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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…

A perfect storm of factors has led to unprecedented increases in construction material costs.  As Americans were forced to sit at home during the Pandemic, the market for home improvements skyrocketed.  Coupled with the already volatile international materials market, weather…

Trillions of dollars have poured into the domestic economy since the outset of the COVID-19 Pandemic*.  These programs reflect an unprecedented reaction to an unprecedented public-health emergency.  As these dollars continue to flow into the hands of public owners, the…

Shareholder and Principal Attorney Colin K. McCarthy recently presented at a panel discussion hosted by the Orange County School Facilities Maintenance and Operations Group.  The program was titled “Leveraging Funds for School Districts, Mixing and Matching for Success.”  The topics…

California Assembly Bill 1885 (“AB 1885”), effective January 1, 2021, amended Code of Civil Procedure Section 704.730 to increase the amount of equity in a debtor’s primary residence that can be protected in bankruptcy to $600,000 in most cases.   AB…