On June 23, 2014, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the case Dormitory Authority of the State of New York v. Continental Casualty Company (2014 WL 2808073), a declaratory judgment action filed by a building owner against the architect’s insurance carrier over the faulty design of…
LINKS UPDATED AUGUST 30, 2017 California’s Contractors’ State License Law, Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 7000, et seq., requires all contractor’s license applicants to submit a full set of fingerprints for a criminal background check. Once submitted, the fingerprints are compared to the records of the California Department of Justice (DOJ)…
The Federal Communications Commission’s Accessibility and Innovation Initiative will host an “Accessing Social Media” event on Thursday, July 17, 2014 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room in its headquarters located at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. The event will be webcast without open captioning.…
The Sacramento Ronald McDonald House recently broke ground on a project to double the capacity of its housing facility located at 49th Street on the U.C. Davis Medical Center campus with a $6 million expansion. The expansion will add 20 bedrooms to the existing 18 bedroom facility, and add a…
On April 11, 2014, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed into law Senate Bill 2622, enacting a construction lien law to protect contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, registered architects and professional engineers, and registered land surveyors. Compliance with the new law is imperative to avoid forfeiture of your right to a lien claim…
On June 30, 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the lower court’s determination that the State of Texas’ administration of its water management authority under state law violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by “taking” whooping cranes, a protected species under the ESA, by failing…
Evidently everyone does have an App, except me. OSHA’s Heat Safety Tool App enables workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their worksite. Based on the heat index, the App displays a risk level to outdoor workers and access via a “click” to reminders about the protective measures…
Today, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced that it has approved implementation of the 2014/15 Alternative Security Program (ASP), which it boasts that this “first-in-the-nation, innovative program” “frees $7.54 billion in working capital and provides self-insured California businesses greater financial flexibility.” All employers in California are required to…
The Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and Department of Planning and Development (DPD) are reportedly working together to increase recycling and salvage rates in the hopes of achieving Seattle’s landfill diversion goals — to divert 70%of construction and demolition waste from landfills by 2020. Because certain materials are easy to either…
UPDATE: The Sacramento Bee, Marcos Breton: Selling a new image of Sacramento (Oct. 17, 2015) UPDATE: Sacramento Business Journal, CEO-led economic development group searches for leader (Jul. 23, 2014) The Sacramento Business Journal recently reported that Up to 40 CEOs back new business recruitment effort for the capital region. The recently…