For both private works projects and state and local public works projects in California, higher-tiered contractors can find themselves opening up their wallets if…
The Privette Doctrine and Its Exceptions: Court of Appeal Grapples With the Easy and Not So Easy
By Glen McGorty
In CBRE v. Superior Court, 102 Cal.App.5th 639 (2024), the 4th District Court of Appeal grappled with a thorny and not-so-thorny issue involving injured parties…
Court Retained Jurisdiction to Enforce Settlement Under Code of Civil Procedure Section 664.6 Despite Dismissal of Complaint
By Glen McGorty
Attorneys will commonly add a Code of Civil Procedure section 664.6 provision in their settlement agreements to ensure that courts have continuing jurisdiction to enforce the…
2024 Update to CEB’s Mechanics Liens Now Available
By Glen McGorty
For a number of years we have had the honor to serve as update authors for several publications of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB).…
Word of the Day: “Contractor”
By Glen McGorty
What’s in a word? When it comes to insurance policies, a word, can potentially mean millions of dollars. In California Specialty Insulation, Inc. v. Allied World…
Employees in Construction Industry Entitled to Compensation for Time Spent Complying with Employer-Mandated Security Protocols
By Glen McGorty
Wage and hour laws dictating how employers must compensate their employees for time worked can, given the innumerable ways that employees perform their jobs, raise a…
Staffing Company Not Entitled to Make a Claim Against a Payment Bond and Attorneys’ Fees on State Public Works Payment Bonds
By Glen McGorty
It’s not quite Baskin Robbin’s “31 Flavors” but the panoply of statutory construction payment remedies available to contractors, subcontractor and material suppliers in California, from mechanics…
DIR Public Works Registration System Down, Public Works Contractors Not to be Penalized
By Glen McGorty
In a bit of a major freak-out this past Friday, June 28, 2024, public works contractors with Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) registrations expiring on June…
Nomos LLP Partner Garret Murai Recognized by Super Lawyers
By Glen McGorty
Nomos LLP Partner Garret Murai has been recognized as a 2024 Northern California Super Lawyers honoree in the area of Construction Litigation. This is the eleventh…
We’ve Updated Our Statutory Construction Payment Forms
By Glen McGorty
We got the productivity bug this Memorial Day weekend and updated and added a few new statutory construction payment forms to our library including forms the…