LONG HOURS: Bidding for construction work in...

LONG HOURS: Bidding for construction work in the Middle East isn’t a 9-to-5 job with weekends off, says Frank McClendon Jr. (D4), an Irvine lawyer specializing in international contracts. McClendon says that “normal business practice” has top decision-makers in business and government presiding over informal evening meetings. And he says that’s when “many important decisions” are made.