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When attempting to exchange a business, exchanging the goodwill component is often a dead end. Goodwill of two different businesses may never be of like kind. Treas Reg § 1.1031(a)-2(c)(2). Goodwill associated with real estate, however, can generally...

Originally appeared in the OSB Corporate Counsel Section's Corporate Counselor November 2011 issue. Most attorneys are familiar with ORCP 39 C(6), which allows parties to take the deposition of an organization rather than an individual. But fail to...

In an economy in which the trial attorney's triumphs are often foiled by an insolvent judgment debtor, prior secured creditors, and bankruptcy, we should all keep in mind the advantages that may be offered to our clients by prejudgment relief in the...

The question whether real estate developers should dissolve their limited liability companies ("LLCs") that they typically create for development projects has been a hot topic for the past several years in Washington. As we reported in the November 2...

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...

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...