Recent News

Over the past week, Washington has continued to progress quickly through the “Safe Start Washington” phased re-opening plan.  Entering this week, the state had granted early entry variances to ten low density counties to enter Phase 2.  Those counties included Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Stevens, Wahkiakum and Whitman counties.  That left… Read More

Countless private individuals and small and medium-sized business leaders are querying the legal basis of Washington Governor Inslee’s Emergency Orders now that epidemiological experts agree we have “flattened the curve.”  The suspicion over partisan political motives has increased exponentially with the Washington Department of Health (DoH) data showing this particular coronavirus, a severe acute respiratory… Read More

King County has provided funding to the Historic South Downtown Community Preservation & Development Authority (HSD), an agency created by the State of Washington to promote and preserve Seattle’s Pioneer Square and International District Neighborhoods.  The HSD will issue grants to nonprofit organizations that provide programming and services, or that provide direct support to small… Read More

Recently, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) released a new application for businesses to apply for loan forgiveness if they received a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan.  The application is helpful as it provides insight as to how forgiveness will be calculated.  You can find the application here. However, many business owners still hold questions regarding… Read More

In response to the postponement of the 2020 Major League Soccer season due to COVID-19, the RAVE Foundation has established the Seattle Sounders FC Relief Fund to assist individuals and small businesses in neighborhoods near CenturyLink Field.  Grants will be made on a rolling and ongoing basis contingent upon the availability of funds. Eligible individuals… Read More

Yesterday, I wrote about the quick progress Washington has seen since the implementation of the “Safe Start Washington” plan.  I focused on (1) the industries re-opened across Washington in Phase 1 and the requirements for businesses operating in those industries, (2) the 8 low density counties that have already advanced to Phase 2, and (3)… Read More

Governor Inslee’s May 4, 2020, amendment to his “Stay Home – Stay Healthy” Order set in motion a re-opening plan called “Safe Start Washington: A Phased Approach to Recovery.”  The Safe Start Washington plan announced that “Phase 1 of reopening Washington begins on May 5, 2020.”  However, as I discussed in my May 5th blog… Read More

Earlier today (May 13), the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) released important guidance regarding Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan recipients.  Recipients of PPP loans were required to certify that they applied for the loan in “good faith” in order to avoid criminal prosecution. Today’s guidance places those who received less than $2 million in PPP funds… Read More

This post is the final in a series of three discussing some of the basic principles of Washington LLCs and the default rules of the Washington Limited Liability Company Act, RCW 25.15 (the “Act”).  The previous two posts discussed the “pick your partner” principle and member dissociation and withdrawal.  This final post in the series… Read More