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Release bonds are a specific area of construction law. Understanding them is an important way to help keep your project secure, whether you're a developer working with contractors, a contractor using subcontractors, or another party invested in the construction project…

Prevailing Wage Laws The division of labor standards enforcement or otherwise referred to as the DLSE, monitors public works projects in California for contractors compliance with California's prevailing wage laws. Some examples of non-compliance with prevailing wage laws are underpayment…

Intellectual property is typically thought of as the ideas, plans, data, information, and other non-physical-based property of a person or company. This property is sometimes harder to specifically address or explain, because it is not tangible in the way a…

Most sureties are aware depending on the language of the underlying bond, the surety can be compelled to arbitrate when the underlying contract it guarantees contains a valid and enforceable arbitration clause.  However, what happens when the claimant seeking arbitration…

On March 18, 2020, the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) which expands the existing Family Medical Leave Act and provides additional Emergency Paid Sick Leave due to the Coronavirus health emergency, which is effective April 2,…

1.         Will I be Held Responsible for Liquidated Damages for Delays Associated with Coronavirus? Generally speaking, No.  COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is a textbook example of a Force Majeure event.  Meaning an unexpected event that could not have been foreseen…