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Washington State's New Military Family Leave Act (MFLA)
On March 19, 2008, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law the Military Family Leave Act (MFLA). This new state law provides unpaid leave for spouses of military personnel who are notified of active deployment, or who are notified of l...
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Washington State Supreme Court Rules that Drive Time in Company Vehicles is Compensable Under Minimum Wage Act
In Stevens v. Brink's Home Security, the Washington State Supreme Court held that Brink's violated state wage and hour laws by failing to pay technicians for time spent driving Company trucks from their homes to the first jobsite and back home from t...
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What is a Condo Hotel, Why Does it Work, and Why is it Challenging?
Condo hotels, the industry's hot new segment, have been given prominent billing at virtually every hotel conference in the past three years. The writing on the subject, however, can seem dense and confusing to the uninitiated. This article provides a...
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Think Twice Before Reusing Those Plans: The Lessons To Be Learned From LGS Architects, Inc. v. Concordia Homes
Most people know that software, movies, and music are protected against unauthorized copying by U.S. copyright laws. But since at least 1990, constructing habitable buildings from architectural plans is also considered to be "copying" the plans, and...
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PLI 2006: Using Prejudgment Remedies to Preserve Nonresident’s United States Assets During Foreign Litigation
I. introduction: Prejudgment remedies
A. Prejudgment remedies may be used to secure a nonresident defendant's assets in the United States to allow for enforcement of a judgment which may be later obtained in pending litigation not only in forum liti...
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Using Letters of Intent in Commercial Real Estate Transactions: Tool or Miscue
Depending on the type of transaction, a letter of intent has many other names, including term sheet, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, binder, and commitment letter. Regardless of the name, the function is the same: to outline th...
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