There’s a lot to worry about going into 2023 according to Dodge Data & Analytics in its 2023 Construction Industry Outlook: Inflation...

For contractors involved in California public works projects the scenario is not uncommon: The general contractor awarded the public...

As we approach 2023 we want to wish you and yours a happy holiday season. A total of 1,726 bills were introduced during the second half...

California is one of the most employee-friendly states in the country. From strict hiring laws (don’t think about asking about an...

A rather short case for a short week. In Gerlach v. K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Beaumont, LLC, 82 Cal.App.5th 303 (2022), the 4th...

Construction defect cases leading to physical injury are rarely trivial, at least in the eyes of the injured party, but alas sometimes...

While construction projects can get messy, they don’t get much messier than the next case, which, while involving a fairly limited legal...

In 2018, in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court, 4 Cal.5th 903 (2018), the California Supreme Court overturned nearly thirty...

Thompson Reuters, which many of us lawyers know through their legal research platform Westlaw, has released a video presentation I gave...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a new series of state-specific waiver and release forms including forms for...

I wanted to thank Practical Law, one of several companies under the Thompson Reuters’, of Westlaw fame, umbrella, for interviewing me as...

It's not uncommon in construction defect litigation for each side retain one or more experts to give their opinion as to whether...

Nomos LLP Partner Garret Murai has been recognized as a 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers honoree in the area of Construction...

The Buy Clean California Act (BCCA) - Public Contract Code section 3500 et seq. - requires state agencies to consider the carbon content...

According to Benjamin Franklin there are no certainties in this world except death and taxes. Let me humbly add a third if you're ever...

It all started with a tree. A eucalyptus tree to be exact. What followed is one of the more important cases to be decided under Business...

When’s the last time you read your homeowner’s insurance policy? Didn’t think so. But you might consider doing so, particularly in light...

"The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine" - Plutarch And grind they do . . . slowly. For long time readers of the...

As you know, late this past year Congress passed and President Biden signed the largest infrastructure bill since President Franklin D....

Trial by jury is a fundamental right under the U.S. and California Constitutions. However, to avail yourself of this right, you not only...