A felony charge against attorney William McCool for allegedly improperly obtaining financial information was dismissed earlier this week by a Washington state judge.
Last week, Gerald Cowles was one of more than a dozen alleged drug dealers who attended an invitation-only meeting with Seattle authorities at which they were given an unusual choice:…
In a unique law enforcement effort that’s reportedly never been tried before in the state of Washington, Seattle officials invited a dozen alleged drug-dealers to meet with them last night…
An assistant Washington state attorney general has resigned from his job and pleaded guilty to telephone harassment after reportedly impersonating a former neighbor on adult websites and telling strangers she…
A Seattle police officer who shot a 52-year-old lawyer during a 2006 traffic-related melee has now been charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in an unrelated…
Upholding a preliminary injunction issued by a federal court in western Washington state, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has told two onetime counsel for Hagens Berman…
Seattle employees who have joined a city-sponsored group for gay and lesbian workers are slowly losing an uphill battle to keep their names and sexual orientation private.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Seattle’s efforts to regulate balloon artist “Magic Mike” Berger and other street performers violates the First Amendment.
Breaking away from Seattle-based Foster Pepper after more than two decades of affiliated practice, 26 lawyers in Portland, Ore., have hung out their own shingle this month and begun honing…
As a trial began yesterday over an alleged gang slaying, Seattle police knew that a suspect being sought on a warrant was likely to be in the courtroom. So they…
Portland, Ore., is among the cities attracting young well-educated “hipsters” willing to overlook a tough job market to live in a popular place. And some of the new arrivals are…
In an unusual case involving a colleague, a divided Washington Supreme Court today upheld an appellate decision that denied reimbursement for legal defense fees to Justice Richard Sanders.
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