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For businesses who received a Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan, it may be time to submit applications for loan forgiveness. The Small Business Administration (SBA) has provided application forms designed to make it easier for businesses to apply for forgiveness, which I have written about here. Despite these resources, the forgiveness application process may still… Read More

Maple Valley Park Place, LLC v. Tax Resource Centers, Inc., No. 78832-9-I, 2020 WL 1853575 (Wn. App. Apr. 13, 2020) highlights Washington courts’ reluctance to permit creditors to pursue individuals for corporate debts. The Dispute Maple Valley Park Place, LLC (“MVPP”) owns and operates certain office space in Maple Valley. Northwest Tax Specialists, Inc. (“NTS”)… Read More

The Economic Alliance Snohomish County (“EASC”) recently announced a second round of its Coronavirus grant program to help relieve those small businesses specifically based in the Snohomish-County-area. The EASC is administering $580,000 of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding for the grant program.  With a maximum grant of $10,000, small businesses… Read More

Pediatric healthcare and “joint” healthcare provisions in court orders and parenting plans. You are a pediatric healthcare provider. That means you have been - or will be -  dragged into disputes between parents when they cannot agree on the best medical strategy for their children. It is important to keep a clear delineation between your… Read More

Last week, I covered the first part of the complex process of dissenters’ rights: learning what they are and who has them. This week covers the second part of the process: valuing an interest once an owner has dissented. Procedure to Exercise Dissenter’s Rights After a member of an LLC or shareholder of a corporation… Read More

Minority owners of closely held businesses in Washington have substantially limited rights once the majority owners decide to take certain, major actions.  In fact, it can be said that the only right a minority owner has is the right to “dissent.”  Today’s post identifies “dissenters rights” and when they can be exercised depending on the… Read More

This week the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an Agency Order under the authority of Section 361 of the Public Health Services Act, 42 C.F.R. § 70.2 (“Measures in the event of inadequate local control”) imposing a federal residential eviction moratorium effective through December 31, 2020.  The CDC Order is more nuanced… Read More

In this week’s blog, I review the classic Washington Supreme Court decision, Sound Infiniti, Inc. v. Snyder, 169 Wn.2d 199, 237 P.3d 241 (2010), which stands for one simple proposition: majority shareholders who follow the statutory rules may successful force out the interest of a minority shareholder – even over the objection of the minority… Read More

Most of us at some point will be the party to a contract which the other party breaches, or will be the victim of someone else’s negligence or wrongful conduct.  Such breaches of duties owed to you may make the other party liable to you.  But this does not mean you can just sit back… Read More