In Real Life the Bad Guy Sometimes Gets Away: Adding Judgment Debtors to a Judgment

As most litigators will tell you a plaintiff in a civil lawsuit needs to be able to prove both liability and damages to win a case. That…

“An Airport for the Jet Age”

One of my partners sent around this very cool, retro 1962 promo video for the Oakland International Airport (which, by happenstance, our firm represents . . .…

2017 Construction Outlook: Slow, Mature Growth, but No Decline, Expected

As we count down the remaining days of 2016 (thank God) it’s time to think about what the new year will bring (I’m good with pretty much…

2017 California Construction Law Update

To say it’s been an exciting year in politics would be an understatement. While most of the nation’s attention was focused on the presidential election, state legislatures,…

Construction Contract Clauses Only a Grinch Would Love – Part 4

Scope, time and cost provisions may be the most important clauses in your construction contract but they’re not the only ones which can impact your bottom…

Construction Contract Clauses That May or May Not Have Your Vote – Part 3

Scope, time and cost provisions may be the most important clauses in your construction contract but they’re not the only ones which can impact your bottom…

2016 Updates to CEB’s Mechanics Liens and Retail Leasing Practice Books Now Available

For a number of years we have been honored to be asked by California’s Continuing Education of the Bar (“CEB”) to serve as update authors for…

Construction Contract Clauses That Keep on Giving (to Someone) – Part 2

Scope, time and cost provisions may be the most important clauses in your construction contract but they’re not the only ones which can impact your bottom…

Wendel Rosen’s Construction Practice Group Receives “Tier 1” Ranking by U.S. News and World Reports

Wendel Rosen’s Construction Practice Group has received a “Tier 1” ranking by U.S. News and World Reports in its 2017 Best Law Firms rankings and the…

Construction Contract Clauses Which Go Bump in the Night – Part 1

Scope, time and cost provisions may be the most important clauses in your construction contract but they’re not the only ones which can impact your bottom line.…

Worker’s Compensation Exclusivity Rule Gets “Trumped” by Indemnity Provision

Sorry, I couldn’t help myself with the title. The next case, Aluma Systems Concrete Construction of California v. Nibbi Bros., Inc., California Court of Appeals for…