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A cautionary example for Washington businesses: a "manager" title can still lead to overtime liability Many Washington employers assume that paying a salary and giving an employee a "manager" title is enough to treat the role as overtime-exempt. In practice, that assumption can be expensive. A recent lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for… Read More

In this webinar, Attorney Susan L. Alexander discusses "Guardianship Issues in Washington" Read More

This is Part 4 of my four‑part series on indemnification clauses. In Part 3, we looked at baskets and caps, the tools that limit when indemnity starts and how far it goes. Now we turn to carve‑outs and survival periods, two concepts that can quietly expand or extend liability. These terms often appear deep in… Read More

In this webinar, Attorney William O. Kessler discusses "Selling or Buying a House? Disclosure Traps for the Unwary" Read More

In December of 2025, the Seattle City Council approved an update in zoning regulations, effective on January 21st of this year, permitting certain types of ground-floor retail businesses to operate in residential city blocks. Limitations on the type of businesses include: (1) a size restriction of up to 2,500 square feet; (2) a requirement that the… Read More

Learning that a loved one has been diagnosed with “mild cognitive impairment” can be a scary moment for families, and the first instinct can be to try to immediately prevent the affected person from making further medical and financial decisions.   While well-intentioned, this doesn’t necessarily follow Washington law.  In Washington state, legal capacity is presumed… Read More

This is Part 3 of my four‑part series on indemnification clauses. In Parts 1 and 2, we covered what indemnification is, why it matters, and the red flags that show up most often in Washington contracts. Now we turn to the more advanced tools, the levers sophisticated parties use to control, limit, or allocate risk… Read More

Last year, I wrote several articles regarding the push for private listings by Compass Real Estate, and the subsequent legal battle that erupted between Compass and Zillow. These articles can be found here, here, here, and here. In a nutshell, Compass created a private portal for its agents and their clients where they could engage in “pre-marketing”, essentially, testing the… Read More

Beresford Booth is a proud sponsor of Northwest’s Child “A Day of Promise” 2026 Dinner and Auction. This event will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at The Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore.  There are still open seats and sponsorship opportunities available only through tomorrow, March 6th…to join us CLICK HERE. Beresford Booth supports… Read More