Natasha Buchanan, Author at Lanak Hanna

News

California Adopts Digital Financial Assets Law, Including Bonding Requirements For Crypto Providers

On October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 39 (Grayson) establishing the Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL). This hallmark legislation which passed with bi-partisan support, becomes fully effective on July 1, 2025, and seeks to impose a…

Natasha BuchananNovember 7, 2023

News legislation

Can California Employers Still Drug Test for Marijuana?

California, like 22 other states and the District of Columbia, permits recreational marijuana use. In 2016 California voters passed Proposition 64- “The Adult Use of Marijuana Act”- which allowed adults over 21 years of age to grow, possess and smoke…

Natasha BuchananJuly 28, 2023

News legal-terms-laws

Receiving & Responding to a Civil Wage and Penalty Assessments

Prevailing Wage Laws The division of labor standards enforcement or otherwise referred to as the DLSE, monitors public works projects in California for contractors compliance with California's prevailing wage laws. Some examples of non-compliance with prevailing wage laws are underpayment…

Natasha BuchananMarch 28, 2023

News

Lanak & Hanna Senior Counsel Natasha Buchanan Admitted to Washington State Bar

Senior Counsel Natasha Buchanan has been admitted to practice law by the State Bar of Washington. Ms. Buchanan joins Thomas Padian (Nevada) and Michael Murray (Arizona) in strengthening Lanak & Hanna’s west coast legal presence and assisting clients who transact…

Natasha BuchananMay 19, 2021

News notable-decisions

Lanak & Hanna Successfully Obtains $6 Million Attachment Against Corporate Defendant

Senior Counsel Natasha Buchanan successfully obtained an ex parte Writ of Attachment for nearly $6 million dollars on behalf of a large surety client against a corporate defendant in United States District Court. Ms. Buchanan successfully convinced the Federal Court…

Natasha BuchananFebruary 5, 2021

News construction law

The California Prompt Pay Act

The California Prompt Pay Act requires owners and contractors to timely pay for work done on construction projects, both on Public and Private Works of Improvement, otherwise be faced with monetary penalties for failing to make payments on time to…

Natasha BuchananOctober 22, 2020

News legal-terms-laws

What You Need to Know About the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act & Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

On March 18, 2020, the President signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) which expands the existing Family Medical Leave Act and provides additional Emergency Paid Sick Leave due to the Coronavirus health emergency, which is effective April 2,…

Natasha BuchananMarch 25, 2020

Case Studies

Successfully Negotiating a Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment by the DLSE

Lanak & Hanna represented a general contractor in an action with the Division of Labor Standards & Enforcement (DLSE). The DLSE issued a Civil Wage and Penalty Assessment to the general contractor claiming unpaid wages, penalties and failure to submit the DAS…

Natasha BuchananSeptember 4, 2019

Court Opinions

California High Court Finds Contractor Liable for Penalties Where Retention Withheld for Unrelated Dispute

May a contractor withhold retention payments when there is a good faith dispute of any kind between the contractor and a subcontractor not involving the retention itself? The California Supreme Court has said no in the recently decided case of…

Natasha BuchananJune 12, 2018

Construction Law Employment Law General Counsel Surety Team

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Natasha BuchananJanuary 6, 1970

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