Posted by John O'Malley on 4/24/06

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NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2006
Conference to Focus on Top Legal – Business Challenges
Facing California’s Construction Industry in 2006

Cerritos, CA - On Tuesday, May 11, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel Towne Center,
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo will hold its 2006
Contractors Legal Forum to spotlight legal and business
challenges facing California’s multi-billion dollar
construction industry.

UCLA Anderson Forecast Senior Economist Christopher
Thornberg will deliver the morning’s keynote address at the
conference. Dr. Thornberg will focus on the cooling of the
housing market and its impact on residential and commercial
construction in Southern California. The afternoon keynoter,
Rick Land, chief engineer and deputy director for project
delivery at the California Department of Transportation,
will talk, among other things, about Prop. 42 and how it
will affect future bidding opportunities for public works
projects. Passed in 2002, Prop. 42 permanently dedicates
revenues from the state’s share of gasoline taxes to traffic
congestion relief, city street repairs, county road repairs,
mass transit and intercity rail, and new highway and transit
capital investments.

The conference will also feature sessions on hot-button
issues for construction companies, according to Mr. Thomas
Kovacich, partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
and chair of the conference. He said that the rising tide of
wage and hour claims, new union tactics, changes in
liability rules for job site injuries projects and payment
collection are big concerns among contractors. “What we’ll
be offering at this forum is updated, essential information
that helps address these concerns,” added Kovacich.

Established in 1979, AALRR is a 100-attorney, full-service
firm serving California employers from offices throughout
the state, including Cerritos, Pleasanton, Riverside,
Sacramento, and San Diego. The firm provides practical
legal solutions in the areas of employment, labor,
construction, education, real estate, general business,
business litigation, corporate, taxation, and bankruptcy.
In March 2006, the firm was ranked 40th in the Los Angeles
Business Journal’s annual ranking of the “Top 50 Largest Law
Firms.”

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CONTACTS:

Thomas W. Kovacich
Partner
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Chair, Business Services Practice Group and
Construction/Facilities Group
(562) 653-3200
tkovacich@aalrr.com

Trisha Chambers
Marketing Director
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Cerritos, CA
(562) 653-3565
tchambers@aalrr.com

Legal-Business Challenges Facing Cal. Construction Industry , 4/24/06, by John O'Malley.

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