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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

Many Defendants seek to have default judgments entered against them modified or vacated pursuant to the provisions of CR 60. However, a Defendant or party seeking to have a default judgment modified or vacated must first show cause why the Court should even consider their motion to modify or vacate a previously entered default judgment.… Read More

About to clean out your inbox because “there’s no lawsuit yet”? Stop. Your duty to preserve evidence can begin before anyone files a case — and deleting emails at the wrong time can have serious legal consequences. A duty to preserve evidence means you must not delete, destroy, or alter information that could be relevant… Read More

When most people hear “due diligence,” they picture million-dollar deals, corporate boardrooms, and hours upon hours of detailed review. But in reality, due diligence shows up in much smaller—and much more ordinary—places. So, What Is Due Diligence? Due diligence is the level of reasonable care you take before entering into a transaction. In practical terms,… Read More

In this webinar, Attorney C. Michael Kvistad discusses "Indemnity Explained: The Clause That Decides Who Writes the Check" Read More