Brewer Corporation v. Point Center Financial, Inc. Fourth Appellate District, Division 1 (San Diego County) January 31, 2014 Direct contractors who fail to serve a preliminary 20-day stop payment notice on the project’s construction lender do so at their own peril. The California Court of Appeal (hereinafter, the “Court”) recently…
New Jersey’s State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) Contractors (Board) has extended the operative date of its regulations, N.J.A.C. 13:32A, implementing the “State Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contracting License Law”, N.J.S.A. 45:16A-1 et seq. (Act), to March 1, 2014. The Board will…
Beginning January 1, 2014, California has replaced the Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit with the New Employment Credit and the California Competes Credit, each of which may be used to offset the Personal Income Tax and Corporation Tax. For more information, today, Pillsbury attorneys, Jeffrey M. Vesely, Paul Casas and Annie…
For taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2014 and before January 1, 2025, the California Competes Tax Credit will be allowed against the net tax in the amount allocated by the California Competes Tax Credit Committee. A taxpayer must enter into a written agreement with the Governor’s Office…
UPDATE: CSLB, New C-22 Asbestos Classification Update; CSLB, Proposed New C-22 Asbestos Classification in the Works (Apr. 2, 2014) The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) recently posted notice of a proposal to add to its regulations located at Title 16, Division 8, Article 3 of the California Code of…
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently posted its list of Major Solar Projects in the United States Operating, Under Construction, or Under Development (updated Feb. 3, 2014), which includes ground-mounted solar projects, 1 MW and above, compiled from company press releases, news releases and, in some cases, conversations with developers.…
On February 6, 2014, Pillsbury attorneys Riaz A. Karamali and Didi S. Chow posted their advisory titled California’s New LLC Law: Next Steps for California LLCs. The advisory discusses the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (New Act), which supersedes the California’s Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act (Old Act),…
On January 27, 2014, The Solar Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission “is to increase understanding of solar energy through strategic research that educates the public and transforms markets,” released its fourth annual National Solar Jobs Census 2013. Their Census, which reports on the “current employment and projected…
Evidently, there is an app for everything. Construction Simulator 2014 may just have the answers you need? Gigaom’s Games for the Weekend explains that Construction Simulator 2014 “is a simulation game where you inherit your family’s construction company. Unfortunately do not know much about the family business and need to…
On January 29, 2014, Pillsbury attorney Osama E. Hamdy published their alert titled DC Circuit Affirms Crucial FAA No Hazard Determination for Cape Wind Project discussing the DC Circuit’s recent decision upholding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) 2012 determination of no hazard, clearing the final FAA hurdle to construction of…