Washington
539 ABA Journal Washington articles.
Updated: A Davis Wright Tremaine staff member, who worked out of the firm’s office in Bellevue, Washington, was found dead Thursday after she’d left work Tuesday morning, experiencing flu-like symptoms.
Mar 13, 2020 1:37 PM CDT
Some federal courts are changing or suspending some operations as a result of concerns about the coronavirus. The U.S. Supreme Court is among them.
Mar 12, 2020 12:15 PM CDT
Law firm to pay nearly $1M to drivers it solicited from crash reports
Utah-based law firm Craig Swapp & Associates will pay nearly $1 million to thousands of Washington drivers…
Jan 31, 2020 3:23 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court added two high-profile cases on Friday to its docket concerning faithless presidential electors and expanded exemptions to mandated contraceptive coverage.
Jan 17, 2020 4:17 PM CST
A longtime deputy prosecutor in Spokane County, Washington, has been fired after a judge held him in contempt for an alleged argumentative tone and disrespectful attitude in an evidence dispute.
Oct 25, 2019 3:25 PM CDT
Tort claims seek to vacate decisions of judge without a law license
Tort claims filed last week against the Washington state towns of Airway Heights and Cheney claim that defendants’…
Oct 15, 2019 5:12 PM CDT
Superior court judges in Franklin County, Washington, can’t use taxpayer funds to pay a specially appointed prosecutor to pursue a civil suit against the county clerk, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled.
Aug 9, 2019 4:44 PM CDT
A fired in-house lawyer may sue his former employer for breach of contract and violation of public policy, despite an ethics rule that “robustly protects” a client’s right to terminate a lawyer at any time, for any reason, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision.
Jul 25, 2019 3:31 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled against bikini baristas who challenged ordinances in Everett, Washington, that required them to cover up.
Jul 8, 2019 11:32 AM CDT
Updated: A ruling by a federal judge has blocked the enforcement of a new policy that would require immigrants awaiting asylum determinations to be detained during their review.
Judge Marsha…
Jul 3, 2019 11:21 AM CDT
Police who received a tip of a black man with a gun in a concealed-carry state did not have reasonable suspicion to stop a black man who ran from their patrol car with flashing lights, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Jun 11, 2019 6:30 AM CDT
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled again against a Christian florist who
refused to provide flowers for a same-sex couple’s wedding on the grounds that it would violate her religion.
Jun 7, 2019 10:55 AM CDT
The New Mexico Supreme Court has appointed a work group to consider whether the state should allow licensed legal technicians to provide civil legal services.
The court has asked the…
May 28, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
A New Jersey lawyer has been disbarred for dropping work on two bankruptcy cases, vanishing from New Jersey and keeping retainers of $1,500 and $1,410.
One of the clients learned…
May 2, 2019 1:52 PM CDT
Updated: In an unusual show of solidarity, Seattle’s top prosecutor and public defender are asking the presiding municipal court judge to change his behavior and step down.
Apr 29, 2019 7:30 AM CDT
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