The California Supreme Court doesn’t often delve into construction-related issues, but this year we’ve got two cases, both related to the payment of prevailing wages on…
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Contractor’s Assignment of Construction Contract to Newly Formed Company Before Company Was Licensed, Not Subject to B&P 7031
By Garret Murai
Add one more to the Business and Profession Code section 7031 archives. In Manela v. Stone, Case No. B302660 (July 1, 2021), the 2nd District Court…
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Homeowner’s Claims Defeated Because “Gravamen” of Complaint was Fraud, not Breach of Contract
By Garret Murai
Be careful what you wish for or, as in the next case, what you plead. In Vera v. REL-BC, LLC, Case Nos. A155807, A156823, and A159141 (June…
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Developer Pre-Conditions in CC&Rs Limiting Ability of HOA to Make Construction Defect Claims, Found Unenforceable
By Garret Murai
The Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act (Civ. Code §4000, et seq.), also known simply as “Davis-Stirling,” is a statute that applies to condominium, cooperative and planned…
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What Contractors Can Do to Address Rising Material Costs
By Garret Murai
From lumber to used cars to pastrami sandwiches, prices are rising. This past month, at a town hall meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, President Biden acknowledged that…
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Nomos LLP Partners Recognized in Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
By Garret Murai
Nomos LLP partners Garret Murai and Jennifer Tang have been recognized in Thompson Reuter’s 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers and 2021 Northern California Rising Start lists…
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One-Upmanship by Contractors In Prevailing Wage Decision Leads to a Bad Result for All . . . Perhaps
By Garret Murai
Fights between contractors can be a bit like Mad magazine’s “Spy vs. Spy” with each side trying to out outwit and one-up one another. The…
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What California’s COVID-19 Reopening Means for the Construction Industry
By Garret Murai
This past Wednesday, Governor Newsom announced that California would reopen after being in lockdown for over a year due to COVID-19. Gone is Governor’s Stay at…
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CSLB Begins Processing Applications for New B-2 License
By Garret Murai
As we wrote about in our 2021 Construction Law Update, one of the new laws to take effect on January 1, 2021 was the enactment…
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1st District Joins 2nd District Court of Appeals and Holds that One-Year SOL Applies to Disgorgement Claims
By Garret Murai
We’re beginning to see a trend. This past year, the 2nd District Court of Appeals, in Eisenberg Village of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the…
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