News & Updates
What Businesses Need to Know: Focus on Employment
In this issue: California Employers Must Treat Break Premiums as Wages
What Businesses Need to Know: Focus on Employment
In this issue: Cal/OSHA: Written COVID-19 Prevention Plan requirements have been relaxed
The Emergence of “Take-Home Covid-19” Employment Litigation
By Michael S. Li, Esq. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has dominated headlines for the past two years, continues to generate a variety of uncertainty for businesses. In the construction world, challenges including inflation, supply chain shortages, increases in shipping costs, and difficulty finding available workers have been causing headaches for many months. Coupled with destabilizing...
2022 Super Lawyers
DDWK is pleased to announce that K. Elizabeth (Beth) Dunn, Kevin V. DeSantis, and James A. McFaul have been selected as 2022 Super Lawyers. Each year no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to receive the honor of being included in the Super Lawyers list and no more than...
Who Owns the Drawings? And How to Avoid Liability for Unauthorized Use of Drawings
By Josh Emory, Esq. Far too often, project owners and, sometimes, design professionals overlook documenting the ownership and use of project drawings and designs. Who owns them? Work product prepared by an architect or engineer, typically called, “Instruments of Service,” generally belong to the designer who created them unless and until the parties agree otherwise....
Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick announces new Walnut Creek office
Dunn DeSantis Walt & Kendrick is pleased to announce its new Walnut Creek address. “As our presence in Northern California continues to grow, we are pleased to be part of the Walnut Creek community and support our Bay Area and Northern California clients from Walnut Creek,” said Kevin DeSantis, the firm’s managing partner. The new...
What Businesses Need to Know: Focus on Employment
In this issue: Department of Industrial Relations Releases Guidance on COVID-19 Supplemental Sick Leave
The Essential Place for Empathy in Construction Disputes
By Ted Bumgardner (Introduction by David C. Cardone, Esq.) The author of the article below, Ted Bumgardner, has over 40 years of construction management and construction litigation experience. He has been involved in more than 700 construction disputes as an expert witness. As an attorney involved in real estate and construction law in Southern California...
2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Poster
2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Poster
2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave FAQs
2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave FAQs
