and Craig A. Tristao as they discuss the changes in 2020 and laws that impact the construction industry in 2021. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/5HIw0FUv4qI Slides are available here: What’s New in 2021-Developments in Construction Law Jump to various sections in the presentation.…
Coleman & Horowitt, LLP is pleased to announce that David J. Weiland has been selected as a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America. CLSA is an invitation-only construction lawyer honorary society with membership limited to 1,200 practicing Fellows from the United States and internationally. Fellows are selected and invited into Fellowship after being evaluated for effectiveness and accomplishment in…
Read the download “Court Invalidates Lease-Leaseback Arrangement” here. In order to streamline the bidding process and avoid problematic bidding rules in the Public Contracts Code, the California Legislature created an exception in the Education Code that allows school districts to get creative, and instead of requiring bidding on design bid projects, use a “lease-leaseback.” In doing so, the school district…
Contractor Not Barred By Failure to Obtain Written Home Improvement Contract Download the PDF of the article here By Darryl J. Horowitt September 10, 2010 Many general contractors include home improvement projects within the scope of work they perform. Business & Professions Code § 7159 has long required all home improvement contracts over $500 to be in writing. Section 7159…
Download the PDF of the article here By Darryl J. Horowitt The courts have been busy dealing with issues relating to bidding on public works projects. Two recent decisions have been issued: Great Western Contractors, Inc. v. Irvine Unified School District (2010) 2010 DJDAR 13815 and Schram Construction Inc. v. The Regents of the University of California (Southland Industries) (2010)…
Download a PDF version the article here By Darryl J. Horowitt In a previous edition of Construction Alert we reported to you on White v. Cridlebaugh (2009) 178 Cal.App.4th 506, in which the court confirmed that an unlicensed contractor could be sued for recovery of funds, even though the owner had received a benefit from the work performed by the…
By Darryl J. Horowitt Download the PDF of this article here California law requires that contractors obtain the proper license before work can be performed on any project. (See Business & Professions Code § 7026.) Moreover, where a contractor files a lawsuit to recover monies owed for work performed, that contractor must plead and prove it was licensed at all…