Commercial Contracts May Shorten the Statutes of Limitations
By Bruce D. Rudman Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of August 12, 2013
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Is it possible to ‘go back’ to the future with a contractor’s license? As the ‘boomer’ generation reach retirement who will take over the companies they have built in their lifetime? With opportunity rising in the state and national economy contractors are getting back to the business of ‘assembling’ the elements they need to build…
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of August 5, 2013
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Handymen need to remember the scope and limits of their work or they might find themselves ‘a dollar’ over the line and on the wrong side of the law. Licensed contractors also face significant penalties when projects go astray, including revocation of their license number. Wrapping it up we help settle a ‘buddy’ bet that offers an important reminder about knowledge and power…
Estate Plan Check Up – It’s Time
By Stuart G. Schmidt, Esq. & David J. Lee, Esq., SWEENEY, MASON, WILSON & BOSOMWORTH
Capitol Connection Q&A for Contractors - Week of July 29, 2013
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
A ‘general’ question starts out this Q&A, and for anyone who employs subcontractors a valuable lesson comes with the answer. We discover a ‘major’ glitch in the ambitions of another contractor and a handyman with a ‘minor’ problem…
State Compensation Insurance Fund: Back In The Game?
by Gary A. Duckworth, CPCU, ARM, Cook, Disharoon & Greathouse, Inc.
Sure looks like it. Let’s review this more closely.
The Past
In 2010 State Fund had a leading position in CA Workers’ Comp market share of 16.02%.*. Acceptable.
In 2011 that market share dropped to 12.91%.* Not good – a reduction of 20% of their piece of the pie.
In 2012 that market share dropped further to only 10.03 %.* Time for drastic action!