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Under Construction – January 2023

Jan 31, 2023

Welcome to our Under Construction newsletter's winter edition. We hope your holidays brought you joy and that your 2023 is off to a wonderful start for you, your family, and your company.

This newsletter covers a range of subjects linked to recent legal developments and construction industry trends that may be important to you and your company. Real estate development basics, California 2023 construction law highlights, a new false claims act that poses dangers for government contractors in Colorado, verifying that your insurance policies provide adequate and required insurance coverage, subordination of mechanic’s lien rights of general contractors, a Utah seller beware case, and much more are covered in the articles we selected. The articles below cover a variety of topics and explain issues that we believe you should be aware of at this time.

These articles are meant to inform and enlighten you. If you would like us to address a certain construction-related subject in a future newsletter, kindly let us know. We wish you a successful, active, healthy, and secure 2023!

Jim Sienicki, Editor

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