Kaya Lurie | Seattle Attorney

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Author Kaya Lurie

The PUMP Act Expands Key Protections for Nursing Employees to Express Breast Milk

The PUMP Act expands the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Act (the Break Time Law), passed in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act. Under the Break Time Law, employers were required to provide nursing mothers reasonable break time…

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Author Kaya Lurie

The Supreme Court’s Religious Accommodation Ruling

On June 29, 2023, in Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court of the United States clarified for the first time in nearly fifty years the burden an employer must demonstrate to deny an accommodation for an employee’s religious beliefs in…

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Illusory “Claims-Made” Commercial General Liability Policy Requiring Loss and Claim to Occur in the Same Year Unenforceable

In August 2022, the Washington State Supreme Court issued an important opinion impacting coverage afforded to contractors under commercial general liability (CGL) policies. The Court held as a matter of first impression in Preferred Contractors Insurance Company v. Baker and…

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