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Independent Contractor v. Employee. The “ABC Test” Does Not Include a Threshold Hiring Entity Test

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

October 3, 2022 0 Comments Read article

Garret Murai Discusses the Mechanics of Mechanics Liens on Thompson Reuters

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

September 6, 2022 0 Comments Read article

AIA Releases State-Specific Waiver and Release Forms

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

August 19, 2022 2 Comments Read article

Practical Law Interview With Garret Murai

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

August 2, 2022 1 Comment Read article

Expert Can be Questioned on a Construction Standard, Even if Not Relied Upon

It’s not uncommon in construction defect litigation for each side retain one or more experts to give their opinion as to whether something was constructed in…

July 18, 2022 2 Comments Read article

Nomos LLP Partner Garret Murai Recognized by Super Lawyers

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

July 7, 2022 0 Comments Read article

Buy Clean California Act Takes Effect on July 1, 2022

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

June 20, 2022 0 Comments Read article

Death, Taxes and Attorneys’ Fees in Construction Disputes

According to Benjamin Franklin there are two certainties in this world: Death and taxes. Let me humbly add a third if you’re ever involved in non-contingency…

June 12, 2022 0 Comments Read article

Court Bars Licensed Contractor From Seeking Compensation for Work Performed by Unlicensed Sub

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…

June 1, 2022 1 Comment Read article

Weed Property Owner Gets Smoked Under Insurance Policy

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 of all of the…

May 2, 2022 4 Comments Read article

A Riveting (or at Least Insightful) Explanation of the Privette Doctrine

“The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine” – Plutarch And grind they do . . . slowly. For long time readers of the…

April 25, 2022 1 Comment Read article

Biden Administration Issues Buy America Guidance for Federal Infrastructure Funds

As you know, late this past year Congress passed and President Biden signed the largest infrastructure bill since President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in 1933.…

April 19, 2022 0 Comments Read article

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