In a recent case – Kelly v. County of Chelan, Case No. 81855-0, Wash. Sup. Ct (January 7, 2010) – the Washington Supreme Court was faced with the question of whether a developer must seek a stay under Washington’s Land Use Petition Act (“LUPA”), as authorized by RCW 36.70C.100(1), in order to preserve land use permits which would otherwise expire while judicial appeal is pending. Given the significant impact that loss of land use entitlements has to a project (and its value), developers need to be aware Kelly and its implications for approved projects...
In a recent case, the Washington Supreme Court significantly limited the “vested rights doctrine” affecting land use applications...
Just because your company is going bankrupt doesn’t mean you’re off the hook from paying your employees’ wages. Under Washington law, corporate employers and their individual officers and agents could be personally liable if they willfully deprive employees of wages owed. Our Washington Supreme Court recently refused to recognize a company’s bankruptcy as a defense to charges that its executives were liable for employee wages...
New federal and Washington state laws impacting eviction and unlawful detainer procedures for tenants residing in foreclosed residential properties...
On January 29, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 ("Act") into law. The Act effectively expands the statute of limitations...
Once you reach age 70½, you are required to take annual distributions from your 401(k), 403(b), IRA or other qualified retirement plan...
On January 16, 2009, regulations from the Department of Labor went into effect, giving life to two new categories of leave for family...
In a significant employment case involving an Eisenhower business client, the Washington Supreme Court decided that a covenant...
For many years the definition of "disability" under the Washington Law Against Discrimination has been much broader than...
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