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Nonprofit charities regularly own or receive donations of real estate. In the real estate world, holding title to property in an isolated limited liability company is so common that many lenders’ and brokers’ template forms refer to “______ LLC,” wit...

It is common practice for entities such as owners, contractors and design professionals to contractually require another party to provide insurance. The most common method of providing information related to this requirement is through a certificate...

OPINION: In the world of construction, Washington has historically been a “chain of contract” state, in which contracts governed the duties and liabilities of those involved in a project, and parties were generally free to limit by contract both the...

Plan sponsors of self-insured health plans are required to pay a fee to fund the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. These fees are referred to as “PCORI fees.” Issuers of health insurance policies are also required to pay PCORI fees with r...

One of the most significant elements of health care reform is its requirement that, beginning January 1, 2014, certain employers must make health coverage available to their full‑time employees (and their dependents) or else face a penalty. These “pl...

Washington enacted its Underground Utilities Act, known as the “Call Before You Dig” law, in 1984, and now every state in the nation has enacted a similar law. The law, in all states, generally provides that anyone excavating must call the 811 utilit...