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Washington Worker’s Family Sues Over Fatal Boeing 777 Air Bag
Jul 20 2015 // The family of a Washington man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier. The lawsuit filed in July in King County Superior...
Evacuation Orders Lifted in Washington Wildfire
Jul 14 2015 // Evacuations orders have been lifted for a Central Washington wildfire, officials said Tuesday. Firefighters worked to continue strengthening fire lines, and do mop up work on the 22,212 acre blaze, which is now 80 percent...
Coming Soon: Marijuana ‘Breathalyzers’ for Police Testing of Drivers
Jul 14 2015 // As cannabis bans are relaxed in more U.S. states, the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the “high” road. Vancouver-based Cannabix Technologies...
Washington Cameras Catch Drivers Illegally Passing School Buses
Jul 9 2015 // A school district in Pierce County, Wash. has issued an average of 30 citations a month since it mounted cameras on school buses last winter to catch drivers illegally passing buses. The News Tribune of Tacoma reported...
Intellectual Property: Newegg Loses Patience; Apple Wins New Damages Trial; Jawbone Targets Fitbit
Jul 9 2015 // Newegg Inc. has been waiting for almost two years for a Texas federal judge to make a final ruling on a patent lawsuit it lost. On Monday it stopped waiting and asked an appeals court to force the judge into action. Newegg...
Washington Redskins, Disparaging Trademarks and Free Speech
Jul 9 2015 // The National Football League’s Washington Redskins lost some protection for its controversial name after a federal judge ruled it may be disparaging to Native Americans. The decision doesn’t bar the...
Washington Worker’s Family Sues Over Fatal Boeing 777 Air Bag
Jul 6 2015 // The family of a Washington man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier. The lawsuit filed last week in King County...
7 in California and Washington Charged with 100+ Counts of Auto Insurance Fraud
Jul 6 2015 // Seven people in California and Washington were arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud eight insurance companies by submitting fraudulent auto insurance claims totaling more than $175,000. Detectives from the...
Synergy Professional Associates Expands Lawyers Program to Washington
Jun 26 2015 // Synergy Professional Associates has launched a new lawyers professional liability program focused on small law firms in the state of Washington, in partnership with AmTrust Underwriters Inc., an AmTrust Financial...
7 in California and Washington Charged With 100+ Counts of Auto Insurance
Jun 24 2015 // Seven people in California and Washington were arrested for allegedly conspiring to defraud eight insurance companies by submitting fraudulent auto insurance claims totaling more than $175,000. Detectives from the...
Workers Can Be Fired For Off-Duty Marijuana Use, Colorado Court Says
Jun 16 2015 // Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a medical marijuana patient who was fired after failing a drug test cannot get his job back. The case has big...
How Greenberg’s Lawyer, Boies, Won AIG Bailout Battle
Jun 16 2015 // During the trial, David Boies was his usual mildly rumpled and mostly unpretentious self, peering over his reading glasses, padding around in his hallmark black suede slipper-shoes and smiling his way to victory in a case...
Report: 4.5 Million Homes in 13 States at Extreme Wildfire Risk
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues. The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects NRA Challenge to San Francisco Gun Law
Jun 9 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a National Rifle Association challenge to a San Francisco law that requires people who store handguns at home to either put them in a lockbox or disable them with a trigger lock. Over two...
Hub Acquires Assets of Lovsted-Worthington in Washington
Jun 3 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Lovsted-Worthington Insurance, which serves Seattle and Western Washington. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. LW will become part of the Hub International Northwest...
ITC Acquires Rater Multico-Online in Washington
Jun 3 2015 // Insurance Technologies Corp., a provider of marketing, rating and management software and services, has acquired Multico-Online from Multico Rating Systems Inc., a large Seattle, Wash.-based comparative rating vendor. The...
Washington Hospital Joins ‘Superbug’ Suit Against Scope Maker
Jun 1 2015 // A Seattle, Wash., hospital has joined a lawsuit against the manufacturer of endoscopy medical scopes linked to a “superbug” outbreak at the medical center, claiming the company, Olympus America Inc., put...
Insurance Center for Building Materials Expands into Washington, Oregon, Nevada
May 29 2015 // The Insurance Centre for Building Materials (ICBM), a specialist managing general agent focused on building materials dealers, wood risks and secondary forest products, is now available in the primary wood growing and...
Dozens of Washington Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Be Shuttered
May 28 2015 // With Washington state overhauling its medical marijuana law, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says the city is planning to shutter dozens of dispensaries. Murray this week announced plans to require a new special business license...
Safety Chief Rosekind Shifts Defective Car Oversight into Overdrive
May 25 2015 // The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss – a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the administration’s...
