Written by Teresa Polk, Attorney at Law, SMTD Law LLP Foreign Intrusion is Happening Russian infiltration of the U.S. national power grid is in the news again. On June 14, 2019, security firm Dragos reported that the hacker group Xenotime, behind previous intrusions into industrial facilities, has probed power grids [...]
Written by Ryan B. Luther, Attorney At Law SMTD Law LLP California Code of Civil Procedure section 2025.230 permits a party to notice the deposition of a business entity, requiring that that entity designate the person “most qualified to testify on its behalf” as to matters specifically described in the [...]
We are pleased to announce that Construction Executive Magazine in an article entitled “The Top 50 Construction Law Firms” has ranked SMTD Law LLP among the top 20 practices in the country, according to rankings published. SMTD LAW has a list of high performing construction, surety and business lawyers and [...]
Written By Ali Salamirad, Founding and Managing Partner, SMTD Law LLP Public infrastructure projects should be paid for with public funds – not by private contractors. Unfortunately, far too many public project and program managers have either forgotten or chosen to ignore this fundamental rule. Here are some general legal [...]
The Main Focus The 2019 Fidelity & Surety Law Spring Conference will take place in Austin, TX May 9-11, 2019 and will focus on “complex construction issues facing the performing surety”. The conference is sponsored by ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Fidelity & Surety Law Committee (FSLC). Just [...]
SMTD is Pleased To Announce Significant Verdict In SMTD Law Client’s Favor The Case After 4-1/2 years, and extensive settlement efforts for naught, SMTD Law LLP is pleased to report that a 7-week jury trial resulted in complete vindication of SMTD Law’s contractor client on a multi-million dollar water-treatment project. [...]
My Thoughts On the Women in Construction Event Written by Ravpreet “Ruby” Kaur Bhangoo I had the opportunity and pleasure to attend the Women in Construction – West Coast Conference on March 28-29, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach. It was a sellout crowd, with the maximum of [...]
CA Trial Court Re-Affirms Surety’s Right To Settle Contractor’s Affirmative Claim SMTD Law recently resolved a contentious case for a Surety client which demonstrated the power of a surety’s indemnity agreement. The project was the rehabilitation and accessibility upgrades at two low-income public housing sites. The Owner terminated the Contractor’s [...]
SMTD Law Sponsors Women In Construction Event We are pleased to announce that SMTD Law Firm is sponsoring The Women In Construction West Coast Conference 2019 held on March 28-29, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Newport Beach, CA. The Mission WIC of the West’s mission is to promote and [...]
Justice Kavanaugh Addresses Mandatory Arbitration The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on January 8, 2019 in Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., 2019 U.S. LEXIS 566 (2019). Justice Kavanaugh wrote for the unanimous Court in his first opinion as a Supreme Court justice. [...]