Estate Planning Law Update January 2012
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City of Seattle Approves Mandatory Paid Sick Leave
The Seattle City Council has voted to approve mandatory paid sick and safe time for most employees that work in Seattle. All employers with employees that work within the city limits of Seattle need to closely review their personnel policies…
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Kristi O'Brien is a PSBJ "40 Under 40" Recipient
Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin PLLC is pleased to announce the selection of lawyer Kristi O'Brien as a recipient of the Puget Sound Business Journal “40 Under 40” award for 2011. A leading Seattle business and health care attorney, Kristi…
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Limitations on Debtor and Guarantor Exposure After Judicial and Nonjudicial Foreclosure
Commercial real estate loans made over the last decade – including retail properties, office space, industrial facilities, hotels and apartments – totaling $1.4 trillion will require refinancing from 2011 through 2014. Nearly half are at present “underwater,” meaning the borrower…
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What Should You Think About When Evaluating a New Office, Retail or Commercial Lease?
Everyone will have his or her own individual and purely business issues when considering leasing new commercial space, how much space is needed, where should it be located, how much rent can be afforded and so on. There also are…
Read MoreThe MPBA Super Lawyers and Rising Stars of 2011
The magazine Washington Law & Politics announced its Super Lawyers for 2011, and MPBA has eight reasons to celebrate. The following MPBA attorneys were named as Super Lawyers for 2011: Bill Goodwin Lynn Hurst Scott Easter Camille Ralston Al Montgomery…
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Washington Supreme Court Settles Long-Running Debate on Certificate of Need Regulations
The Washington State Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in Overlake Hospital Association v. Swedish Health Services. This ruling settles a long-running debate in the Washington medical community about how the Washington State Department of Health applies its Certificate of…
Read MoreNine MPBA Attorneys Selected as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2010
The magazine Washington Law & Politics announced its Super Lawyers for 2010, and MPBA has nine reasons to celebrate. The following MPBA attorneys were named as Super Lawyers for 2010: Bill Goodwin Lynn Hurst Scott Easter Camille Ralston Alan Montgomery…
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Washington Supreme Court Expands Definition of Bad Faith in Context of Insurer's Breach of Duty to Defend
The Washington Supreme Court in a March 18, 2010 decision (5-4, majority opinion authored by Justice Tom Chambers) ruled that commercial liability carrier Alea London Ltd, in refusing to defend its insured American Best Foods, Inc. dba Café Arizona (“Insured”)…
Read MoreWashington Supreme Court Favors Physician Ownership of Physical Therapy Practices
The Washington Supreme Court recently handed down a unanimous decision in favor of the legal arguments advocated in my, amicus curie brief submitted on behalf of the American Medical Association, the Washington State Medical Association, and approximately twenty other medical…
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