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The City of Everett has just announced its second round of a COVID-19 grant program created to assist small businesses located in Everett, with grants of $10,000 available for businesses with 1 to 20 employees, and $20,000 available for businesses with 21 to 50 employees. Everett small businesses meeting the following eligibility requirements should submit… Read More

Adverse Possession is a legal doctrine which allows a possessor of land, who does not own record title to that land, to become its legal owner over a period of time. Here is a more detailed description of Adverse Possession: https://beresfordlaw.com/adverse-possession-in-washington-state/ Adverse Possession lawsuits can be time-consuming, risky, stressful, and costly for both neighbors. Oftentimes, the… Read More

One of the first actions LLC members take when a membership dispute arises is to make a demand for LLC documents. Members often believe they are “entitled” to documents, including customer lists, trade secrets, and documents relating to the Company’s intellectual property.  Members making these requests are often surprised that they have no rights to… Read More

The City of Mukilteo recently announced a Coronavirus grant program designed to help relieve those small businesses specifically based in Mukilteo-based.  Detailed information about the application process, eligibility requirements, and allowed uses of grant funds can be found at https://mukilteowa.gov/mukilteo-cares-for-businesses-program/. The Mukilteo City Council has authorized the use of $150,000 of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief… Read More

Often the harshest business disputes are those taking place where there ought to be the most love: in the midst of family. That is the context of this week’s case, which is the culmination of 10+ years of familial issues: Kesselring v. Kesselring, No 78764-1-I, 2020 WL 1675788 (Wn. App. Apr. 6, 2020). Highlighted in… Read More

The sale of an interest in an LLC and fiduciary duties in the context of such a sale were the subject of a recent Washington Court of Appeals decision Tersuli Construction Services, LLC v. Miletich, No 78906-6-I, 2020 WL 3268044 (Wn. App. May 18, 2020). The LLC and Membership Buy-Out Tersuli is a dispute between… Read More

I doubt anyone will ever put a TV show together based on business entity law.  My suspicion is that a large percentage of the viewing population would consider it too “boring.”  I beg to differ, and this week’s post on the King and Mockovak dispute supports my view.  When you read King and Mockovak Eye… Read More

As a member of the drafting committee of Washington’s LLC Act, RCW 25.15 (the “Act”), I know the difficulty associated with drafting. The committee spent years pouring over the Act and continues to work to improve it.  One of the issues that has provided some difficulty is an apparent contradiction between the dissociation provisions of… Read More

When purchasing a home, buyers have a daunting amount of matters to focus on...how much earnest money to put down, how to structure an offer, how to address financing, how to address inspection contingency results, and more.  One matter which often gets lost in the shuffle, however, is title insurance,  A purchaser who enters into an agreement… Read More