Washington

Wash. AG’s Settlement with LegalZoom Bars Fee Comparisons Absent Disclosure

The attorney general’s office in Washington state is requiring the do-it-yourself document service LegalZoom to be a little more cautious when making cost comparisons. A settlement bars the company from comparing its document costs to attorney fees unless it discloses that its service isn’t a substitute for a law firm,…

Sep 21, 2010 1:06 PM CDT

Wash. Justice Awarded Documents, Fees in Public Records Case

Justice Richard Sanders is entitled to four documents that were improperly withheld in his public records lawsuit against the state, the Washington Supreme Court held Thursday. Sanders is also entitled to the additional legal fees he incurred during his appeal of a trial court decision that found more than 100…

Sep 17, 2010 3:28 PM CDT

Wrongful Death Suit: Dog Bit Man’s Finger, Causing Fatal Infection

Corrected: When a coonhound owned by Konrad Haskins bit Daniel Bork, it seemed to Haskins that a sanitizer wipe and a $20 bill were all that was needed to repair the damage, his lawyer told the Seattle Times. Meanwhile, the dog also allegedly bit another man with a similar name,…

Sep 10, 2010 11:28 PM CDT

Ex-Quellos Tax Attorney Takes Plea, Will Help Pay $7M, Speak at Law School

The former chief executive officer and tax attorney for the Quellos Group LLC hedge fund have accepted a plea agreement that will require them to pay the Internal Revenue Service up to $7M and cover the estimated $400,000 cost of their prosecution by the Justice Department. As part of the…

Sep 10, 2010 10:43 PM CDT

Perkins Coie Launches New Blog, IP Litigation Update

Perkins Coie has launched a new blog, IP Litigation Update. It will help readers keep up with rapidly changing IP law and showcase the more than 700-lawyer firm’s practice in the area, Perkins Coie explains in a press release. “We are excited to launch this blog focusing on current and…

Sep 9, 2010 8:53 PM CDT

Environmental Lawyer Dies While Climbing Mountain in Cascades

An environmental lawyer apparently lost his footing and fell to his death last week while mountain climbing in Washington’s North Cascades National Park. John Arum, 49, was a respected environmental lawyer with a love of the outdoors, the Associated Press reports. His father, boxing promoter Bob Arum, had left a…

Sep 7, 2010 5:36 PM CDT

Optional Online Bookmaking Operation Still Illegal, WA Court Rules

Online bookmaking operations are illegal, even if they make it optional for losing betters to pay off wagers, the Washington Supreme Court has held. The court, in a unanimous ruling (PDF) Thursday, said Betcha.com, a Seattle-based online bookmaker, qualifies as an illegal bookie because it arranged bets and took a…

Sep 3, 2010 5:34 PM CDT

TV Legal Analyst Pleads Guilty in Drunk-Driving Case, Gets 2 Days in Jail

A Seattle lawyer who is known for her television legal analysis has pleaded guilty in a drunk-driving case and was sentenced to two days in jail. Anne Bremner, 52, had initially claimed the symptoms of a head injury she suffered in a hit-and-run accident that evening were mistaken for symptoms…

Sep 3, 2010 4:42 PM CDT

Seattle Environmental Lawyer Missing in Cascades Hiking Trip

A Seattle environmental lawyer described as an accomplished climber didn’t return Sunday from a hiking trip in the Cascade Mountains. Park rangers and volunteers are searching for the lawyer, 49-year-old John Arum of Ziontz, Chestnut, Varnell, Berley & Slonim, the Sky Valley Chronicle and the Associated Press report. His father…

Sep 2, 2010 11:35 AM CDT

Maintenance Worker Wins $160K Award for Sprained Ankle, Due to Retaliation

A train maintenance worker who stepped off of a 12-inch platform while carrying garbage bags and sprained her ankle won a $160,000 award last week against her employer. Although Nicole Anderson fully recovered from the sprain, she was initially fired and then reinstated and disciplined after reporting the on-the-job injury,…

Sep 1, 2010 1:09 AM CDT

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Sues Google, Facebook, Etc., Etc.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is suing Google, Facebook , Apple, AOL, YouTube, eBay and five other high-tech companies, claiming infringement of his patents for technology used for Internet pop-ups and suggestions for related reading. Allen, 57, “sued much of Silicon Valley” on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reports, claiming his…

Aug 30, 2010 12:17 PM CDT

TV Legal Analyst Charged with DUI After Ex-Judge’s Dinner Party Despite Claimed Head Injury

After initially losing a “Jane Doe” case she filed in an effort to keep her arrest record secret, a prominent Washington state lawyer has been charged with drunken driving in King County, reports the SeattlePI.com. Anne Bremner, a 52-year-old Seattle lawyer who has served as a television legal analyst in…

Aug 18, 2010 10:48 PM CDT

TV Legal Analyst Files as ‘Jane Doe’ to Keep Arrest Records Secret

Corrected: Anne Bremner is a well-known Seattle lawyer who often appears on television as a legal analyst, but it seems she didn’t want any attention in a recent civil lawsuit she brought as a Jane Doe, challenging police procedure after a DUI arrest in June. King County prosecutors haven’t decided…

Aug 13, 2010 3:15 PM CDT

Washington’s ‘Judge Judy’ Gets Five-Day Suspension for Rude Behavior

A Washington State judge who has been compared to television’s Judge Judy has been suspended for five days for rude behavior. Judge Judith Eiler was accused of belittling litigants and cutting them off as they spoke, while using words like “idiot” and “stupid,” according to the Seattle Times and the…

Aug 6, 2010 12:59 PM CDT

Naked Biker Was Wearing a Helmet, But Agrees to Say Otherwise and Pay a $50 Fine

Bike-riding in the nude has been found to be a form of constitutionally protected speech in Portland, Ore. But across the river in Vancouver, Wash., the courts apparently take a more minimalist view of the First Amendment. After a Clark County District Court jury deadlocked earlier this year on whether…

Jul 14, 2010 6:38 PM CDT