CCP 411.35 (b) (1) requires that before filing a complaint or cross-complaint against a design professional for professional negligence, the lawyer representing the plaintiff and the lawyer(s) representing the cross-complainant(s) must serve a certificate declaring...

Many design firms have faced the following scenario:  A building, or series of buildings (e.g., college campus) has serious defect issues, e.g., water intrusion.  The damages are catastrophic requiring reconstruction in the tens of millions of dollars.  In the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that design professionals have always faced on their projects due to delays. It has been almost a year since WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The pandemic has...

For decades, we have told design professionals to eliminate the word "supervise" from the owner/prime design consultant agreement, make it clear that safety on the job site is the sole responsibility of the general contractor, and no one will have an argument that...