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Beresford Booth civil litigator, Todd Cook, recently took time out from his legal work to help you solve a classic problem from the 1980s:  The Rubik’s Cube.  Join Todd for an in-depth tutorial on the Beginner Method” for solving the Rubik’s Cube: Download Todd’s PowerPoint Presentation: “Solving the Rubik’s Cube: Beginner Method” Read More

Offer and Acceptance – Special Rules – RCW 62A.2-205 & 2-206. In our previous post, we discussed the UCC’s general rules of contract formation for the sale of goods. In this post, we delve into Article 2’s special rules for contract formation relating to “merchant firm offers.” Generally, offers to form contracts which set a… Read More

Part 3: Contract Formation In our two previous posts, we tackled questions surrounding when UCC Article 2 applies and  when a contract for the sale of goods needs to be in writing. This entry of our UCC fundamentals series asks, “how do I form a contract for the sale of goods?” As most first year… Read More

Part 2: Statute of Frauds – General Rule Continuing our series on UCC Article 2, this post asks, “what contracts for the sale of goods must be in writing, and why?” While many non-lawyers believe contracts must be in writing to be enforceable, that is not always the case. Rather, a series of laws that… Read More

Part 1: Introduction to Article 2 The Uniform Commercial Code, or “UCC”, provides uniform laws on a variety of subjects which are broken down into nine “Articles.” This post is the first installment in a new series focusing on UCC Article 2 – the sale of goods. Every jurisdiction in the United States has adopted… Read More

I recently presented a webinar on “The Benefits and Process of Non-Judicial Foreclosure in Washington State.”  In case you missed the live presentation, you can view the webinar below through Beresford Booth’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/embed/9pfRD6JAJaU You can also download a copy of my PowerPoint presentation: Download To learn more about Non-Judicial Foreclosures in Washington State,… Read More

Washington State’s Receivership Act (RCW 7.60 et seq.) can be a powerful tool in a business dispute. However, there is a noticeable dearth of caselaw interpreting the Receivership statute. Therefore, parties are often left to making arguments based on principles of statutory interpretation, the legislative policies underlying the Act, or analogizing to federal bankruptcy law.… Read More

Washington State has been on a long road to recovery ever since Governor Jay Inslee first issued his original “Stay Home-Stay Heathy” proclamation on March 23, 2020.  The Governor has now amended his original Stay Home order twelve times.  The last two amendments saw the Governor begin to rollback the “County by County Phased Reopening”… Read More

On November 15, 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee held a press conference to announce a roll-back of the state’s County-By-County phased reopening plan in response to what he described as a third wave of COVID-19 in Washington state.  This marks the eighth time Governor Inslee has amended his original March 23, 2020 “Stay Home-Stay Healthy”… Read More